National statistics

UK House Price Index England: October 2020

Published 16 December 2020

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for October 2020

The average price of a property in England was £262,175

The annual price change of a property in England was 5.4%

The monthly price change of a property in England was 0.6%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 129.2

Estimates for the most recent months are provisional and are likely to be updated as more data is incorporated into the index. Read the revision policies.

Next publication of UK HPI

The November 2020 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 20 January 2021. See the calendar of release dates for more information).

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 5.4% in the year to October 2020, up from 4.4% in September 2020. England house prices were growing at a similar rate to the UK rate of 5.4% in the year to October 2020. The East Midlands, North West and Yorkshire and The Humber were the joint fastest growing regions with annual growth of 6.6% in the year to October 2020. The lowest annual growth was in the East of England, where prices increased by 3.4% over the year to October 2020.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.6% between September and October 2020, compared with a fall of 0.3% during the same period a year earlier (September and October 2019). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.9% between September and October 2020.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2019 with the provisional estimate for August 2020, volume transactions decreased by 32.4% in England. UK volume transactions decreased by 32.6% over the same period.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period) report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, volume transactions decreased by 21.8% in England in the year to August 2020.

Across England, detached houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 6.9% in the year to October 2020 to £403,000. The lowest annual change was in flats and maisonettes which increased by 1.8% in the year to October 2020 to £229,000.

As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month’s set of house price data.

3. Price change

3.1 Annual price change

Annual price change for England and London over the past 5 years

Average house prices in England increased by 5.4% in the year to October 2020, up from 4.4% in September 2020.

In London, average house prices increased by 3.9% in the year to October 2020, down from 4.1% since September 2020.

Annual price change by local authority for England

Low numbers of sales transactions in some local authorities and London boroughs, such as City of London, can lead to volatility in the series. While we make efforts to account for this volatility, the change in price in these local levels can be influenced by the type and number of properties sold in any given period. Geographies with low number of sales transactions should be analysed in the context of their longer-term trends rather than focusing on monthly movements.

Local authorities October 2020 October 2019 Difference
Adur £334,727 £314,271 6.5%
Allerdale £156,448 £156,103 0.2%
Amber Valley £194,157 £178,022 9.1%
Arun £299,264 £286,138 4.6%
Ashfield £150,857 £146,018 3.3%
Ashford £310,543 £300,455 3.4%
Aylesbury Vale £331,240 £321,557 3.0%
Babergh £290,573 £283,988 2.3%
Barking and Dagenham £308,583 £303,159 1.8%
Barnet £536,263 £531,182 1.0%
Barnsley £138,796 £129,477 7.2%
Barrow-in-Furness £130,986 £123,847 5.8%
Basildon £325,561 £305,400 6.6%
Basingstoke and Deane £303,012 £303,514 -0.2%
Bassetlaw £165,656 £158,676 4.4%
Bath and North East Somerset £362,529 £337,693 7.4%
Bedford £290,984 £286,365 1.6%
Bexley £344,254 £332,028 3.7%
Birmingham £192,900 £189,922 1.6%
Blaby £249,145 £230,185 8.2%
Blackburn with Darwen £116,302 £117,406 -0.9%
Blackpool £112,078 £107,895 3.9%
Bolsover £135,677 £127,760 6.2%
Bolton £149,405 £139,020 7.5%
Boston £159,446 £150,230 6.1%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £292,394 £281,008 4.1%
Bracknell Forest £333,595 £334,797 -0.4%
Bradford £146,957 £138,709 5.9%
Braintree £292,030 £278,889 4.7%
Breckland £235,322 £225,885 4.2%
Brent £518,636 £494,886 4.8%
Brentwood £428,581 £421,850 1.6%
Brighton and Hove £386,631 £361,863 6.8%
Broadland £277,494 £259,836 6.8%
Bromley £451,013 £439,238 2.7%
Bromsgrove £299,132 £295,617 1.2%
Broxbourne £351,019 £356,947 -1.7%
Broxtowe £199,049 £188,093 5.8%
Buckinghamshire £405,677 £400,040 1.4%
Burnley £93,364 £85,931 8.7%
Bury £189,018 £180,557 4.7%
Calderdale £154,048 £150,981 2.0%
Cambridge £442,012 £445,665 -0.8%
Cambridgeshire £297,412 £294,675 0.9%
Camden £857,205 £818,709 4.7%
Cannock Chase £177,541 £170,373 4.2%
Canterbury £309,206 £297,744 3.8%
Carlisle £143,305 £137,429 4.3%
Castle Point £328,604 £306,467 7.2%
Central Bedfordshire £313,496 £301,018 4.1%
Charnwood £235,659 £229,153 2.8%
Chelmsford £347,317 £339,881 2.2%
Cheltenham £291,148 £270,678 7.6%
Cherwell £290,750 £279,676 4.0%
Cheshire East £248,959 £234,191 6.3%
Cheshire West and Chester £220,568 £206,916 6.6%
Chesterfield £164,591 £159,299 3.3%
Chichester £415,017 £378,652 9.6%
Chiltern £544,082 £550,930 -1.2%
Chorley £191,544 £183,628 4.3%
City of Bristol £304,209 £288,015 5.6%
City of Derby £168,429 £160,995 4.6%
City of Kingston upon Hull £119,150 £114,641 3.9%
City of London £721,490 £820,169 -12.0%
City of Nottingham £159,325 £147,874 7.7%
City of Peterborough £200,033 £199,520 0.3%
City of Plymouth £182,804 £174,701 4.6%
City of Westminster £930,164 £915,866 1.6%
Colchester £269,484 £261,476 3.1%
Copeland £120,306 £126,390 -4.8%
Corby £198,503 £188,025 5.6%
Cornwall £254,382 £236,517 7.6%
Cotswold £417,103 £388,597 7.3%
County Durham £106,780 £104,576 2.1%
Coventry £198,381 £189,118 4.9%
Craven £231,973 £214,156 8.3%
Crawley £291,738 £277,301 5.2%
Croydon £385,488 £366,035 5.3%
Cumbria £165,455 £160,017 3.4%
Dacorum £415,950 £402,212 3.4%
Darlington £133,940 £130,446 2.7%
Dartford £312,306 £297,439 5.0%
Daventry £277,232 £267,884 3.5%
Derbyshire £192,340 £179,615 7.1%
Derbyshire Dales £283,686 £262,477 8.1%
Devon £276,783 £264,374 4.7%
Doncaster £138,207 £130,384 6.0%
Dorset £295,526 £286,991 3.0%
Dover £262,400 £251,609 4.3%
Dudley £187,982 £183,252 2.6%
Ealing £518,392 £475,313 9.1%
East Cambridgeshire £302,556 £287,668 5.2%
East Devon £308,295 £291,415 5.8%
East Hampshire £397,007 £372,235 6.7%
East Hertfordshire £405,275 £386,911 4.7%
East Lindsey £178,105 £182,141 -2.2%
East Northamptonshire £251,174 £231,993 8.3%
East Riding of Yorkshire £186,316 £181,666 2.6%
East Staffordshire £200,048 £183,744 8.9%
East Suffolk £255,120 £242,223 5.3%
East Sussex £291,988 £285,189 2.4%
Eastbourne £247,016 £247,934 -0.4%
Eastleigh £278,877 £282,228 -1.2%
Eden £216,538 £197,519 9.6%
Elmbridge £623,462 £596,453 4.5%
Enfield £403,170 £392,184 2.8%
Epping Forest £474,384 £457,573 3.7%
Epsom and Ewell £482,849 £444,060 8.7%
Erewash £177,156 £164,054 8.0%
Essex £322,952 £310,773 3.9%
Exeter £265,479 £259,939 2.1%
Fareham £300,628 £289,312 3.9%
Fenland £193,705 £187,373 3.4%
Folkestone and Hythe £274,854 £262,280 4.8%
Forest of Dean £262,069 £242,371 8.1%
Fylde £210,181 £190,576 10.3%
Gateshead £140,573 £130,645 7.6%
Gedling £201,682 £189,507 6.4%
Gloucester £212,406 £209,321 1.5%
Gloucestershire £284,156 £268,710 5.7%
Gosport £222,423 £209,625 6.1%
Gravesham £281,983 £276,078 2.1%
Great Yarmouth £175,547 £176,020 -0.3%
Greenwich £406,635 £401,997 1.2%
Guildford £457,442 £444,098 3.0%
Hackney £569,792 £560,878 1.6%
Halton £153,117 £144,723 5.8%
Hambleton £247,128 £232,814 6.1%
Hammersmith and Fulham £716,886 £711,960 0.7%
Hampshire £324,165 £314,617 3.0%
Harborough £318,734 £297,820 7.0%
Haringey £577,636 £552,309 4.6%
Harlow £269,572 £276,623 -2.5%
Harrogate £297,305 £292,365 1.7%
Harrow £459,106 £453,833 1.2%
Hart £437,326 £416,292 5.1%
Hartlepool £105,842 £110,695 -4.4%
Hastings £217,488 £215,337 1.0%
Havant £276,507 £266,219 3.9%
Havering £371,260 £366,949 1.2%
Herefordshire £256,707 £240,616 6.7%
Hertfordshire £413,671 £396,643 4.3%
Hertsmere £479,216 £459,770 4.2%
High Peak £222,024 £197,909 12.2%
Hillingdon £419,162 £403,619 3.9%
Hinckley and Bosworth £232,907 £227,223 2.5%
Horsham £380,815 £372,676 2.2%
Hounslow £427,832 £415,607 2.9%
Huntingdonshire £260,893 £260,110 0.3%
Hyndburn £100,508 £101,213 -0.7%
Ipswich £199,883 £198,262 0.8%
Isle of Wight £241,698 £222,902 8.4%
Islington £693,372 £641,507 8.1%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,301,336 £1,175,169 10.7%
Kent £306,315 £295,889 3.5%
Kettering £216,829 £203,081 6.8%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £233,004 £219,473 6.2%
Kingston upon Thames £521,343 £486,686 7.1%
Kirklees £162,865 £153,390 6.2%
Knowsley £140,870 £133,171 5.8%
Lambeth £536,452 £513,236 4.5%
Lancashire £154,298 £147,536 4.6%
Lancaster £165,676 £160,623 3.1%
Leeds £199,154 £189,185 5.3%
Leicester £192,427 £178,447 7.8%
Leicestershire £244,886 £234,577 4.4%
Lewes £338,808 £327,772 3.4%
Lewisham £440,519 £419,481 5.0%
Lichfield £266,751 £248,988 7.1%
Lincoln £156,234 £154,194 1.3%
Lincolnshire £190,103 £187,690 1.3%
Liverpool £149,938 £137,335 9.2%
Luton £227,390 £233,751 -2.7%
Maidstone £291,411 £290,280 0.4%
Maldon £341,264 £331,591 2.9%
Malvern Hills £280,153 £266,620 5.1%
Manchester £191,505 £185,323 3.3%
Mansfield £147,897 £140,714 5.1%
Medway £250,654 £242,368 3.4%
Melton £245,543 £226,016 8.6%
Mendip £285,772 £260,724 9.6%
Merton £561,639 £507,945 10.6%
Mid Devon £238,169 £234,417 1.6%
Mid Suffolk £277,344 £271,218 2.3%
Mid Sussex £376,569 £366,888 2.6%
Middlesbrough £114,165 £115,099 -0.8%
Milton Keynes £264,820 £257,630 2.8%
Mole Valley £485,683 £470,746 3.2%
New Forest £345,435 £336,735 2.6%
Newark and Sherwood £202,674 £188,492 7.5%
Newcastle upon Tyne £167,002 £167,109 -0.1%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £162,714 £156,565 3.9%
Newham £374,954 £369,186 1.6%
Norfolk £240,717 £229,673 4.8%
North Devon £267,669 £252,468 6.0%
North East Derbyshire £206,841 £185,872 11.3%
North East Lincolnshire £134,165 £122,207 9.8%
North Hertfordshire £369,708 £336,734 9.8%
North Kesteven £216,307 £212,609 1.7%
North Lincolnshire £153,325 £145,137 5.6%
North Norfolk £277,131 £260,061 6.6%
North Somerset £277,845 £268,513 3.5%
North Tyneside £173,643 £164,358 5.6%
North Warwickshire £223,855 £206,575 8.4%
North West Leicestershire £216,138 £213,917 1.0%
North Yorkshire £235,847 £224,575 5.0%
Northampton £217,166 £212,165 2.4%
Northamptonshire £237,602 £226,877 4.7%
Northumberland £167,043 £154,375 8.2%
Norwich £211,280 £207,112 2.0%
Nottinghamshire £191,102 £180,815 5.7%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £194,819 £177,585 9.7%
Oadby and Wigston £235,268 £220,467 6.7%
Oldham £148,398 £139,752 6.2%
Oxford £454,010 £414,692 9.5%
Oxfordshire £376,836 £353,033 6.7%
Pendle £109,724 £103,399 6.1%
Portsmouth £221,908 £208,820 6.3%
Preston £132,831 £128,194 3.6%
Reading £300,968 £291,282 3.3%
Redbridge £429,315 £409,105 4.9%
Redcar and Cleveland £132,170 £122,528 7.9%
Redditch £216,159 £213,425 1.3%
Reigate and Banstead £425,860 £410,884 3.6%
Ribble Valley £216,835 £218,452 -0.7%
Richmond upon Thames £692,638 £643,367 7.7%
Richmondshire £227,963 £213,673 6.7%
Rochdale £146,364 £144,657 1.2%
Rochford £365,526 £347,978 5.0%
Rossendale £150,090 £143,165 4.8%
Rother £304,219 £301,411 0.9%
Rotherham £144,788 £142,314 1.7%
Rugby £244,514 £230,970 5.9%
Runnymede £427,717 £400,388 6.8%
Rushcliffe £294,921 £276,998 6.5%
Rushmoor £285,831 £280,610 1.9%
Rutland £337,128 £315,913 6.7%
Ryedale £257,693 £240,268 7.3%
Salford £179,487 £166,901 7.5%
Sandwell £156,381 £155,479 0.6%
Scarborough £178,589 £169,096 5.6%
Sedgemoor £243,181 £227,343 7.0%
Sefton £177,684 £172,761 2.8%
Selby £213,296 £203,736 4.7%
Sevenoaks £462,080 £428,722 7.8%
Sheffield £178,787 £168,649 6.0%
Shropshire £229,136 £219,138 4.6%
Slough £321,099 £295,841 8.5%
Solihull £294,074 £283,064 3.9%
Somerset £252,350 £237,963 6.0%
Somerset West and Taunton £245,637 £238,696 2.9%
South Bucks £579,289 £589,909 -1.8%
South Cambridgeshire £372,764 £375,915 -0.8%
South Derbyshire £200,793 £198,472 1.2%
South Gloucestershire £283,594 £280,907 1.0%
South Hams £327,645 £318,527 2.9%
South Holland £196,208 £189,771 3.4%
South Kesteven £225,860 £221,009 2.2%
South Lakeland £254,060 £241,459 5.2%
South Norfolk £278,937 £261,419 6.7%
South Northamptonshire £335,622 £311,327 7.8%
South Oxfordshire £452,930 £411,997 9.9%
South Ribble £178,678 £168,724 5.9%
South Somerset £245,522 £231,039 6.3%
South Staffordshire £245,191 £239,024 2.6%
South Tyneside £139,293 £137,433 1.4%
Southampton £212,211 £209,445 1.3%
Southend-on-Sea £297,080 £286,547 3.7%
Southwark £512,705 £510,727 0.4%
Spelthorne £358,317 £369,918 -3.1%
St Albans £527,224 £508,981 3.6%
St Helens £141,137 £134,862 4.7%
Stafford £223,489 £213,226 4.8%
Staffordshire £205,985 £196,204 5.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands £196,479 £192,316 2.2%
Stevenage £291,619 £280,597 3.9%
Stockport £248,952 £230,871 7.8%
Stockton-on-Tees £137,694 £136,064 1.2%
Stoke-on-Trent £119,109 £111,744 6.6%
Stratford-on-Avon £323,148 £320,973 0.7%
Stroud £296,036 £284,151 4.2%
Suffolk £253,134 £245,892 2.9%
Sunderland £118,457 £116,256 1.9%
Surrey £457,915 £440,396 4.0%
Surrey Heath £397,274 £395,205 0.5%
Sutton £385,190 £370,293 4.0%
Swale £260,889 £255,019 2.3%
Swindon £224,354 £213,847 4.9%
Tameside £163,490 £153,842 6.3%
Tamworth £195,698 £187,280 4.5%
Tandridge £462,728 £439,352 5.3%
Teignbridge £264,357 £250,872 5.4%
Telford and Wrekin £176,404 £171,124 3.1%
Tendring £228,997 £220,233 4.0%
Test Valley £342,338 £332,591 2.9%
Tewkesbury £292,132 £271,494 7.6%
Thanet £249,367 £239,847 4.0%
Three Rivers £521,293 £509,723 2.3%
Thurrock £274,488 £268,630 2.2%
Tonbridge and Malling £381,348 £373,336 2.1%
Torbay £207,638 £199,650 4.0%
Torridge £257,951 £235,746 9.4%
Tower Hamlets £470,151 £451,357 4.2%
Trafford £308,933 £294,267 5.0%
Tunbridge Wells £400,113 £388,260 3.1%
Uttlesford £414,882 £385,890 7.5%
Vale of White Horse £381,355 £356,387 7.0%
Wakefield £160,752 £152,198 5.6%
Walsall £174,288 £168,081 3.7%
Waltham Forest £459,387 £434,314 5.8%
Wandsworth £638,185 £598,700 6.6%
Warrington £205,579 £197,581 4.0%
Warwick £321,812 £310,952 3.5%
Warwickshire £265,157 £252,455 5.0%
Watford £374,743 £346,245 8.2%
Waverley £487,240 £451,043 8.0%
Wealden £358,080 £339,674 5.4%
Wellingborough £217,054 £214,750 1.1%
Welwyn Hatfield £410,870 £394,590 4.1%
West Berkshire £363,276 £348,223 4.3%
West Devon £265,322 £253,886 4.5%
West Lancashire £189,673 £188,694 0.5%
West Lindsey £175,605 £175,723 -0.1%
West Oxfordshire £348,054 £335,311 3.8%
West Suffolk £265,027 £260,759 1.6%
West Sussex £336,080 £322,863 4.1%
Wigan £145,191 £135,392 7.2%
Wiltshire £287,805 £276,289 4.2%
Winchester £444,674 £419,142 6.1%
Windsor and Maidenhead £494,923 £478,463 3.4%
Wirral £171,729 £164,354 4.5%
Woking £427,536 £412,798 3.6%
Wokingham £427,469 £406,607 5.1%
Wolverhampton £164,966 £157,724 4.6%
Worcester £233,987 £209,165 11.9%
Worcestershire £252,388 £240,076 5.1%
Worthing £283,552 £280,356 1.1%
Wychavon £290,666 £274,712 5.8%
Wycombe £399,864 £393,041 1.7%
Wyre £163,860 £152,775 7.3%
Wyre Forest £201,169 £189,691 6.1%
York £263,280 £257,038 2.4%
England £262,175 £248,842 5.4%

Average price by local authority for England

In October 2020, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where the average cost was £93,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough October 2020 October 2019 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £308,583 £303,159 1.8%
Barnet £536,263 £531,182 1.0%
Bexley £344,254 £332,028 3.7%
Brent £518,636 £494,886 4.8%
Bromley £451,013 £439,238 2.7%
Camden £857,205 £818,709 4.7%
City of London £721,490 £820,169 -12.0%
City of Westminster £930,164 £915,866 1.6%
Croydon £385,488 £366,035 5.3%
Ealing £518,392 £475,313 9.1%
Enfield £403,170 £392,184 2.8%
Greenwich £406,635 £401,997 1.2%
Hackney £569,792 £560,878 1.6%
Hammersmith and Fulham £716,886 £711,960 0.7%
Haringey £577,636 £552,309 4.6%
Harrow £459,106 £453,833 1.2%
Havering £371,260 £366,949 1.2%
Hillingdon £419,162 £403,619 3.9%
Hounslow £427,832 £415,607 2.9%
Islington £693,372 £641,507 8.1%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,301,336 £1,175,169 10.7%
Kingston upon Thames £521,343 £486,686 7.1%
Lambeth £536,452 £513,236 4.5%
Lewisham £440,519 £419,481 5.0%
Merton £561,639 £507,945 10.6%
Newham £374,954 £369,186 1.6%
Redbridge £429,315 £409,105 4.9%
Richmond upon Thames £692,638 £643,367 7.7%
Southwark £512,705 £510,727 0.4%
Sutton £385,190 £370,293 4.0%
Tower Hamlets £470,151 £451,357 4.2%
Waltham Forest £459,387 £434,314 5.8%
Wandsworth £638,185 £598,700 6.6%

Average price by London borough

In October 2020, the most expensive borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £309,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type October 2020 October 2019 Difference
Detached £403,334 £377,127 6.9%
Semi-detached £247,799 £234,973 5.5%
Terraced £213,894 £201,495 6.2%
Flat or maisonette £228,857 £224,898 1.8%
All £262,175 £248,842 5.4%

4. Sales volumes

The amount of time between the sale of a property and the registration of this information varies. It typically ranges between 2 weeks and 2 months but can be longer. Volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet at a reliable level for reporting, so they are not included in the report. Published transactions for recent months will increase as later registered transactions are incorporated into the index.

Sales volume data is also available by property status (new build and existing property) and funding status (cash and mortgage) in our downloadable data tables. Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and require more time to process. Read Revisions to the UK HPI data for more information.

4.1 Sales volumes by local authority

Sales volumes for England by local authority

Local authorities August 2020 August 2019
Adur 52 119
Allerdale 89 163
Amber Valley 121 226
Arun 188 305
Ashfield 114 212
Ashford 146 195
Aylesbury Vale 174 358
Babergh 94 171
Barking and Dagenham 100 189
Barnet 197 385
Barnsley 229 375
Barrow-in-Furness 72 112
Basildon 143 219
Basingstoke and Deane 166 282
Bassetlaw 96 182
Bath and North East Somerset 178 284
Bedford 143 272
Bexley 225 308
Birmingham 628 1,180
Blaby 104 170
Blackburn with Darwen 170 176
Blackpool 154 193
Bolsover 66 135
Bolton 252 410
Boston 55 90
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 429 685
Bracknell Forest 109 253
Bradford 459 699
Braintree 114 237
Breckland 153 230
Brent 121 147
Brentwood 95 87
Brighton and Hove 252 394
Broadland 125 220
Bromley 315 489
Bromsgrove 111 148
Broxbourne 77 122
Broxtowe 106 184
Buckinghamshire 467 880
Burnley 92 109
Bury 165 298
Calderdale 214 331
Cambridge 71 150
Cambridgeshire 539 972
Camden 109 135
Cannock Chase 110 158
Canterbury 143 246
Carlisle 107 186
Castle Point 80 117
Central Bedfordshire 288 467
Charnwood 167 297
Chelmsford 150 292
Cheltenham 139 192
Cherwell 159 235
Cheshire East 468 763
Cheshire West and Chester 350 560
Chesterfield 106 158
Chichester 133 184
Chiltern 92 146
Chorley 119 189
City of Bristol 373 649
City of Derby 206 322
City of Kingston upon Hull 225 334
City of London 6 16
City of Nottingham 221 398
City of Peterborough 181 278
City of Plymouth 302 391
City of Westminster 119 176
Colchester 146 374
Copeland 91 103
Corby 50 115
Cornwall 542 967
Cotswold 93 145
County Durham 502 791
Coventry 237 421
Craven 64 115
Crawley 73 117
Croydon 277 393
Cumbria 517 838
Dacorum 121 206
Darlington 122 176
Dartford 96 196
Daventry 80 148
Derbyshire 780 1,375
Derbyshire Dales 50 109
Devon 853 1,451
Doncaster 270 439
Dorset 446 596
Dover 92 175
Dudley 248 426
Ealing 168 311
East Cambridgeshire 72 125
East Devon 164 306
East Hampshire 112 193
East Hertfordshire 156 222
East Lindsey 136 239
East Northamptonshire 88 170
East Riding of Yorkshire 377 641
East Staffordshire 110 215
East Suffolk 251 397
East Sussex 607 946
Eastbourne 113 176
Eastleigh 140 222
Eden 53 104
Elmbridge 144 247
Enfield 137 268
Epping Forest 101 182
Epsom and Ewell 67 128
Erewash 135 191
Essex 1,266 2,239
Exeter 122 207
Fareham 107 194
Fenland 106 146
Folkestone and Hythe 122 172
Forest of Dean 92 131
Fylde 74 162
Gateshead 175 272
Gedling 137 201
Gloucester 119 216
Gloucestershire 644 1,053
Gosport 87 115
Gravesham 76 117
Great Yarmouth 98 166
Greenwich 152 344
Guildford 117 186
Hackney 103 232
Halton 118 151
Hambleton 82 141
Hammersmith and Fulham 120 199
Hampshire 1,323 2,151
Harborough 89 158
Haringey 137 208
Harlow 55 112
Harrogate 173 278
Harrow 113 217
Hart 99 140
Hartlepool 120 126
Hastings 102 163
Havant 106 185
Havering 191 316
Herefordshire 140 287
Hertfordshire 1,019 1,608
Hertsmere 98 139
High Peak 84 182
Hillingdon 172 272
Hinckley and Bosworth 126 183
Horsham 141 264
Hounslow 123 202
Huntingdonshire 161 311
Hyndburn 69 133
Ipswich 123 207
Isle of Wight 166 272
Islington 93 184
Kensington and Chelsea 77 132
Kent 1,502 2,351
Kettering 76 133
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 145 252
Kingston upon Thames 139 219
Kirklees 358 608
Knowsley 99 193
Lambeth 200 345
Lancashire 1,224 1,905
Lancaster 155 228
Leeds 708 1,168
Leicester 142 278
Leicestershire 698 1,142
Lewes 98 192
Lewisham 218 334
Lichfield 123 196
Lincoln 90 157
Lincolnshire 742 1,296
Liverpool 346 555
Luton 122 203
Maidstone 173 229
Maldon 61 94
Malvern Hills 62 125
Manchester 309 586
Mansfield 121 177
Medway 243 433
Melton 49 70
Mendip 117 160
Merton 135 240
Mid Devon 76 130
Mid Suffolk 99 138
Mid Sussex 145 275
Middlesbrough 111 179
Milton Keynes 182 382
Mole Valley 67 129
New Forest 213 266
Newark and Sherwood 127 203
Newcastle upon Tyne 264 349
Newcastle-under-Lyme 123 153
Newham 97 175
Norfolk 901 1,530
North Devon 102 187
North East Derbyshire 108 157
North East Lincolnshire 178 243
North Hertfordshire 130 210
North Kesteven 123 250
North Lincolnshire 143 244
North Norfolk 125 206
North Somerset 278 385
North Tyneside 235 323
North Warwickshire 48 86
North West Leicestershire 114 199
North Yorkshire 673 1,055
Northampton 210 344
Northamptonshire 680 1,183
Northumberland 311 500
Norwich 110 205
Nottinghamshire 828 1,342
Nuneaton and Bedworth 141 187
Oadby and Wigston 49 65
Oldham 182 279
Oxford 88 116
Oxfordshire 644 935
Pendle 102 133
Portsmouth 196 293
Preston 110 217
Reading 113 202
Redbridge 141 270
Redcar and Cleveland 118 180
Redditch 77 135
Reigate and Banstead 126 248
Ribble Valley 73 108
Richmond upon Thames 188 273
Richmondshire 31 62
Rochdale 172 345
Rochford 81 127
Rossendale 81 107
Rother 113 181
Rotherham 229 309
Rugby 112 227
Runnymede 93 141
Rushcliffe 127 183
Rushmoor 66 143
Rutland 32 67
Ryedale 66 85
Salford 197 495
Sandwell 183 330
Scarborough 151 206
Sedgemoor 98 169
Sefton 241 399
Selby 106 168
Sevenoaks 129 174
Sheffield 407 673
Shropshire 277 502
Slough 64 110
Solihull 209 319
Somerset 540 817
Somerset West and Taunton 159 246
South Bucks 57 105
South Cambridgeshire 129 240
South Derbyshire 110 217
South Gloucestershire 227 432
South Hams 121 165
South Holland 114 144
South Kesteven 133 236
South Lakeland 105 170
South Norfolk 145 251
South Northamptonshire 111 170
South Oxfordshire 153 215
South Ribble 115 195
South Somerset 166 242
South Staffordshire 108 142
South Tyneside 105 208
Southampton 182 318
Southend-on-Sea 165 267
Southwark 184 305
Spelthorne 88 207
St Albans 140 226
St Helens 177 244
Stafford 154 214
Staffordshire 888 1,354
Staffordshire Moorlands 100 182
Stevenage 78 106
Stockport 323 539
Stockton-on-Tees 202 268
Stoke-on-Trent 236 340
Stratford-on-Avon 126 221
Stroud 97 191
Suffolk 713 1,169
Sunderland 238 336
Surrey 1,153 1,935
Surrey Heath 101 153
Sutton 155 284
Swale 118 234
Swindon 183 358
Tameside 202 328
Tamworth 60 94
Tandridge 100 141
Teignbridge 142 252
Telford and Wrekin 147 295
Tendring 167 275
Test Valley 122 231
Tewkesbury 104 178
Thanet 147 213
Three Rivers 66 134
Thurrock 142 227
Tonbridge and Malling 158 180
Torbay 137 270
Torridge 64 119
Tower Hamlets 132 416
Trafford 234 317
Tunbridge Wells 102 220
Uttlesford 73 123
Vale of White Horse 135 224
Wakefield 306 491
Walsall 209 306
Waltham Forest 162 288
Wandsworth 289 525
Warrington 188 259
Warwick 127 242
Warwickshire 554 963
Watford 65 118
Waverley 159 226
Wealden 181 234
Wellingborough 65 103
Welwyn Hatfield 88 125
West Berkshire 138 200
West Devon 62 85
West Lancashire 93 132
West Lindsey 91 180
West Oxfordshire 109 145
West Suffolk 146 256
West Sussex 865 1,475
Wigan 284 496
Wiltshire 434 784
Winchester 105 180
Windsor and Maidenhead 130 205
Wirral 312 440
Woking 91 129
Wokingham 160 268
Wolverhampton 170 273
Worcester 77 137
Worcestershire 540 867
Worthing 133 211
Wychavon 118 185
Wycombe 144 271
Wyre 141 192
Wyre Forest 95 137
York 158 326
England 47,756 78,838

Note: The number of property transactions for August 2020 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2019 with the provisional estimate for August 2020, volume transactions decreased by 32.4% in England.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period) report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, volume transactions decreased by 21.8% in England in the year to August 2020.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough August 2020 August 2019
Barking and Dagenham 100 189
Barnet 197 385
Bexley 225 308
Brent 121 147
Bromley 315 489
Camden 109 135
City of London 6 16
City of Westminster 119 176
Croydon 277 393
Ealing 168 311
Enfield 137 268
Greenwich 152 344
Hackney 103 232
Hammersmith and Fulham 120 199
Haringey 137 208
Harrow 113 217
Havering 191 316
Hillingdon 172 272
Hounslow 123 202
Islington 93 184
Kensington and Chelsea 77 132
Kingston upon Thames 139 219
Lambeth 200 345
Lewisham 218 334
Merton 135 240
Newham 97 175
Redbridge 141 270
Richmond upon Thames 188 273
Southwark 184 305
Sutton 155 284
Tower Hamlets 132 416
Waltham Forest 162 288
Wandsworth 289 525

Note: The number of property transactions for August 2020 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

4.3 Sales volumes for England

Sales volumes for England over the past five years

Date Sales volumes for England
August 2016 79,655
August 2017 82,670
August 2018 84,466
August 2019 78,838
August 2020 47,756

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2019 with the provisional estimate for August 2020, volume transactions decreased by 32.4% in England.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period) report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, volume transactions decreased by 21.8% in England in the year to August 2020.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
August 2016 8,535
August 2017 8,921
August 2018 8,975
August 2019 8,797
August 2020 5,095

5. Property status

Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and need more time to process. This means they can take longer to appear in the land registers. The volume of new build transactions for the most recent 2 months are not at a reliable level for reporting the breakdown between new build and existing resold property, so they are not included in the report.

New build and existing resold property for England by region

Region Average new build August 2020 Average existing August 2020 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £497,859 £493,282 -0.4% 1.9% 3.6% 4.4%
North East £192,545 £127,735 -0.3% 0.9% 2.3% 0.4%
East Midlands £272,690 £197,617 -0.9% 1.0% 4.1% 3.7%
East of England £368,441 £293,194 -0.5% 1.6% 2.7% 2.6%
North West £232,786 £171,474 -0.1% 1.9% 4.4% 4.1%
South East £386,139 £328,767 -0.2% 1.7% 3.9% 2.7%
South West £311,922 £263,577 -1.3% 0.6% 3.7% 3.1%
West Midlands £275,064 £202,147 -1.0% 1.1% 2.7% 2.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber £216,983 £169,616 0.4% 2.0% 4.8% 4.1%
England £315,469 £253,760 -0.5% 1.5% 3.7% 3.3%

Note: Since the October 2017 release, amendments have been made to our estimation model when calculating our provisional estimate. Find out further information and the impact of this change in methods used to produce the UK HPI.

6. Buyer status

First time buyer and former owner occupier for England by region

Region Average first time buyer price October 2020 Average former owner occupier price October 2020 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £426,150 £559,947 -1.2% -1.1% 3.2% 4.8%
North East £116,518 £155,772 -0.4% -0.2% 5.0% 5.8%
East Midlands £174,328 £234,887 2.1% 1.8% 6.3% 6.9%
East of England £248,984 £340,698 -0.7% -1.0% 2.7% 4.0%
North West £149,455 £202,424 1.4% 1.1% 6.1% 7.1%
South East £268,041 £393,348 0.5% 0.3% 4.0% 5.3%
South West £224,271 £311,176 0.3% 0.5% 5.3% 6.7%
West Midlands £174,794 £242,704 0.9% 1.0% 4.9% 5.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber £151,440 £199,827 2.4% 2.3% 6.1% 7.0%
England £218,613 £299,329 0.6% 0.6% 4.8% 5.9%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price October 2020 Average mortgage price October 2020 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £506,483 £485,542 -1.9% -1.0% 2.9% 4.1%
North East £124,590 £142,922 -0.6% -0.1% 5.0% 5.6%
East Midlands £199,793 £211,431 2.0% 1.9% 6.2% 6.8%
East of England £285,743 £308,136 -1.0% -0.8% 3.4% 3.4%
North West £163,358 £185,504 1.4% 1.2% 6.3% 6.7%
South East £323,474 £344,521 0.8% 0.3% 4.9% 4.6%
South West £271,927 £275,977 0.8% 0.2% 6.2% 6.0%
West Midlands £201,223 £214,970 1.1% 0.9% 5.1% 5.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber £169,712 £180,892 2.4% 2.3% 6.3% 6.6%
England £246,535 £270,055 0.7% 0.5% 5.3% 5.4%

8. Repossession sales volumes

Due to a period of 2 weeks to 2 months between completion and registration of sales, volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

Repossession sales volumes by government office region

Region Sales volume August 2020
East Midlands 19
East of England 11
London 43
North East 87
North West 74
South East 31
South West 18
West Midlands 28
Yorkshire and The Humber 51
England 362

9. Access the data

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Data revisions

View any revisions to previously published data in the data downloads or find out more about revisions in our guidance About the UK HPI.

10. 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 HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, The Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency and the Valuation Office Agency.

Find out more about the UK House Price Index.

11. Contact for England queries

Eileen Morrison, Data Services Team Leader, HM Land Registry

Email eileen.morrison@landregistry.gov.uk

Telephone 0300 006 5288