1. Headline statistics for July 2019

the average price of a property in England was

£248,837

the annual price change of a property in England was

0.3%

the monthly price change of a property in England was

0.5%

the index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was

122.7

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.

Next publication of UK HPI The August 2019 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 16 October 2019. See the calendar of release dates.

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 0.3% in the year to July 2019, down from a rise of 1.1% in June 2019. England house prices were growing slower than the UK annual rate of 0.7% in the year to July 2019. Yorkshire and The Humber was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 3.2%, up from 2.3% in the year to June 2019. The lowest annual growth was in the North East, where prices fell by 2.9% over the year to July 2019, followed by the South East where prices fell by 2.0% over the year.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.5% between June 2019 and July 2019, compared with a rise of 1.2% during the same period a year earlier (June 2018 and July 2018). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England fell by 0.3% between June 2019 and July 2019.

The UK Property Transaction Statistics showed that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, in the 3 months to July 2019 the estimated number of transactions on residential properties with a value of £40,000 or greater in England was 240,180. This is down by 8.1% compared with the 3 months to July 2018.

Across England, terraced houses showed the biggest increase, rising by 0.9% in the year to July 2019 to £202,000. The average price of flats and maisonettes fell by 0.4% in the year to July 2019 to £228,000. Falling prices over the year in England flats and maisonettes was driven by negative growth in London for this property type. London accounts for around 30% of England flats and maisonette transactions.

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 0.3% in the year to July 2019, down from a rise of 1.1% in June 2019.

In London, average house prices fell by 1.4% in the year to July 2019, unchanged from June 2019.

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 July 2019 July 2018 Difference Adur £318,105 £317,810 0.1% Allerdale £152,709 £152,648 0.0% Amber Valley £173,827 £172,270 0.9% Arun £285,645 £287,712 -0.7% Ashfield £144,854 £141,159 2.6% Ashford £290,129 £293,314 -1.1% Aylesbury Vale £321,325 £330,284 -2.7% Babergh £288,530 £288,539 0.0% Barking and Dagenham £295,875 £294,953 0.3% Barnet £507,598 £523,397 -3.0% Barnsley £125,506 £122,834 2.2% Barrow-in-Furness £123,238 £123,117 0.1% Basildon £306,570 £311,707 -1.6% Basingstoke and Deane £282,518 £304,743 -7.3% Bassetlaw £157,270 £150,563 4.5% Bath and North East Somerset £337,466 £338,906 -0.4% Bedford £283,467 £292,802 -3.2% Bexley £336,807 £345,693 -2.6% Birmingham £190,046 £182,974 3.9% Blaby £235,772 £224,444 5.0% Blackburn with Darwen £116,629 £114,722 1.7% Blackpool £105,362 £104,227 1.1% Bolsover £126,861 £127,406 -0.4% Bolton £137,508 £134,652 2.1% Boston £161,839 £151,149 7.1% Bournemouth £249,145 £249,385 -0.1% Bracknell Forest £328,025 £350,686 -6.5% Bradford £141,496 £137,160 3.2% Braintree £281,391 £284,190 -1.0% Breckland £223,768 £222,347 0.6% Brent £465,422 £505,028 -7.8% Brentwood £431,961 £416,598 3.7% Brighton and Hove £368,736 £369,374 -0.2% Broadland £262,848 £252,748 4.0% Bromley £437,580 £440,996 -0.8% Bromsgrove £290,319 £285,654 1.6% Broxbourne £355,184 £346,828 2.4% Broxtowe £190,202 £182,388 4.3% Buckinghamshire £402,510 £406,430 -1.0% Burnley £84,018 £81,634 2.9% Bury £180,795 £170,054 6.3% Calderdale £152,951 £143,152 6.8% Cambridge £440,342 £441,781 -0.3% Cambridgeshire £300,341 £293,761 2.2% Camden £917,594 £837,712 9.5% Cannock Chase £170,037 £162,813 4.4% Canterbury £302,528 £298,173 1.5% Carlisle £130,348 £134,167 -2.8% Castle Point £306,160 £310,666 -1.5% Central Bedfordshire £304,689 £308,452 -1.2% Charnwood £224,553 £216,461 3.7% Chelmsford £340,547 £331,012 2.9% Cheltenham £280,202 £275,555 1.7% Cherwell £278,526 £295,276 -5.7% Cheshire East £229,018 £221,089 3.6% Cheshire West and Chester £210,023 £201,888 4.0% Chesterfield £166,467 £160,095 4.0% Chichester £373,648 £381,571 -2.1% Chiltern £548,453 £552,203 -0.7% Chorley £178,285 £175,487 1.6% Christchurch £348,984 £330,978 5.4% City of Bristol £276,751 £277,763 -0.4% City of Derby £164,064 £158,027 3.8% City of Kingston upon Hull £114,794 £112,240 2.3% City of London £743,181 £809,697 -8.2% City of Nottingham £143,070 £139,501 2.6% City of Peterborough £194,590 £190,025 2.4% City of Plymouth £175,275 £177,114 -1.0% City of Westminster £956,783 £966,625 -1.0% Colchester £258,919 £263,133 -1.6% Copeland £120,301 £122,053 -1.4% Corby £180,706 £182,040 -0.7% Cornwall £234,320 £228,449 2.6% Cotswold £383,508 £370,305 3.6% County Durham £100,888 £103,801 -2.8% Coventry £192,814 £184,088 4.7% Craven £218,695 £210,705 3.8% Crawley £286,283 £285,523 0.3% Croydon £359,504 £374,361 -4.0% Cumbria £157,855 £157,080 0.5% Dacorum £396,093 £404,188 -2.0% Darlington £130,666 £133,459 -2.1% Dartford £305,772 £291,149 5.0% Daventry £258,953 £280,313 -7.6% Derbyshire £179,687 £176,860 1.6% Derbyshire Dales £269,277 £265,148 1.6% Devon £259,748 £252,623 2.8% Doncaster £129,305 £124,854 3.6% Dorset £294,420 £294,453 0.0% Dover £251,354 £240,326 4.6% Dudley £182,310 £171,959 6.0% Ealing £477,206 £478,376 -0.2% East Cambridgeshire £286,845 £289,610 -1.0% East Devon £292,505 £282,332 3.6% East Dorset £355,584 £356,670 -0.3% East Hampshire £370,930 £378,963 -2.1% East Hertfordshire £386,441 £396,943 -2.6% East Lindsey £179,322 £175,945 1.9% East Northamptonshire £242,624 £233,326 4.0% East Riding of Yorkshire £180,796 £176,690 2.3% East Staffordshire £182,274 £180,213 1.1% East Sussex £281,048 £281,061 0.0% Eastbourne £243,025 £243,029 0.0% Eastleigh £284,168 £281,673 0.9% Eden £211,419 £212,520 -0.5% Elmbridge £587,790 £598,289 -1.8% Enfield £390,314 £397,849 -1.9% Epping Forest £457,333 £473,802 -3.5% Epsom and Ewell £455,356 £462,751 -1.6% Erewash £169,713 £161,917 4.8% Essex £311,815 £312,482 -0.2% Exeter £256,321 £255,063 0.5% Fareham £291,853 £295,898 -1.4% Fenland £190,266 £185,159 2.8% Folkestone and Hythe £253,689 £254,460 -0.3% Forest Heath £225,924 £207,702 8.8% Forest of Dean £239,371 £230,266 4.0% Fylde £188,115 £188,598 -0.3% Gateshead £134,834 £130,809 3.1% Gedling £187,506 £180,675 3.8% Gloucester £205,316 £199,783 2.8% Gloucestershire £269,982 £262,867 2.7% Gosport £211,937 £205,442 3.2% Gravesham £282,990 £283,816 -0.3% Great Yarmouth £171,116 £166,440 2.8% Greenwich £405,020 £389,348 4.0% Guildford £435,982 £447,320 -2.5% Hackney £566,489 £553,833 2.3% Halton £146,997 £137,953 6.6% Hambleton £228,282 £230,205 -0.8% Hammersmith and Fulham £746,230 £736,864 1.3% Hampshire £308,715 £314,145 -1.7% Harborough £296,806 £277,936 6.8% Haringey £561,200 £555,991 0.9% Harlow £272,332 £272,843 -0.2% Harrogate £289,474 £288,142 0.5% Harrow £461,062 £464,941 -0.8% Hart £406,649 £396,551 2.5% Hartlepool £109,458 £105,976 3.3% Hastings £214,890 £211,590 1.6% Havant £270,005 £262,771 2.8% Havering £371,023 £373,762 -0.7% Herefordshire £239,270 £239,415 -0.1% Hertfordshire £399,017 £399,544 -0.1% Hertsmere £451,910 £463,690 -2.5% High Peak £196,024 £194,856 0.6% Hillingdon £407,761 £416,300 -2.1% Hinckley and Bosworth £216,992 £214,246 1.3% Horsham £364,775 £369,836 -1.4% Hounslow £394,436 £404,184 -2.4% Huntingdonshire £274,813 £261,136 5.2% Hyndburn £94,019 £97,653 -3.7% Ipswich £196,697 £201,193 -2.2% Isle of Wight £215,708 £211,397 2.0% Islington £638,991 £677,798 -5.7% Kensington And Chelsea £1,295,861 £1,334,876 -2.9% Kent £294,538 £292,643 0.6% Kettering £202,090 £203,747 -0.8% King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £218,657 £212,912 2.7% Kingston upon Thames £504,772 £510,219 -1.1% Kirklees £150,555 £148,402 1.5% Knowsley £129,005 £127,878 0.9% Lambeth £508,137 £512,374 -0.8% Lancashire £143,976 £143,531 0.3% Lancaster £158,781 £151,749 4.6% Leeds £184,068 £182,330 1.0% Leicester £177,140 £169,342 4.6% Leicestershire £230,458 £223,734 3.0% Lewes £318,745 £328,232 -2.9% Lewisham £399,485 £413,641 -3.4% Lichfield £239,589 £248,284 -3.5% Lincoln £153,770 £149,303 3.0% Lincolnshire £185,908 £182,877 1.7% Liverpool £133,117 £133,087 0.0% Luton £235,402 £238,186 -1.2% Maidstone £294,373 £296,893 -0.8% Maldon £345,781 £340,077 1.7% Malvern Hills £273,698 £252,752 8.3% Manchester £177,163 £177,254 -0.1% Mansfield £139,537 £133,682 4.4% Medway £245,626 £246,182 -0.2% Melton £230,969 £227,340 1.6% Mendip £258,256 £252,884 2.1% Merton £507,087 £532,752 -4.8% Mid Devon £226,964 £229,000 -0.9% Mid Suffolk £259,736 £268,496 -3.3% Mid Sussex £370,437 £375,166 -1.3% Middlesbrough £108,907 £113,484 -4.0% Milton Keynes £255,009 £264,744 -3.7% Mole Valley £468,038 £498,965 -6.2% New Forest £329,030 £341,546 -3.7% Newark and Sherwood £189,492 £178,684 6.0% Newcastle upon Tyne £158,300 £159,399 -0.7% Newcastle-under-Lyme £158,309 £153,688 3.0% Newham £333,125 £368,343 -9.6% Norfolk £228,621 £223,722 2.2% North Devon £251,720 £219,195 14.8% North Dorset £256,653 £263,633 -2.6% North East Derbyshire £190,532 £182,291 4.5% North East Lincolnshire £127,258 £122,522 3.9% North Hertfordshire £337,732 £348,992 -3.2% North Kesteven £208,502 £206,460 1.0% North Lincolnshire £148,905 £143,457 3.8% North Norfolk £265,682 £254,798 4.3% North Somerset £261,615 £258,294 1.3% North Tyneside £165,757 £158,617 4.5% North Warwickshire £201,154 £204,849 -1.8% North West Leicestershire £201,982 £202,465 -0.2% North Yorkshire £221,163 £218,567 1.2% Northampton £213,076 £214,322 -0.6% Northamptonshire £226,471 £228,672 -1.0% Northumberland £150,019 £155,745 -3.7% Norwich £201,635 £201,526 0.1% Nottinghamshire £181,346 £173,644 4.4% Nuneaton and Bedworth £178,446 £172,041 3.7% Oadby and Wigston £221,345 £215,087 2.9% Oldham £135,904 £129,632 4.8% Oxford £399,871 £414,056 -3.4% Oxfordshire £345,482 £354,270 -2.5% Pendle £98,849 £98,641 0.2% Poole £312,835 £316,840 -1.3% Portsmouth £207,640 £209,622 -0.9% Preston £125,490 £126,648 -0.9% Purbeck £317,803 £315,629 0.7% Reading £294,774 £303,309 -2.8% Redbridge £422,970 £424,170 -0.3% Redcar and Cleveland £120,974 £122,339 -1.1% Redditch £205,488 £202,461 1.5% Reigate and Banstead £404,000 £419,400 -3.7% Ribble Valley £219,566 £219,698 -0.1% Richmond upon Thames £670,233 £662,605 1.2% Richmondshire £217,017 £204,398 6.2% Rochdale £144,534 £133,133 8.6% Rochford £346,314 £339,786 1.9% Rossendale £140,621 £135,866 3.5% Rother £293,928 £293,750 0.1% Rotherham £144,034 £137,466 4.8% Rugby £236,238 £232,291 1.7% Runnymede £406,005 £415,978 -2.4% Rushcliffe £287,431 £270,802 6.1% Rushmoor £273,898 £289,158 -5.3% Rutland £302,019 £295,783 2.1% Ryedale £227,503 £231,658 -1.8% Salford £170,716 £157,936 8.1% Sandwell £155,587 £147,961 5.2% Scarborough £165,497 £161,178 2.7% Sedgemoor £225,215 £224,706 0.2% Sefton £168,349 £159,561 5.5% Selby £197,966 £199,303 -0.7% Sevenoaks £433,690 £430,993 0.6% Sheffield £168,038 £162,632 3.3% Shropshire £216,639 £211,564 2.4% Slough £308,541 £312,088 -1.1% Solihull £283,174 £287,306 -1.4% Somerset £237,048 £231,612 2.3% South Bucks £575,765 £590,375 -2.5% South Cambridgeshire £379,169 £372,834 1.7% South Derbyshire £188,337 £192,174 -2.0% South Gloucestershire £279,781 £274,386 2.0% South Hams £301,933 £292,968 3.1% South Holland £191,687 £189,814 1.0% South Kesteven £218,078 £214,077 1.9% South Lakeland £244,644 £226,409 8.1% South Norfolk £260,570 £257,887 1.0% South Northamptonshire £317,970 £316,197 0.6% South Oxfordshire £403,402 £403,620 -0.1% South Ribble £167,172 £169,463 -1.4% South Somerset £234,395 £224,685 4.3% South Staffordshire £224,762 £222,123 1.2% South Tyneside £133,215 £132,164 0.8% Southampton £203,430 £209,777 -3.0% Southend-on-Sea £284,152 £282,015 0.8% Southwark £496,612 £501,446 -1.0% Spelthorne £365,697 £376,318 -2.8% St Albans £530,004 £517,980 2.3% St Edmundsbury £286,800 £291,456 -1.6% St Helens £128,407 £128,755 -0.3% Stafford £207,131 £199,066 4.1% Staffordshire £191,203 £187,689 1.9% Staffordshire Moorlands £179,803 £173,615 3.6% Stevenage £296,948 £281,032 5.7% Stockport £229,594 £222,902 3.0% Stockton-on-Tees £138,641 £137,282 1.0% Stoke-on-Trent £112,199 £107,722 4.2% Stratford-on-Avon £306,242 £319,240 -4.1% Stroud £285,882 £272,937 4.7% Suffolk £245,650 £245,000 0.3% Suffolk Coastal £286,728 £291,533 -1.6% Sunderland £118,648 £114,941 3.2% Surrey £439,364 £450,385 -2.4% Surrey Heath £389,362 £393,665 -1.1% Sutton £371,682 £385,780 -3.7% Swale £249,999 £248,450 0.6% Swindon £213,350 £217,103 -1.7% Tameside £154,252 £145,969 5.7% Tamworth £182,874 £181,230 0.9% Tandridge £436,258 £461,798 -5.5% Taunton Deane £239,962 £231,761 3.5% Teignbridge £243,213 £250,097 -2.8% Telford and Wrekin £162,750 £162,483 0.2% Tendring £219,264 £219,080 0.1% Test Valley £318,495 £320,133 -0.5% Tewkesbury £278,394 £278,480 0.0% Thanet £238,303 £237,974 0.1% Three Rivers £511,229 £507,139 0.8% Thurrock £268,077 £270,239 -0.8% Tonbridge and Malling £364,475 £358,365 1.7% Torbay £195,480 £193,202 1.2% Torridge £228,557 £227,202 0.6% Tower Hamlets £437,060 £448,966 -2.7% Trafford £295,879 £273,210 8.3% Tunbridge Wells £378,937 £392,535 -3.5% Uttlesford £399,111 £401,677 -0.6% Vale of White Horse £360,913 £351,237 2.8% Wakefield £148,400 £145,686 1.9% Walsall £165,554 £163,835 1.0% Waltham Forest £416,460 £444,867 -6.4% Wandsworth £585,529 £599,239 -2.3% Warrington £198,657 £189,372 4.9% Warwick £309,420 £306,146 1.1% Warwickshire £249,964 £249,081 0.4% Watford £347,988 £349,987 -0.6% Waveney £203,061 £193,568 4.9% Waverley £468,849 £466,189 0.6% Wealden £338,687 £337,398 0.4% Wellingborough £210,249 £216,993 -3.1% Welwyn Hatfield £398,474 £387,355 2.9% West Berkshire £353,284 £355,309 -0.6% West Devon £259,831 £238,764 8.8% West Dorset £280,174 £288,243 -2.8% West Lancashire £185,979 £187,759 -0.9% West Lindsey £165,829 £168,467 -1.6% West Oxfordshire £309,069 £331,192 -6.7% West Somerset £221,490 £225,691 -1.9% West Sussex £323,843 £324,525 -0.2% Weymouth and Portland £228,962 £222,139 3.1% Wigan £138,410 £131,830 5.0% Wiltshire £276,337 £276,179 0.1% Winchester £405,424 £419,312 -3.3% Windsor and Maidenhead £473,866 £493,400 -4.0% Wirral £160,451 £159,871 0.4% Woking £413,096 £417,449 -1.0% Wokingham £416,717 £414,693 0.5% Wolverhampton £154,589 £149,984 3.1% Worcester £209,865 £209,212 0.3% Worcestershire £238,885 £233,869 2.1% Worthing £285,775 £275,105 3.9% Wychavon £269,322 £269,696 -0.1% Wycombe £405,676 £400,049 1.4% Wyre £146,723 £150,514 -2.5% Wyre Forest £194,785 £188,006 3.6% York £257,705 £252,866 1.9% England £248,837 £247,981 0.3%

Average price by local authority for England

In July 2019, 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 £84,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough July 2019 July 2018 Difference Barking and Dagenham £295,875 £294,953 0.3% Barnet £507,598 £523,397 -3.0% Bexley £336,807 £345,693 -2.6% Brent £465,422 £505,028 -7.8% Bromley £437,580 £440,996 -0.8% Camden £917,594 £837,712 9.5% City of London £743,181 £809,697 -8.2% City of Westminster £956,783 £966,625 -1.0% Croydon £359,504 £374,361 -4.0% Ealing £477,206 £478,376 -0.2% Enfield £390,314 £397,849 -1.9% Greenwich £405,020 £389,348 4.0% Hackney £566,489 £553,833 2.3% Hammersmith and Fulham £746,230 £736,864 1.3% Haringey £561,200 £555,991 0.9% Harrow £461,062 £464,941 -0.8% Havering £371,023 £373,762 -0.7% Hillingdon £407,761 £416,300 -2.1% Hounslow £394,436 £404,184 -2.4% Islington £638,991 £677,798 -5.7% Kensington And Chelsea £1,295,861 £1,334,876 -2.9% Kingston upon Thames £504,772 £510,219 -1.1% Lambeth £508,137 £512,374 -0.8% Lewisham £399,485 £413,641 -3.4% Merton £507,087 £532,752 -4.8% Newham £333,125 £368,343 -9.6% Redbridge £422,970 £424,170 -0.3% Richmond upon Thames £670,233 £662,605 1.2% Southwark £496,612 £501,446 -1.0% Sutton £371,682 £385,780 -3.7% Tower Hamlets £437,060 £448,966 -2.7% Waltham Forest £416,460 £444,867 -6.4% Wandsworth £585,529 £599,239 -2.3%

Average price by London borough

In July 2019, 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 £296,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type July 2019 July 2018 Difference Detached £375,593 £376,383 -0.2% Semi-detached £232,963 £231,083 0.8% Terraced £202,253 £200,525 0.9% Flat or maisonette £227,828 £228,677 -0.4% All £248,837 £247,981 0.3%

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 May 2019 May 2018 Adur 65 72 Allerdale 110 120 Amber Valley 167 181 Arun 202 262 Ashfield 176 150 Ashford 182 179 Aylesbury Vale 213 262 Babergh 99 110 Barking and Dagenham 104 166 Barnet 254 245 Barnsley 310 360 Barrow-in-Furness 112 138 Basildon 202 231 Basingstoke and Deane 260 215 Bassetlaw 145 168 Bath and North East Somerset 194 249 Bedford 156 184 Bexley 224 235 Birmingham 936 1,008 Blaby 102 150 Blackburn with Darwen 160 152 Blackpool 172 199 Bolsover 97 87 Bolton 333 306 Boston 83 79 Bournemouth 267 259 Bracknell Forest 149 182 Bradford 536 506 Braintree 153 228 Breckland 175 206 Brent 126 138 Brentwood 81 110 Brighton and Hove 239 277 Broadland 171 186 Bromley 325 354 Bromsgrove 130 142 Broxbourne 91 141 Broxtowe 137 149 Buckinghamshire 531 655 Burnley 105 150 Bury 205 235 Calderdale 266 252 Cambridge 86 82 Cambridgeshire 665 837 Camden 91 142 Cannock Chase 133 138 Canterbury 164 169 Carlisle 158 167 Castle Point 91 122 Central Bedfordshire 331 452 Charnwood 241 282 Chelmsford 197 225 Cheltenham 151 219 Cherwell 156 216 Cheshire East 481 582 Cheshire West and Chester 461 534 Chesterfield 125 135 Chichester 118 139 Chiltern 87 105 Chorley 139 182 Christchurch 60 86 City of Bristol 498 560 City of Derby 208 293 City of Kingston upon Hull 284 283 City of London 6 19 City of Nottingham 313 337 City of Peterborough 225 275 City of Plymouth 357 366 City of Westminster 132 152 Colchester 231 349 Copeland 92 86 Corby 76 120 Cornwall 681 813 Cotswold 99 127 County Durham 642 687 Coventry 250 376 Craven 73 95 Crawley 111 131 Croydon 280 329 Cumbria 720 736 Dacorum 134 165 Darlington 118 131 Dartford 125 236 Daventry 110 114 Derbyshire 1,026 1,130 Derbyshire Dales 87 90 Devon 976 1,164 Doncaster 379 388 Dorset 520 597 Dover 146 166 Dudley 354 338 Ealing 193 220 East Cambridgeshire 81 137 East Devon 184 215 East Dorset 103 90 East Hampshire 139 154 East Hertfordshire 127 212 East Lindsey 168 205 East Northamptonshire 132 137 East Riding of Yorkshire 475 586 East Staffordshire 156 166 East Sussex 674 769 Eastbourne 142 172 Eastleigh 168 204 Eden 83 75 Elmbridge 163 168 Enfield 151 200 Epping Forest 109 150 Epsom and Ewell 87 101 Erewash 136 174 Essex 1,658 2,115 Exeter 123 165 Fareham 126 181 Fenland 136 167 Folkestone and Hythe 120 169 Forest Heath 91 97 Forest of Dean 84 121 Fylde 133 131 Gateshead 192 222 Gedling 152 169 Gloucester 152 194 Gloucestershire 754 1,008 Gosport 96 110 Gravesham 92 119 Great Yarmouth 162 134 Greenwich 225 318 Guildford 108 157 Hackney 123 154 Halton 141 133 Hambleton 101 124 Hammersmith and Fulham 120 204 Hampshire 1,578 1,809 Harborough 128 154 Haringey 136 206 Harlow 80 96 Harrogate 156 251 Harrow 156 147 Hart 113 128 Hartlepool 127 107 Hastings 133 136 Havant 117 147 Havering 211 257 Herefordshire 187 232 Hertfordshire 1,087 1,337 Hertsmere 123 109 High Peak 104 123 Hillingdon 230 204 Hinckley and Bosworth 147 171 Horsham 166 195 Hounslow 123 155 Huntingdonshire 227 285 Hyndburn 113 93 Ipswich 135 198 Isle of Wight 150 222 Islington 131 131 Kensington And Chelsea 102 86 Kent 1,778 2,067 Kettering 96 136 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 190 206 Kingston upon Thames 149 165 Kirklees 470 518 Knowsley 144 170 Lambeth 248 278 Lancashire 1,603 1,658 Lancaster 221 220 Leeds 916 1,022 Leicester 227 295 Leicestershire 926 1,079 Lewes 116 123 Lewisham 202 246 Lichfield 114 140 Lincoln 125 144 Lincolnshire 1,005 1,123 Liverpool 447 548 Luton 145 157 Maidstone 154 230 Maldon 73 88 Malvern Hills 73 113 Manchester 441 515 Mansfield 133 165 Medway 291 377 Melton 76 49 Mendip 123 130 Merton 165 193 Mid Devon 90 135 Mid Suffolk 109 137 Mid Sussex 158 188 Middlesbrough 167 158 Milton Keynes 296 327 Mole Valley 80 116 New Forest 170 229 Newark and Sherwood 179 196 Newcastle upon Tyne 284 314 Newcastle-under-Lyme 130 145 Newham 128 261 Norfolk 1,227 1,399 North Devon 130 155 North Dorset 64 114 North East Derbyshire 121 129 North East Lincolnshire 188 221 North Hertfordshire 130 148 North Kesteven 174 163 North Lincolnshire 201 236 North Norfolk 136 200 North Somerset 260 304 North Tyneside 280 322 North Warwickshire 69 72 North West Leicestershire 127 190 North Yorkshire 805 951 Northampton 284 313 Northamptonshire 930 1,061 Northumberland 405 500 Norwich 162 234 Nottinghamshire 1,118 1,177 Nuneaton and Bedworth 188 175 Oadby and Wigston 81 83 Oldham 257 235 Oxford 85 104 Oxfordshire 681 831 Pendle 108 113 Poole 228 229 Portsmouth 216 242 Preston 138 170 Purbeck 48 49 Reading 146 179 Redbridge 181 204 Redcar and Cleveland 147 178 Redditch 104 99 Reigate and Banstead 178 156 Ribble Valley 62 90 Richmond upon Thames 189 193 Richmondshire 55 77 Rochdale 238 235 Rochford 78 115 Rossendale 110 72 Rother 109 129 Rotherham 302 272 Rugby 153 155 Runnymede 105 96 Rushcliffe 148 180 Rushmoor 71 105 Rutland 46 41 Ryedale 63 61 Salford 344 347 Sandwell 248 289 Scarborough 167 178 Sedgemoor 152 183 Sefton 307 326 Selby 157 165 Sevenoaks 124 145 Sheffield 515 577 Shropshire 358 424 Slough 64 148 Solihull 223 296 Somerset 698 813 South Bucks 66 71 South Cambridgeshire 129 166 South Derbyshire 170 211 South Gloucestershire 326 363 South Hams 122 132 South Holland 117 140 South Kesteven 177 242 South Lakeland 157 150 South Norfolk 219 232 South Northamptonshire 120 158 South Oxfordshire 163 197 South Ribble 169 142 South Somerset 229 267 South Staffordshire 114 111 South Tyneside 139 151 Southampton 252 274 Southend-on-Sea 198 281 Southwark 208 321 Spelthorne 97 113 St Albans 145 166 St Edmundsbury 117 145 St Helens 209 209 Stafford 176 187 Staffordshire 1,059 1,096 Staffordshire Moorlands 114 108 Stevenage 71 89 Stockport 337 418 Stockton-on-Tees 237 272 Stoke-on-Trent 319 288 Stratford-on-Avon 160 184 Stroud 134 160 Suffolk 899 1,021 Suffolk Coastal 155 180 Sunderland 273 259 Surrey 1,214 1,384 Surrey Heath 91 95 Sutton 161 209 Swale 161 182 Swindon 293 377 Tameside 238 297 Tamworth 90 101 Tandridge 73 95 Taunton Deane 138 191 Teignbridge 182 182 Telford and Wrekin 213 224 Tendring 202 247 Test Valley 135 148 Tewkesbury 109 187 Thanet 169 196 Three Rivers 67 83 Thurrock 158 213 Tonbridge and Malling 162 181 Torbay 256 255 Torridge 77 109 Tower Hamlets 157 218 Trafford 284 325 Tunbridge Wells 128 95 Uttlesford 92 154 Vale of White Horse 126 162 Wakefield 359 493 Walsall 278 269 Waltham Forest 162 217 Wandsworth 299 413 Warrington 264 269 Warwick 181 245 Warwickshire 753 831 Watford 68 108 Waveney 171 154 Waverley 117 150 Wealden 167 209 Wellingborough 86 83 Welwyn Hatfield 96 116 West Berkshire 163 175 West Devon 55 71 West Dorset 140 158 West Lancashire 117 123 West Lindsey 155 150 West Oxfordshire 106 152 West Somerset 37 42 West Sussex 992 1,143 Weymouth and Portland 100 100 Wigan 383 464 Wiltshire 614 679 Winchester 130 142 Windsor and Maidenhead 136 134 Wirral 351 437 Woking 94 137 Wokingham 189 241 Wolverhampton 211 230 Worcester 133 166 Worcestershire 729 856 Worthing 140 156 Wychavon 149 230 Wycombe 150 217 Wyre 176 172 Wyre Forest 127 106 York 203 276 England 59,556 67,590

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

The estimate for May 2019 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for May 2019 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2018 with the provisional estimate for May 2019, volume transactions increased by 2.6% 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 fell by 0.4% in England in the year to May 2019.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough May 2019 May 2018 Barking and Dagenham 104 166 Barnet 254 245 Bexley 224 235 Brent 126 138 Bromley 325 354 Camden 91 142 City of London 6 19 City of Westminster 132 152 Croydon 280 329 Ealing 193 220 Enfield 151 200 Greenwich 225 318 Hackney 123 154 Hammersmith and Fulham 120 204 Haringey 136 206 Harrow 156 147 Havering 211 257 Hillingdon 230 204 Hounslow 123 155 Islington 131 131 Kensington And Chelsea 102 86 Kingston upon Thames 149 165 Lambeth 248 278 Lewisham 202 246 Merton 165 193 Newham 128 261 Redbridge 181 204 Richmond upon Thames 189 193 Southwark 208 321 Sutton 161 209 Tower Hamlets 157 218 Waltham Forest 162 217 Wandsworth 299 413

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

The estimate for May 2019 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for May 2019 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index.

4.3 Sales volumes for England

Sales volumes for England over the past five years

Date Sales volumes for England May 2015 72,232 May 2016 60,179 May 2017 69,176 May 2018 67,590 May 2019 59,556

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2018 with the provisional estimate for May 2019, volume transactions increased by 2.6% 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 fell by 0.4% in England in the year to May 2019.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London May 2015 9,059 May 2016 6,617 May 2017 7,874 May 2018 6,980 May 2019 5,917

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 2019 Average existing May 2019 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change London £474,404 £464,372 -2.7% -1.1% -3.4% -2.8% North East £186,871 £124,645 -1.0% 0.2% 1.7% -0.1% East Midlands £258,806 £187,802 -0.9% 0.6% 2.8% 1.9% East of England £360,264 £285,673 -0.7% 0.7% 1.9% 0.7% North West £219,614 £161,311 -0.2% 1.4% 4.3% 3.4% South East £372,272 £316,721 -1.1% 0.1% 0.6% -0.8% South West £297,521 £250,144 -1.5% -0.1% 2.4% 0.6% West Midlands £266,200 £194,246 -0.8% 1.2% 4.5% 3.5% Yorkshire and The Humber £204,897 £159,890 -0.9% 0.5% 3.1% 1.7% England £302,142 £242,166 -1.1% 0.4% 1.6% 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 2019 Average former owner occupier price July 2019 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change London £417,824 £539,459 1.2% 0.7% -1.3% -1.6% North East £109,756 £144,605 -1.7% -2.5% -2.6% -3.2% East Midlands £164,175 £219,677 0.6% 0.1% 2.2% 1.6% East of England £244,106 £328,832 0.4% -0.2% -0.3% -0.7% North West £140,299 £187,932 1.4% 0.6% 2.5% 1.9% South East £257,519 £369,747 -0.2% -1.1% -1.6% -2.4% South West £213,991 £290,271 1.7% 0.7% 1.1% 0.3% West Midlands £167,646 £227,643 1.9% 0.5% 2.4% 1.1% Yorkshire and The Humber £143,848 £187,408 2.3% 1.5% 3.5% 2.8% England £209,289 £281,680 0.9% 0.1% 0.7% 0.0%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price July 2019 Average mortgage price July 2019 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change London £502,685 £470,331 1.4% 0.9% -1.4% -1.4% North East £116,351 £133,772 -2.7% -1.7% -3.8% -2.4% East Midlands £188,662 £197,861 0.7% 0.2% 1.9% 1.9% East of England £277,368 £299,806 -0.2% 0.2% -0.7% -0.4% North West £152,880 £173,050 0.9% 1.1% 1.9% 2.5% South East £305,958 £327,711 -0.9% -0.6% -2.1% -2.0% South West £254,347 £261,281 0.8% 1.4% 0.2% 0.9% West Midlands £190,889 £203,913 0.8% 1.3% 1.3% 2.0% Yorkshire and The Humber £161,283 £170,245 2.2% 1.7% 3.3% 3.1% England £233,891 £256,347 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%

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 two months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

Repossession sales volumes by government office region

Region Sales volume May 2019 East Midlands 51 East of England 11 London 51 North East 84 North West 140 South East 89 South West 45 West Midlands 61 Yorkshire and The Humber 85 England 617

9. Access the data

Download the data as CSV files or access it with our UK HPI tool.

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.