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UK House Price Index summary: June 2024

Published 14 August 2024

1. Headline statistics for June 2024

The average price of a property in the UK was £288,000

The annual price change for a property in the UK was 2.7%

The monthly price change for a property in the UK was 0.5%

The monthly index figure (January 2015 = 100) for the UK was 151.0

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

Next publication of UK HPI

The July 2024 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 18 September 2024. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

Average UK house price annual inflation was 2.7% (provisional estimate) in the 12 months to June 2024, little changed from the revised estimate of 2.7% in the 12 months to May 2024.

The average UK house price was £288,000 in June 2024 (provisional estimate), which is £8,000 higher than 12 months ago. Average house prices in the 12 months to June 2024 increased in England to £305,000 (2.4%), increased in Wales to £216,000 (1.8%) and increased in Scotland to £192,000 (4.3%). The average house price increased in the year to Q2 (Apr to Jun) 2024 to £185,000 in Northern Ireland (6.4%).

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average UK house prices increased by 0.5% between May 2024 and June 2024, little changed from the same period 12 months ago.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS’) June 2024 UK Residential Market Survey reported a modest weakening in buyer demand, marking the third consecutive month which enquiries have slowed. RICS also reported that the flow of new listings slowed in June, ending a sequence of six consecutive months of positive readings beforehand.

The Bank of England’s Agents’ summary of business conditions - 2024 Q2  reported that housing market is stable in terms of the number of transactions and level of demand.

HMRC’s UK Property Transactions Statistics showed that in June 2024, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the estimated number of transactions of residential properties with a value of £40,000 or greater was 91,000. This is 8.0% higher than 12 months ago (June 2023). Between May 2024 and June 2024, UK transactions decreased by 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The Bank of England’s Money and Credit June 2024 release reported that mortgage approvals for house purchases, an indicator of future borrowing, remained broadly stable at 60,000 in June 2024.

3. Price changes

3.1 Annual price change

Annual price change for UK by country over the past 5 years

Average house prices in the UK increased by 2.7% (provisional estimate) in the 12 months to June 2024, little changed from the revised estimate of 2.7% in the 12 months to May 2024.

At the country level, the highest annual house price percentage change in the 12 months to June 2024 was recorded in Scotland, where house prices increased by 4.3%.

England saw average house prices increase by 2.4% in the 12 months to June 2024.

Wales saw average house prices increase by 1.8% in the 12 months to June 2024.

Northern Ireland saw average house prices increase by 6.4% over the 12 months to Quarter 2 (April to June) 2024.

3.2 Average price by country and government office region

Price, monthly change and annual change by country and government office region

Country and government office region Price Monthly change Annual change
England £305,370 0.6% 2.4%
Northern Ireland (Quarter 2 - 2024) £185,025 3.6% 6.4%
Scotland £192,488 0.0% 4.3%
Wales £215,518 0.3% 1.8%
East Midlands £245,232 -0.5% 1.6%
East of England £339,440 0.1% 1.2%
London £523,134 1.2% 0.6%
North East £164,886 1.5% 4.2%
North West £220,441 0.3% 3.7%
South East £382,522 1.0% 2.0%
South West £317,259 -1.0% 2.0%
West Midlands Region £253,245 0.7% 3.1%
Yorkshire and The Humber £215,347 2.7% 4.7%

Price changes by country and government office region

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in the UK increased by 0.5% between May 2024 and June 2024, compared with 0.5% during the same period 12 months ago (May 2023 and June 2023). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in the UK showed little change (0.0%) between May 2024 and June 2024.

Note: The Northern Ireland figure represents a 3-month change and is not comparable with the other regions and countries.

3.3 Average price by property type

Average monthly price by property type

Property type June 2024 June 2023 Difference
Detached £439,974 £428,198 2.8%
Semi-detached £280,895 £269,998 4.0%
Terraced £239,000 £231,863 3.1%
Flat or maisonette £232,436 £231,320 0.5%
All £287,924 £280,278 2.7%

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.

In recent periods, the total transaction volumes available to calculate UK HPI estimates for the latest months have been lower than historically (see UK HPI QMI Section 2.2: Accuracy). This has arisen from a combination of total transaction volumes in England and Wales falling over the past year (HMRC has reported a 22% fall in 2023) and a reduction in the proportion of transactions, processed by HM Land Registry, for the first estimate. The sample for the latest estimate is about half of usual volumes. The processing of new build properties has been particularly affected.

The Office for National Statistics and HM Land Registry are working together to resolve this, including seeking a greater balance between processing recently received applications and those that are older to help preserve the quality of UK HPI statistics.

In 2020, we introduced pooling for new build transactions for certain months in England and Wales. In December 2023, we implemented a methodology improvement to the Great Britain model, which increased UK coherence and improved UK HPI statistics quality. From December 2023, HM Land Registry increased UK HPI processing, so the proportion of total transactions processed for the first estimate is expected to increase from 14 February 2024’s release. In March 2024 and April 2024, UK HPI estimates were revised from January 2021 onwards by making use of price data processed outside the UK HPI’s normal 12-month revision period.

In September 2023’s release, UK HPI estimates will be revised from January 2022 onwards. From October 2024’s release, UK HPI will return to the usual 12-month revision period. Users should be aware that revisions may be larger than usual and should note the significantly greater uncertainty around new build prices.

4.1 Sales volumes

Number of sales volumes by country

Provisional UK HPI estimates for June 2024 are based on approximately 24,100 records for England, 7,100 for Scotland, and 1,300 for Wales. This represents 37% of HMRC’s provisional sales estimate for June 2024, as detailed in their Monthly property transactions completed in the UK with value of £40,000 or above estimates. Over time, more records will become available for recent periods, which will be used to revise UK HPI estimates and sales volumes, in line with the revision policy published by the ONS and HMLR.

Sales estimates from UK HPI differ from estimates from HMRC because of different data sources, revision period size and coverage. HMRC’s Quality report states there are likely to be inaccuracies in their data because of reporting or keying errors, such as misclassification between residential and non-residential transactions. However, HMRC take steps to reduce this measurement error. Another reason for differences could be that residential property transactions, where the buyer or seller is a corporate body, company or business, are excluded from UK HPI data, but included in HMRC data.

Further information on data sources, revision policy, methods and quality is available in HMLR’s UK HPI guidance.

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

Country April 2024 April 2023
England 22,027 38,699
Northern Ireland 1,688 1,740
Scotland 7,646 7,040
Wales 1,329 2,190

Note: Comparing the provisional volume estimate for the current month with the revised 12-month volume estimate.

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 April 2024 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for April 2023 with the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for April 2024, volume transactions decreased by 24.9% in England, increased by 10.8% in Scotland and decreased by 23.7% in Wales. Northern Ireland’s UK HPI volume transactions increased by 6.0% in the year to Quarter 2 2024.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period) report that in the 12 months to April 2024, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, HMRC volume transactions increased by 15.2% in England, 10.4% in Scotland, 9.6% in Wales and by 7.1% in Northern Ireland.

4.2 Sales volumes for the UK over the past 5 years

Sales volumes for 2020 to 2024 by country: April

Note: The number of property transactions for April 2024 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 April 2023 with the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for April 2024, UK volume transactions decreased by 17.4%.

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 for the UK increased by 14.2% in the 12 months to April 2024.

5. Property status for UK

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

Property status Average price April 2024 Monthly change Annual change
New build £398,520 4.4% 17.3%
Existing resold property £276,898 0.4% 0.4%

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 the methods used to produce the UK HPI.

6. Buyer status for Great Britain

First time buyer and former owner occupier

For Great Britain only, Northern Ireland data is not available for buyer status.

Type of buyer Average price June 2024 Monthly change Annual change
First time buyer £241,502 0.9% 2.8%
Former owner occupier £333,346 0.1% 2.5%

7. Funding status for Great Britain

Cash and mortgage

For Great Britain only, Northern Ireland data is not available for funding status.

Funding status Average price June 2024 Monthly change Annual change
Cash £271,910 0.3% 1.8%
Mortgage £300,114 0.7% 3.0%

8. Housing transaction distributions

Between January and March 2024, there were 138,448 property sales.

The most popular price range for:

  • England was £175,000 to £199,999 – 7,565 properties were purchased
  • Scotland was £125,000 to £149,999 – 1,996 properties were purchased
  • Wales was £150,000 to £174,999 – 726 properties were purchased
  • Northern Ireland was £150,000 to £174,999 – 643 properties were purchased

The charts below show the distribution of housing transactions for Q1 (January to March) 2024 for countries of the UK. Data for Great Britain is presented in bands of £25,000 up to £10 million, followed by a larger band for over £10 million. Data for Northern Ireland is presented in bands of £25,000 up to £500,000, followed by a larger band for over £500,000.

In line with the UK HPI revisions policy, the number of transactions will increase as more data are incorporated into the index, which would also impact the distributions presented in this analysis.

England housing transactions

Price band Housing transactions
less than £25,000 26
£25,000 - £49,999 432
£50,000 - £74,999 1885
£75,000 - £99,999 3479
£100,000 - £124,999 4939
£125,000 - £149,999 6302
£150,000 - £174,999 7337
£175,000 - £199,999 7565
£200,000 - £224,999 7135
£225,000 - £249,999 7088
£250,000 - £274,999 6902
£275,000 - £299,999 6142
£300,000 - £324,999 5526
£325,000 - £349,999 4738
£350,000 - £374,999 4447
£375,000 - £399,999 3906
£400,000 - £424,999 3478
£425,000 - £449,999 2986
£450,000 - £474,999 2563
£475,000 - £499,999 2282
£500,000 - £524,999 1883
£525,000 - £549,999 1660
£550,000 - £574,999 1528
£575,000 - £599,999 1291
£600,000 - £624,999 1202
£625,000 - £649,999 1055
£650,000 - £674,999 960
£675,000 - £699,999 785
£700,000 - £724,999 736
£725,000 - £749,999 633
£750,000 - £774,999 657
£775,000 - £799,999 530
£800,000 - £824,999 537
£825,000 - £849,999 443
£850,000 - £874,999 440
£875,000 - £899,999 327
£900,000 - £924,999 317
£925,000 - £949,999 247
£950,000 - £974,999 283
£975,000 - £999,999 213
£1,000,000 - £1,249,999 1363
£1,250,000 - £1,499,999 815
£1,500,000 - £1,749,999 421
£1,750,000 - £1,999,999 259
£2,000,000 - £4,999,999 549
£5,000,000 - £9,999,999 71
greater than £10,000,000 23

Scotland housing transactions

Price band Housing transactions
less than £25,000 57
£25,000 - £49,999 512
£50,000 - £74,999 1256
£75,000 - £99,999 1832
£100,000 - £124,999 1842
£125,000 - £149,999 1996
£150,000 - £174,999 1738
£175,000 - £199,999 1628
£200,000 - £224,999 1343
£225,000 - £249,999 1230
£250,000 - £274,999 1088
£275,000 - £299,999 887
£300,000 - £324,999 728
£325,000 - £349,999 576
£350,000 - £374,999 501
£375,000 - £399,999 386
£400,000 - £424,999 307
£425,000 - £449,999 260
£450,000 - £474,999 204
£475,000 - £499,999 164
£500,000 - £524,999 130
£525,000 - £549,999 102
£550,000 - £574,999 81
£575,000 - £599,999 57
£600,000 - £624,999 51
£625,000 - £649,999 46
£650,000 - £674,999 42
£675,000 - £699,999 40
£700,000 - £724,999 29
£725,000 - £749,999 27
£750,000 - £774,999 28
£775,000 - £799,999 15
£800,000 - £824,999 14
£825,000 - £849,999 16
£850,000 - £874,999 12
£875,000 - £899,999 15
£900,000 - £924,999 9
£925,000 - £949,999 13
£950,000 - £974,999 16
£975,000 - £999,999 4
£1,000,000 - £1,249,999 32
£1,250,000 - £1,499,999 19
£1,500,000 - £1,749,999 10
£1,750,000 - £1,999,999 8
£2,000,000 - £4,999,999 7

Wales housing transactions

Price band Housing transactions
less than £25,000 0
£25,000 - £49,999 15
£50,000 - £74,999 139
£75,000 - £99,999 359
£100,000 - £124,999 552
£125,000 - £149,999 669
£150,000 - £174,999 726
£175,000 - £199,999 626
£200,000 - £224,999 475
£225,000 - £249,999 493
£250,000 - £274,999 393
£275,000 - £299,999 264
£300,000 - £324,999 249
£325,000 - £349,999 195
£350,000 - £374,999 155
£375,000 - £399,999 156
£400,000 - £424,999 87
£425,000 - £449,999 70
£450,000 - £474,999 68
£475,000 - £499,999 43
£500,000 - £524,999 38
£525,000 - £549,999 34
£550,000 - £574,999 34
£575,000 - £599,999 17
£600,000 - £624,999 23
£625,000 - £649,999 8
£650,000 - £674,999 16
£675,000 - £699,999 8
£700,000 - £724,999 6
£725,000 - £749,999 11
£750,000 - £774,999 7
£775,000 - £799,999 5
£800,000 - £824,999 4
£825,000 - £849,999 4
£850,000 - £874,999 0
£875,000 - £899,999 3
£900,000 - £924,999 0
£925,000 - £949,999 1
£950,000 - £974,999 1
£975,000 - £999,999 5
£1,000,000 - £1,249,999 3
£1,250,000 - £1,499,999 1
£1,500,000 - £1,749,999 0
£1,750,000 - £1,999,999 1
£2,000,000 - £4,999,999 2

Northern Ireland housing transactions

Price band Housing transactions
less than £25,000 6
£25,000 - £49,999 33
£50,000 - £74,999 269
£75,000 - £99,999 527
£100,000 - £124,999 555
£125,000 - £149,999 594
£150,000 - £174,999 643
£175,000 - £199,999 613
£200,000 - £224,999 329
£225,000 - £249,999 280
£250,000 - £274,999 215
£275,000 - £299,999 155
£300,000 - £324,999 112
£325,000 - £349,999 89
£350,000 - £374,999 85
£375,000 - £399,999 54
£400,000 - £424,999 35
£425,000 - £449,999 25
£450,000 - £474,999 16
£475,000 - £499,999 18
greater than £500,000 85

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.

A key determinant of house prices is the demographic characteristics of the area in which the property is located. The UK HPI uses the socio-demographic classification, known as Acorn, in the hedonic regression model to measure the affluence of the area.

Prior to 20 December 2023’s publication, property transactions in Great Britain were excluded from the regression model if their Acorn classification was missing. From 20 December 2023’s publication, these properties are included in the regression model from January 2023’s data onwards, but are given less weight in the calculations, as described above. This methodology improvement aligns how transactions with missing Acorn classification are used in the Great Britain model and Northern Ireland model, increasing coherence across the UK and improving the quality of UK HPI statistics.

11. Contact

Eileen Morrison, Data Services Team Leader, HM Land Registry

Email eileen.morrison@landregistry.gov.uk

Telephone 0300 006 5288

Aimee North, Head of Housing Market Indices, Office for National Statistics

Email aimee.north@ons.gov.uk

Telephone 01633 456400

Ciara Cunningham, Statistician for the Northern Ireland HPI

Email ciara.cunningham@finance-ni.gov.uk

Telephone 028 90 336035

Anne MacDonald, Land & Property Data Team, Registers of Scotland

Email Anne.MacDonald@ros.gov.uk

Telephone 0131 378 4991