National statistics

UK House Price Index England: April 2021

Published 16 June 2021

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for April 2021

The average price of a property in England was £268,380

The annual price change of a property in England was 8.9%

The monthly price change of a property in England was -1.9%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 132.3

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 May 2021 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 14 July 2021. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 8.9% in the year to April 2021, down from 9.8% in March 2021. England house prices were growing the same as the UK rate of 8.9% in the year to April 2021. The North East was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 16.9% in the year to April 2021. The lowest annual growth was in London, where prices increased by 3.3% over the year to April 2021.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 1.9% between March and April 2021, compared with a decrease of 1.1% during the same period a year earlier (March and April 2020). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 2.2% between March and April 2021.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for February 2020 with the provisional estimate for February 2021, volume transactions increased by 31.7% in England. UK volume transactions increased by 29.9% 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 increased by 50.0% in England in the year to February 2021.

Across England, semi-detached houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 10.3% in the year to April 2021 to £256,000. The lowest annual change was in flats and maisonettes which increased by 4.7% in the year to April 2021 to £230,000.

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 8.9% in the year to April 2021, down from 9.8% in March 2021.

In London, average house prices increased by 3.3% in the year to April 2021, down from an increase of 4.0% in March 2021.

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 April 2021 April 2020 Difference
Adur £340,403 £318,095 7.0%
Allerdale £165,242 £153,151 7.9%
Amber Valley £204,071 £178,575 14.3%
Arun £313,726 £283,675 10.6%
Ashfield £162,845 £142,497 14.3%
Ashford £310,845 £291,870 6.5%
Babergh £297,979 £287,705 3.6%
Barking and Dagenham £312,288 £291,603 7.1%
Barnet £544,682 £530,635 2.6%
Barnsley £143,469 £124,244 15.5%
Barrow-in-Furness £131,544 £115,244 14.1%
Basildon £329,141 £308,855 6.6%
Basingstoke and Deane £318,849 £305,171 4.5%
Bassetlaw £175,680 £157,965 11.2%
Bath and North East Somerset £376,033 £345,121 9.0%
Bedford £298,449 £284,790 4.8%
Bexley £358,959 £342,040 4.9%
Birmingham £207,523 £184,924 12.2%
Blaby £247,808 £234,082 5.9%
Blackburn with Darwen £127,154 £112,999 12.5%
Blackpool £116,939 £108,048 8.2%
Bolsover £150,322 £130,380 15.3%
Bolton £152,837 £141,803 7.8%
Boston £167,795 £153,693 9.2%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £300,899 £277,698 8.4%
Bracknell Forest £329,951 £332,925 -0.9%
Bradford £151,970 £133,849 13.5%
Braintree £296,716 £283,544 4.6%
Breckland £254,312 £225,511 12.8%
Brent £479,010 £471,354 1.6%
Brentwood £440,316 £423,807 3.9%
Brighton and Hove £400,060 £360,182 11.1%
Broadland £291,896 £262,370 11.3%
Bromley £456,681 £432,811 5.5%
Bromsgrove £311,587 £289,924 7.5%
Broxbourne £374,805 £337,601 11.0%
Broxtowe £216,470 £194,666 11.2%
Buckinghamshire £422,076 £400,525 5.4%
Burnley £105,618 £87,867 20.2%
Bury £217,288 £180,072 20.7%
Calderdale £167,426 £147,248 13.7%
Cambridge £498,370 £440,337 13.2%
Cambridgeshire £316,991 £292,007 8.6%
Camden £812,624 £863,516 -5.9%
Cannock Chase £201,477 £173,192 16.3%
Canterbury £319,851 £298,684 7.1%
Carlisle £141,744 £137,375 3.2%
Castle Point £325,642 £308,937 5.4%
Central Bedfordshire £323,583 £302,853 6.8%
Charnwood £256,412 £223,962 14.5%
Chelmsford £349,531 £335,069 4.3%
Cheltenham £298,720 £275,074 8.6%
Cherwell £305,403 £285,123 7.1%
Cheshire East £252,137 £230,049 9.6%
Cheshire West and Chester £234,481 £206,914 13.3%
Chesterfield £173,885 £156,491 11.1%
Chichester £396,771 £409,865 -3.2%
Chorley £197,511 £176,896 11.7%
City of Bristol £306,482 £285,297 7.4%
City of Derby £173,233 £158,936 9.0%
City of Kingston upon Hull £117,397 £114,958 2.1%
City of London £793,432 £918,257 -13.6%
City of Nottingham £172,540 £149,620 15.3%
City of Peterborough £206,329 £196,648 4.9%
City of Plymouth £188,957 £179,227 5.4%
City of Westminster £918,858 £1,033,831 -11.1%
Colchester £277,950 £257,353 8.0%
Copeland £138,099 £124,718 10.7%
Corby £190,811 £190,774 0.0%
Cornwall £270,079 £233,358 15.7%
Cotswold £414,427 £387,927 6.8%
County Durham £117,576 £98,698 19.1%
Coventry £198,402 £186,701 6.3%
Craven £245,181 £214,392 14.4%
Crawley £292,562 £278,819 4.9%
Croydon £394,879 £368,563 7.1%
Cumbria £172,079 £155,963 10.3%
Dacorum £432,507 £400,995 7.9%
Darlington £139,574 £128,867 8.3%
Dartford £319,069 £296,993 7.4%
Daventry £286,365 £265,580 7.8%
Derbyshire £203,263 £180,295 12.7%
Derbyshire Dales £295,813 £265,131 11.6%
Devon £291,369 £263,724 10.5%
Doncaster £146,778 £129,368 13.5%
Dorset £320,064 £293,276 9.1%
Dover £282,216 £250,615 12.6%
Dudley £198,745 £174,172 14.1%
Ealing £504,519 £476,823 5.8%
East Cambridgeshire £306,249 £282,982 8.2%
East Devon £311,456 £292,578 6.5%
East Hampshire £395,675 £366,081 8.1%
East Hertfordshire £411,399 £386,859 6.3%
East Lindsey £190,946 £178,549 6.9%
East Northamptonshire £260,198 £250,307 4.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire £197,411 £178,711 10.5%
East Staffordshire £202,189 £180,806 11.8%
East Suffolk £270,149 £240,284 12.4%
East Sussex £305,499 £278,316 9.8%
Eastbourne £251,987 £236,509 6.5%
Eastleigh £309,922 £278,854 11.1%
Eden £230,128 £185,478 24.1%
Elmbridge £648,150 £582,489 11.3%
Enfield £422,476 £395,885 6.7%
Epping Forest £491,647 £444,035 10.7%
Epsom and Ewell £495,577 £460,957 7.5%
Erewash £189,897 £168,585 12.6%
Essex £334,659 £309,045 8.3%
Exeter £280,348 £256,770 9.2%
Fareham £308,641 £291,180 6.0%
Fenland £202,057 £190,718 5.9%
Folkestone and Hythe £285,851 £260,797 9.6%
Forest of Dean £272,105 £230,792 17.9%
Fylde £211,910 £189,992 11.5%
Gateshead £147,334 £128,321 14.8%
Gedling £206,685 £189,986 8.8%
Gloucester £213,471 £204,633 4.3%
Gloucestershire £290,133 £268,196 8.2%
Gosport £223,629 £210,026 6.5%
Gravesham £290,546 £278,645 4.3%
Great Yarmouth £186,205 £171,881 8.3%
Greenwich £399,475 £398,225 0.3%
Guildford £468,337 £456,453 2.6%
Hackney £599,308 £576,243 4.0%
Halton £168,026 £139,452 20.5%
Hambleton £263,344 £230,136 14.4%
Hammersmith and Fulham £703,385 £695,343 1.2%
Hampshire £335,453 £313,819 6.9%
Harborough £323,413 £291,029 11.1%
Haringey £561,253 £542,971 3.4%
Harlow £291,561 £270,825 7.7%
Harrogate £297,801 £278,355 7.0%
Harrow £502,786 £453,073 11.0%
Hart £437,500 £402,956 8.6%
Hartlepool £125,482 £104,511 20.1%
Hastings £245,346 £214,046 14.6%
Havant £291,051 £270,521 7.6%
Havering £385,572 £367,655 4.9%
Herefordshire £257,284 £244,618 5.2%
Hertfordshire £421,187 £394,644 6.7%
Hertsmere £494,153 £457,687 8.0%
High Peak £227,331 £196,343 15.8%
Hillingdon £432,341 £402,217 7.5%
Hinckley and Bosworth £244,244 £221,881 10.1%
Horsham £391,008 £364,015 7.4%
Hounslow £427,900 £402,412 6.3%
Huntingdonshire £279,654 £256,753 8.9%
Hyndburn £107,148 £100,557 6.6%
Ipswich £211,088 £191,775 10.1%
Isle of Wight £255,153 £223,734 14.0%
Islington £673,362 £640,673 5.1%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,129,971 £1,356,897 -16.7%
Kent £318,983 £291,705 9.4%
Kettering £221,909 £205,670 7.9%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £243,534 £216,105 12.7%
Kingston upon Thames £501,788 £487,345 3.0%
Kirklees £167,869 £149,981 11.9%
Knowsley £142,030 £132,534 7.2%
Lambeth £547,505 £502,562 8.9%
Lancashire £163,381 £145,792 12.1%
Lancaster £175,350 £153,717 14.1%
Leeds £211,228 £184,528 14.5%
Leicester £204,208 £182,362 12.0%
Leicestershire £256,890 £230,861 11.3%
Lewes £345,310 £312,498 10.5%
Lewisham £458,056 £413,684 10.7%
Lichfield £280,163 £256,487 9.2%
Lincoln £167,478 £156,421 7.1%
Lincolnshire £203,035 £186,023 9.1%
Liverpool £159,660 £134,490 18.7%
Luton £242,963 £232,602 4.5%
Maidstone £313,622 £280,715 11.7%
Maldon £371,083 £330,219 12.4%
Malvern Hills £288,347 £268,906 7.2%
Manchester £203,169 £176,843 14.9%
Mansfield £154,237 £139,133 10.9%
Medway £260,518 £239,052 9.0%
Melton £272,866 £216,163 26.2%
Mendip £285,346 £260,435 9.6%
Merton £545,179 £508,795 7.2%
Mid Devon £274,732 £244,031 12.6%
Mid Suffolk £294,666 £260,725 13.0%
Mid Sussex £403,382 £378,625 6.5%
Middlesbrough £125,115 £106,963 17.0%
Milton Keynes £271,641 £261,611 3.8%
Mole Valley £520,966 £478,864 8.8%
New Forest £364,425 £335,567 8.6%
Newark and Sherwood £198,338 £181,670 9.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne £177,821 £154,611 15.0%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £165,937 £155,863 6.5%
Newham £382,016 £367,288 4.0%
Norfolk £252,848 £228,630 10.6%
North Devon £280,072 £246,367 13.7%
North East Derbyshire £222,373 £187,275 18.7%
North East Lincolnshire £134,837 £122,988 9.6%
North Hertfordshire £374,756 £333,688 12.3%
North Kesteven £226,023 £204,932 10.3%
North Lincolnshire £162,999 £149,028 9.4%
North Norfolk £281,947 £257,518 9.5%
North Somerset £279,484 £262,124 6.6%
North Tyneside £186,130 £161,308 15.4%
North Warwickshire £220,166 £207,968 5.9%
North West Leicestershire £231,152 £210,265 9.9%
North Yorkshire £240,726 £221,053 8.9%
Northampton £226,442 £213,069 6.3%
Northamptonshire £244,691 £231,553 5.7%
Northumberland £164,879 £155,003 6.4%
Norwich £215,448 £201,507 6.9%
Nottinghamshire £198,821 £179,590 10.7%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £197,832 £179,710 10.1%
Oadby and Wigston £235,606 £222,788 5.8%
Oldham £162,245 £142,948 13.5%
Oxford £439,740 £392,767 12.0%
Oxfordshire £377,004 £352,994 6.8%
Pendle £120,840 £100,571 20.2%
Portsmouth £225,219 £209,614 7.4%
Preston £143,743 £124,066 15.9%
Reading £297,944 £288,489 3.3%
Redbridge £448,806 £419,898 6.9%
Redcar and Cleveland £138,156 £119,755 15.4%
Redditch £235,097 £211,348 11.2%
Reigate and Banstead £451,219 £414,241 8.9%
Ribble Valley £238,442 £222,692 7.1%
Richmond upon Thames £696,476 £671,578 3.7%
Richmondshire £236,312 £214,070 10.4%
Rochdale £161,055 £142,866 12.7%
Rochford £369,813 £334,869 10.4%
Rossendale £172,138 £147,160 17.0%
Rother £321,216 £287,124 11.9%
Rotherham £161,287 £142,112 13.5%
Rugby £264,706 £233,261 13.5%
Runnymede £420,430 £430,239 -2.3%
Rushcliffe £303,094 £275,414 10.1%
Rushmoor £293,947 £281,035 4.6%
Rutland £355,710 £300,602 18.3%
Ryedale £249,601 £236,848 5.4%
Salford £182,091 £171,095 6.4%
Sandwell £170,285 £154,469 10.2%
Scarborough £178,786 £169,636 5.4%
Sedgemoor £250,088 £225,132 11.1%
Sefton £188,244 £164,102 14.7%
Selby £220,197 £201,464 9.3%
Sevenoaks £472,754 £438,805 7.7%
Sheffield £192,258 £166,364 15.6%
Shropshire £240,137 £212,141 13.2%
Slough £299,694 £287,136 4.4%
Solihull £304,904 £279,513 9.1%
Somerset £263,996 £235,593 12.1%
Somerset West and Taunton £263,087 £234,285 12.3%
South Cambridgeshire £400,439 £370,709 8.0%
South Derbyshire £208,047 £197,716 5.2%
South Gloucestershire £296,012 £282,907 4.6%
South Hams £355,733 £320,617 11.0%
South Holland £207,114 £188,453 9.9%
South Kesteven £239,729 £223,480 7.3%
South Lakeland £262,499 £237,548 10.5%
South Norfolk £299,379 £268,215 11.6%
South Northamptonshire £350,063 £327,733 6.8%
South Oxfordshire £481,669 £422,211 14.1%
South Ribble £180,669 £171,021 5.6%
South Somerset £261,926 £229,429 14.2%
South Staffordshire £262,189 £235,716 11.2%
South Tyneside £148,293 £126,997 16.8%
Southampton £217,646 £209,864 3.7%
Southend-on-Sea £306,542 £290,992 5.3%
Southwark £527,883 £503,610 4.8%
Spelthorne £375,511 £365,205 2.8%
St Albans £542,704 £517,239 4.9%
St Helens £151,593 £133,836 13.3%
Stafford £220,710 £206,457 6.9%
Staffordshire £213,636 £195,079 9.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands £205,118 £185,074 10.8%
Stevenage £285,501 £279,364 2.2%
Stockport £259,969 £233,126 11.5%
Stockton-on-Tees £146,819 £131,694 11.5%
Stoke-on-Trent £120,043 £108,709 10.4%
Stratford-on-Avon £351,742 £313,681 12.1%
Stroud £301,461 £288,950 4.3%
Suffolk £264,891 £241,409 9.7%
Sunderland £126,520 £115,063 10.0%
Surrey £471,606 £445,229 5.9%
Surrey Heath £406,922 £385,372 5.6%
Sutton £402,550 £376,945 6.8%
Swale £275,843 £241,202 14.4%
Swindon £233,294 £215,240 8.4%
Tameside £176,187 £152,569 15.5%
Tamworth £204,973 £192,814 6.3%
Tandridge £485,442 £448,713 8.2%
Teignbridge £284,292 £249,159 14.1%
Telford and Wrekin £185,960 £172,229 8.0%
Tendring £253,594 £217,599 16.5%
Test Valley £355,044 £332,782 6.7%
Tewkesbury £307,032 £273,796 12.1%
Thanet £263,651 £232,869 13.2%
Three Rivers £530,436 £500,734 5.9%
Thurrock £293,549 £267,575 9.7%
Tonbridge and Malling £391,882 £360,595 8.7%
Torbay £223,743 £199,815 12.0%
Torridge £252,609 £234,284 7.8%
Tower Hamlets £473,355 £467,779 1.2%
Trafford £317,791 £300,945 5.6%
Tunbridge Wells £414,218 £392,007 5.7%
Uttlesford £431,847 £396,896 8.8%
Vale of White Horse £371,731 £353,515 5.2%
Wakefield £170,075 £153,096 11.1%
Walsall £197,962 £165,299 19.8%
Waltham Forest £480,235 £440,996 8.9%
Wandsworth £589,904 £611,256 -3.5%
Warrington £213,998 £196,771 8.8%
Warwick £316,072 £319,882 -1.2%
Warwickshire £274,482 £253,846 8.1%
Watford £366,961 £351,251 4.5%
Waverley £475,003 £465,050 2.1%
Wealden £368,326 £342,233 7.6%
Wellingborough £225,419 £216,391 4.2%
Welwyn Hatfield £403,839 £395,833 2.0%
West Berkshire £355,669 £344,146 3.3%
West Devon £280,161 £248,240 12.9%
West Lancashire £202,735 £188,143 7.8%
West Lindsey £197,067 £171,210 15.1%
West Oxfordshire £318,852 £329,493 -3.2%
West Suffolk £271,082 £253,522 6.9%
West Sussex £346,673 £325,446 6.5%
Wigan £153,203 £138,256 10.8%
Wiltshire £298,478 £272,417 9.6%
Winchester £431,534 £418,731 3.1%
Windsor and Maidenhead £491,421 £478,617 2.7%
Wirral £186,642 £150,799 23.8%
Woking £442,868 £407,152 8.8%
Wokingham £436,085 £417,741 4.4%
Wolverhampton £167,787 £154,480 8.6%
Worcester £224,071 £209,469 7.0%
Worcestershire £261,585 £241,221 8.4%
Worthing £303,174 £276,185 9.8%
Wychavon £294,065 £275,212 6.9%
Wyre £161,499 £149,079 8.3%
Wyre Forest £223,998 £199,749 12.1%
York £286,987 £257,729 11.4%
England £268,380 £246,424 8.9%

Average price by local authority for England

In April 2021, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.1 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where the average cost was £106,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough April 2021 April 2020 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £312,288 £291,603 7.1%
Barnet £544,682 £530,635 2.6%
Bexley £358,959 £342,040 4.9%
Brent £479,010 £471,354 1.6%
Bromley £456,681 £432,811 5.5%
Camden £812,624 £863,516 -5.9%
City of London £793,432 £918,257 -13.6%
City of Westminster £918,858 £1,033,831 -11.1%
Croydon £394,879 £368,563 7.1%
Ealing £504,519 £476,823 5.8%
Enfield £422,476 £395,885 6.7%
Greenwich £399,475 £398,225 0.3%
Hackney £599,308 £576,243 4.0%
Hammersmith and Fulham £703,385 £695,343 1.2%
Haringey £561,253 £542,971 3.4%
Harrow £502,786 £453,073 11.0%
Havering £385,572 £367,655 4.9%
Hillingdon £432,341 £402,217 7.5%
Hounslow £427,900 £402,412 6.3%
Islington £673,362 £640,673 5.1%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,129,971 £1,356,897 -16.7%
Kingston upon Thames £501,788 £487,345 3.0%
Lambeth £547,505 £502,562 8.9%
Lewisham £458,056 £413,684 10.7%
Merton £545,179 £508,795 7.2%
Newham £382,016 £367,288 4.0%
Redbridge £448,806 £419,898 6.9%
Richmond upon Thames £696,476 £671,578 3.7%
Southwark £527,883 £503,610 4.8%
Sutton £402,550 £376,945 6.8%
Tower Hamlets £473,355 £467,779 1.2%
Waltham Forest £480,235 £440,996 8.9%
Wandsworth £589,904 £611,256 -3.5%

Average price by London borough

In April 2021, the most expensive borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.1 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £312,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type April 2021 April 2020 Difference
Detached £412,888 £377,497 9.4%
Semi-detached £255,589 £231,699 10.3%
Terraced £219,577 £200,144 9.7%
Flat or maisonette £230,172 £219,836 4.7%
All £268,380 £246,424 8.9%

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 February 2021 February 2020
Adur 84 72
Allerdale 99 95
Amber Valley 164 133
Arun 290 228
Ashfield 154 156
Ashford 193 159
Babergh 129 84
Barking and Dagenham 133 128
Barnet 294 279
Barnsley 251 278
Barrow-in-Furness 111 71
Basildon 231 156
Basingstoke and Deane 270 213
Bassetlaw 104 143
Bath and North East Somerset 227 209
Bedford 224 193
Bexley 318 255
Birmingham 887 907
Blaby 148 130
Blackburn with Darwen 135 126
Blackpool 160 161
Bolsover 95 99
Bolton 338 303
Boston 61 68
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 643 479
Bracknell Forest 194 160
Bradford 593 454
Braintree 238 198
Breckland 212 174
Brent 154 172
Brentwood 110 78
Brighton and Hove 388 269
Broadland 204 167
Bromley 446 368
Bromsgrove 142 109
Broxbourne 134 127
Broxtowe 112 124
Buckinghamshire 741 564
Burnley 112 100
Bury 197 170
Calderdale 292 214
Cambridge 108 96
Cambridgeshire 802 694
Camden 131 150
Cannock Chase 113 102
Canterbury 220 166
Carlisle 136 117
Castle Point 133 119
Central Bedfordshire 458 312
Charnwood 240 183
Chelmsford 264 178
Cheltenham 184 137
Cherwell 208 173
Cheshire East 607 510
Cheshire West and Chester 455 370
Chesterfield 108 123
Chichester 163 136
Chorley 133 124
City of Bristol 567 458
City of Derby 246 294
City of Kingston upon Hull 194 235
City of London 5 25
City of Nottingham 246 297
City of Peterborough 210 217
City of Plymouth 317 242
City of Westminster 115 147
Colchester 303 183
Copeland 107 73
Corby 76 83
Cornwall 796 725
Cotswold 152 82
County Durham 570 530
Coventry 310 326
Craven 67 82
Crawley 127 98
Croydon 347 313
Cumbria 677 535
Dacorum 222 146
Darlington 124 108
Dartford 155 114
Daventry 108 100
Derbyshire 933 940
Derbyshire Dales 104 74
Devon 1,247 984
Doncaster 301 349
Dorset 626 440
Dover 187 150
Dudley 310 277
Ealing 213 211
East Cambridgeshire 111 96
East Devon 245 192
East Hampshire 195 142
East Hertfordshire 216 152
East Lindsey 181 153
East Northamptonshire 133 105
East Riding of Yorkshire 516 448
East Staffordshire 169 152
East Suffolk 331 316
East Sussex 978 655
Eastbourne 165 126
Eastleigh 185 169
Eden 52 46
Elmbridge 212 136
Enfield 287 189
Epping Forest 191 125
Epsom and Ewell 102 72
Erewash 129 153
Essex 2,200 1,616
Exeter 141 124
Fareham 175 109
Fenland 129 131
Folkestone and Hythe 153 140
Forest of Dean 116 81
Fylde 103 122
Gateshead 198 214
Gedling 154 120
Gloucester 166 136
Gloucestershire 937 692
Gosport 130 103
Gravesham 106 87
Great Yarmouth 127 139
Greenwich 230 252
Guildford 160 132
Hackney 186 161
Halton 127 110
Hambleton 114 79
Hammersmith and Fulham 123 172
Hampshire 2,062 1,513
Harborough 130 113
Haringey 160 122
Harlow 82 82
Harrogate 253 163
Harrow 194 155
Hart 145 82
Hartlepool 78 91
Hastings 161 107
Havant 183 160
Havering 358 268
Herefordshire 246 173
Hertfordshire 1,506 1,173
Hertsmere 131 104
High Peak 100 108
Hillingdon 245 222
Hinckley and Bosworth 157 144
Horsham 268 160
Hounslow 178 163
Huntingdonshire 253 210
Hyndburn 96 98
Ipswich 157 144
Isle of Wight 227 209
Islington 132 174
Kensington and Chelsea 118 107
Kent 2,229 1,755
Kettering 134 130
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 211 208
Kingston upon Thames 206 156
Kirklees 512 423
Knowsley 115 167
Lambeth 254 271
Lancashire 1,385 1,384
Lancaster 159 157
Leeds 825 746
Leicester 199 220
Leicestershire 944 829
Lewes 165 117
Lewisham 262 231
Lichfield 127 104
Lincoln 130 105
Lincolnshire 990 911
Liverpool 416 420
Luton 175 178
Maidstone 297 199
Maldon 98 106
Malvern Hills 94 71
Manchester 377 461
Mansfield 102 117
Medway 357 307
Melton 81 61
Mendip 135 146
Merton 205 141
Mid Devon 122 86
Mid Suffolk 151 116
Mid Sussex 216 165
Middlesbrough 119 124
Milton Keynes 322 328
Mole Valley 125 88
New Forest 308 175
Newark and Sherwood 163 175
Newcastle upon Tyne 227 220
Newcastle-under-Lyme 120 146
Newham 159 115
Norfolk 1,335 1,162
North Devon 163 130
North East Derbyshire 106 102
North East Lincolnshire 170 176
North Hertfordshire 168 148
North Kesteven 156 154
North Lincolnshire 204 167
North Norfolk 178 153
North Somerset 315 266
North Tyneside 263 220
North Warwickshire 89 50
North West Leicestershire 133 134
North Yorkshire 839 675
Northampton 265 232
Northamptonshire 926 841
Northumberland 329 369
Norwich 172 137
Nottinghamshire 952 957
Nuneaton and Bedworth 169 147
Oadby and Wigston 55 64
Oldham 250 220
Oxford 120 82
Oxfordshire 829 694
Pendle 106 110
Portsmouth 214 193
Preston 117 133
Reading 183 158
Redbridge 225 197
Redcar and Cleveland 101 149
Redditch 104 108
Reigate and Banstead 233 170
Ribble Valley 86 75
Richmond upon Thames 265 203
Richmondshire 78 42
Rochdale 182 232
Rochford 136 91
Rossendale 90 79
Rother 184 110
Rotherham 274 265
Rugby 137 157
Runnymede 128 94
Rushcliffe 163 122
Rushmoor 131 98
Rutland 69 37
Ryedale 63 42
Salford 265 280
Sandwell 222 231
Scarborough 133 171
Sedgemoor 178 145
Sefton 312 308
Selby 131 96
Sevenoaks 156 115
Sheffield 516 540
Shropshire 423 346
Slough 108 92
Solihull 303 248
Somerset 772 680
Somerset West and Taunton 219 194
South Cambridgeshire 201 161
South Derbyshire 127 148
South Gloucestershire 371 319
South Hams 147 106
South Holland 112 136
South Kesteven 189 166
South Lakeland 172 133
South Norfolk 231 184
South Northamptonshire 120 107
South Oxfordshire 183 161
South Ribble 109 125
South Somerset 240 195
South Staffordshire 104 89
South Tyneside 153 114
Southampton 219 257
Southend-on-Sea 298 190
Southwark 187 174
Spelthorne 150 107
St Albans 211 121
St Helens 155 184
Stafford 145 172
Staffordshire 1,001 961
Staffordshire Moorlands 129 90
Stevenage 97 84
Stockport 450 347
Stockton-on-Tees 182 181
Stoke-on-Trent 259 263
Stratford-on-Avon 209 188
Stroud 185 141
Suffolk 980 858
Sunderland 255 284
Surrey 1,673 1,209
Surrey Heath 131 84
Sutton 270 216
Swale 176 162
Swindon 280 218
Tameside 255 239
Tamworth 94 106
Tandridge 129 95
Teignbridge 230 159
Telford and Wrekin 189 196
Tendring 264 208
Test Valley 173 155
Tewkesbury 134 115
Thanet 225 198
Three Rivers 100 91
Thurrock 186 177
Tonbridge and Malling 187 129
Torbay 234 177
Torridge 124 106
Tower Hamlets 166 270
Trafford 316 241
Tunbridge Wells 174 136
Uttlesford 150 92
Vale of White Horse 170 168
Wakefield 321 366
Walsall 229 227
Waltham Forest 306 178
Wandsworth 361 280
Warrington 273 226
Warwick 210 135
Warwickshire 814 677
Watford 108 79
Waverley 190 130
Wealden 303 195
Wellingborough 90 84
Welwyn Hatfield 119 121
West Berkshire 220 194
West Devon 75 81
West Lancashire 128 121
West Lindsey 161 129
West Oxfordshire 148 110
West Suffolk 212 198
West Sussex 1,358 1,020
Wigan 348 405
Wiltshire 703 574
Winchester 167 107
Windsor and Maidenhead 178 125
Wirral 338 407
Woking 113 101
Wokingham 242 187
Wolverhampton 189 214
Worcester 112 105
Worcestershire 706 628
Worthing 210 161
Wychavon 146 148
Wyre 146 140
Wyre Forest 108 87
York 267 233
England 64,764 56,568

Note: The number of property transactions for February 2021 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for February 2020 with the provisional estimate for February 2021, volume transactions increased by 31.7% 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 increased by 50.0% in England in the year to February 2021.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough February 2021 February 2020
Barking and Dagenham 133 128
Barnet 294 279
Bexley 318 255
Brent 154 172
Bromley 446 368
Camden 131 150
City of London 5 25
City of Westminster 115 147
Croydon 347 313
Ealing 213 211
Enfield 287 189
Greenwich 230 252
Hackney 186 161
Hammersmith and Fulham 123 172
Haringey 160 122
Harrow 194 155
Havering 358 268
Hillingdon 245 222
Hounslow 178 163
Islington 132 174
Kensington and Chelsea 118 107
Kingston upon Thames 206 156
Lambeth 254 271
Lewisham 262 231
Merton 205 141
Newham 159 115
Redbridge 225 197
Richmond upon Thames 265 203
Southwark 187 174
Sutton 270 216
Tower Hamlets 166 270
Waltham Forest 306 178
Wandsworth 361 280

Note: The number of property transactions for February 2021 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
February 2017 60,662
February 2018 58,494
February 2019 57,330
February 2020 56,568
February 2021 64,764

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for February 2020 with the provisional estimate for February 2021, volume transactions increased by 31.7% 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 increased by 50.0% in England in the year to February 2021.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
February 2017 7,108
February 2018 6,386
February 2019 5,967
February 2020 6,465
February 2021 7,233

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 February 2021 Average existing February 2021 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £508,782 £493,617 -0.5% -1.8% 5.4% 3.9%
North East £206,963 £135,584 -0.2% 0.1% 13.2% 10.3%
East Midlands £292,664 £209,770 1.0% 1.3% 13.6% 10.9%
East of England £389,416 £306,335 0.6% 0.8% 9.3% 7.6%
North West £250,579 £182,270 1.8% 1.7% 14.2% 12.5%
South East £401,362 £340,295 0.0% 0.2% 9.1% 7.8%
South West £331,819 £276,985 0.4% 0.4% 11.4% 9.2%
West Midlands £294,479 £213,450 1.5% 1.4% 11.0% 9.2%
Yorkshire and The Humber £232,671 £179,642 0.2% 0.2% 13.6% 10.9%
England £333,823 £265,592 0.5% 0.5% 10.8% 9.0%

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 April 2021 Average former owner occupier price April 2021 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £428,026 £558,597 -2.0% -2.0% 3.1% 3.4%
North East £124,251 £163,074 -1.0% -2.3% 17.5% 16.3%
East Midlands £179,698 £240,646 -1.0% -1.2% 9.3% 9.3%
East of England £260,814 £354,624 0.6% 0.1% 7.9% 8.2%
North West £155,036 £207,328 -2.2% -3.0% 12.3% 11.4%
South East £272,380 £396,420 -2.1% -2.5% 5.1% 4.9%
South West £229,379 £316,957 -2.5% -2.2% 8.5% 9.7%
West Midlands £181,457 £248,082 -0.4% -1.4% 11.7% 10.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber £154,394 £201,084 -3.1% -4.3% 12.4% 11.6%
England £224,786 £305,075 -1.6% -2.1% 9.0% 8.9%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price April 2021 Average mortgage price April 2021 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £503,642 £487,017 -2.7% -1.9% 0.5% 3.9%
North East £131,099 £151,351 -2.1% -1.5% 16.7% 17.0%
East Midlands £205,581 £217,128 -0.9% -1.2% 9.8% 9.1%
East of England £298,304 £321,685 0.2% 0.4% 8.7% 7.8%
North West £167,699 £191,584 -2.7% -2.5% 11.5% 11.9%
South East £325,569 £349,179 -2.6% -2.2% 4.9% 5.0%
South West £277,151 £281,861 -2.2% -2.3% 10.0% 8.7%
West Midlands £205,855 £221,959 -1.4% -0.8% 10.7% 11.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber £170,530 £183,802 -4.3% -3.5% 11.4% 12.3%
England £251,604 £276,754 -2.1% -1.8% 9.1% 8.8%

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 February 2021
East Midlands 8
East of England 5
London 18
North East 23
North West 30
South East 20
South West 7
West Midlands 10
Yorkshire and The Humber 17
England 138

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