National statistics

UK House Price Index England: July 2023

Published 20 September 2023

1. Headline statistics for July 2023

The average price of a property in England was £308,633

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

The monthly price change of a property in England was 0.4%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 152.1

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 August 2023 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 18 October 2023. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

Average house prices in England increased by 0.6% in the 12 months to July 2023. This was down from 2.1% in the 12 months to June 2023 and was similar to the average UK house price annual inflation of 0.6% in the 12 months to July 2023.

The fastest growing region was the North East, with annual percentage change at 2.7% in the 12 months to July 2023. The lowest annual percentage change was in the South West, where prices decreased by 1.0% in the 12 months to July 2023.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.4% between June 2023 and July 2023, compared with an increase of 1.9% during the same period 12 months ago. On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.2% between June 2023 and July 2023.

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for May 2022 with the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for May 2023, the volume of transactions decreased by 19.4% in England and by 17.7% in the UK.

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, May 2023’s provisional transaction volume estimate for England was 27.5% lower than May 2022’s revised volume estimate.

In England, detached houses showed the largest annual percentage change out of all property types, increasing by 2.2% in the 12 months to July 2023 to £489,000. Flats and maisonettes showed the lowest annual percentage change, which decreased by 1.0% in the 12 months to July 2023 to £249,000.

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 0.6% in the 12 months to July 2023, down from 2.1% in June 2023.

In London, average house prices decreased by 0.8% in the 12 months to July 2023, down from a decrease of 0.5% in June 2023.

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.

Note: data for City of London for the months of July and August 2021 have been suppressed due to unusually low transaction numbers and the resulting impact on the quality of data.

Local authorities July 2023 July 2022 Difference
Adur £376,272 £376,315 0.0%
Amber Valley £227,441 £218,726 4.0%
Arun £355,010 £357,544 -0.7%
Ashfield £195,836 £182,918 7.1%
Ashford £368,392 £355,076 3.8%
Babergh £354,549 £350,684 1.1%
Barking and Dagenham £343,291 £347,372 -1.2%
Barnet £587,570 £590,094 -0.4%
Barnsley £161,899 £160,744 0.7%
Basildon £364,108 £371,142 -1.9%
Basingstoke and Deane £368,395 £351,706 4.7%
Bassetlaw £201,517 £198,326 1.6%
Bath and North East Somerset £432,703 £430,992 0.4%
Bedford £349,537 £339,921 2.8%
Bexley £401,134 £394,797 1.6%
Birmingham £229,784 £226,567 1.4%
Blaby £299,131 £297,256 0.6%
Blackburn with Darwen £141,953 £140,897 0.7%
Blackpool £135,873 £134,179 1.3%
Bolsover £173,756 £169,873 2.3%
Bolton £185,744 £179,937 3.2%
Boston £192,843 £192,084 0.4%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £336,041 £342,058 -1.8%
Bracknell Forest £401,470 £392,682 2.2%
Bradford £173,049 £172,892 0.1%
Braintree £350,989 £341,099 2.9%
Breckland £293,524 £285,487 2.8%
Brent £523,184 £549,883 -4.9%
Brentwood £456,673 £468,941 -2.6%
Brighton and Hove £433,142 £443,742 -2.4%
Broadland £337,406 £331,557 1.8%
Bromley £516,659 £503,431 2.6%
Bromsgrove £350,538 £345,935 1.3%
Broxbourne £395,303 £398,700 -0.9%
Broxtowe £249,735 £240,703 3.8%
Buckinghamshire £475,832 £471,278 1.0%
Burnley £113,731 £116,065 -2.0%
Bury £242,743 £231,823 4.7%
Calderdale £187,677 £174,143 7.8%
Cambridge £520,199 £505,978 2.8%
Cambridgeshire £355,298 £352,161 0.9%
Camden £828,389 £843,766 -1.8%
Cannock Chase £222,891 £220,611 1.0%
Canterbury £362,025 £361,274 0.2%
Castle Point £378,755 £377,374 0.4%
Central Bedfordshire £370,804 £371,369 -0.2%
Charnwood £292,290 £280,967 4.0%
Chelmsford £388,421 £379,856 2.3%
Cheltenham £337,363 £330,020 2.2%
Cherwell £358,644 £352,407 1.8%
Cheshire East £293,484 £280,132 4.8%
Cheshire West and Chester £263,452 £259,288 1.6%
Chesterfield £199,660 £195,334 2.2%
Chichester £471,857 £464,705 1.5%
Chorley £231,472 £220,958 4.8%
City of Bristol £346,953 £346,156 0.2%
City of Derby £202,320 £199,189 1.6%
City of Kingston upon Hull £139,013 £137,186 1.3%
City of London £905,489 £862,653 5.0%
City of Nottingham £195,187 £186,352 4.7%
City of Peterborough £243,489 £236,607 2.9%
City of Plymouth £222,588 £222,530 0.0%
City of Westminster £954,356 £982,703 -2.9%
Colchester £314,821 £313,636 0.4%
Cornwall £309,384 £313,366 -1.3%
Cotswold £482,142 £490,147 -1.6%
County Durham £128,990 £125,650 2.7%
Coventry £228,053 £224,431 1.6%
Crawley £318,661 £313,075 1.8%
Croydon £415,491 £418,701 -0.8%
Cumberland £169,424 £166,457 1.8%
Dacorum £463,882 £459,307 1.0%
Darlington £158,628 £157,540 0.7%
Dartford £356,942 £356,921 0.0%
Derbyshire £233,067 £226,238 3.0%
Derbyshire Dales £331,959 £328,573 1.0%
Devon £337,588 £334,523 0.9%
Doncaster £164,564 £160,900 2.3%
Dorset £356,874 £361,553 -1.3%
Dover £327,565 £306,313 6.9%
Dudley £231,070 £226,747 1.9%
Ealing £547,340 £531,512 3.0%
East Cambridgeshire £350,914 £336,655 4.2%
East Devon £368,950 £355,736 3.7%
East Hampshire £463,438 £442,771 4.7%
East Hertfordshire £437,395 £455,958 -4.1%
East Lindsey £233,934 £226,345 3.4%
East Riding of Yorkshire £222,362 £219,105 1.5%
East Staffordshire £224,065 £225,754 -0.7%
East Suffolk £297,719 £307,337 -3.1%
East Sussex £351,157 £354,960 -1.1%
Eastbourne £293,149 £304,066 -3.6%
Eastleigh £338,207 £350,229 -3.4%
Elmbridge £678,279 £702,356 -3.4%
Enfield £444,920 £447,596 -0.6%
Epping Forest £526,097 £531,771 -1.1%
Epsom and Ewell £550,400 £541,678 1.6%
Erewash £216,823 £209,027 3.7%
Essex £373,883 £370,293 1.0%
Exeter £321,831 £324,211 -0.7%
Fareham £358,154 £360,973 -0.8%
Fenland £229,214 £238,355 -3.8%
Folkestone and Hythe £335,888 £320,833 4.7%
Forest of Dean £321,315 £303,416 5.9%
Fylde £239,137 £232,460 2.9%
Gateshead £155,400 £151,716 2.4%
Gedling £241,699 £239,293 1.0%
Gloucester £253,703 £243,332 4.3%
Gloucestershire £338,302 £328,756 2.9%
Gosport £257,826 £252,554 2.1%
Gravesham £326,545 £324,464 0.6%
Great Yarmouth £214,765 £225,315 -4.7%
Greenwich £430,311 £430,052 0.1%
Guildford £551,604 £526,283 4.8%
Hackney £632,761 £631,681 0.2%
Halton £179,787 £184,591 -2.6%
Hammersmith and Fulham £798,537 £794,947 0.5%
Hampshire £381,586 £376,603 1.3%
Harborough £378,841 £343,794 10.2%
Haringey £605,168 £587,997 2.9%
Harlow £317,490 £318,232 -0.2%
Harrow £510,710 £533,181 -4.2%
Hart £485,536 £474,032 2.4%
Hartlepool £141,524 £129,359 9.4%
Hastings £273,173 £280,068 -2.5%
Havant £333,389 £327,288 1.9%
Havering £425,055 £420,015 1.2%
Herefordshire £301,052 £293,329 2.6%
Hertfordshire £453,239 £456,845 -0.8%
Hertsmere £526,102 £532,620 -1.2%
High Peak £263,986 £260,030 1.5%
Hillingdon £460,313 £454,790 1.2%
Hinckley and Bosworth £284,179 £284,251 0.0%
Horsham £454,294 £452,284 0.4%
Hounslow £442,511 £446,975 -1.0%
Huntingdonshire £321,635 £314,138 2.4%
Hyndburn £128,329 £128,039 0.2%
Ipswich £235,730 £232,684 1.3%
Isle of Wight £283,848 £287,519 -1.3%
Islington £710,181 £703,448 1.0%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,344,669 £1,507,801 -10.8%
Kent £360,445 £356,964 1.0%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £278,419 £270,671 2.9%
Kingston upon Thames £543,811 £548,447 -0.8%
Kirklees £192,884 £187,979 2.6%
Knowsley £174,794 £173,502 0.7%
Lambeth £556,110 £548,525 1.4%
Lancashire £189,775 £183,394 3.5%
Lancaster £201,343 £193,820 3.9%
Leeds £240,135 £234,357 2.5%
Leicester £233,376 £220,834 5.7%
Leicestershire £301,614 £289,900 4.0%
Lewes £422,854 £398,777 6.0%
Lewisham £454,520 £458,885 -1.0%
Lichfield £322,895 £308,475 4.7%
Lincoln £181,681 £178,159 2.0%
Lincolnshire £231,914 £230,206 0.7%
Liverpool £177,224 £175,772 0.8%
Luton £271,715 £275,469 -1.4%
Maidstone £341,309 £345,515 -1.2%
Maldon £431,152 £401,307 7.4%
Malvern Hills £340,060 £317,553 7.1%
Manchester £230,967 £223,830 3.2%
Mansfield £183,922 £177,510 3.6%
Medway £299,820 £295,050 1.6%
Melton £302,658 £298,108 1.5%
Merton £584,659 £574,458 1.8%
Mid Devon £310,978 £300,008 3.7%
Mid Suffolk £324,124 £316,265 2.5%
Mid Sussex £466,216 £447,121 4.3%
Middlesbrough £141,043 £139,112 1.4%
Milton Keynes £318,700 £307,644 3.6%
Mole Valley £563,083 £561,396 0.3%
New Forest £412,143 £413,850 -0.4%
Newark and Sherwood £229,637 £230,561 -0.4%
Newcastle upon Tyne £195,548 £185,542 5.4%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £199,385 £191,691 4.0%
Newham £415,762 £414,180 0.4%
Norfolk £289,885 £285,316 1.6%
North Devon £325,592 £319,415 1.9%
North East Derbyshire £235,493 £235,740 -0.1%
North East Lincolnshire £150,366 £154,032 -2.4%
North Hertfordshire £399,775 £390,175 2.5%
North Kesteven £262,137 £262,221 0.0%
North Lincolnshire £186,120 £182,508 2.0%
North Norfolk £333,736 £325,492 2.5%
North Northamptonshire £271,753 £267,701 1.5%
North Somerset £334,932 £328,603 1.9%
North Tyneside £207,134 £198,759 4.2%
North Warwickshire £255,192 £252,753 1.0%
North West Leicestershire £282,792 £266,347 6.2%
North Yorkshire £280,067 £277,385 1.0%
Northumberland £199,191 £185,799 7.2%
Norwich £239,792 £241,855 -0.9%
Nottinghamshire £232,472 £226,870 2.5%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £229,900 £227,168 1.2%
Oadby and Wigston £282,738 £267,699 5.6%
Oldham £189,151 £183,845 2.9%
Oxford £498,231 £467,752 6.5%
Oxfordshire £435,646 £422,338 3.2%
Pendle £136,215 £131,333 3.7%
Portsmouth £265,147 £251,223 5.5%
Preston £166,243 £155,280 7.1%
Reading £329,561 £326,308 1.0%
Redbridge £462,849 £470,579 -1.6%
Redcar and Cleveland £157,293 £154,085 2.1%
Redditch £259,381 £258,012 0.5%
Reigate and Banstead £478,591 £477,697 0.2%
Ribble Valley £279,587 £263,739 6.0%
Richmond upon Thames £770,107 £744,537 3.4%
Rochdale £193,447 £181,532 6.6%
Rochford £417,756 £413,019 1.1%
Rossendale £196,815 £189,202 4.0%
Rother £373,205 £380,402 -1.9%
Rotherham £184,184 £176,519 4.3%
Rugby £303,088 £294,356 3.0%
Runnymede £496,501 £473,314 4.9%
Rushcliffe £348,707 £345,946 0.8%
Rushmoor £333,126 £324,348 2.7%
Rutland £435,862 £378,600 15.1%
Salford £213,964 £210,341 1.7%
Sandwell £202,810 £192,705 5.2%
Sefton £211,202 £205,608 2.7%
Sevenoaks £527,970 £518,137 1.9%
Sheffield £216,623 £206,802 4.7%
Shropshire £278,958 £274,783 1.5%
Slough £312,959 £320,318 -2.3%
Solihull £336,057 £332,384 1.1%
Somerset £301,185 £300,669 0.2%
South Cambridgeshire £444,038 £443,887 0.0%
South Derbyshire £259,080 £241,164 7.4%
South Gloucestershire £346,323 £345,928 0.1%
South Hams £417,957 £417,876 0.0%
South Holland £230,236 £238,448 -3.4%
South Kesteven £276,361 £267,142 3.5%
South Norfolk £340,841 £324,000 5.2%
South Oxfordshire £515,578 £507,508 1.6%
South Ribble £213,332 £210,586 1.3%
South Staffordshire £298,627 £290,257 2.9%
South Tyneside £163,971 £155,759 5.3%
Southampton £247,649 £242,246 2.2%
Southend-on-Sea £330,773 £334,367 -1.1%
Southwark £546,212 £549,687 -0.6%
Spelthorne £420,942 £411,727 2.2%
St Albans £588,658 £590,292 -0.3%
St Helens £177,538 £178,739 -0.7%
Stafford £268,155 £264,914 1.2%
Staffordshire £246,425 £241,990 1.8%
Staffordshire Moorlands £223,468 £228,917 -2.4%
Stevenage £334,359 £328,211 1.9%
Stockport £300,336 £292,901 2.5%
Stockton-on-Tees £165,988 £159,820 3.9%
Stoke-on-Trent £143,805 £140,643 2.2%
Stratford-on-Avon £385,360 £391,761 -1.6%
Stroud £347,884 £341,322 1.9%
Suffolk £295,986 £297,973 -0.7%
Sunderland £143,471 £138,217 3.8%
Surrey £521,614 £518,220 0.7%
Surrey Heath £440,075 £453,904 -3.0%
Sutton £434,203 £436,941 -0.6%
Swale £303,903 £301,334 0.9%
Swindon £266,211 £263,298 1.1%
Tameside £210,300 £202,456 3.9%
Tamworth £241,713 £231,296 4.5%
Tandridge £518,983 £524,316 -1.0%
Teignbridge £317,727 £320,321 -0.8%
Telford and Wrekin £225,099 £214,049 5.2%
Tendring £280,181 £270,733 3.5%
Test Valley £393,921 £397,188 -0.8%
Tewkesbury £363,848 £346,259 5.1%
Thanet £309,657 £315,310 -1.8%
Three Rivers £579,798 £597,520 -3.0%
Thurrock £326,085 £323,482 0.8%
Tonbridge and Malling £424,774 £435,720 -2.5%
Torbay £254,812 £252,031 1.1%
Torridge £317,598 £309,972 2.5%
Tower Hamlets £475,243 £470,877 0.9%
Trafford £362,348 £361,352 0.3%
Tunbridge Wells £460,155 £456,998 0.7%
Uttlesford £480,943 £474,984 1.3%
Vale of White Horse £428,917 £425,848 0.7%
Wakefield £200,304 £192,714 3.9%
Walsall £216,172 £210,653 2.6%
Waltham Forest £496,615 £510,015 -2.6%
Wandsworth £632,895 £627,156 0.9%
Warrington £261,376 £257,733 1.4%
Warwick £371,852 £359,250 3.5%
Warwickshire £314,774 £310,480 1.4%
Watford £376,600 £397,378 -5.2%
Waverley £565,558 £542,724 4.2%
Wealden £412,612 £418,188 -1.3%
Welwyn Hatfield £438,928 £433,439 1.3%
West Berkshire £414,206 £403,956 2.5%
West Devon £312,367 £322,277 -3.1%
West Lancashire £241,973 £221,845 9.1%
West Lindsey £209,251 £215,013 -2.7%
West Northamptonshire £294,965 £292,533 0.8%
West Oxfordshire £403,317 £376,768 7.0%
West Suffolk £302,695 £306,219 -1.2%
West Sussex £397,766 £394,170 0.9%
Westmorland and Furness £225,593 £228,201 -1.1%
Wigan £183,748 £179,908 2.1%
Wiltshire £332,793 £331,952 0.3%
Winchester £502,097 £490,850 2.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead £558,933 £552,730 1.1%
Wirral £205,378 £203,636 0.9%
Woking £472,451 £483,856 -2.4%
Wokingham £503,029 £492,108 2.2%
Wolverhampton £205,335 £196,263 4.6%
Worcester £255,914 £260,718 -1.8%
Worcestershire £297,104 £294,250 1.0%
Worthing £355,177 £355,755 -0.2%
Wychavon £336,562 £342,187 -1.6%
Wyre £197,626 £194,881 1.4%
Wyre Forest £250,223 £245,408 2.0%
York £325,497 £324,106 0.4%
England £308,633 £306,655 0.6%

Average price by local authority for England

In July 2023, the most expensive area in England 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 £114,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

London borough July 2023 July 2022 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £343,291 £347,372 -1.2%
Barnet £587,570 £590,094 -0.4%
Bexley £401,134 £394,797 1.6%
Brent £523,184 £549,883 -4.9%
Bromley £516,659 £503,431 2.6%
Camden £828,389 £843,766 -1.8%
City of London £905,489 £862,653 5.0%
City of Westminster £954,356 £982,703 -2.9%
Croydon £415,491 £418,701 -0.8%
Ealing £547,340 £531,512 3.0%
Enfield £444,920 £447,596 -0.6%
Greenwich £430,311 £430,052 0.1%
Hackney £632,761 £631,681 0.2%
Hammersmith and Fulham £798,537 £794,947 0.5%
Haringey £605,168 £587,997 2.9%
Harrow £510,710 £533,181 -4.2%
Havering £425,055 £420,015 1.2%
Hillingdon £460,313 £454,790 1.2%
Hounslow £442,511 £446,975 -1.0%
Islington £710,181 £703,448 1.0%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,344,669 £1,507,801 -10.8%
Kingston upon Thames £543,811 £548,447 -0.8%
Lambeth £556,110 £548,525 1.4%
Lewisham £454,520 £458,885 -1.0%
Merton £584,659 £574,458 1.8%
Newham £415,762 £414,180 0.4%
Redbridge £462,849 £470,579 -1.6%
Richmond upon Thames £770,107 £744,537 3.4%
Southwark £546,212 £549,687 -0.6%
Sutton £434,203 £436,941 -0.6%
Tower Hamlets £475,243 £470,877 0.9%
Waltham Forest £496,615 £510,015 -2.6%
Wandsworth £632,895 £627,156 0.9%

Average price by London borough

In July 2023, the most expensive London 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 £343,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type July 2023 July 2022 Difference
Detached £488,835 £478,317 2.2%
Semi-detached £297,183 £293,983 1.1%
Terraced £252,084 £252,589 -0.2%
Flat or maisonette £249,064 £251,486 -1.0%
All £308,633 £306,655 0.6%

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

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for the current month with the revised volume estimate for the corresponding month in the previous year

Local authorities May 2023 May 2022
Adur 45 69
Amber Valley 74 162
Arun 118 209
Ashfield 67 138
Ashford 75 146
Babergh 62 95
Barking and Dagenham 72 101
Barnet 137 321
Barnsley 163 329
Basildon 84 221
Basingstoke and Deane 106 206
Bassetlaw 70 152
Bath and North East Somerset 108 182
Bedford 88 155
Bexley 131 232
Birmingham 459 911
Blaby 64 103
Blackburn with Darwen 91 156
Blackpool 104 232
Bolsover 60 107
Bolton 142 290
Boston 41 82
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 256 514
Bracknell Forest 91 164
Bradford 309 520
Braintree 78 173
Breckland 93 165
Brent 72 152
Brentwood 48 113
Brighton and Hove 170 329
Broadland 85 165
Bromley 182 341
Bromsgrove 58 106
Broxbourne 44 122
Broxtowe 73 126
Buckinghamshire 325 602
Burnley 65 129
Bury 122 184
Calderdale 139 209
Cambridge 70 101
Cambridgeshire 373 775
Camden 102 163
Cannock Chase 58 136
Canterbury 65 161
Castle Point 60 100
Central Bedfordshire 144 380
Charnwood 105 205
Chelmsford 105 208
Cheltenham 101 152
Cherwell 94 193
Cheshire East 279 556
Cheshire West and Chester 217 421
Chesterfield 76 132
Chichester 93 146
Chorley 78 140
City of Bristol 290 454
City of Derby 143 232
City of Kingston upon Hull 133 268
City of London 7 16
City of Nottingham 167 278
City of Peterborough 127 205
City of Plymouth 186 295
City of Westminster 127 193
Colchester 128 267
Cornwall 375 692
Cotswold 73 118
County Durham 336 647
Coventry 164 332
Crawley 54 114
Croydon 170 320
Cumberland 198 399
Dacorum 91 174
Darlington 88 123
Dartford 68 113
Derbyshire 515 1,025
Derbyshire Dales 42 74
Devon 546 973
Doncaster 203 357
Dorset 257 475
Dover 75 149
Dudley 165 327
Ealing 123 244
East Cambridgeshire 57 111
East Devon 111 210
East Hampshire 70 122
East Hertfordshire 93 204
East Lindsey 99 195
East Riding of Yorkshire 267 427
East Staffordshire 87 168
East Suffolk 181 301
East Sussex 393 678
Eastbourne 74 142
Eastleigh 114 179
Elmbridge 98 182
Enfield 109 236
Epping Forest 72 137
Epsom and Ewell 40 90
Erewash 65 134
Essex 880 1,792
Exeter 69 122
Fareham 63 98
Fenland 79 170
Folkestone and Hythe 73 133
Forest of Dean 35 93
Fylde 50 120
Gateshead 110 207
Gedling 80 187
Gloucester 93 178
Gloucestershire 454 780
Gosport 54 93
Gravesham 52 103
Great Yarmouth 64 100
Greenwich 120 216
Guildford 95 134
Hackney 86 155
Halton 72 105
Hammersmith and Fulham 80 174
Hampshire 905 1,481
Harborough 70 119
Haringey 96 166
Harlow 50 91
Harrow 86 162
Hart 91 103
Hartlepool 65 105
Hastings 74 110
Havant 57 123
Havering 145 250
Herefordshire 133 196
Hertfordshire 642 1,251
Hertsmere 61 111
High Peak 65 114
Hillingdon 121 217
Hinckley and Bosworth 98 149
Horsham 70 143
Hounslow 91 143
Huntingdonshire 93 229
Hyndburn 58 95
Ipswich 85 143
Isle of Wight 115 204
Islington 84 177
Kensington and Chelsea 80 148
Kent 865 1,778
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 103 174
Kingston upon Thames 88 191
Kirklees 253 445
Knowsley 83 137
Lambeth 144 279
Lancashire 833 1,469
Lancaster 140 140
Leeds 423 779
Leicester 110 242
Leicestershire 483 819
Lewes 57 102
Lewisham 102 250
Lichfield 77 143
Lincoln 66 113
Lincolnshire 502 1,005
Liverpool 261 473
Luton 83 171
Maidstone 86 189
Maldon 43 81
Malvern Hills 46 86
Manchester 208 399
Mansfield 72 129
Medway 165 285
Melton 30 64
Merton 104 188
Mid Devon 60 72
Mid Suffolk 57 129
Mid Sussex 89 219
Middlesbrough 90 187
Milton Keynes 138 295
Mole Valley 39 85
New Forest 118 218
Newark and Sherwood 88 153
Newcastle upon Tyne 164 301
Newcastle-under-Lyme 81 144
Newham 71 137
Norfolk 601 1,061
North Devon 67 114
North East Derbyshire 58 139
North East Lincolnshire 107 246
North Hertfordshire 84 133
North Kesteven 79 156
North Lincolnshire 89 239
North Norfolk 68 106
North Northamptonshire 224 402
North Somerset 140 284
North Tyneside 205 235
North Warwickshire 32 85
North West Leicestershire 84 138
North Yorkshire 449 736
Northumberland 222 427
Norwich 95 166
Nottinghamshire 528 1,052
Nuneaton and Bedworth 82 192
Oadby and Wigston 32 41
Oldham 111 198
Oxford 57 100
Oxfordshire 379 736
Pendle 60 112
Portsmouth 114 227
Preston 83 178
Reading 104 178
Redbridge 88 193
Redcar and Cleveland 99 168
Redditch 73 77
Reigate and Banstead 91 182
Ribble Valley 50 78
Richmond upon Thames 128 230
Rochdale 117 234
Rochford 58 80
Rossendale 36 92
Rother 78 127
Rotherham 167 297
Rugby 92 122
Runnymede 54 116
Rushcliffe 78 167
Rushmoor 49 101
Rutland 25 44
Salford 142 266
Sandwell 154 261
Sefton 164 351
Sevenoaks 67 112
Sheffield 262 460
Shropshire 183 323
Slough 50 91
Solihull 124 261
Somerset 391 692
South Cambridgeshire 74 164
South Derbyshire 75 163
South Gloucestershire 175 274
South Hams 65 117
South Holland 63 124
South Kesteven 99 182
South Norfolk 93 185
South Oxfordshire 81 193
South Ribble 66 132
South Staffordshire 54 96
South Tyneside 98 151
Southampton 150 263
Southend-on-Sea 108 256
Southwark 135 244
Spelthorne 42 130
St Albans 98 164
St Helens 116 202
Stafford 82 130
Staffordshire 553 1,004
Staffordshire Moorlands 56 91
Stevenage 51 86
Stockport 220 300
Stockton-on-Tees 116 242
Stoke-on-Trent 175 308
Stratford-on-Avon 111 148
Stroud 91 140
Suffolk 497 870
Sunderland 152 282
Surrey 700 1,400
Surrey Heath 56 105
Sutton 108 223
Swale 63 164
Swindon 153 274
Tameside 163 231
Tamworth 58 96
Tandridge 55 98
Teignbridge 108 171
Telford and Wrekin 90 209
Tendring 105 228
Test Valley 90 115
Tewkesbury 61 99
Thanet 90 197
Three Rivers 27 83
Thurrock 67 151
Tonbridge and Malling 72 147
Torbay 104 207
Torridge 36 87
Tower Hamlets 96 285
Trafford 124 220
Tunbridge Wells 79 164
Uttlesford 49 93
Vale of White Horse 87 146
Wakefield 204 436
Walsall 149 244
Waltham Forest 119 204
Wandsworth 211 405
Warrington 133 257
Warwick 109 153
Warwickshire 426 700
Watford 35 73
Waverley 80 161
Wealden 110 197
Welwyn Hatfield 58 101
West Berkshire 94 176
West Devon 30 80
West Lancashire 71 107
West Lindsey 55 153
West Northamptonshire 214 486
West Oxfordshire 60 104
West Suffolk 112 202
West Sussex 565 1,047
Westmorland and Furness 198 298
Wigan 198 418
Wiltshire 287 587
Winchester 93 123
Windsor and Maidenhead 90 157
Wirral 227 379
Woking 50 117
Wokingham 120 198
Wolverhampton 121 208
Worcester 62 132
Worcestershire 376 667
Worthing 96 147
Wychavon 88 148
Wyre 76 146
Wyre Forest 49 118
York 121 214
England 32,220 59,744

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

Note: The number of property transactions for May 2023 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the UK HPI index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for May 2022 with the provisional UK HPI estimate for May 2023, volume transactions decreased by 19.4% 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, HMRC volume transactions decreased by 27.5% in England in the 12 months to May 2023.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough May 2023 May 2022
Barking and Dagenham 72 101
Barnet 137 321
Bexley 131 232
Brent 72 152
Bromley 182 341
Camden 102 163
City of London 7 16
City of Westminster 127 193
Croydon 170 320
Ealing 123 244
Enfield 109 236
Greenwich 120 216
Hackney 86 155
Hammersmith and Fulham 80 174
Haringey 96 166
Harrow 86 162
Havering 145 250
Hillingdon 121 217
Hounslow 91 143
Islington 84 177
Kensington and Chelsea 80 148
Kingston upon Thames 88 191
Lambeth 144 279
Lewisham 102 250
Merton 104 188
Newham 71 137
Redbridge 88 193
Richmond upon Thames 128 230
Southwark 135 244
Sutton 108 223
Tower Hamlets 96 285
Waltham Forest 119 204
Wandsworth 211 405

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

Note: The number of property transactions for May 2023 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
May 2019 66,812
May 2020 30,798
May 2021 63,470
May 2022 59,744
May 2023 32,220

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for May 2022 with the provisional UK HPI estimate for May 2023, volume transactions decreased by 19.4% 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, HMRC volume transactions decreased by 27.5% in England in the 12 months to May 2023.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
May 2019 6,815
May 2020 2,929
May 2021 6,937
May 2022 6,956
May 2023 3,615

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 May 2023 Average existing May 2023 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £592,751 £523,710 0.9% -0.5% 13.2% 0.4%
North East £264,426 £150,611 -2.4% -0.3% 16.3% 2.9%
East Midlands £375,170 £236,208 -0.8% 0.4% 14.3% 1.8%
East of England £490,385 £336,512 -1.4% -0.1% 12.6% -0.6%
North West £320,774 £206,765 -0.2% 0.8% 15.1% 2.5%
South East £510,435 £381,120 -1.5% -0.2% 14.0% 0.8%
South West £431,945 £315,420 -1.4% -0.2% 13.1% -0.1%
West Midlands Region £379,317 £241,623 0.6% 1.5% 15.1% 1.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber £292,103 £198,890 -1.3% -0.2% 12.8% 0.4%
England £421,005 £296,038 -0.8% 0.1% 13.9% 0.9%

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 July 2023 Average former owner occupier price July 2023 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £458,823 £617,918 0.9% 1.3% -1.0% -0.5%
North East £138,955 £188,228 0.2% 0.8% 2.1% 3.4%
East Midlands £208,480 £283,611 -0.8% -0.3% 1.6% 2.3%
East of England £289,346 £402,996 0.3% 0.6% -0.2% 0.5%
North West £180,867 £246,219 0.0% 0.7% 0.4% 1.5%
South East £309,984 £463,535 0.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.8%
South West £262,979 £369,160 -0.3% -0.1% -1.4% -0.8%
West Midlands Region £208,186 £289,973 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber £181,448 £240,648 1.5% 1.6% 2.2% 2.8%
England £255,455 £354,924 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 1.0%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price July 2023 Average mortgage price July 2023 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £547,416 £529,214 -0.3% 1.4% -1.9% -0.5%
North East £148,342 £172,023 0.3% 0.6% 2.2% 2.9%
East Midlands £237,963 £254,920 -0.6% -0.5% 1.7% 2.1%
East of England £334,295 £361,723 0.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.3%
North West £195,043 £226,421 0.2% 0.4% 0.7% 1.1%
South East £374,957 £403,501 0.3% 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
South West £318,117 £327,148 -0.5% 0.0% -1.2% -0.9%
West Midlands Region £237,332 £257,528 -0.2% 0.4% 0.1% 0.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber £201,502 £218,261 1.3% 1.7% 2.1% 2.7%
England £288,497 £318,627 0.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.8%

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 May 2023
East Midlands 4
East of England 1
London 14
North East 7
North West 16
South East 5
South West 5
West Midlands Region 7
Yorkshire and The Humber 7
England 66

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