National statistics

UK House Price Index England: December 2020

Published 17 February 2021

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for December 2020

The average price of a property in England was £269,150

The annual price change of a property in England was 8.5%

The monthly price change of a property in England was 1.5%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 132.7

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.

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2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 8.5% in the year to December 2020, up from 7.0% in November 2020. England house prices were growing at a similar rate to the UK rate of 8.5% in the year to December 2020. The North West was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 11.2% in the year to December 2020. The lowest annual growth was in London, where prices increased by 3.5% over the year to December 2020.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 1.5% between November and December 2020, compared with an increase of 0.1% during the same period a year earlier (November and December 2019). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 1.4% between November and December 2020.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for October 2019 with the provisional estimate for October 2020, volume transactions increased by 0.9% in England. UK volume transactions increased by 5.6% 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 increased by 11.2% in England in the year to October 2020.

Across England, detached houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 10.1% in the year to December 2020 to £413,000. The lowest annual change was in flats and maisonettes which increased by 4.4% in the year to December 2020 to £235,000.

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 8.5% in the year to December 2020, up from 7.0% in November 2020.

In London, average house prices increased by 3.5% in the year to December 2020, down from an increase of 7.0 in November 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 December 2020 December 2019 Difference
Adur £324,877 £320,044 1.5%
Allerdale £167,388 £147,812 13.2%
Amber Valley £202,326 £179,173 12.9%
Arun £301,907 £283,076 6.7%
Ashfield £165,158 £144,130 14.6%
Ashford £312,116 £296,227 5.4%
Babergh £289,621 £291,340 -0.6%
Barking and Dagenham £317,947 £299,755 6.1%
Barnet £534,719 £522,633 2.3%
Barnsley £141,634 £129,807 9.1%
Barrow-in-Furness £129,714 £121,418 6.8%
Basildon £330,554 £308,056 7.3%
Basingstoke and Deane £305,501 £303,247 0.7%
Bassetlaw £180,140 £164,340 9.6%
Bath and North East Somerset £374,959 £333,552 12.4%
Bedford £301,237 £289,198 4.2%
Bexley £354,466 £338,425 4.7%
Birmingham £201,308 £188,001 7.1%
Blaby £248,056 £231,285 7.3%
Blackburn with Darwen £126,585 £115,416 9.7%
Blackpool £115,154 £107,447 7.2%
Bolsover £150,643 £130,224 15.7%
Bolton £152,282 £141,249 7.8%
Boston £165,725 £152,782 8.5%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £297,143 £278,982 6.5%
Bracknell Forest £338,858 £335,579 1.0%
Bradford £154,899 £137,671 12.5%
Braintree £298,180 £278,050 7.2%
Breckland £245,863 £223,319 10.1%
Brent £496,316 £425,966 16.5%
Brentwood £429,723 £426,159 0.8%
Brighton and Hove £389,866 £361,242 7.9%
Broadland £275,297 £261,970 5.1%
Bromley £460,361 £438,114 5.1%
Bromsgrove £312,566 £296,725 5.3%
Broxbourne £359,633 £342,781 4.9%
Broxtowe £209,230 £186,434 12.2%
Buckinghamshire £417,677 £394,748 5.8%
Burnley £97,667 £87,823 11.2%
Bury £198,747 £182,027 9.2%
Calderdale £161,662 £150,037 7.7%
Cambridge £466,564 £431,795 8.1%
Cambridgeshire £304,743 £293,645 3.8%
Camden £803,908 £814,640 -1.3%
Cannock Chase £185,945 £174,027 6.8%
Canterbury £325,890 £302,196 7.8%
Carlisle £144,791 £136,506 6.1%
Castle Point £325,797 £301,977 7.9%
Central Bedfordshire £315,306 £301,003 4.8%
Charnwood £245,040 £227,319 7.8%
Chelmsford £345,371 £333,970 3.4%
Cheltenham £307,399 £265,781 15.7%
Cherwell £302,832 £275,179 10.0%
Cheshire East £256,160 £229,641 11.5%
Cheshire West and Chester £227,383 £206,712 10.0%
Chesterfield £171,056 £160,927 6.3%
Chichester £407,394 £377,752 7.8%
Chorley £194,213 £181,133 7.2%
City of Bristol £311,829 £284,685 9.5%
City of Derby £170,698 £162,927 4.8%
City of Kingston upon Hull £116,233 £113,548 2.4%
City of London £784,006 £758,112 3.4%
City of Nottingham £162,962 £147,632 10.4%
City of Peterborough £196,132 £195,034 0.6%
City of Plymouth £185,108 £177,581 4.2%
City of Westminster £930,070 £971,407 -4.3%
Colchester £280,947 £257,016 9.3%
Copeland £132,423 £126,181 4.9%
Corby £203,106 £185,807 9.3%
Cornwall £262,939 £235,886 11.5%
Cotswold £418,812 £378,299 10.7%
County Durham £113,761 £102,625 10.9%
Coventry £197,253 £186,422 5.8%
Craven £244,843 £218,796 11.9%
Crawley £286,616 £283,519 1.1%
Croydon £383,293 £371,996 3.0%
Cumbria £170,870 £157,114 8.8%
Dacorum £425,862 £402,134 5.9%
Darlington £140,414 £133,912 4.9%
Dartford £314,272 £298,484 5.3%
Daventry £286,004 £266,247 7.4%
Derbyshire £198,694 £180,100 10.3%
Derbyshire Dales £298,456 £257,093 16.1%
Devon £280,540 £262,274 7.0%
Doncaster £142,313 £132,500 7.4%
Dorset £309,427 £290,427 6.5%
Dover £261,881 £250,267 4.6%
Dudley £196,234 £181,918 7.9%
Ealing £501,051 £468,962 6.8%
East Cambridgeshire £287,956 £282,361 2.0%
East Devon £309,429 £285,758 8.3%
East Hampshire £393,289 £369,504 6.4%
East Hertfordshire £405,935 £386,371 5.1%
East Lindsey £198,353 £180,587 9.8%
East Northamptonshire £254,108 £235,321 8.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire £194,768 £180,490 7.9%
East Staffordshire £195,550 £184,407 6.0%
East Suffolk £266,910 £246,241 8.4%
East Sussex £296,028 £284,257 4.1%
Eastbourne £255,141 £243,904 4.6%
Eastleigh £284,514 £288,771 -1.5%
Eden £226,022 £195,751 15.5%
Elmbridge £625,886 £590,034 6.1%
Enfield £415,126 £398,926 4.1%
Epping Forest £483,307 £452,353 6.8%
Epsom and Ewell £483,056 £452,256 6.8%
Erewash £183,006 £163,592 11.9%
Essex £327,190 £309,161 5.8%
Exeter £271,402 £260,933 4.0%
Fareham £309,959 £294,831 5.1%
Fenland £200,206 £190,611 5.0%
Folkestone and Hythe £275,552 £265,087 3.9%
Forest of Dean £266,653 £237,827 12.1%
Fylde £210,234 £190,018 10.6%
Gateshead £140,954 £128,319 9.8%
Gedling £212,537 £190,751 11.4%
Gloucester £213,428 £207,970 2.6%
Gloucestershire £289,961 £265,497 9.2%
Gosport £218,533 £209,889 4.1%
Gravesham £287,758 £281,705 2.1%
Great Yarmouth £185,978 £177,149 5.0%
Greenwich £407,938 £399,597 2.1%
Guildford £455,939 £445,400 2.4%
Hackney £623,031 £548,667 13.6%
Halton £151,570 £143,479 5.6%
Hambleton £262,851 £233,913 12.4%
Hammersmith and Fulham £717,300 £713,207 0.6%
Hampshire £330,092 £313,234 5.4%
Harborough £313,711 £294,552 6.5%
Haringey £568,561 £557,356 2.0%
Harlow £271,016 £274,516 -1.3%
Harrogate £294,690 £290,818 1.3%
Harrow £472,369 £447,358 5.6%
Hart £440,731 £405,042 8.8%
Hartlepool £108,756 £112,999 -3.8%
Hastings £220,643 £215,934 2.2%
Havant £290,437 £264,702 9.7%
Havering £382,490 £364,709 4.9%
Herefordshire £269,024 £238,313 12.9%
Hertfordshire £412,748 £394,692 4.6%
Hertsmere £482,292 £452,954 6.5%
High Peak £217,290 £198,153 9.7%
Hillingdon £419,504 £404,165 3.8%
Hinckley and Bosworth £238,778 £219,542 8.8%
Horsham £382,656 £378,963 1.0%
Hounslow £412,833 £411,934 0.2%
Huntingdonshire £271,680 £258,937 4.9%
Hyndburn £105,035 £99,367 5.7%
Ipswich £207,985 £195,345 6.5%
Isle of Wight £245,088 £223,224 9.8%
Islington £653,891 £641,376 2.0%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,288,641 £1,224,031 5.3%
Kent £311,318 £294,250 5.8%
Kettering £207,715 £201,155 3.3%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £237,037 £218,673 8.4%
Kingston upon Thames £508,800 £489,050 4.0%
Kirklees £165,701 £152,289 8.8%
Knowsley £143,175 £131,951 8.5%
Lambeth £548,660 £520,579 5.4%
Lancashire £157,694 £147,324 7.0%
Lancaster £167,228 £160,491 4.2%
Leeds £209,892 £189,493 10.8%
Leicester £201,956 £178,941 12.9%
Leicestershire £250,411 £232,270 7.8%
Lewes £335,635 £328,693 2.1%
Lewisham £447,783 £413,131 8.4%
Lichfield £269,369 £248,266 8.5%
Lincoln £160,954 £152,144 5.8%
Lincolnshire £198,509 £186,079 6.7%
Liverpool £148,324 £129,802 14.3%
Luton £238,299 £230,972 3.2%
Maidstone £288,396 £283,880 1.6%
Maldon £350,707 £337,059 4.0%
Malvern Hills £277,129 £265,615 4.3%
Manchester £200,514 £185,788 7.9%
Mansfield £148,456 £138,184 7.4%
Medway £254,559 £238,985 6.5%
Melton £262,335 £227,132 15.5%
Mendip £284,433 £260,120 9.3%
Merton £565,213 £494,981 14.2%
Mid Devon £241,938 £233,432 3.6%
Mid Suffolk £284,400 £265,498 7.1%
Mid Sussex £380,537 £370,221 2.8%
Middlesbrough £119,220 £112,958 5.5%
Milton Keynes £272,179 £259,672 4.8%
Mole Valley £515,129 £470,901 9.4%
New Forest £352,978 £331,394 6.5%
Newark and Sherwood £196,191 £186,747 5.1%
Newcastle upon Tyne £167,246 £158,567 5.5%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £169,474 £159,277 6.4%
Newham £382,752 £361,100 6.0%
Norfolk £246,061 £228,901 7.5%
North Devon £270,371 £246,556 9.7%
North East Derbyshire £202,184 £190,491 6.1%
North East Lincolnshire £134,863 £124,660 8.2%
North Hertfordshire £357,238 £339,424 5.2%
North Kesteven £231,073 £213,229 8.4%
North Lincolnshire £161,293 £145,910 10.5%
North Norfolk £282,889 £258,643 9.4%
North Somerset £286,677 £269,404 6.4%
North Tyneside £175,589 £163,731 7.2%
North Warwickshire £222,039 £214,371 3.6%
North West Leicestershire £223,384 £212,479 5.1%
North Yorkshire £242,449 £223,355 8.5%
Northampton £221,393 £214,115 3.4%
Northamptonshire £240,668 £227,339 5.9%
Northumberland £167,879 £152,323 10.2%
Norwich £219,105 £202,385 8.3%
Nottinghamshire £197,856 £180,767 9.5%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £191,681 £177,808 7.8%
Oadby and Wigston £237,714 £218,649 8.7%
Oldham £157,246 £142,984 10.0%
Oxford £443,509 £420,579 5.5%
Oxfordshire £376,653 £349,134 7.9%
Pendle £110,257 £104,805 5.2%
Portsmouth £228,194 £213,888 6.7%
Preston £136,557 £127,812 6.8%
Reading £307,597 £290,852 5.8%
Redbridge £445,546 £420,377 6.0%
Redcar and Cleveland £127,625 £122,468 4.2%
Redditch £223,676 £211,151 5.9%
Reigate and Banstead £438,931 £408,943 7.3%
Ribble Valley £228,589 £214,155 6.7%
Richmond upon Thames £709,148 £651,835 8.8%
Richmondshire £255,336 £205,489 24.3%
Rochdale £153,440 £145,494 5.5%
Rochford £356,374 £346,582 2.8%
Rossendale £156,090 £142,087 9.9%
Rother £316,520 £298,239 6.1%
Rotherham £154,860 £142,656 8.6%
Rugby £251,607 £233,481 7.8%
Runnymede £439,936 £405,216 8.6%
Rushcliffe £295,817 £278,667 6.2%
Rushmoor £294,798 £277,455 6.3%
Rutland £320,498 £326,089 -1.7%
Ryedale £267,472 £233,656 14.5%
Salford £179,242 £167,104 7.3%
Sandwell £166,220 £154,491 7.6%
Scarborough £181,037 £170,311 6.3%
Sedgemoor £247,754 £224,552 10.3%
Sefton £182,316 £168,405 8.3%
Selby £217,574 £199,540 9.0%
Sevenoaks £451,132 £430,098 4.9%
Sheffield £183,090 £170,587 7.3%
Shropshire £231,851 £216,151 7.3%
Slough £298,208 £287,423 3.8%
Solihull £304,223 £279,002 9.0%
Somerset £254,740 £236,223 7.8%
Somerset West and Taunton £248,838 £234,818 6.0%
South Cambridgeshire £380,877 £378,793 0.6%
South Derbyshire £209,873 £195,930 7.1%
South Gloucestershire £295,823 £276,405 7.0%
South Hams £351,765 £321,966 9.3%
South Holland £191,793 £191,094 0.4%
South Kesteven £227,641 £216,334 5.2%
South Lakeland £256,502 £238,121 7.7%
South Norfolk £279,500 £263,026 6.3%
South Northamptonshire £336,775 £314,578 7.1%
South Oxfordshire £448,976 £405,952 10.6%
South Ribble £178,171 £167,018 6.7%
South Somerset £247,600 £231,311 7.0%
South Staffordshire £254,634 £233,911 8.9%
South Tyneside £138,200 £135,273 2.2%
Southampton £214,883 £208,103 3.3%
Southend-on-Sea £309,744 £289,858 6.9%
Southwark £519,142 £508,559 2.1%
Spelthorne £375,819 £366,343 2.6%
St Albans £529,873 £508,446 4.2%
St Helens £142,303 £133,240 6.8%
Stafford £228,411 £205,436 11.2%
Staffordshire £210,258 £194,832 7.9%
Staffordshire Moorlands £204,324 £186,553 9.5%
Stevenage £287,584 £276,599 4.0%
Stockport £252,665 £232,984 8.4%
Stockton-on-Tees £143,770 £135,686 6.0%
Stoke-on-Trent £122,742 £114,270 7.4%
Stratford-on-Avon £342,080 £311,544 9.8%
Stroud £297,894 £281,011 6.0%
Suffolk £261,830 £246,415 6.3%
Sunderland £125,718 £117,113 7.3%
Surrey £466,369 £439,500 6.1%
Surrey Heath £413,566 £389,334 6.2%
Sutton £398,639 £373,236 6.8%
Swale £274,867 £250,439 9.8%
Swindon £226,991 £213,015 6.6%
Tameside £165,841 £154,988 7.0%
Tamworth £196,478 £187,757 4.6%
Tandridge £467,926 £442,257 5.8%
Teignbridge £268,476 £247,210 8.6%
Telford and Wrekin £181,491 £173,075 4.9%
Tendring £233,456 £220,847 5.7%
Test Valley £342,680 £330,127 3.8%
Tewkesbury £301,553 £273,474 10.3%
Thanet £260,768 £237,586 9.8%
Three Rivers £517,139 £515,904 0.2%
Thurrock £290,041 £266,661 8.8%
Tonbridge and Malling £388,591 £364,158 6.7%
Torbay £210,160 £201,942 4.1%
Torridge £246,105 £232,762 5.7%
Tower Hamlets £471,445 £454,058 3.8%
Trafford £328,728 £288,395 14.0%
Tunbridge Wells £406,258 £384,791 5.6%
Uttlesford £417,827 £382,606 9.2%
Vale of White Horse £369,171 £358,153 3.1%
Wakefield £167,497 £151,472 10.6%
Walsall £181,229 £169,973 6.6%
Waltham Forest £485,676 £440,007 10.4%
Wandsworth £618,531 £604,452 2.3%
Warrington £212,973 £193,452 10.1%
Warwick £328,032 £304,740 7.6%
Warwickshire £270,182 £250,805 7.7%
Watford £358,805 £351,262 2.1%
Waverley £477,652 £444,166 7.5%
Wealden £356,741 £340,701 4.7%
Wellingborough £228,570 £214,163 6.7%
Welwyn Hatfield £410,946 £387,993 5.9%
West Berkshire £370,628 £349,152 6.2%
West Devon £264,173 £258,979 2.0%
West Lancashire £202,859 £188,383 7.7%
West Lindsey £184,278 £170,463 8.1%
West Oxfordshire £351,083 £322,825 8.8%
West Suffolk £275,123 £259,649 6.0%
West Sussex £335,861 £324,366 3.5%
Wigan £150,452 £136,902 9.9%
Wiltshire £298,659 £272,246 9.7%
Winchester £473,190 £408,292 15.9%
Windsor and Maidenhead £492,896 £469,838 4.9%
Wirral £177,624 £163,739 8.5%
Woking £439,457 £416,160 5.6%
Wokingham £432,615 £414,667 4.3%
Wolverhampton £164,350 £158,743 3.5%
Worcester £219,787 £212,713 3.3%
Worcestershire £253,317 £241,547 4.9%
Worthing £285,297 £279,468 2.1%
Wychavon £288,395 £274,611 5.0%
Wyre £163,323 £155,165 5.3%
Wyre Forest £206,444 £195,566 5.6%
York £267,932 £252,674 6.0%
England £269,150 £248,097 8.5%

Average price by local authority for England

In December 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 £98,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough December 2020 December 2019 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £317,947 £299,755 6.1%
Barnet £534,719 £522,633 2.3%
Bexley £354,466 £338,425 4.7%
Brent £496,316 £425,966 16.5%
Bromley £460,361 £438,114 5.1%
Camden £803,908 £814,640 -1.3%
City of London £784,006 £758,112 3.4%
City of Westminster £930,070 £971,407 -4.3%
Croydon £383,293 £371,996 3.0%
Ealing £501,051 £468,962 6.8%
Enfield £415,126 £398,926 4.1%
Greenwich £407,938 £399,597 2.1%
Hackney £623,031 £548,667 13.6%
Hammersmith and Fulham £717,300 £713,207 0.6%
Haringey £568,561 £557,356 2.0%
Harrow £472,369 £447,358 5.6%
Havering £382,490 £364,709 4.9%
Hillingdon £419,504 £404,165 3.8%
Hounslow £412,833 £411,934 0.2%
Islington £653,891 £641,376 2.0%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,288,641 £1,224,031 5.3%
Kingston upon Thames £508,800 £489,050 4.0%
Lambeth £548,660 £520,579 5.4%
Lewisham £447,783 £413,131 8.4%
Merton £565,213 £494,981 14.2%
Newham £382,752 £361,100 6.0%
Redbridge £445,546 £420,377 6.0%
Richmond upon Thames £709,148 £651,835 8.8%
Southwark £519,142 £508,559 2.1%
Sutton £398,639 £373,236 6.8%
Tower Hamlets £471,445 £454,058 3.8%
Waltham Forest £485,676 £440,007 10.4%
Wandsworth £618,531 £604,452 2.3%

Average price by London borough

In December 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 £318,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type December 2020 December 2019 Difference
Detached £413,341 £375,353 10.1%
Semi-detached £253,978 £233,213 8.9%
Terraced £220,396 £201,726 9.3%
Flat or maisonette £234,778 £224,882 4.4%
All £269,150 £248,097 8.5%

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 October 2020 October 2019
Adur 77 98
Allerdale 124 153
Amber Valley 177 219
Arun 283 266
Ashfield 197 187
Ashford 195 206
Babergh 122 179
Barking and Dagenham 130 140
Barnet 289 307
Barnsley 349 339
Barrow-in-Furness 118 111
Basildon 218 226
Basingstoke and Deane 223 250
Bassetlaw 160 193
Bath and North East Somerset 219 308
Bedford 211 273
Bexley 304 273
Birmingham 942 1,201
Blaby 104 154
Blackburn with Darwen 174 170
Blackpool 208 195
Bolsover 90 145
Bolton 370 308
Boston 65 84
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 719 668
Bracknell Forest 140 207
Bradford 628 712
Braintree 226 215
Breckland 166 213
Brent 148 151
Brentwood 114 99
Brighton and Hove 370 313
Broadland 184 232
Bromley 459 459
Bromsgrove 138 137
Broxbourne 117 127
Broxtowe 148 146
Buckinghamshire 678 770
Burnley 146 160
Bury 210 253
Calderdale 273 302
Cambridge 95 115
Cambridgeshire 795 871
Camden 153 154
Cannock Chase 124 188
Canterbury 194 193
Carlisle 173 184
Castle Point 119 126
Central Bedfordshire 374 478
Charnwood 196 291
Chelmsford 207 230
Cheltenham 194 199
Cherwell 176 194
Cheshire East 603 670
Cheshire West and Chester 554 492
Chesterfield 152 137
Chichester 202 167
Chorley 148 218
City of Bristol 516 635
City of Derby 279 350
City of Kingston upon Hull 298 304
City of London 6 4
City of Nottingham 254 399
City of Peterborough 211 276
City of Plymouth 365 367
City of Westminster 157 189
Colchester 253 286
Copeland 110 89
Corby 76 99
Cornwall 879 968
Cotswold 181 138
County Durham 730 735
Coventry 341 416
Craven 84 122
Crawley 108 125
Croydon 353 418
Cumbria 776 808
Dacorum 187 181
Darlington 176 165
Dartford 112 162
Daventry 116 138
Derbyshire 1,057 1,281
Derbyshire Dales 122 101
Devon 1,365 1,323
Doncaster 389 424
Dorset 632 627
Dover 165 168
Dudley 330 420
Ealing 200 257
East Cambridgeshire 125 116
East Devon 278 276
East Hampshire 176 173
East Hertfordshire 214 233
East Lindsey 209 257
East Northamptonshire 141 139
East Riding of Yorkshire 577 556
East Staffordshire 147 193
East Suffolk 372 401
East Sussex 861 896
Eastbourne 172 139
Eastleigh 151 167
Eden 76 104
Elmbridge 244 197
Enfield 213 250
Epping Forest 181 163
Epsom and Ewell 86 85
Erewash 132 180
Essex 1,948 2,067
Exeter 133 185
Fareham 178 153
Fenland 136 165
Folkestone and Hythe 180 183
Forest of Dean 89 113
Fylde 158 154
Gateshead 230 217
Gedling 181 213
Gloucester 147 178
Gloucestershire 868 949
Gosport 116 138
Gravesham 91 113
Great Yarmouth 125 200
Greenwich 197 284
Guildford 172 165
Hackney 128 191
Halton 110 144
Hambleton 133 117
Hammersmith and Fulham 151 244
Hampshire 1,904 1,978
Harborough 162 170
Haringey 178 165
Harlow 66 99
Harrogate 235 232
Harrow 167 187
Hart 130 155
Hartlepool 97 118
Hastings 142 153
Havant 185 179
Havering 282 291
Herefordshire 260 276
Hertfordshire 1,456 1,533
Hertsmere 111 159
High Peak 117 124
Hillingdon 254 292
Hinckley and Bosworth 171 179
Horsham 198 233
Hounslow 146 223
Huntingdonshire 223 247
Hyndburn 122 129
Ipswich 148 182
Isle of Wight 246 255
Islington 129 177
Kensington and Chelsea 127 118
Kent 2,097 2,266
Kettering 147 171
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 240 260
Kingston upon Thames 172 212
Kirklees 587 550
Knowsley 154 187
Lambeth 266 270
Lancashire 1,698 1,938
Lancaster 177 221
Leeds 964 1,072
Leicester 232 259
Leicestershire 919 1,081
Lewes 159 162
Lewisham 242 276
Lichfield 122 150
Lincoln 117 144
Lincolnshire 982 1,191
Liverpool 458 662
Luton 172 198
Maidstone 233 256
Maldon 100 105
Malvern Hills 106 109
Manchester 445 544
Mansfield 154 170
Medway 301 388
Melton 73 62
Mendip 150 186
Merton 209 233
Mid Devon 122 111
Mid Suffolk 167 150
Mid Sussex 211 274
Middlesbrough 158 168
Milton Keynes 324 401
Mole Valley 123 125
New Forest 305 257
Newark and Sherwood 149 196
Newcastle upon Tyne 328 317
Newcastle-under-Lyme 158 233
Newham 103 181
Norfolk 1,264 1,567
North Devon 185 171
North East Derbyshire 141 148
North East Lincolnshire 212 224
North Hertfordshire 213 175
North Kesteven 190 190
North Lincolnshire 204 213
North Norfolk 176 190
North Somerset 344 358
North Tyneside 286 301
North Warwickshire 66 90
North West Leicestershire 146 158
North Yorkshire 952 983
Northampton 273 295
Northamptonshire 969 1,089
Northumberland 462 484
Norwich 164 196
Nottinghamshire 1,163 1,270
Nuneaton and Bedworth 162 203
Oadby and Wigston 67 67
Oldham 206 289
Oxford 119 112
Oxfordshire 874 932
Pendle 130 130
Portsmouth 269 248
Preston 139 179
Reading 142 201
Redbridge 188 272
Redcar and Cleveland 173 183
Redditch 82 130
Reigate and Banstead 202 233
Ribble Valley 79 108
Richmond upon Thames 248 231
Richmondshire 68 66
Rochdale 227 298
Rochford 103 120
Rossendale 123 110
Rother 170 174
Rotherham 330 405
Rugby 148 203
Runnymede 90 105
Rushcliffe 174 165
Rushmoor 96 118
Rutland 60 72
Ryedale 98 86
Salford 259 423
Sandwell 250 302
Scarborough 183 221
Sedgemoor 191 175
Sefton 394 413
Selby 151 139
Sevenoaks 161 161
Sheffield 571 702
Shropshire 443 511
Slough 92 111
Solihull 268 324
Somerset 840 867
Somerset West and Taunton 224 253
South Cambridgeshire 216 228
South Derbyshire 126 227
South Gloucestershire 330 399
South Hams 193 163
South Holland 124 157
South Kesteven 158 213
South Lakeland 175 167
South Norfolk 209 276
South Northamptonshire 120 147
South Oxfordshire 223 216
South Ribble 151 160
South Somerset 275 253
South Staffordshire 127 150
South Tyneside 147 162
Southampton 241 298
Southend-on-Sea 268 278
Southwark 242 328
Spelthorne 121 110
St Albans 187 207
St Helens 191 206
Stafford 189 188
Staffordshire 1,076 1,373
Staffordshire Moorlands 129 132
Stevenage 101 99
Stockport 432 468
Stockton-on-Tees 319 309
Stoke-on-Trent 297 343
Stratford-on-Avon 177 213
Stroud 136 180
Suffolk 1,016 1,158
Sunderland 302 285
Surrey 1,575 1,580
Surrey Heath 105 151
Sutton 226 224
Swale 199 231
Swindon 236 348
Tameside 248 318
Tamworth 80 139
Tandridge 113 114
Teignbridge 219 216
Telford and Wrekin 199 260
Tendring 230 269
Test Valley 184 223
Tewkesbury 121 141
Thanet 195 241
Three Rivers 114 104
Thurrock 167 198
Tonbridge and Malling 191 197
Torbay 221 246
Torridge 134 127
Tower Hamlets 201 268
Trafford 272 303
Tunbridge Wells 181 155
Uttlesford 131 129
Vale of White Horse 206 232
Wakefield 396 516
Walsall 289 271
Waltham Forest 223 229
Wandsworth 363 403
Warrington 266 295
Warwick 175 240
Warwickshire 728 949
Watford 94 98
Waverley 178 172
Wealden 218 268
Wellingborough 96 100
Welwyn Hatfield 118 150
West Berkshire 189 194
West Devon 101 74
West Lancashire 133 160
West Lindsey 119 146
West Oxfordshire 150 178
West Suffolk 207 246
West Sussex 1,261 1,387
Wigan 401 462
Wiltshire 605 716
Winchester 160 165
Windsor and Maidenhead 159 187
Wirral 441 484
Woking 141 123
Wokingham 214 296
Wolverhampton 242 233
Worcester 135 123
Worcestershire 761 870
Worthing 182 224
Wychavon 176 231
Wyre 192 209
Wyre Forest 124 140
York 254 316
England 66,643 74,620

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

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for October 2019 with the provisional estimate for October 2020, volume transactions increased by 0.9% 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 11.2% in England in the year to October 2020.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough October 2020 October 2019
Barking and Dagenham 130 140
Barnet 289 307
Bexley 304 273
Brent 148 151
Bromley 459 459
Camden 153 154
City of London 6 4
City of Westminster 157 189
Croydon 353 418
Ealing 200 257
Enfield 213 250
Greenwich 197 284
Hackney 128 191
Hammersmith and Fulham 151 244
Haringey 178 165
Harrow 167 187
Havering 282 291
Hillingdon 254 292
Hounslow 146 223
Islington 129 177
Kensington and Chelsea 127 118
Kingston upon Thames 172 212
Lambeth 266 270
Lewisham 242 276
Merton 209 233
Newham 103 181
Redbridge 188 272
Richmond upon Thames 248 231
Southwark 242 328
Sutton 226 224
Tower Hamlets 201 268
Waltham Forest 223 229
Wandsworth 363 403

Note: The number of property transactions for October 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
October 2016 70,825
October 2017 77,047
October 2018 76,864
October 2019 74,620
October 2020 66,643

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for October 2019 with the provisional estimate for October 2020, volume transactions increased by 0.9% 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 11.2% in England in the year to October 2020.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
October 2016 8,100
October 2017 7,990
October 2018 7,956
October 2019 7,901
October 2020 6,854

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 October 2020 Average existing October 2020 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £505,833 £492,362 -2.1% -0.7% 3.4% 4.4%
North East £203,159 £131,502 -0.5% 0.3% 7.7% 5.4%
East Midlands £284,215 £201,597 0.0% 1.8% 7.9% 6.3%
East of England £380,798 £297,866 -1.5% 0.1% 4.8% 4.2%
North West £243,238 £175,668 0.4% 2.3% 8.3% 7.4%
South East £397,101 £333,764 -1.3% 0.7% 5.3% 4.6%
South West £327,653 £271,441 -0.7% 0.9% 7.5% 6.2%
West Midlands £287,647 £206,791 -0.8% 1.3% 6.5% 5.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber £226,657 £173,774 0.9% 2.3% 6.9% 6.4%
England £327,486 £258,708 -0.7% 1.1% 6.3% 5.6%

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 December 2020 Average former owner occupier price December 2020 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £431,160 £564,795 -0.9% -1.4% 3.0% 4.3%
North East £120,953 £160,971 2.2% 1.7% 8.7% 9.7%
East Midlands £180,670 £243,197 3.0% 2.5% 10.2% 10.9%
East of England £257,493 £352,105 2.5% 2.3% 6.3% 7.6%
North West £154,175 £209,551 2.3% 2.6% 10.5% 12.0%
South East £271,016 £397,384 0.3% 0.0% 5.3% 6.9%
South West £231,541 £319,515 2.5% 2.1% 9.4% 10.8%
West Midlands £180,558 £249,259 2.2% 1.7% 8.8% 10.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber £156,387 £206,367 1.2% 1.1% 9.8% 11.0%
England £224,560 £307,113 1.5% 1.4% 7.8% 9.2%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price December 2020 Average mortgage price December 2020 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £512,226 £490,513 -1.6% -0.9% 2.0% 3.9%
North East £129,341 £147,882 1.8% 2.0% 8.6% 9.4%
East Midlands £208,104 £218,558 3.1% 2.6% 10.8% 10.5%
East of England £297,054 £317,919 2.8% 2.2% 7.4% 6.9%
North West £168,889 £191,652 2.8% 2.3% 11.0% 11.4%
South East £327,009 £348,156 0.3% 0.0% 6.4% 6.0%
South West £279,134 £284,521 2.2% 2.3% 10.1% 10.2%
West Midlands £207,388 £221,362 2.2% 1.9% 9.2% 9.5%
Yorkshire and The Humber £175,779 £186,587 1.4% 1.0% 10.3% 10.5%
England £253,634 £277,012 1.7% 1.4% 8.6% 8.4%

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 October 2020
East Midlands 25
East of England 9
London 30
North East 68
North West 88
South East 36
South West 27
West Midlands 35
Yorkshire and The Humber 36
England 354

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