Official Statistics
UK House Price Index England: May 2016
Published 19 July 2016
Applies to England and Wales
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1. Headline statistics
For May 2016:
- the average price of a property in England was £226,807
- the annual price change of a property in England was 8.9%
- the monthly price change of a property in England was 1.0%
- the index figure for England was 111.8 (January 2015 = 100)
2. Price change
2.1 Annual price change
Annual price change for England and London over the past 5 years
Annual price change by local authority for England
| Local authorities | May 2016 | May 2015 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | £296,748 | £266,686 | 11.3% |
| Allerdale | £133,587 | £136,826 | -2.4% |
| Amber Valley | £150,005 | £146,437 | 2.4% |
| Arun | £263,111 | £243,427 | 8.1% |
| Ashfield | £124,342 | £116,042 | 7.2% |
| Ashford | £261,749 | £235,673 | 11.1% |
| Aylesbury Vale | £310,560 | £264,711 | 17.3% |
| Babergh | £253,219 | £234,795 | 7.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham | £268,579 | £221,826 | 21.1% |
| Barnet | £530,578 | £466,125 | 13.8% |
| Barnsley | £109,906 | £103,302 | 6.4% |
| Barrow-in-Furness | £108,915 | £102,925 | 5.8% |
| Basildon | £278,776 | £239,178 | 16.6% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £288,649 | £254,312 | 13.5% |
| Bassetlaw | £141,812 | £128,925 | 10.0% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £314,465 | £276,752 | 13.6% |
| Bedford | £259,135 | £225,177 | 15.1% |
| Bexley | £317,985 | £264,488 | 20.2% |
| Birmingham | £156,716 | £145,577 | 7.7% |
| Blaby | £193,116 | £183,380 | 5.3% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £97,280 | £97,722 | -0.5% |
| Blackpool | £98,855 | £96,784 | 2.1% |
| Bolsover | £109,972 | £103,210 | 6.6% |
| Bolton | £120,053 | £115,379 | 4.1% |
| Boston | £141,604 | £134,026 | 5.7% |
| Bournemouth | £226,167 | £211,674 | 6.8% |
| Bracknell Forest | £341,255 | £297,527 | 14.7% |
| Bradford | £125,422 | £119,156 | 5.3% |
| Braintree | £254,277 | £225,315 | 12.9% |
| Breckland | £198,900 | £181,862 | 9.4% |
| Brent | £489,162 | £440,209 | 11.1% |
| Brentwood | £379,156 | £333,431 | 13.7% |
| Brighton and Hove | £335,295 | £304,334 | 10.2% |
| Broadland | £230,106 | £212,625 | 8.2% |
| Bromley | £423,174 | £377,118 | 12.2% |
| Bromsgrove | £247,022 | £228,167 | 8.3% |
| Broxbourne | £332,869 | £276,627 | 20.3% |
| Broxtowe | £160,542 | £151,184 | 6.2% |
| Buckinghamshire | £381,655 | £332,792 | 14.7% |
| Burnley | £68,702 | £73,220 | -6.2% |
| Bury | £149,532 | £140,188 | 6.7% |
| Calderdale | £129,162 | £123,228 | 4.8% |
| Cambridge | £435,162 | £392,630 | 10.8% |
| Cambridgeshire | £269,513 | £240,152 | 12.2% |
| Camden | £819,361 | £745,684 | 9.9% |
| Cannock Chase | £148,186 | £141,426 | 4.8% |
| Canterbury | £265,876 | £244,915 | 8.6% |
| Carlisle | £128,698 | £123,821 | 3.9% |
| Castle Point | £262,309 | £233,598 | 12.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire | £275,799 | £237,735 | 16.0% |
| Charnwood | £193,002 | £183,095 | 5.4% |
| Chelmsford | £302,283 | £265,943 | 13.7% |
| Cheltenham | £246,420 | £221,863 | 11.1% |
| Cherwell | £293,609 | £262,760 | 11.7% |
| Cheshire East | £206,677 | £192,534 | 7.3% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £190,384 | £177,309 | 7.4% |
| Chesterfield | £136,100 | £131,352 | 3.6% |
| Chichester | £353,365 | £321,841 | 9.8% |
| Chiltern | £508,202 | £463,152 | 9.7% |
| Chorley | £156,889 | £153,863 | 2.0% |
| Christchurch | £315,518 | £293,582 | 7.5% |
| City of Bristol | £248,371 | £216,670 | 14.6% |
| City of Derby | £141,067 | £137,460 | 2.6% |
| City of Kingston upon Hull | £99,119 | £94,043 | 5.4% |
| City of London | £692,370 | £762,815 | -9.2% |
| City of Nottingham | £123,672 | £112,004 | 10.4% |
| City of Peterborough | £168,449 | £148,797 | 13.2% |
| City of Plymouth | £162,122 | £159,125 | 1.9% |
| City of Westminster | £997,199 | £922,584 | 8.1% |
| Colchester | £231,994 | £212,680 | 9.1% |
| Copeland | £116,924 | £105,566 | 10.8% |
| Corby | £150,520 | £134,615 | 11.8% |
| Cornwall | £211,246 | £206,229 | 2.4% |
| Cotswold | £338,643 | £313,436 | 8.0% |
| County Durham | £97,483 | £97,269 | 0.2% |
| Coventry | £158,985 | £144,747 | 9.8% |
| Craven | £190,042 | £186,849 | 1.7% |
| Crawley | £270,715 | £236,402 | 14.5% |
| Croydon | £354,898 | £297,565 | 19.3% |
| Cumbria | £145,283 | £140,655 | 3.3% |
| Dacorum | £390,899 | £327,160 | 19.5% |
| Darlington | £126,687 | £118,669 | 6.8% |
| Dartford | £278,827 | £238,714 | 16.8% |
| Daventry | £250,765 | £233,553 | 7.4% |
| Derbyshire | £155,207 | £148,013 | 4.9% |
| Derbyshire Dales | £232,208 | £219,523 | 5.8% |
| Devon | £235,315 | £223,525 | 5.3% |
| Doncaster | £115,440 | £115,776 | -0.3% |
| Dorset | £273,546 | £253,893 | 7.7% |
| Dover | £221,461 | £193,371 | 14.5% |
| Dudley | £151,766 | £142,264 | 6.7% |
| Ealing | £475,064 | £422,372 | 12.5% |
| East Cambridgeshire | £259,845 | £226,821 | 14.6% |
| East Devon | £251,747 | £244,380 | 3.0% |
| East Dorset | £327,639 | £289,234 | 13.3% |
| East Hampshire | £350,007 | £307,507 | 13.8% |
| East Hertfordshire | £363,944 | £314,812 | 15.6% |
| East Lindsey | £156,130 | £146,220 | 6.8% |
| East Northamptonshire | £199,450 | £181,293 | 10.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £160,716 | £153,119 | 5.0% |
| East Staffordshire | £166,906 | £156,588 | 6.6% |
| East Sussex | £255,712 | £226,023 | 13.1% |
| Eastbourne | £225,229 | £199,435 | 12.9% |
| Eastleigh | £257,509 | £236,791 | 8.7% |
| Eden | £191,500 | £181,141 | 5.7% |
| Elmbridge | £589,093 | £535,980 | 9.9% |
| Enfield | £384,179 | £324,721 | 18.3% |
| Epping Forest | £436,346 | £367,296 | 18.8% |
| Epsom and Ewell | £460,474 | £397,643 | 15.8% |
| Erewash | £139,574 | £134,356 | 3.9% |
| Essex | £277,182 | £245,625 | 12.8% |
| Exeter | £236,418 | £221,809 | 6.6% |
| Fareham | £264,312 | £242,240 | 9.1% |
| Fenland | £159,629 | £151,910 | 5.1% |
| Forest Heath | £195,987 | £180,398 | 8.6% |
| Forest of Dean | £201,945 | £190,167 | 6.2% |
| Fylde | £186,983 | £173,267 | 7.9% |
| Gateshead | £122,518 | £118,601 | 3.3% |
| Gedling | £160,159 | £149,717 | 7.0% |
| Gloucester | £178,767 | £161,491 | 10.7% |
| Gloucestershire | £236,309 | £215,903 | 9.5% |
| Gosport | £185,822 | £169,273 | 9.8% |
| Gravesham | £258,757 | £222,829 | 16.1% |
| Great Yarmouth | £151,455 | £139,191 | 8.8% |
| Greater Manchester | £146,381 | £136,562 | 7.2% |
| Greenwich | £379,746 | £319,770 | 18.8% |
| Guildford | £409,528 | £389,604 | 5.1% |
| Hackney | £541,337 | £506,157 | 7.0% |
| Halton | £134,468 | £119,136 | 12.9% |
| Hambleton | £227,582 | £210,855 | 7.9% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £783,686 | £763,257 | 2.7% |
| Hampshire | £293,371 | £261,219 | 12.3% |
| Harborough | £244,840 | £234,775 | 4.3% |
| Haringey | £554,998 | £461,902 | 20.2% |
| Harlow | £247,281 | £213,506 | 15.8% |
| Harrogate | £265,831 | £248,264 | 7.1% |
| Harrow | £444,701 | £396,812 | 12.1% |
| Hart | £405,637 | £348,775 | 16.3% |
| Hartlepool | £97,201 | £99,666 | -2.5% |
| Hastings | £187,072 | £158,283 | 18.2% |
| Havant | £237,384 | £212,515 | 11.7% |
| Havering | £331,360 | £283,068 | 17.1% |
| Herefordshire | £217,010 | £204,563 | 6.1% |
| Hertfordshire | £378,825 | £324,342 | 16.8% |
| Hertsmere | £442,060 | £381,906 | 15.8% |
| High Peak | £170,538 | £163,148 | 4.5% |
| Hillingdon | £396,586 | £342,641 | 15.7% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £186,498 | £171,864 | 8.5% |
| Horsham | £351,781 | £324,703 | 8.3% |
| Hounslow | £387,005 | £347,485 | 11.4% |
| Huntingdonshire | £234,352 | £204,692 | 14.5% |
| Hyndburn | £91,452 | £86,616 | 5.6% |
| Inner London | £578,757 | £522,777 | 10.7% |
| Ipswich | £171,663 | £158,179 | 8.5% |
| Isle of Wight | £198,195 | £182,954 | 8.3% |
| Islington | £676,175 | £644,322 | 4.9% |
| Kensington And Chelsea | £1,273,202 | £1,306,192 | -2.5% |
| Kent | £263,794 | £232,790 | 13.3% |
| Kettering | £173,006 | £155,853 | 11.0% |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | £190,015 | £177,095 | 7.3% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £486,976 | £428,175 | 13.7% |
| Kirklees | £136,020 | £130,713 | 4.1% |
| Knowsley | £110,711 | £110,248 | 0.4% |
| Lambeth | £514,469 | £459,887 | 11.9% |
| Lancashire | £132,908 | £129,259 | 2.8% |
| Lancaster | £146,286 | £139,131 | 5.1% |
| Leeds | £162,425 | £151,499 | 7.2% |
| Leicester | £146,038 | £134,063 | 8.9% |
| Leicestershire | £197,012 | £185,219 | 6.4% |
| Lewes | £305,747 | £275,281 | 11.1% |
| Lewisham | £408,559 | £343,797 | 18.8% |
| Lichfield | £220,290 | £213,221 | 3.3% |
| Lincoln | £136,433 | £132,218 | 3.2% |
| Lincolnshire | £162,700 | £151,609 | 7.3% |
| Liverpool | £116,324 | £113,628 | 2.4% |
| Luton | £213,207 | £178,889 | 19.2% |
| Maidstone | £265,572 | £240,971 | 10.2% |
| Maldon | £282,381 | £267,635 | 5.5% |
| Malvern Hills | £247,856 | £225,547 | 9.9% |
| Manchester | £147,705 | £136,855 | 7.9% |
| Mansfield | £120,072 | £115,475 | 4.0% |
| Medway | £217,061 | £184,442 | 17.7% |
| Melton | £201,325 | £185,039 | 8.8% |
| Mendip | £230,165 | £207,968 | 10.7% |
| Merseyside | £128,641 | £124,632 | 3.2% |
| Merton | £516,088 | £444,390 | 16.1% |
| Mid Devon | £210,846 | £201,305 | 4.7% |
| Mid Suffolk | £238,514 | £219,168 | 8.8% |
| Mid Sussex | £353,673 | £309,625 | 14.2% |
| Middlesbrough | £108,644 | £109,795 | -1.0% |
| Milton Keynes | £247,986 | £212,334 | 16.8% |
| Mole Valley | £462,737 | £437,895 | 5.7% |
| New Forest | £311,752 | £279,320 | 11.6% |
| Newark and Sherwood | £176,014 | £149,670 | 17.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £154,014 | £150,033 | 2.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £135,050 | £132,777 | 1.7% |
| Newham | £351,893 | £291,590 | 20.7% |
| Norfolk | £200,818 | £184,412 | 8.9% |
| North Devon | £215,938 | £213,675 | 1.1% |
| North Dorset | £244,602 | £224,025 | 9.2% |
| North East Derbyshire | £166,692 | £156,558 | 6.5% |
| North East Lincolnshire | £115,461 | £108,734 | 6.2% |
| North Hertfordshire | £312,115 | £275,425 | 13.3% |
| North Kesteven | £180,597 | £166,659 | 8.4% |
| North Lincolnshire | £129,091 | £124,405 | 3.8% |
| North Norfolk | £222,605 | £199,801 | 11.4% |
| North Somerset | £231,009 | £214,588 | 7.7% |
| North Tyneside | £154,223 | £147,866 | 4.3% |
| North Warwickshire | £186,431 | £167,421 | 11.4% |
| North West Leicestershire | £180,744 | £171,419 | 5.4% |
| North Yorkshire | £202,960 | £194,352 | 4.4% |
| Northampton | £180,870 | £166,504 | 8.6% |
| Northamptonshire | £197,053 | £179,305 | 9.9% |
| Northumberland | £147,729 | £141,410 | 4.5% |
| Norwich | £183,853 | £171,164 | 7.4% |
| Nottinghamshire | £157,667 | £145,843 | 8.1% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £150,643 | £139,212 | 8.2% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £189,524 | £172,863 | 9.6% |
| Oldham | £116,345 | £110,272 | 5.5% |
| Outer London | £412,050 | £355,717 | 15.8% |
| Oxford | £404,882 | £367,461 | 10.2% |
| Oxfordshire | £345,432 | £312,905 | 10.4% |
| Pendle | £90,102 | £89,854 | 0.3% |
| Poole | £281,222 | £259,884 | 8.2% |
| Portsmouth | £188,301 | £172,186 | 9.4% |
| Preston | £124,232 | £120,918 | 2.7% |
| Purbeck | £308,988 | £277,555 | 11.3% |
| Reading | £295,363 | £250,664 | 17.8% |
| Redbridge | £390,592 | £328,815 | 18.8% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £119,974 | £115,699 | 3.7% |
| Redditch | £182,794 | £169,063 | 8.1% |
| Reigate and Banstead | £399,888 | £350,751 | 14.0% |
| Ribble Valley | £213,881 | £194,243 | 10.1% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £662,624 | £603,859 | 9.7% |
| Richmondshire | £196,844 | £194,336 | 1.3% |
| Rochdale | £122,785 | £115,214 | 6.6% |
| Rochford | £303,427 | £263,405 | 15.2% |
| Rossendale | £115,379 | £112,059 | 3.0% |
| Rother | £261,769 | £233,307 | 12.2% |
| Rotherham | £123,537 | £120,374 | 2.6% |
| Rugby | £199,582 | £189,992 | 5.0% |
| Runnymede | £397,335 | £345,478 | 15.0% |
| Rushcliffe | £239,709 | £228,152 | 5.1% |
| Rushmoor | £277,236 | £237,176 | 16.9% |
| Rutland | £260,459 | £237,229 | 9.8% |
| Ryedale | £207,860 | £195,067 | 6.6% |
| Salford | £135,779 | £123,276 | 10.1% |
| Sandwell | £124,227 | £117,311 | 5.9% |
| Scarborough | £150,371 | £148,440 | 1.3% |
| Sedgemoor | £195,265 | £180,437 | 8.2% |
| Sefton | £145,786 | £139,266 | 4.7% |
| Selby | £177,956 | £172,587 | 3.1% |
| Sevenoaks | £413,371 | £352,146 | 17.4% |
| Sheffield | £146,578 | £139,023 | 5.4% |
| Shepway | £225,753 | £201,908 | 11.8% |
| Shropshire | £195,273 | £185,264 | 5.4% |
| Slough | £287,479 | £233,071 | 23.3% |
| Solihull | £246,192 | £230,170 | 7.0% |
| Somerset | £207,945 | £195,571 | 6.3% |
| South Bucks | £588,595 | £507,596 | 16.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire | £357,432 | £312,722 | 14.3% |
| South Derbyshire | £175,494 | £163,212 | 7.5% |
| South Gloucestershire | £245,280 | £221,515 | 10.7% |
| South Hams | £298,522 | £268,869 | 11.0% |
| South Holland | £168,916 | £152,038 | 11.1% |
| South Kesteven | £185,066 | £171,589 | 7.9% |
| South Lakeland | £216,208 | £214,758 | 0.7% |
| South Norfolk | £230,714 | £209,207 | 10.3% |
| South Northamptonshire | £299,871 | £264,297 | 13.5% |
| South Oxfordshire | £383,233 | £361,729 | 5.9% |
| South Ribble | £157,052 | £149,381 | 5.1% |
| South Somerset | £202,795 | £193,742 | 4.7% |
| South Staffordshire | £201,706 | £192,893 | 4.6% |
| South Tyneside | £123,438 | £118,570 | 4.1% |
| South Yorkshire | £127,698 | £123,094 | 3.7% |
| Southampton | £191,585 | £174,399 | 9.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £245,538 | £212,563 | 15.5% |
| Southwark | £523,987 | £457,926 | 14.4% |
| Spelthorne | £357,338 | £312,269 | 14.4% |
| St Albans | £505,201 | £434,539 | 16.3% |
| St Edmundsbury | £257,174 | £239,265 | 7.5% |
| St Helens | £113,402 | £112,570 | 0.7% |
| Stafford | £189,084 | £178,291 | 6.1% |
| Staffordshire | £171,191 | £162,655 | 5.2% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £159,197 | £150,967 | 5.5% |
| Stevenage | £263,740 | £220,252 | 19.7% |
| Stockport | £194,076 | £179,423 | 8.2% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £129,601 | £126,255 | 2.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £98,090 | £94,475 | 3.8% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £297,543 | £280,927 | 5.9% |
| Stroud | £249,388 | £230,422 | 8.2% |
| Suffolk | £217,529 | £201,269 | 8.1% |
| Suffolk Coastal | £258,880 | £240,956 | 7.4% |
| Sunderland | £111,360 | £106,855 | 4.2% |
| Surrey | £430,330 | £384,580 | 11.9% |
| Surrey Heath | £392,412 | £350,586 | 11.9% |
| Sutton | £369,236 | £314,507 | 17.4% |
| Swale | £219,427 | £189,603 | 15.7% |
| Swindon | £199,377 | £171,693 | 16.1% |
| Tameside | £124,567 | £115,602 | 7.8% |
| Tamworth | £163,315 | £146,118 | 11.8% |
| Tandridge | £416,140 | £374,215 | 11.2% |
| Taunton Deane | £212,782 | £203,742 | 4.4% |
| Teignbridge | £227,336 | £207,255 | 9.7% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £150,455 | £142,958 | 5.2% |
| Tendring | £184,972 | £169,747 | 9.0% |
| Test Valley | £308,154 | £269,450 | 14.4% |
| Tewkesbury | £249,670 | £224,250 | 11.3% |
| Thanet | £199,943 | £172,057 | 16.2% |
| Three Rivers | £499,086 | £434,894 | 14.8% |
| Thurrock | £242,241 | £203,276 | 19.2% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £332,134 | £289,339 | 14.8% |
| Torbay | £181,831 | £171,736 | 5.9% |
| Torridge | £206,687 | £204,623 | 1.0% |
| Tower Hamlets | £455,267 | £422,346 | 7.8% |
| Trafford | £246,300 | £220,890 | 11.5% |
| Tunbridge Wells | £355,093 | £322,841 | 10.0% |
| Tyne and Wear | £134,111 | £129,424 | 3.6% |
| Uttlesford | £369,954 | £330,517 | 11.9% |
| Vale of White Horse | £349,461 | £306,614 | 14.0% |
| Wakefield | £134,582 | £129,193 | 4.2% |
| Walsall | £140,605 | £132,896 | 5.8% |
| Waltham Forest | £418,146 | £342,505 | 22.1% |
| Wandsworth | £610,314 | £556,144 | 9.7% |
| Warrington | £164,723 | £161,321 | 2.1% |
| Warwick | £284,024 | £255,246 | 11.3% |
| Warwickshire | £224,694 | £207,798 | 8.1% |
| Watford | £341,198 | £293,414 | 16.3% |
| Waveney | £173,774 | £160,756 | 8.1% |
| Waverley | £449,126 | £387,326 | 16.0% |
| Wealden | £308,384 | £275,418 | 12.0% |
| Wellingborough | £180,079 | £165,214 | 9.0% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £364,091 | £309,032 | 17.8% |
| West Berkshire | £344,448 | £296,402 | 16.2% |
| West Devon | £225,854 | £218,343 | 3.4% |
| West Dorset | £260,149 | £249,204 | 4.4% |
| West Lancashire | £169,958 | £164,160 | 3.5% |
| West Lindsey | £152,898 | £142,039 | 7.6% |
| West Midlands | £156,004 | £145,197 | 7.4% |
| West Oxfordshire | £317,687 | £286,589 | 10.9% |
| West Somerset | £197,471 | £193,616 | 2.0% |
| West Sussex | £302,982 | £273,846 | 10.6% |
| West Yorkshire | £141,718 | £134,280 | 5.5% |
| Weymouth and Portland | £208,169 | £204,613 | 1.7% |
| Wigan | £117,920 | £115,021 | 2.5% |
| Wiltshire | £254,190 | £228,103 | 11.4% |
| Winchester | £402,300 | £360,430 | 11.6% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £477,770 | £428,658 | 11.5% |
| Wirral | £144,710 | £137,737 | 5.1% |
| Woking | £410,510 | £360,467 | 13.9% |
| Wokingham | £411,306 | £359,465 | 14.4% |
| Wolverhampton | £131,115 | £121,381 | 8.0% |
| Worcester | £191,699 | £180,825 | 6.0% |
| Worcestershire | £212,209 | £197,132 | 7.6% |
| Worthing | £255,834 | £230,969 | 10.8% |
| Wychavon | £247,164 | £230,165 | 7.4% |
| Wycombe | £370,443 | £326,645 | 13.4% |
| Wyre | £138,367 | £140,293 | -1.4% |
| Wyre Forest | £166,861 | £155,788 | 7.1% |
| York | £229,893 | £218,554 | 5.2% |
| England | £226,807 | £208,265 | 8.9% |
Average price by local authority for England
2.2 Annual price change by London borough
Annual price change by London borough
| London borough | May 2016 | May 2015 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | £268,579 | £221,826 | 21.1% |
| Barnet | £530,578 | £466,125 | 13.8% |
| Bexley | £317,985 | £264,488 | 20.2% |
| Brent | £489,162 | £440,209 | 11.1% |
| Bromley | £423,174 | £377,118 | 12.2% |
| Camden | £819,361 | £745,684 | 9.9% |
| City of London | £692,370 | £762,815 | -9.2% |
| City of Westminster | £997,199 | £922,584 | 8.1% |
| Croydon | £354,898 | £297,565 | 19.3% |
| Ealing | £475,064 | £422,372 | 12.5% |
| Enfield | £384,179 | £324,721 | 18.3% |
| Greenwich | £379,746 | £319,770 | 18.8% |
| Hackney | £541,337 | £506,157 | 7.0% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £783,686 | £763,257 | 2.7% |
| Haringey | £554,998 | £461,902 | 20.2% |
| Harrow | £444,701 | £396,812 | 12.1% |
| Havering | £331,360 | £283,068 | 17.1% |
| Hillingdon | £396,586 | £342,641 | 15.7% |
| Hounslow | £387,005 | £347,485 | 11.4% |
| Islington | £676,175 | £644,322 | 4.9% |
| Kensington And Chelsea | £1,273,202 | £1,306,192 | -2.5% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £486,976 | £428,175 | 13.7% |
| Lambeth | £514,469 | £459,887 | 11.9% |
| Lewisham | £408,559 | £343,797 | 18.8% |
| Merton | £516,088 | £444,390 | 16.1% |
| Newham | £351,893 | £291,590 | 20.7% |
| Redbridge | £390,592 | £328,815 | 18.8% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £662,624 | £603,859 | 9.7% |
| Southwark | £523,987 | £457,926 | 14.4% |
| Sutton | £369,236 | £314,507 | 17.4% |
| Tower Hamlets | £455,267 | £422,346 | 7.8% |
| Waltham Forest | £418,146 | £342,505 | 22.1% |
| Wandsworth | £610,314 | £556,144 | 9.7% |
Average price by London borough
2.3 Average price change by property type
Average price change by property type for England
| Property type | May 2016 | May 2015 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £336,291 | £312,056 | 7.8% |
| Semi-detached | £209,942 | £193,136 | 8.7% |
| Terraced | £184,296 | £168,753 | 9.2% |
| Flat or maisonette | £215,428 | £195,666 | 10.1% |
| All | £226,807 | £208,265 | 8.9% |
3. Sales volumes
Due to a period of 2 to 8 weeks between completion and registration of sales, volume figures for the most recent two months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.
3.1 Sales volumes by local authority
Sales volumes for England by local authority: March 2016
| Local authorities | Sales volume |
|---|---|
| Adur | 108 |
| Allerdale | 159 |
| Amber Valley | 206 |
| Arun | 408 |
| Ashfield | 275 |
| Ashford | 228 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 362 |
| Babergh | 148 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 315 |
| Barnet | 787 |
| Barnsley | 376 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 142 |
| Basildon | 330 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 309 |
| Bassetlaw | 215 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 375 |
| Bedford | 333 |
| Bexley | 399 |
| Birmingham | 1,763 |
| Blaby | 195 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 229 |
| Blackpool | 250 |
| Bolsover | 143 |
| Bolton | 435 |
| Boston | 122 |
| Bournemouth | 584 |
| Bracknell Forest | 246 |
| Bradford | 744 |
| Braintree | 332 |
| Breckland | 244 |
| Brent | 438 |
| Brentwood | 158 |
| Brighton and Hove | 734 |
| Broadland | 265 |
| Bromley | 668 |
| Bromsgrove | 173 |
| Broxbourne | 189 |
| Broxtowe | 206 |
| Buckinghamshire | 957 |
| Burnley | 186 |
| Bury | 333 |
| Calderdale | 379 |
| Cambridge | 193 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1,207 |
| Camden | 365 |
| Cannock Chase | 161 |
| Canterbury | 363 |
| Carlisle | 165 |
| Castle Point | 164 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 552 |
| Charnwood | 311 |
| Chelmsford | 322 |
| Cheltenham | 335 |
| Cherwell | 319 |
| Cheshire East | 841 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 660 |
| Chesterfield | 185 |
| Chichester | 251 |
| Chiltern | 171 |
| Chorley | 207 |
| Christchurch | 128 |
| City of Bristol | 831 |
| City of Derby | 465 |
| City of Kingston upon Hull | 448 |
| City of London | 32 |
| City of Nottingham | 604 |
| City of Peterborough | 441 |
| City of Plymouth | 518 |
| City of Westminster | 493 |
| Colchester | 492 |
| Copeland | 115 |
| Corby | 162 |
| Cornwall | 1,306 |
| Cotswold | 205 |
| County Durham | 786 |
| Coventry | 612 |
| Craven | 98 |
| Crawley | 196 |
| Croydon | 717 |
| Cumbria | 928 |
| Dacorum | 266 |
| Darlington | 167 |
| Dartford | 225 |
| Daventry | 138 |
| Derbyshire | 1,425 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 144 |
| Devon | 1,887 |
| Doncaster | 490 |
| Dorset | 1,029 |
| Dover | 254 |
| Dudley | 511 |
| Ealing | 484 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 146 |
| East Devon | 359 |
| East Dorset | 176 |
| East Hampshire | 212 |
| East Hertfordshire | 304 |
| East Lindsey | 265 |
| East Northamptonshire | 200 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 624 |
| East Staffordshire | 237 |
| East Sussex | 1,369 |
| Eastbourne | 324 |
| Eastleigh | 254 |
| Eden | 78 |
| Elmbridge | 311 |
| Enfield | 550 |
| Epping Forest | 285 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 148 |
| Erewash | 196 |
| Essex | 3,085 |
| Exeter | 361 |
| Fareham | 208 |
| Fenland | 250 |
| Forest Heath | 153 |
| Forest of Dean | 131 |
| Fylde | 160 |
| Gateshead | 285 |
| Gedling | 241 |
| Gloucester | 291 |
| Gloucestershire | 1,321 |
| Gosport | 189 |
| Gravesham | 179 |
| Great Yarmouth | 224 |
| Greater Manchester | 4,893 |
| Greenwich | 472 |
| Guildford | 235 |
| Hackney | 298 |
| Halton | 190 |
| Hambleton | 127 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 337 |
| Hampshire | 2,555 |
| Harborough | 182 |
| Haringey | 310 |
| Harlow | 167 |
| Harrogate | 359 |
| Harrow | 401 |
| Hart | 166 |
| Hartlepool | 137 |
| Hastings | 241 |
| Havant | 226 |
| Havering | 479 |
| Herefordshire | 340 |
| Hertfordshire | 2,228 |
| Hertsmere | 226 |
| High Peak | 182 |
| Hillingdon | 529 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 288 |
| Horsham | 293 |
| Hounslow | 413 |
| Huntingdonshire | 373 |
| Hyndburn | 144 |
| Inner London | 5,755 |
| Ipswich | 313 |
| Isle of Wight | 440 |
| Islington | 413 |
| Kensington And Chelsea | 393 |
| Kent | 3,151 |
| Kettering | 279 |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | 355 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 365 |
| Kirklees | 643 |
| Knowsley | 182 |
| Lambeth | 510 |
| Lancashire | 2,093 |
| Lancaster | 273 |
| Leeds | 1,376 |
| Leicester | 523 |
| Leicestershire | 1,355 |
| Lewes | 200 |
| Lewisham | 483 |
| Lichfield | 163 |
| Lincoln | 252 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,586 |
| Liverpool | 676 |
| Luton | 389 |
| Maidstone | 298 |
| Maldon | 116 |
| Malvern Hills | 116 |
| Manchester | 996 |
| Mansfield | 232 |
| Medway | 574 |
| Melton | 91 |
| Mendip | 268 |
| Merseyside | 2,121 |
| Merton | 418 |
| Mid Devon | 166 |
| Mid Suffolk | 180 |
| Mid Sussex | 322 |
| Middlesbrough | 166 |
| Milton Keynes | 613 |
| Mole Valley | 144 |
| New Forest | 426 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 242 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 460 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 171 |
| Newham | 398 |
| Norfolk | 1,983 |
| North Devon | 215 |
| North Dorset | 182 |
| North East Derbyshire | 157 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 267 |
| North Hertfordshire | 232 |
| North Kesteven | 252 |
| North Lincolnshire | 293 |
| North Norfolk | 303 |
| North Somerset | 480 |
| North Tyneside | 338 |
| North Warwickshire | 106 |
| North West Leicestershire | 174 |
| North Yorkshire | 1,214 |
| Northampton | 612 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,715 |
| Northumberland | 552 |
| Norwich | 350 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,608 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 234 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 114 |
| Oldham | 317 |
| Outer London | 9,028 |
| Oxford | 237 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,212 |
| Pendle | 164 |
| Poole | 413 |
| Portsmouth | 542 |
| Preston | 215 |
| Purbeck | 88 |
| Reading | 408 |
| Redbridge | 467 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 170 |
| Redditch | 141 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 328 |
| Ribble Valley | 93 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 392 |
| Richmondshire | 61 |
| Rochdale | 293 |
| Rochford | 152 |
| Rossendale | 112 |
| Rother | 285 |
| Rotherham | 391 |
| Rugby | 183 |
| Runnymede | 167 |
| Rushcliffe | 197 |
| Rushmoor | 178 |
| Rutland | 66 |
| Ryedale | 82 |
| Salford | 565 |
| Sandwell | 446 |
| Scarborough | 309 |
| Sedgemoor | 260 |
| Sefton | 445 |
| Selby | 178 |
| Sevenoaks | 210 |
| Sheffield | 748 |
| Shepway | 249 |
| Shropshire | 533 |
| Slough | 240 |
| Solihull | 392 |
| Somerset | 1,210 |
| South Bucks | 139 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 245 |
| South Derbyshire | 212 |
| South Gloucestershire | 502 |
| South Hams | 225 |
| South Holland | 207 |
| South Kesteven | 317 |
| South Lakeland | 269 |
| South Norfolk | 242 |
| South Northamptonshire | 171 |
| South Oxfordshire | 272 |
| South Ribble | 176 |
| South Somerset | 344 |
| South Staffordshire | 132 |
| South Tyneside | 179 |
| South Yorkshire | 2,005 |
| Southampton | 547 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 488 |
| Southwark | 494 |
| Spelthorne | 181 |
| St Albans | 326 |
| St Edmundsbury | 202 |
| St Helens | 251 |
| Stafford | 218 |
| Staffordshire | 1,392 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 162 |
| Stevenage | 140 |
| Stockport | 591 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 308 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 475 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 232 |
| Stroud | 205 |
| Suffolk | 1,551 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 281 |
| Sunderland | 364 |
| Surrey | 2,270 |
| Surrey Heath | 179 |
| Sutton | 367 |
| Swale | 261 |
| Swindon | 539 |
| Tameside | 365 |
| Tamworth | 148 |
| Tandridge | 149 |
| Taunton Deane | 256 |
| Teignbridge | 296 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 332 |
| Tendring | 398 |
| Test Valley | 185 |
| Tewkesbury | 154 |
| Thanet | 405 |
| Three Rivers | 150 |
| Thurrock | 350 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 233 |
| Torbay | 380 |
| Torridge | 154 |
| Tower Hamlets | 509 |
| Trafford | 456 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 246 |
| Tyne and Wear | 1,626 |
| Uttlesford | 169 |
| Vale of White Horse | 193 |
| Wakefield | 504 |
| Walsall | 340 |
| Waltham Forest | 367 |
| Wandsworth | 720 |
| Warrington | 401 |
| Warwick | 290 |
| Warwickshire | 1,045 |
| Watford | 193 |
| Waveney | 274 |
| Waverley | 206 |
| Wealden | 319 |
| Wellingborough | 153 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 202 |
| West Berkshire | 274 |
| West Devon | 111 |
| West Dorset | 269 |
| West Lancashire | 163 |
| West Lindsey | 171 |
| West Midlands | 4,446 |
| West Oxfordshire | 191 |
| West Somerset | 82 |
| West Sussex | 1,871 |
| West Yorkshire | 3,646 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 186 |
| Wigan | 542 |
| Wiltshire | 914 |
| Winchester | 202 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 306 |
| Wirral | 567 |
| Woking | 222 |
| Wokingham | 274 |
| Wolverhampton | 382 |
| Worcester | 220 |
| Worcestershire | 1,006 |
| Worthing | 293 |
| Wychavon | 218 |
| Wycombe | 285 |
| Wyre | 200 |
| Wyre Forest | 138 |
| York | 396 |
| England | 102,597 |
3.2 Sales volumes by London borough
Sales volumes by London borough: March 2016
| London borough | Sales volume |
|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 315 |
| Barnet | 787 |
| Bexley | 399 |
| Brent | 438 |
| Bromley | 668 |
| Camden | 365 |
| City of London | 32 |
| City of Westminster | 493 |
| Croydon | 717 |
| Ealing | 484 |
| Enfield | 550 |
| Greenwich | 472 |
| Hackney | 298 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 337 |
| Haringey | 310 |
| Harrow | 401 |
| Havering | 479 |
| Hillingdon | 529 |
| Hounslow | 413 |
| Islington | 413 |
| Kensington And Chelsea | 393 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 365 |
| Lambeth | 510 |
| Lewisham | 483 |
| Merton | 418 |
| Newham | 398 |
| Redbridge | 467 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 392 |
| Southwark | 494 |
| Sutton | 367 |
| Tower Hamlets | 509 |
| Waltham Forest | 367 |
| Wandsworth | 720 |
3.3 Sales volumes for England and London
Sales volumes for England and London over the past five years
4. Building status
New build and existing resold property for England by region
| Region | Average new build | Average existing | New build monthly change | Existing monthly change | New build annual change | Existing annual change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | £238,841 | £165,148 | 10.2% | 0.9% | 16.7% | 7.1% |
| East of England | £345,664 | £259,581 | 10.4% | 0.7% | 22.8% | 12.0% |
| London | £506,273 | £469,356 | 9.5% | 0.8% | 20.6% | 13.0% |
| North East | £185,288 | £119,875 | 9.6% | 1.4% | 10.9% | 2.5% |
| North West | £202,043 | £142,617 | 7.8% | -0.8% | 13.1% | 3.8% |
| South East | £375,559 | £301,842 | 10.6% | 1.3% | 23.0% | 12.2% |
| South West | £284,499 | £228,012 | 9.6% | 0.8% | 16.3% | 6.8% |
| West Midlands Region | £246,658 | £169,448 | 9.0% | -0.7% | 16.1% | 6.1% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £193,968 | £144,139 | 9.0% | -0.8% | 12.8% | 3.2% |
| England | £293,461 | £222,455 | 9.6% | 0.4% | 17.9% | 8.3% |
Note: the first estimate for new build is based on a small sample which can cause volatility in this initial estimate.
5. Buyer status
First time buyer and former owner occupier for England by region
| Region | Average first time buyer price | Average former owner and occupier price | First time buyer monthly change | Former owner occupier monthly change | First time buyer annual change | Former owner occupier annual change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | £143,665 | £191,747 | 1.6% | 1.7% | 8.1% | 7.7% |
| East of England | £222,470 | £297,151 | 1.6% | 1.3% | 13.4% | 12.4% |
| North East | £107,135 | £141,372 | 1.8% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 3.4% |
| North West | £122,988 | £165,294 | -0.5% | -0.1% | 4.2% | 4.5% |
| South East | £246,182 | £353,036 | 2.0% | 1.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| South West | £191,709 | £259,902 | 1.6% | 1.2% | 7.9% | 7.1% |
| West Midlands Region | £144,474 | £199,429 | -0.3% | 0.1% | 6.8% | 6.7% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £126,566 | £164,970 | -0.1% | -0.3% | 4.0% | 3.6% |
| London | £413,743 | £531,755 | 1.8% | 1.2% | 13.6% | 13.5% |
| England | £191,099 | £256,593 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
6. Funding status
Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region
| Region | Average cash price | Average mortgage price | Cash monthly change | Mortgage monthly change | Cash annual change | Mortgage annual change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | £164,440 | £172,955 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 7.5% | 8.0% |
| East of England | £249,801 | £272,708 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 11.6% | 13.4% |
| North East | £114,078 | £130,368 | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| North West | £134,963 | £151,488 | -0.5% | -0.2% | 3.7% | 4.7% |
| South East | £291,316 | £313,471 | 2.0% | 1.7% | 12.4% | 13.1% |
| South West | £228,406 | £233,522 | 1.3% | 1.4% | 6.3% | 8.2% |
| West Midlands Region | £167,550 | £176,358 | 0.1% | -0.2% | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £141,560 | £149,875 | -0.4% | -0.1% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| London | £495,900 | £464,845 | 1.2% | 1.6% | 12.2% | 14.0% |
| England | £212,618 | £233,971 | 1.0% | 1.1% | 7.9% | 9.4% |
7. About the UK House Price Index
The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) is calculated by the Office for National Statistics and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland. Find out about the methodology used to create the UK HPI.
Data for the UK House Price Index is provided by Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services Northern Ireland and the Valuation Office Agency.
Find out more about the UK House Price Index.
8. Access the data
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9. Contact
Eileen Morrison, Data Services Team Leader, HM Land Registry
Email eileen.morrison@landregistry.gov.uk
Telephone 0300 006 5288