Accredited official statistics

UK House Price Index England: October 2021

Published 15 December 2021

1. Headline statistics for October 2021

The average price of a property in England was £285,113

The annual price change of a property in England was 9.8%

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

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 140.5

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 November 2021 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 19 January 2022. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 9.8% in the year to October 2021, down from 12.2% in September 2021. The East Midlands was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 11.7% in the year to October 2021. The lowest annual growth was in London, where prices increased by 6.2% over the year to October 2021.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 1.5% between September and October 2021, compared with an increase of 0.6% during the same period a year earlier (September and October 2020). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 1.3% between September and October 2021.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2020 with the provisional estimate for August 2021, volume transactions decreased by 44.2% in England. UK volume transactions decreased by 30.3% 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 17.8% in England in the year to August 2021.

Across England, detached houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 13.8% in the year to October 2021 to £453,000. The lowest annual change was in flats and maisonettes which increased by 6.2% in the year to October 2021 to £241,000.

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 9.8% in the year to October 2021, down from 12.2% in September 2021.

In London, average house prices increased by 6.2% in the year to October 2021, up from an increase of 2.8% in September 2021.

Annual price change by local authority for England

Low numbers of sales transactions in some local authorities and London boroughs, such as City of London, can lead to volatility in the series. While we make efforts to account for this volatility, the change in price in these local levels can be influenced by the type and number of properties sold in any given period. Geographies with low number of sales transactions should be analysed in the context of their longer-term trends rather than focusing on monthly movements.

Note: data for City of London for the month of July 2021 is estimated based on pooled data from the month of August 2021. This is due to there currently being zero transactions processed to date for the month of July.

Local authorities October 2021 October 2020 Difference
Adur £378,778 £325,324 16.4%
Allerdale £178,102 £155,661 14.4%
Amber Valley £207,110 £187,950 10.2%
Arun £335,451 £292,432 14.7%
Ashfield £172,896 £151,667 14.0%
Ashford £334,272 £309,237 8.1%
Babergh £328,669 £287,373 14.4%
Barking and Dagenham £335,683 £302,817 10.9%
Barnet £577,319 £530,707 8.8%
Barnsley £149,611 £135,004 10.8%
Barrow-in-Furness £136,567 £127,304 7.3%
Basildon £348,694 £322,947 8.0%
Basingstoke and Deane £326,456 £302,009 8.1%
Bassetlaw £184,937 £163,102 13.4%
Bath and North East Somerset £409,712 £355,252 15.3%
Bedford £327,512 £289,143 13.3%
Bexley £383,366 £345,415 11.0%
Birmingham £209,245 £194,012 7.9%
Blaby £270,099 £241,439 11.9%
Blackburn with Darwen £135,650 £118,580 14.4%
Blackpool £127,286 £111,991 13.7%
Bolsover £156,499 £131,457 19.0%
Bolton £172,820 £148,882 16.1%
Boston £192,326 £159,288 20.7%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £315,049 £293,050 7.5%
Bracknell Forest £345,407 £340,451 1.5%
Bradford £164,807 £147,558 11.7%
Braintree £326,303 £290,675 12.3%
Breckland £259,119 £238,093 8.8%
Brent £494,976 £523,913 -5.5%
Brentwood £449,720 £432,176 4.1%
Brighton and Hove £407,587 £374,716 8.8%
Broadland £317,971 £271,837 17.0%
Bromley £479,845 £438,000 9.6%
Bromsgrove £345,272 £305,181 13.1%
Broxbourne £393,747 £351,426 12.0%
Broxtowe £215,935 £200,167 7.9%
Buckinghamshire £443,056 £405,183 9.3%
Burnley £112,394 £92,445 21.6%
Bury £221,567 £190,580 16.3%
Calderdale £172,850 £155,602 11.1%
Cambridge £468,671 £439,150 6.7%
Cambridgeshire £328,581 £298,533 10.1%
Camden £800,815 £833,418 -3.9%
Cannock Chase £203,743 £183,699 10.9%
Canterbury £333,695 £309,098 8.0%
Carlisle £153,490 £138,944 10.5%
Castle Point £360,206 £316,136 13.9%
Central Bedfordshire £356,079 £307,414 15.8%
Charnwood £257,070 £236,179 8.8%
Chelmsford £365,059 £337,928 8.0%
Cheltenham £298,354 £290,229 2.8%
Cherwell £334,503 £292,633 14.3%
Cheshire East £269,108 £246,229 9.3%
Cheshire West and Chester £237,455 £220,200 7.8%
Chesterfield £190,291 £164,287 15.8%
Chichester £437,517 £406,895 7.5%
Chorley £212,880 £190,625 11.7%
City of Bristol £311,462 £301,703 3.2%
City of Derby £186,402 £168,822 10.4%
City of Kingston upon Hull £131,121 £116,448 12.6%
City of London £806,489 £824,501 -2.2%
City of Nottingham £175,908 £157,764 11.5%
City of Peterborough £217,958 £197,551 10.3%
City of Plymouth £204,630 £183,197 11.7%
City of Westminster £1,004,433 £904,735 11.0%
Colchester £302,148 £269,250 12.2%
Copeland £139,946 £126,026 11.0%
Cornwall £288,742 £250,211 15.4%
Cotswold £432,213 £414,523 4.3%
County Durham £124,667 £106,219 17.4%
Coventry £207,023 £192,891 7.3%
Craven £257,706 £233,462 10.4%
Crawley £304,489 £290,791 4.7%
Croydon £397,215 £378,600 4.9%
Cumbria £183,549 £164,378 11.7%
Dacorum £446,406 £413,882 7.9%
Darlington £146,918 £133,915 9.7%
Dartford £324,962 £308,419 5.4%
Derbyshire £209,861 £188,425 11.4%
Derbyshire Dales £308,521 £274,294 12.5%
Devon £306,961 £275,475 11.4%
Doncaster £155,804 £136,579 14.1%
Dorset £331,550 £293,565 12.9%
Dover £291,233 £262,213 11.1%
Dudley £208,928 £189,843 10.1%
Ealing £526,582 £488,891 7.7%
East Cambridgeshire £309,517 £297,466 4.1%
East Devon £338,467 £301,474 12.3%
East Hampshire £448,156 £382,809 17.1%
East Hertfordshire £430,609 £401,157 7.3%
East Lindsey £218,590 £180,160 21.3%
East Riding of Yorkshire £209,902 £188,043 11.6%
East Staffordshire £207,965 £196,242 6.0%
East Suffolk £289,590 £256,924 12.7%
East Sussex £326,475 £289,993 12.6%
Eastbourne £266,498 £245,437 8.6%
Eastleigh £335,623 £283,997 18.2%
Eden £251,289 £212,491 18.3%
Elmbridge £711,017 £613,200 16.0%
Enfield £424,704 £406,952 4.4%
Epping Forest £494,040 £474,032 4.2%
Epsom and Ewell £512,719 £473,094 8.4%
Erewash £194,349 £173,974 11.7%
Essex £351,146 £319,345 10.0%
Exeter £291,011 £270,448 7.6%
Fareham £330,331 £300,375 10.0%
Fenland £222,493 £192,054 15.8%
Folkestone and Hythe £302,098 £268,170 12.7%
Forest of Dean £277,680 £251,609 10.4%
Fylde £216,100 £201,888 7.0%
Gateshead £147,895 £137,972 7.2%
Gedling £227,715 £198,873 14.5%
Gloucester £227,288 £209,892 8.3%
Gloucestershire £301,357 £281,458 7.1%
Gosport £227,904 £214,896 6.1%
Gravesham £321,939 £284,567 13.1%
Great Yarmouth £206,219 £174,332 18.3%
Greenwich £423,151 £402,076 5.2%
Guildford £502,145 £461,385 8.8%
Hackney £551,940 £590,785 -6.6%
Halton £182,755 £152,631 19.7%
Hambleton £259,466 £239,356 8.4%
Hammersmith and Fulham £814,322 £724,327 12.4%
Hampshire £357,444 £320,456 11.5%
Harborough £336,724 £314,118 7.2%
Haringey £615,720 £586,386 5.0%
Harlow £306,749 £273,951 12.0%
Harrogate £316,438 £290,372 9.0%
Harrow £499,029 £460,240 8.4%
Hart £482,919 £421,142 14.7%
Hartlepool £134,659 £109,129 23.4%
Hastings £257,904 £222,563 15.9%
Havant £297,097 £272,258 9.1%
Havering £406,351 £369,475 10.0%
Herefordshire £294,985 £255,369 15.5%
Hertfordshire £439,449 £406,597 8.1%
Hertsmere £510,005 £472,553 7.9%
High Peak £236,120 £211,305 11.7%
Hillingdon £448,487 £415,002 8.1%
Hinckley and Bosworth £259,859 £235,737 10.2%
Horsham £425,376 £376,346 13.0%
Hounslow £435,747 £428,632 1.7%
Huntingdonshire £291,384 £262,491 11.0%
Hyndburn £122,510 £99,458 23.2%
Ipswich £215,626 £198,718 8.5%
Isle of Wight £256,298 £235,138 9.0%
Islington £711,601 £684,552 4.0%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,425,437 £1,291,719 10.4%
Kent £333,234 £303,512 9.8%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £246,161 £230,639 6.7%
Kingston upon Thames £542,707 £497,516 9.1%
Kirklees £181,115 £160,676 12.7%
Knowsley £158,521 £138,423 14.5%
Lambeth £542,961 £542,103 0.2%
Lancashire £174,815 £152,953 14.3%
Lancaster £187,552 £167,117 12.2%
Leeds £216,280 £199,364 8.5%
Leicester £210,890 £188,013 12.2%
Leicestershire £271,074 £243,301 11.4%
Lewes £382,279 £337,867 13.1%
Lewisham £462,603 £433,780 6.6%
Lichfield £285,239 £261,805 9.0%
Lincoln £176,039 £157,639 11.7%
Lincolnshire £219,438 £189,667 15.7%
Liverpool £171,221 £145,222 17.9%
Luton £260,454 £233,374 11.6%
Maidstone £321,758 £290,335 10.8%
Maldon £400,137 £330,634 21.0%
Malvern Hills £328,093 £273,640 19.9%
Manchester £211,773 £195,260 8.5%
Mansfield £166,649 £146,558 13.7%
Medway £280,207 £249,255 12.4%
Melton £287,717 £243,232 18.3%
Mendip £311,162 £275,755 12.8%
Merton £576,571 £540,771 6.6%
Mid Devon £278,591 £239,985 16.1%
Mid Suffolk £310,681 £272,038 14.2%
Mid Sussex £435,234 £372,955 16.7%
Middlesbrough £132,815 £114,257 16.2%
Milton Keynes £279,627 £264,618 5.7%
Mole Valley £581,137 £490,626 18.4%
New Forest £382,896 £347,790 10.1%
Newark and Sherwood £209,796 £193,632 8.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne £178,220 £165,730 7.5%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £180,861 £163,422 10.7%
Newham £383,985 £374,524 2.5%
Norfolk £266,787 £239,116 11.6%
North Devon £295,458 £268,044 10.2%
North East Derbyshire £218,983 £204,052 7.3%
North East Lincolnshire £139,504 £129,394 7.8%
North Hertfordshire £374,690 £353,988 5.8%
North Kesteven £248,309 £217,549 14.1%
North Lincolnshire £173,669 £153,823 12.9%
North Norfolk £304,232 £280,501 8.5%
North Northamptonshire £247,366 £218,067 13.4%
North Somerset £308,298 £276,420 11.5%
North Tyneside £186,037 £170,033 9.4%
North Warwickshire £229,634 £217,485 5.6%
North West Leicestershire £251,126 £215,462 16.6%
North Yorkshire £262,224 £230,398 13.8%
Northumberland £177,636 £166,385 6.8%
Norwich £226,722 £207,420 9.3%
Nottinghamshire £210,638 £188,712 11.6%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £217,559 £187,643 15.9%
Oadby and Wigston £258,403 £229,518 12.6%
Oldham £168,606 £149,329 12.9%
Oxford £456,946 £433,729 5.4%
Oxfordshire £408,579 £368,724 10.8%
Pendle £118,671 £109,403 8.5%
Portsmouth £224,185 £218,783 2.5%
Preston £147,816 £131,284 12.6%
Reading £314,682 £292,577 7.6%
Redbridge £482,251 £427,632 12.8%
Redcar and Cleveland £141,095 £128,148 10.1%
Redditch £238,096 £217,403 9.5%
Reigate and Banstead £467,432 £426,985 9.5%
Ribble Valley £257,762 £217,664 18.4%
Richmond upon Thames £776,036 £689,597 12.5%
Richmondshire £256,970 £221,392 16.1%
Rochdale £173,536 £150,076 15.6%
Rochford £399,945 £349,407 14.5%
Rossendale £184,339 £153,042 20.5%
Rother £344,176 £299,614 14.9%
Rotherham £163,678 £146,049 12.1%
Rugby £276,318 £241,552 14.4%
Runnymede £477,492 £417,425 14.4%
Rushcliffe £319,910 £292,062 9.5%
Rushmoor £304,843 £279,704 9.0%
Rutland £351,788 £336,127 4.7%
Ryedale £287,859 £248,708 15.7%
Salford £195,663 £178,008 9.9%
Sandwell £180,047 £154,989 16.2%
Scarborough £207,206 £172,879 19.9%
Sedgemoor £266,868 £235,975 13.1%
Sefton £190,160 £174,351 9.1%
Selby £248,980 £209,701 18.7%
Sevenoaks £474,617 £454,182 4.5%
Sheffield £194,325 £175,098 11.0%
Shropshire £255,589 £227,501 12.3%
Slough £300,192 £300,451 -0.1%
Solihull £313,457 £293,180 6.9%
Somerset £276,040 £246,523 12.0%
Somerset West and Taunton £273,973 £242,199 13.1%
South Cambridgeshire £423,001 £382,564 10.6%
South Derbyshire £215,687 £201,378 7.1%
South Gloucestershire £326,397 £286,691 13.8%
South Hams £363,958 £338,992 7.4%
South Holland £220,795 £194,189 13.7%
South Kesteven £253,311 £218,756 15.8%
South Lakeland £284,577 £255,761 11.3%
South Norfolk £315,794 £275,847 14.5%
South Oxfordshire £499,582 £445,720 12.1%
South Ribble £202,915 £178,430 13.7%
South Somerset £264,320 £240,671 9.8%
South Staffordshire £277,059 £242,374 14.3%
South Tyneside £151,467 £136,514 11.0%
Southampton £222,134 £211,274 5.1%
Southend-on-Sea £318,739 £292,605 8.9%
Southwark £520,982 £516,012 1.0%
Spelthorne £392,136 £361,063 8.6%
St Albans £558,314 £522,518 6.9%
St Helens £165,120 £142,869 15.6%
Stafford £249,497 £220,163 13.3%
Staffordshire £224,948 £204,886 9.8%
Staffordshire Moorlands £206,226 £194,325 6.1%
Stevenage £316,015 £283,577 11.4%
Stockport £271,294 £245,780 10.4%
Stockton-on-Tees £148,789 £135,760 9.6%
Stoke-on-Trent £130,094 £118,257 10.0%
Stratford-on-Avon £364,910 £323,198 12.9%
Stroud £314,956 £297,371 5.9%
Suffolk £280,155 £253,064 10.7%
Sunderland £136,439 £115,580 18.0%
Surrey £510,539 £455,090 12.2%
Surrey Heath £448,220 £391,656 14.4%
Sutton £417,545 £385,176 8.4%
Swale £284,623 £255,805 11.3%
Swindon £239,135 £221,133 8.1%
Tameside £191,113 £164,463 16.2%
Tamworth £215,012 £196,292 9.5%
Tandridge £533,336 £461,060 15.7%
Teignbridge £297,348 £259,443 14.6%
Telford and Wrekin £197,799 £179,230 10.4%
Tendring £249,178 £226,196 10.2%
Test Valley £390,602 £341,022 14.5%
Tewkesbury £326,545 £288,326 13.3%
Thanet £282,456 £246,934 14.4%
Three Rivers £560,759 £508,280 10.3%
Thurrock £302,740 £275,793 9.8%
Tonbridge and Malling £405,139 £379,415 6.8%
Torbay £228,197 £208,769 9.3%
Torridge £266,829 £247,854 7.7%
Tower Hamlets £417,721 £477,183 -12.5%
Trafford £334,352 £305,601 9.4%
Tunbridge Wells £439,501 £392,298 12.0%
Uttlesford £423,558 £413,627 2.4%
Vale of White Horse £389,991 £362,776 7.5%
Wakefield £183,297 £156,168 17.4%
Walsall £193,283 £175,933 9.9%
Waltham Forest £508,312 £466,649 8.9%
Wandsworth £634,297 £625,955 1.3%
Warrington £225,985 £204,773 10.4%
Warwick £348,952 £314,350 11.0%
Warwickshire £293,261 £260,188 12.7%
Watford £382,122 £366,558 4.2%
Waverley £552,960 £478,508 15.6%
Wealden £391,208 £349,540 11.9%
Welwyn Hatfield £438,931 £399,308 9.9%
West Berkshire £378,884 £358,262 5.8%
West Devon £310,569 £260,018 19.4%
West Lancashire £211,707 £187,498 12.9%
West Lindsey £198,452 £176,459 12.5%
West Northamptonshire £272,151 £248,706 9.4%
West Oxfordshire £385,193 £342,430 12.5%
West Suffolk £282,306 £267,676 5.5%
West Sussex £375,011 £331,161 13.2%
Wigan £167,529 £144,558 15.9%
Wiltshire £307,829 £281,810 9.2%
Winchester £468,633 £428,342 9.4%
Windsor and Maidenhead £501,635 £480,895 4.3%
Wirral £187,624 £172,172 9.0%
Woking £448,577 £425,728 5.4%
Wokingham £467,472 £422,189 10.7%
Wolverhampton £175,938 £163,498 7.6%
Worcester £230,582 £226,221 1.9%
Worcestershire £276,576 £249,760 10.7%
Worthing £329,673 £281,105 17.3%
Wychavon £314,736 £282,770 11.3%
Wyre £184,003 £157,271 17.0%
Wyre Forest £225,025 £200,610 12.2%
York £286,802 £261,022 9.9%
England £285,113 £259,592 9.8%

Average price by local authority for England

In October 2021, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.4 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where the average cost was £112,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough October 2021 October 2020 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £335,683 £302,817 10.9%
Barnet £577,319 £530,707 8.8%
Bexley £383,366 £345,415 11.0%
Brent £494,976 £523,913 -5.5%
Bromley £479,845 £438,000 9.6%
Camden £800,815 £833,418 -3.9%
City of London £806,489 £824,501 -2.2%
City of Westminster £1,004,433 £904,735 11.0%
Croydon £397,215 £378,600 4.9%
Ealing £526,582 £488,891 7.7%
Enfield £424,704 £406,952 4.4%
Greenwich £423,151 £402,076 5.2%
Hackney £551,940 £590,785 -6.6%
Hammersmith and Fulham £814,322 £724,327 12.4%
Haringey £615,720 £586,386 5.0%
Harrow £499,029 £460,240 8.4%
Havering £406,351 £369,475 10.0%
Hillingdon £448,487 £415,002 8.1%
Hounslow £435,747 £428,632 1.7%
Islington £711,601 £684,552 4.0%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,425,437 £1,291,719 10.4%
Kingston upon Thames £542,707 £497,516 9.1%
Lambeth £542,961 £542,103 0.2%
Lewisham £462,603 £433,780 6.6%
Merton £576,571 £540,771 6.6%
Newham £383,985 £374,524 2.5%
Redbridge £482,251 £427,632 12.8%
Richmond upon Thames £776,036 £689,597 12.5%
Southwark £520,982 £516,012 1.0%
Sutton £417,545 £385,176 8.4%
Tower Hamlets £417,721 £477,183 -12.5%
Waltham Forest £508,312 £466,649 8.9%
Wandsworth £634,297 £625,955 1.3%

Average price by London borough

In October 2021, the most expensive borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.4 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £336,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type October 2021 October 2020 Difference
Detached £452,675 £397,882 13.8%
Semi-detached £269,856 £245,048 10.1%
Terraced £229,815 £212,253 8.3%
Flat or maisonette £241,493 £227,480 6.2%
All £285,113 £259,592 9.8%

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 August 2021 August 2020
Adur 19 61
Allerdale 66 104
Amber Valley 73 159
Arun 85 215
Ashfield 63 137
Ashford 65 171
Babergh 46 118
Barking and Dagenham 37 121
Barnet 98 269
Barnsley 136 263
Barrow-in-Furness 69 83
Basildon 115 160
Basingstoke and Deane 93 196
Bassetlaw 62 129
Bath and North East Somerset 91 215
Bedford 83 178
Bexley 98 241
Birmingham 369 735
Blaby 44 127
Blackburn with Darwen 80 185
Blackpool 104 179
Bolsover 54 96
Bolton 123 284
Boston 56 67
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 295 474
Bracknell Forest 58 141
Bradford 316 507
Braintree 86 154
Breckland 78 178
Brent 30 152
Brentwood 34 113
Brighton and Hove 113 275
Broadland 63 157
Bromley 146 347
Bromsgrove 59 128
Broxbourne 36 89
Broxtowe 82 119
Buckinghamshire 244 554
Burnley 77 106
Bury 78 184
Calderdale 110 237
Cambridge 35 91
Cambridgeshire 311 666
Camden 51 121
Cannock Chase 40 142
Canterbury 71 156
Carlisle 71 139
Castle Point 45 90
Central Bedfordshire 159 366
Charnwood 81 209
Chelmsford 96 181
Cheltenham 58 153
Cherwell 110 184
Cheshire East 213 578
Cheshire West and Chester 172 408
Chesterfield 58 136
Chichester 71 157
Chorley 65 134
City of Bristol 189 422
City of Derby 145 235
City of Kingston upon Hull 125 258
City of London 1 7
City of Nottingham 97 247
City of Peterborough 97 220
City of Plymouth 135 328
City of Westminster 42 162
Colchester 108 185
Copeland 42 102
Cornwall 306 658
Cotswold 40 107
County Durham 344 593
Coventry 153 274
Craven 41 84
Crawley 47 89
Croydon 122 327
Cumbria 344 615
Dacorum 83 134
Darlington 94 150
Dartford 50 108
Derbyshire 457 1,011
Derbyshire Dales 34 64
Devon 513 1,000
Doncaster 162 314
Dorset 194 526
Dover 61 114
Dudley 160 297
Ealing 78 197
East Cambridgeshire 38 79
East Devon 88 202
East Hampshire 66 132
East Hertfordshire 78 197
East Lindsey 100 170
East Riding of Yorkshire 208 469
East Staffordshire 74 140
East Suffolk 164 287
East Sussex 362 673
Eastbourne 73 120
Eastleigh 85 174
Eden 41 68
Elmbridge 73 160
Enfield 67 162
Epping Forest 53 126
Epsom and Ewell 34 75
Erewash 66 152
Essex 783 1,561
Exeter 81 139
Fareham 77 118
Fenland 85 129
Folkestone and Hythe 51 135
Forest of Dean 53 108
Fylde 59 106
Gateshead 116 200
Gedling 62 151
Gloucester 65 143
Gloucestershire 327 761
Gosport 66 91
Gravesham 44 87
Great Yarmouth 73 120
Greenwich 75 195
Guildford 72 134
Hackney 35 144
Halton 47 135
Hambleton 51 119
Hammersmith and Fulham 52 152
Hampshire 811 1,546
Harborough 49 134
Haringey 46 164
Harlow 37 70
Harrogate 124 218
Harrow 36 133
Hart 72 124
Hartlepool 61 133
Hastings 77 113
Havant 71 120
Havering 133 230
Herefordshire 95 164
Hertfordshire 473 1,164
Hertsmere 27 111
High Peak 36 105
Hillingdon 73 211
Hinckley and Bosworth 72 147
Horsham 71 186
Hounslow 59 138
Huntingdonshire 89 204
Hyndburn 50 98
Ipswich 74 135
Isle of Wight 90 187
Islington 41 112
Kensington and Chelsea 46 75
Kent 787 1,734
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 92 179
Kingston upon Thames 56 159
Kirklees 202 420
Knowsley 68 115
Lambeth 92 257
Lancashire 811 1,472
Lancaster 81 175
Leeds 431 838
Leicester 108 159
Leicestershire 336 879
Lewes 48 113
Lewisham 100 237
Lichfield 51 137
Lincoln 65 97
Lincolnshire 502 887
Liverpool 208 403
Luton 70 131
Maidstone 104 219
Maldon 35 82
Malvern Hills 31 81
Manchester 151 395
Mansfield 53 148
Medway 149 281
Melton 17 64
Mendip 70 140
Merton 81 154
Mid Devon 53 98
Mid Suffolk 56 126
Mid Sussex 67 184
Middlesbrough 82 134
Milton Keynes 119 232
Mole Valley 44 85
New Forest 97 239
Newark and Sherwood 61 165
Newcastle upon Tyne 138 307
Newcastle-under-Lyme 68 142
Newham 50 180
Norfolk 505 1,085
North Devon 58 133
North East Derbyshire 60 133
North East Lincolnshire 104 228
North Hertfordshire 46 149
North Kesteven 73 147
North Lincolnshire 105 171
North Norfolk 55 148
North Northamptonshire 195 353
North Somerset 105 308
North Tyneside 130 249
North Warwickshire 30 63
North West Leicestershire 48 143
North Yorkshire 406 862
Northumberland 170 378
Norwich 65 118
Nottinghamshire 450 1,004
Nuneaton and Bedworth 70 158
Oadby and Wigston 25 55
Oldham 98 196
Oxford 39 97
Oxfordshire 351 800
Pendle 70 117
Portsmouth 110 206
Preston 83 136
Reading 65 138
Redbridge 58 138
Redcar and Cleveland 73 137
Redditch 50 90
Reigate and Banstead 91 143
Ribble Valley 33 90
Richmond upon Thames 103 203
Richmondshire 22 37
Rochdale 126 210
Rochford 38 94
Rossendale 51 93
Rother 73 122
Rotherham 139 265
Rugby 55 137
Runnymede 43 97
Rushcliffe 67 155
Rushmoor 52 79
Rutland 23 41
Ryedale 35 92
Salford 104 260
Sandwell 108 197
Scarborough 81 184
Sedgemoor 87 119
Sefton 156 299
Selby 52 128
Sevenoaks 37 148
Sheffield 195 467
Shropshire 159 340
Slough 28 68
Solihull 99 238
Somerset 375 618
Somerset West and Taunton 111 173
South Cambridgeshire 64 163
South Derbyshire 76 166
South Gloucestershire 143 284
South Hams 66 140
South Holland 55 132
South Kesteven 83 153
South Lakeland 55 119
South Norfolk 79 185
South Oxfordshire 78 205
South Ribble 61 136
South Somerset 107 186
South Staffordshire 51 128
South Tyneside 64 118
Southampton 110 199
Southend-on-Sea 90 184
Southwark 75 207
Spelthorne 42 96
St Albans 50 171
St Helens 83 206
Stafford 65 175
Staffordshire 429 1,050
Staffordshire Moorlands 43 109
Stevenage 32 74
Stockport 155 361
Stockton-on-Tees 112 239
Stoke-on-Trent 145 257
Stratford-on-Avon 71 169
Stroud 57 122
Suffolk 419 838
Sunderland 155 282
Surrey 595 1,295
Surrey Heath 45 114
Sutton 83 190
Swale 75 137
Swindon 167 198
Tameside 109 222
Tamworth 37 77
Tandridge 34 106
Teignbridge 106 154
Telford and Wrekin 70 170
Tendring 91 224
Test Valley 74 143
Tewkesbury 54 128
Thanet 88 154
Three Rivers 35 75
Thurrock 70 180
Tonbridge and Malling 80 176
Torbay 113 151
Torridge 33 67
Tower Hamlets 50 203
Trafford 95 278
Tunbridge Wells 61 129
Uttlesford 45 82
Vale of White Horse 70 171
Wakefield 234 370
Walsall 131 224
Waltham Forest 72 196
Wandsworth 104 364
Warrington 107 228
Warwick 75 156
Warwickshire 301 683
Watford 43 71
Waverley 69 185
Wealden 91 205
Welwyn Hatfield 43 93
West Berkshire 85 146
West Devon 28 67
West Lancashire 67 113
West Lindsey 70 121
West Northamptonshire 221 476
West Oxfordshire 54 143
West Suffolk 79 172
West Sussex 425 1,031
Wigan 159 325
Wiltshire 266 533
Winchester 58 130
Windsor and Maidenhead 70 150
Wirral 164 341
Woking 48 100
Wokingham 69 199
Wolverhampton 89 190
Worcester 63 83
Worcestershire 316 652
Worthing 65 139
Wychavon 67 157
Wyre 114 168
Wyre Forest 46 113
York 123 192
England 26,661 56,476

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

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2020 with the provisional estimate for August 2021, volume transactions decreased by 44.2% 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 17.8% in England in the year to August 2021.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough August 2021 August 2020
Barking and Dagenham 37 121
Barnet 98 269
Bexley 98 241
Brent 30 152
Bromley 146 347
Camden 51 121
City of London 1 7
City of Westminster 42 162
Croydon 122 327
Ealing 78 197
Enfield 67 162
Greenwich 75 195
Hackney 35 144
Hammersmith and Fulham 52 152
Haringey 46 164
Harrow 36 133
Havering 133 230
Hillingdon 73 211
Hounslow 59 138
Islington 41 112
Kensington and Chelsea 46 75
Kingston upon Thames 56 159
Lambeth 92 257
Lewisham 100 237
Merton 81 154
Newham 50 180
Redbridge 58 138
Richmond upon Thames 103 203
Southwark 75 207
Sutton 83 190
Tower Hamlets 50 203
Waltham Forest 72 196
Wandsworth 104 364

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

4.3 Sales volumes for England

Sales volumes for England over the past five years

Date Sales volumes for England
August 2017 82,670
August 2018 84,466
August 2019 78,838
August 2020 56,476
August 2021 26,661

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for August 2020 with the provisional estimate for August 2021, volume transactions decreased by 44.2% 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 17.8% in England in the year to August 2021.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
August 2017 8,921
August 2018 8,975
August 2019 8,797
August 2020 6,148
August 2021 2,290

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 August 2021 Average existing August 2021 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £551,630 £520,283 -3.4% 2.3% 10.4% 6.2%
North East £230,312 £139,449 4.0% 4.3% 19.6% 9.8%
East Midlands £324,593 £213,536 3.2% 3.8% 19.5% 9.0%
East of England £433,917 £315,198 2.5% 4.3% 17.7% 8.2%
North West £274,683 £185,922 3.3% 4.2% 18.1% 9.2%
South East £451,730 £351,548 3.3% 3.5% 17.3% 7.7%
South West £369,813 £284,211 4.1% 5.0% 18.5% 8.4%
West Midlands £329,027 £219,049 3.8% 3.7% 19.0% 8.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber £256,963 £183,090 2.8% 3.6% 18.8% 8.8%
England £370,213 £273,140 2.4% 3.8% 17.4% 8.3%

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 October 2021 Average former owner occupier price October 2021 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £444,592 £595,364 1.5% 2.4% 5.2% 7.6%
North East £125,908 £169,402 -5.0% -4.6% 9.1% 10.2%
East Midlands £190,939 £259,201 -1.3% -0.5% 11.2% 12.1%
East of England £272,436 £379,531 -0.9% 0.7% 10.0% 12.2%
North West £163,781 £222,967 -5.3% -4.4% 9.4% 10.3%
South East £287,920 £432,296 -1.8% 0.2% 8.9% 11.7%
South West £241,940 £341,355 -1.5% -0.1% 8.6% 11.0%
West Midlands £186,371 £262,679 -4.1% -2.5% 7.4% 9.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber £164,694 £219,734 -2.3% -1.1% 10.4% 11.7%
England £235,842 £328,083 -2.2% -0.9% 8.8% 10.8%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price October 2021 Average mortgage price October 2021 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £540,273 £508,996 4.5% 1.3% 7.7% 5.8%
North East £134,861 £155,015 -5.1% -4.7% 9.0% 9.9%
East Midlands £219,551 £232,555 -0.8% -0.9% 11.4% 11.8%
East of England £315,971 £340,277 0.0% -0.1% 10.8% 11.3%
North West £178,921 £204,057 -4.7% -4.9% 9.7% 9.9%
South East £350,819 £374,966 -0.8% -0.7% 10.2% 10.4%
South West £296,041 £300,439 -0.5% -0.9% 9.9% 9.9%
West Midlands £216,375 £230,867 -3.0% -3.4% 8.4% 8.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber £185,529 £197,836 -1.2% -1.8% 10.9% 11.1%
England £268,476 £293,553 -1.4% -1.6% 9.9% 9.8%

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 August 2021
East Midlands 3
East of England 1
London 8
North East 13
North West 28
South East 8
South West 5
West Midlands 8
Yorkshire and The Humber 8
England 82

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