Accredited official statistics

UK House Price Index England: October 2023

Published 20 December 2023

1. Headline statistics for October 2023

The average price of a property in England was £305,902

The annual price change of a property in England was -1.4%

The monthly price change of a property in England was -0.8%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 150.8

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 2023 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 17 January 2023. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

Average house prices in England decreased by 1.4% in the 12 months to October 2023 (provisional estimate). This was down from 0.8% (revised estimate) in the 12 months to September 2023 and lower than the average UK house price annual inflation of negative 1.2% (provisional estimate) in the 12 months to October 2023.

The fastest growing region was the North East, with annual percentage change at 0.2% in the 12 months to October 2023. The lowest annual percentage change was London, where prices decreased by 3.6% in the 12 months to October 2023.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.8% between September 2023 and October 2023, compared with a decrease of 0.2% during the same period 12 months ago. On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.2% between September 2023 and October 2023.

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for August 2022 with the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for August 2023, the volume of transactions decreased by 17.2% in England and by 16.2% 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, August 2023’s provisional transaction volume estimate for England was 17.0% lower than August 2022’s revised volume estimate.

In England, detached houses showed the highest annual percentage change out of all property types, decreasing by 0.3% in the 12 months to October 2023 to £486,000. Flats and Maisonettes showed the lowest annual percentage change, which decreased by 2.8% in the 12 months to October 2023 to £245,000.

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 decreased by 1.4% in the 12 months to October 2023 (provisional estimate).

In London, average house prices decreased by 3.6% in the 12 months to October 2023, down from a decrease of 2.2% in the 12 months to September 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 October 2023 October 2022 Difference
Adur £396,025 £394,417 0.4%
Amber Valley £227,386 £226,286 0.5%
Arun £356,528 £362,188 -1.6%
Ashfield £187,632 £195,384 -4.0%
Ashford £368,858 £367,995 0.2%
Babergh £372,024 £362,477 2.6%
Barking and Dagenham £334,460 £350,724 -4.6%
Barnet £597,538 £601,214 -0.6%
Barnsley £169,563 £166,317 2.0%
Basildon £383,896 £380,788 0.8%
Basingstoke and Deane £350,561 £359,601 -2.5%
Bassetlaw £205,035 £204,617 0.2%
Bath and North East Somerset £426,297 £441,120 -3.4%
Bedford £356,276 £358,537 -0.6%
Bexley £393,227 £409,070 -3.9%
Birmingham £230,212 £231,910 -0.7%
Blaby £300,182 £301,979 -0.6%
Blackburn with Darwen £145,788 £147,347 -1.1%
Blackpool £137,460 £137,879 -0.3%
Bolsover £183,742 £173,923 5.6%
Bolton £188,897 £189,759 -0.5%
Boston £202,273 £200,184 1.0%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £334,499 £350,383 -4.5%
Bracknell Forest £393,050 £393,858 -0.2%
Bradford £172,119 £175,138 -1.7%
Braintree £337,267 £350,979 -3.9%
Breckland £294,852 £291,193 1.3%
Brent £542,864 £567,615 -4.4%
Brentwood £486,283 £480,402 1.2%
Brighton and Hove £427,500 £441,384 -3.1%
Broadland £344,846 £338,569 1.9%
Bromley £512,900 £515,379 -0.5%
Bromsgrove £363,575 £355,847 2.2%
Broxbourne £369,374 £400,231 -7.7%
Broxtowe £248,970 £249,108 -0.1%
Buckinghamshire £478,485 £482,679 -0.9%
Burnley £114,366 £116,454 -1.8%
Bury £233,647 £242,119 -3.5%
Calderdale £180,539 £186,049 -3.0%
Cambridge £542,142 £528,296 2.6%
Cambridgeshire £364,759 £360,956 1.1%
Camden £820,541 £854,517 -4.0%
Cannock Chase £233,870 £223,851 4.5%
Canterbury £355,599 £364,216 -2.4%
Castle Point £375,242 £379,688 -1.2%
Central Bedfordshire £366,254 £377,414 -3.0%
Charnwood £296,145 £292,531 1.2%
Chelmsford £372,100 £385,002 -3.4%
Cheltenham £337,530 £347,583 -2.9%
Cherwell £358,325 £368,956 -2.9%
Cheshire East £294,440 £292,018 0.8%
Cheshire West and Chester £256,401 £266,743 -3.9%
Chesterfield £196,754 £197,575 -0.4%
Chichester £484,512 £484,243 0.1%
Chorley £226,751 £232,185 -2.3%
City of Bristol £364,268 £361,438 0.8%
City of Derby £201,217 £200,070 0.6%
City of Kingston upon Hull £139,602 £136,987 1.9%
City of London £948,692 £973,684 -2.6%
City of Nottingham £187,772 £192,019 -2.2%
City of Peterborough £249,013 £241,661 3.0%
City of Plymouth £217,542 £225,549 -3.6%
City of Westminster £898,968 £974,993 -7.8%
Colchester £316,446 £321,865 -1.7%
Cornwall £316,045 £322,899 -2.1%
Cotswold £516,434 £505,660 2.1%
County Durham £128,377 £131,668 -2.5%
Coventry £224,988 £232,934 -3.4%
Crawley £319,562 £330,586 -3.3%
Croydon £401,511 £432,046 -7.1%
Cumberland £170,122 £169,600 0.3%
Dacorum £474,905 £479,231 -0.9%
Darlington £158,495 £160,001 -0.9%
Dartford £376,179 £363,038 3.6%
Derbyshire £237,491 £230,691 2.9%
Derbyshire Dales £343,264 £341,945 0.4%
Devon £348,249 £346,432 0.5%
Doncaster £162,771 £167,011 -2.5%
Dorset £358,323 £372,645 -3.8%
Dover £323,065 £329,017 -1.8%
Dudley £238,335 £234,638 1.6%
Ealing £499,337 £536,292 -6.9%
East Cambridgeshire £364,421 £349,908 4.1%
East Devon £385,829 £368,670 4.7%
East Hampshire £450,714 £464,830 -3.0%
East Hertfordshire £451,140 £455,194 -0.9%
East Lindsey £232,951 £230,447 1.1%
East Riding of Yorkshire £226,080 £224,200 0.8%
East Staffordshire £239,625 £232,035 3.3%
East Suffolk £311,774 £312,972 -0.4%
East Sussex £346,598 £363,759 -4.7%
Eastbourne £291,327 £302,587 -3.7%
Eastleigh £351,457 £346,634 1.4%
Elmbridge £720,611 £724,499 -0.5%
Enfield £450,106 £459,657 -2.1%
Epping Forest £538,164 £541,935 -0.7%
Epsom and Ewell £532,025 £561,207 -5.2%
Erewash £212,424 £210,284 1.0%
Essex £372,596 £379,416 -1.8%
Exeter £325,878 £324,728 0.4%
Fareham £344,056 £360,811 -4.6%
Fenland £241,829 £243,681 -0.8%
Folkestone and Hythe £323,138 £334,363 -3.4%
Forest of Dean £313,904 £322,266 -2.6%
Fylde £238,779 £240,801 -0.8%
Gateshead £152,993 £152,982 0.0%
Gedling £248,421 £250,861 -1.0%
Gloucester £252,253 £251,494 0.3%
Gloucestershire £339,087 £342,958 -1.1%
Gosport £248,386 £261,606 -5.1%
Gravesham £339,726 £333,262 1.9%
Great Yarmouth £215,392 £220,491 -2.3%
Greenwich £426,081 £441,135 -3.4%
Guildford £529,261 £529,785 -0.1%
Hackney £639,717 £643,855 -0.6%
Halton £190,022 £190,902 -0.5%
Hammersmith and Fulham £716,048 £794,506 -9.9%
Hampshire £379,814 £384,169 -1.1%
Harborough £364,912 £363,946 0.3%
Haringey £574,374 £611,273 -6.0%
Harlow £322,795 £327,574 -1.5%
Harrow £516,260 £525,921 -1.8%
Hart £488,550 £493,389 -1.0%
Hartlepool £137,697 £133,203 3.4%
Hastings £268,531 £295,612 -9.2%
Havant £324,805 £327,950 -1.0%
Havering £419,021 £428,371 -2.2%
Herefordshire £296,820 £309,864 -4.2%
Hertfordshire £451,679 £465,738 -3.0%
Hertsmere £518,360 £543,992 -4.7%
High Peak £270,495 £257,596 5.0%
Hillingdon £447,260 £470,806 -5.0%
Hinckley and Bosworth £292,276 £292,126 0.1%
Horsham £452,979 £455,272 -0.5%
Hounslow £472,922 £454,817 4.0%
Huntingdonshire £317,586 £320,603 -0.9%
Hyndburn £126,917 £131,064 -3.2%
Ipswich £230,645 £237,103 -2.7%
Isle of Wight £284,660 £290,053 -1.9%
Islington £737,539 £727,752 1.3%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,352,475 £1,399,456 -3.4%
Kent £359,985 £368,244 -2.2%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £277,145 £279,189 -0.7%
Kingston upon Thames £557,043 £565,402 -1.5%
Kirklees £193,266 £194,435 -0.6%
Knowsley £181,569 £174,865 3.8%
Lambeth £572,212 £555,812 3.0%
Lancashire £190,656 £188,607 1.1%
Lancaster £209,839 £199,773 5.0%
Leeds £245,191 £241,851 1.4%
Leicester £224,099 £231,756 -3.3%
Leicestershire £301,531 £300,788 0.2%
Lewes £398,774 £412,773 -3.4%
Lewisham £452,240 £460,043 -1.7%
Lichfield £323,215 £318,397 1.5%
Lincoln £183,548 £188,721 -2.7%
Lincolnshire £235,263 £237,980 -1.1%
Liverpool £173,230 £179,098 -3.3%
Luton £281,395 £289,170 -2.7%
Maidstone £353,672 £357,919 -1.2%
Maldon £406,506 £409,340 -0.7%
Malvern Hills £347,751 £339,327 2.5%
Manchester £243,222 £231,378 5.1%
Mansfield £181,782 £185,880 -2.2%
Medway £299,784 £303,542 -1.2%
Melton £315,777 £310,635 1.7%
Merton £575,040 £576,478 -0.2%
Mid Devon £306,122 £319,392 -4.2%
Mid Suffolk £319,788 £332,940 -4.0%
Mid Sussex £470,328 £458,259 2.6%
Middlesbrough £140,604 £145,362 -3.3%
Milton Keynes £323,807 £319,820 1.2%
Mole Valley £580,158 £582,117 -0.3%
New Forest £407,417 £416,504 -2.2%
Newark and Sherwood £244,200 £236,120 3.4%
Newcastle upon Tyne £202,727 £193,692 4.7%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £196,254 £196,765 -0.3%
Newham £433,164 £414,906 4.4%
Norfolk £290,731 £290,831 0.0%
North Devon £344,460 £338,506 1.8%
North East Derbyshire £259,818 £237,705 9.3%
North East Lincolnshire £158,413 £156,201 1.4%
North Hertfordshire £392,847 £395,649 -0.7%
North Kesteven £261,445 £273,801 -4.5%
North Lincolnshire £189,405 £186,768 1.4%
North Norfolk £321,741 £322,708 -0.3%
North Northamptonshire £269,384 £275,983 -2.4%
North Somerset £335,791 £336,081 -0.1%
North Tyneside £215,482 £203,249 6.0%
North Warwickshire £261,120 £258,399 1.1%
North West Leicestershire £281,478 £274,677 2.5%
North Yorkshire £279,957 £281,353 -0.5%
Northumberland £201,419 £197,194 2.1%
Norwich £245,728 £247,133 -0.6%
Nottinghamshire £234,250 £236,096 -0.8%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £242,892 £233,159 4.2%
Oadby and Wigston £262,909 £282,539 -6.9%
Oldham £190,083 £189,694 0.2%
Oxford £502,006 £487,282 3.0%
Oxfordshire £442,522 £440,181 0.5%
Pendle £137,753 £134,959 2.1%
Portsmouth £256,450 £258,297 -0.7%
Preston £165,554 £161,386 2.6%
Reading £317,937 £326,278 -2.6%
Redbridge £491,337 £483,458 1.6%
Redcar and Cleveland £157,516 £157,062 0.3%
Redditch £261,941 £263,453 -0.6%
Reigate and Banstead £504,054 £493,509 2.1%
Ribble Valley £279,115 £268,514 3.9%
Richmond upon Thames £806,462 £765,478 5.4%
Rochdale £191,017 £192,881 -1.0%
Rochford £429,917 £424,110 1.4%
Rossendale £199,219 £189,393 5.2%
Rother £368,183 £387,447 -5.0%
Rotherham £180,647 £180,374 0.2%
Rugby £311,361 £299,855 3.8%
Runnymede £465,879 £477,123 -2.4%
Rushcliffe £349,415 £357,736 -2.3%
Rushmoor £339,350 £338,625 0.2%
Rutland £415,926 £374,927 10.9%
Salford £214,692 £215,224 -0.2%
Sandwell £206,653 £201,409 2.6%
Sefton £215,746 £212,690 1.4%
Sevenoaks £575,861 £534,508 7.7%
Sheffield £219,609 £217,825 0.8%
Shropshire £286,696 £279,914 2.4%
Slough £331,663 £325,337 1.9%
Solihull £340,108 £338,749 0.4%
Somerset £311,536 £308,166 1.1%
South Cambridgeshire £463,021 £449,913 2.9%
South Derbyshire £261,111 £251,141 4.0%
South Gloucestershire £351,365 £355,375 -1.1%
South Hams £459,570 £438,858 4.7%
South Holland £234,316 £245,808 -4.7%
South Kesteven £277,825 £278,897 -0.4%
South Norfolk £340,881 £341,392 -0.1%
South Oxfordshire £533,122 £532,850 0.1%
South Ribble £214,554 £217,688 -1.4%
South Staffordshire £294,147 £306,846 -4.1%
South Tyneside £172,070 £153,384 12.2%
Southampton £242,706 £248,962 -2.5%
Southend-on-Sea £328,387 £345,427 -4.9%
Southwark £538,663 £554,480 -2.9%
Spelthorne £449,178 £422,150 6.4%
St Albans £582,343 £605,278 -3.8%
St Helens £184,842 £175,173 5.5%
Stafford £268,778 £272,118 -1.2%
Staffordshire £249,548 £249,636 0.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands £231,072 £235,506 -1.9%
Stevenage £329,939 £347,003 -4.9%
Stockport £302,270 £306,074 -1.2%
Stockton-on-Tees £162,675 £162,231 0.3%
Stoke-on-Trent £145,107 £142,717 1.7%
Stratford-on-Avon £420,960 £393,646 6.9%
Stroud £355,115 £356,745 -0.5%
Suffolk £303,124 £306,870 -1.2%
Sunderland £147,294 £142,434 3.4%
Surrey £529,880 £532,114 -0.4%
Surrey Heath £434,503 £473,369 -8.2%
Sutton £439,430 £439,796 -0.1%
Swale £292,473 £314,344 -7.0%
Swindon £273,461 £267,451 2.2%
Tameside £204,139 £214,071 -4.6%
Tamworth £233,069 £241,377 -3.4%
Tandridge £575,194 £521,557 10.3%
Teignbridge £316,809 £328,312 -3.5%
Telford and Wrekin £224,639 £226,622 -0.9%
Tendring £270,840 £280,874 -3.6%
Test Valley £405,517 £408,156 -0.6%
Tewkesbury £345,599 £358,491 -3.6%
Thanet £297,543 £316,220 -5.9%
Three Rivers £587,454 £607,846 -3.4%
Thurrock £332,245 £330,878 0.4%
Tonbridge and Malling £419,186 £448,224 -6.5%
Torbay £251,178 £267,485 -6.1%
Torridge £318,240 £317,103 0.4%
Tower Hamlets £450,194 £483,800 -6.9%
Trafford £375,384 £370,811 1.2%
Tunbridge Wells £448,204 £474,169 -5.5%
Uttlesford £474,097 £488,520 -3.0%
Vale of White Horse £434,002 £430,609 0.8%
Wakefield £201,746 £197,418 2.2%
Walsall £221,482 £218,322 1.4%
Waltham Forest £508,799 £524,304 -3.0%
Wandsworth £628,248 £651,387 -3.6%
Warrington £265,201 £262,082 1.2%
Warwick £362,202 £360,631 0.4%
Warwickshire £325,418 £314,580 3.4%
Watford £394,955 £403,400 -2.1%
Waverley £556,988 £563,465 -1.1%
Wealden £417,634 £428,659 -2.6%
Welwyn Hatfield £417,873 £437,255 -4.4%
West Berkshire £425,269 £410,116 3.7%
West Devon £331,941 £330,549 0.4%
West Lancashire £241,816 £231,501 4.5%
West Lindsey £219,963 £216,229 1.7%
West Northamptonshire £295,740 £301,750 -2.0%
West Oxfordshire £413,904 £400,043 3.5%
West Suffolk £314,731 £317,676 -0.9%
West Sussex £400,263 £403,045 -0.7%
Westmorland and Furness £226,891 £231,057 -1.8%
Wigan £189,144 £188,987 0.1%
Wiltshire £349,781 £344,947 1.4%
Winchester £536,405 £505,851 6.0%
Windsor and Maidenhead £542,005 £559,778 -3.2%
Wirral £210,969 £212,026 -0.5%
Woking £474,145 £501,902 -5.5%
Wokingham £518,279 £508,471 1.9%
Wolverhampton £210,531 £203,251 3.6%
Worcester £268,332 £261,691 2.5%
Worcestershire £305,527 £302,041 1.2%
Worthing £347,081 £355,870 -2.5%
Wychavon £347,089 £346,044 0.3%
Wyre £200,288 £198,012 1.1%
Wyre Forest £253,852 £255,113 -0.5%
York £323,397 £326,830 -1.1%
England £305,902 £310,376 -1.4%

Average price by local authority for England

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

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

London borough October 2023 October 2022 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £334,460 £350,724 -4.6%
Barnet £597,538 £601,214 -0.6%
Bexley £393,227 £409,070 -3.9%
Brent £542,864 £567,615 -4.4%
Bromley £512,900 £515,379 -0.5%
Camden £820,541 £854,517 -4.0%
City of London £948,692 £973,684 -2.6%
City of Westminster £898,968 £974,993 -7.8%
Croydon £401,511 £432,046 -7.1%
Ealing £499,337 £536,292 -6.9%
Enfield £450,106 £459,657 -2.1%
Greenwich £426,081 £441,135 -3.4%
Hackney £639,717 £643,855 -0.6%
Hammersmith and Fulham £716,048 £794,506 -9.9%
Haringey £574,374 £611,273 -6.0%
Harrow £516,260 £525,921 -1.8%
Havering £419,021 £428,371 -2.2%
Hillingdon £447,260 £470,806 -5.0%
Hounslow £472,922 £454,817 4.0%
Islington £737,539 £727,752 1.3%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,352,475 £1,399,456 -3.4%
Kingston upon Thames £557,043 £565,402 -1.5%
Lambeth £572,212 £555,812 3.0%
Lewisham £452,240 £460,043 -1.7%
Merton £575,040 £576,478 -0.2%
Newham £433,164 £414,906 4.4%
Redbridge £491,337 £483,458 1.6%
Richmond upon Thames £806,462 £765,478 5.4%
Southwark £538,663 £554,480 -2.9%
Sutton £439,430 £439,796 -0.1%
Tower Hamlets £450,194 £483,800 -6.9%
Waltham Forest £508,799 £524,304 -3.0%
Wandsworth £628,248 £651,387 -3.6%

Average price by London borough

In October 2023, the most expensive London 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 £334,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type October 2023 October 2022 Difference
Detached £485,869 £487,156 -0.3%
Semi-detached £296,810 £298,155 -0.5%
Terraced £249,165 £255,204 -2.4%
Flat or maisonette £244,700 £251,622 -2.8%
All £305,902 £310,376 -1.4%

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 August 2023 August 2022
Adur 57 77
Amber Valley 126 175
Arun 208 266
Ashfield 94 165
Ashford 91 176
Babergh 70 130
Barking and Dagenham 73 121
Barnet 204 329
Barnsley 201 349
Basildon 151 227
Basingstoke and Deane 159 199
Bassetlaw 108 180
Bath and North East Somerset 193 232
Bedford 147 217
Bexley 183 277
Birmingham 620 963
Blaby 84 138
Blackburn with Darwen 91 180
Blackpool 140 244
Bolsover 65 100
Bolton 232 363
Boston 59 78
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 441 597
Bracknell Forest 98 154
Bradford 412 625
Braintree 115 265
Breckland 143 219
Brent 118 192
Brentwood 62 129
Brighton and Hove 236 421
Broadland 109 204
Bromley 317 428
Bromsgrove 99 129
Broxbourne 70 118
Broxtowe 117 150
Buckinghamshire 478 777
Burnley 84 149
Bury 160 257
Calderdale 199 289
Cambridge 86 147
Cambridgeshire 520 933
Camden 136 176
Cannock Chase 82 138
Canterbury 153 212
Castle Point 70 127
Central Bedfordshire 271 481
Charnwood 148 232
Chelmsford 176 253
Cheltenham 137 170
Cherwell 148 248
Cheshire East 416 627
Cheshire West and Chester 354 463
Chesterfield 102 128
Chichester 118 180
Chorley 108 126
City of Bristol 440 578
City of Derby 205 234
City of Kingston upon Hull 181 309
City of London 23 18
City of Nottingham 200 299
City of Peterborough 94 231
City of Plymouth 263 354
City of Westminster 121 207
Colchester 154 294
Cornwall 577 739
Cotswold 94 117
County Durham 466 825
Coventry 214 317
Crawley 67 114
Croydon 250 371
Cumberland 286 410
Dacorum 123 223
Darlington 116 182
Dartford 78 165
Derbyshire 719 1,086
Derbyshire Dales 68 95
Devon 813 1,127
Doncaster 264 395
Dorset 434 595
Dover 113 172
Dudley 235 344
Ealing 189 305
East Cambridgeshire 75 132
East Devon 148 213
East Hampshire 108 214
East Hertfordshire 117 218
East Lindsey 129 213
East Riding of Yorkshire 382 584
East Staffordshire 86 149
East Suffolk 220 367
East Sussex 551 859
Eastbourne 112 172
Eastleigh 112 195
Elmbridge 148 255
Enfield 175 250
Epping Forest 85 206
Epsom and Ewell 75 100
Erewash 115 181
Essex 1,201 2,215
Exeter 124 149
Fareham 100 166
Fenland 96 157
Folkestone and Hythe 114 152
Forest of Dean 71 98
Fylde 76 136
Gateshead 167 267
Gedling 87 188
Gloucester 144 159
Gloucestershire 646 871
Gosport 99 122
Gravesham 78 103
Great Yarmouth 77 160
Greenwich 179 275
Guildford 150 239
Hackney 118 212
Halton 87 140
Hammersmith and Fulham 144 220
Hampshire 1,283 1,905
Harborough 81 151
Haringey 140 233
Harlow 58 121
Harrow 145 181
Hart 101 149
Hartlepool 85 141
Hastings 91 140
Havant 94 155
Havering 184 295
Herefordshire 184 255
Hertfordshire 938 1,536
Hertsmere 72 117
High Peak 68 121
Hillingdon 187 263
Hinckley and Bosworth 117 164
Horsham 136 213
Hounslow 137 199
Huntingdonshire 136 276
Hyndburn 69 101
Ipswich 102 154
Isle of Wight 133 224
Islington 139 215
Kensington and Chelsea 113 164
Kent 1,264 2,186
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 146 194
Kingston upon Thames 136 233
Kirklees 313 521
Knowsley 107 162
Lambeth 234 404
Lancashire 1,109 1,744
Lancaster 157 190
Leeds 638 964
Leicester 137 241
Leicestershire 617 971
Lewes 92 156
Lewisham 188 336
Lichfield 68 130
Lincoln 84 146
Lincolnshire 711 1,105
Liverpool 312 465
Luton 81 190
Maidstone 129 256
Maldon 61 95
Malvern Hills 74 111
Manchester 278 422
Mansfield 96 160
Medway 213 342
Melton 44 75
Merton 184 236
Mid Devon 82 112
Mid Suffolk 95 162
Mid Sussex 152 271
Middlesbrough 96 159
Milton Keynes 198 389
Mole Valley 77 109
New Forest 179 243
Newark and Sherwood 108 197
Newcastle upon Tyne 238 294
Newcastle-under-Lyme 98 145
Newham 121 163
Norfolk 836 1,362
North Devon 82 126
North East Derbyshire 98 121
North East Lincolnshire 119 236
North Hertfordshire 138 192
North Kesteven 96 172
North Lincolnshire 163 223
North Norfolk 117 160
North Northamptonshire 283 506
North Somerset 211 336
North Tyneside 184 275
North Warwickshire 51 88
North West Leicestershire 103 148
North Yorkshire 674 895
Northumberland 324 533
Norwich 124 226
Nottinghamshire 733 1,206
Nuneaton and Bedworth 97 170
Oadby and Wigston 40 63
Oldham 150 226
Oxford 93 138
Oxfordshire 579 963
Pendle 94 133
Portsmouth 149 283
Preston 87 187
Reading 164 214
Redbridge 129 194
Redcar and Cleveland 155 183
Redditch 74 96
Reigate and Banstead 128 221
Ribble Valley 70 93
Richmond upon Thames 227 291
Rochdale 156 247
Rochford 81 110
Rossendale 55 100
Rother 111 167
Rotherham 193 269
Rugby 96 174
Runnymede 64 117
Rushcliffe 123 166
Rushmoor 92 123
Rutland 44 60
Salford 178 298
Sandwell 169 259
Sefton 241 380
Sevenoaks 97 168
Sheffield 418 522
Shropshire 268 418
Slough 59 100
Solihull 197 307
Somerset 599 802
South Cambridgeshire 127 221
South Derbyshire 77 165
South Gloucestershire 206 370
South Hams 98 176
South Holland 97 151
South Kesteven 155 181
South Norfolk 120 199
South Oxfordshire 112 242
South Ribble 105 200
South Staffordshire 73 128
South Tyneside 101 194
Southampton 172 281
Southend-on-Sea 145 250
Southwark 177 303
Spelthorne 79 136
St Albans 141 238
St Helens 114 212
Stafford 114 178
Staffordshire 680 1,080
Staffordshire Moorlands 80 105
Stevenage 65 114
Stockport 276 427
Stockton-on-Tees 189 294
Stoke-on-Trent 232 341
Stratford-on-Avon 124 217
Stroud 118 170
Suffolk 632 1,065
Sunderland 220 335
Surrey 1,101 1,787
Surrey Heath 77 136
Sutton 143 253
Swale 79 191
Swindon 183 333
Tameside 158 269
Tamworth 79 107
Tandridge 87 122
Teignbridge 144 200
Telford and Wrekin 149 247
Tendring 124 266
Test Valley 123 187
Tewkesbury 82 157
Thanet 121 201
Three Rivers 71 82
Thurrock 102 199
Tonbridge and Malling 108 198
Torbay 122 207
Torridge 84 85
Tower Hamlets 161 322
Trafford 189 272
Tunbridge Wells 103 192
Uttlesford 64 122
Vale of White Horse 132 184
Wakefield 266 429
Walsall 197 261
Waltham Forest 179 256
Wandsworth 344 502
Warrington 184 249
Warwick 153 219
Warwickshire 521 868
Watford 70 94
Waverley 141 190
Wealden 145 224
Welwyn Hatfield 71 140
West Berkshire 139 238
West Devon 51 66
West Lancashire 82 137
West Lindsey 91 164
West Northamptonshire 392 568
West Oxfordshire 94 151
West Suffolk 145 252
West Sussex 837 1,274
Westmorland and Furness 253 339
Wigan 271 432
Wiltshire 485 735
Winchester 116 152
Windsor and Maidenhead 142 209
Wirral 241 437
Woking 75 162
Wokingham 161 268
Wolverhampton 122 229
Worcester 119 135
Worcestershire 552 759
Worthing 99 153
Wychavon 117 167
Wyre 122 192
Wyre Forest 69 121
York 194 291
England 45,357 70,626

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 August 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 August 2022 with the provisional UK HPI estimate for August 2023, volume transactions decreased by 17.2% 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, HMRC volume transactions decreased by 17.0% in England in the 12 months to August 2023.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough August 2023 August 2022
Barking and Dagenham 73 121
Barnet 204 329
Bexley 183 277
Brent 118 192
Bromley 317 428
Camden 136 176
City of London 23 18
City of Westminster 121 207
Croydon 250 371
Ealing 189 305
Enfield 175 250
Greenwich 179 275
Hackney 118 212
Hammersmith and Fulham 144 220
Haringey 140 233
Harrow 145 181
Havering 184 295
Hillingdon 187 263
Hounslow 137 199
Islington 139 215
Kensington and Chelsea 113 164
Kingston upon Thames 136 233
Lambeth 234 404
Lewisham 188 336
Merton 184 236
Newham 121 163
Redbridge 129 194
Richmond upon Thames 227 291
Southwark 177 303
Sutton 143 253
Tower Hamlets 161 322
Waltham Forest 179 256
Wandsworth 344 502

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 August 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
August 2019 78,838
August 2020 56,476
August 2021 64,198
August 2022 70,626
August 2023 45,357

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for August 2022 with the provisional UK HPI estimate for August 2023, volume transactions decreased by 17.2% 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, HMRC volume transactions decreased by 17.0% in England in the 12 months to August 2023.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
August 2019 8,797
August 2020 6,148
August 2021 5,536
August 2022 8,424
August 2023 5,498

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 2023 Average existing August 2023 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £612,358 £529,049 11.0% 0.9% 14.7% -2.8%
North East £298,127 £157,030 13.8% 3.6% 25.6% 2.6%
East Midlands £414,883 £242,763 10.8% 1.3% 22.1% 0.2%
East of England £535,625 £343,320 10.0% 0.4% 19.9% -1.6%
North West £349,009 £209,488 10.1% 0.5% 21.4% -0.4%
South East £557,458 £385,787 10.3% 0.5% 21.3% -1.3%
South West £475,268 £322,152 12.4% 1.5% 21.1% -1.5%
West Midlands Region £415,526 £246,834 11.7% 1.2% 22.9% 0.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber £327,610 £207,766 11.4% 1.5% 23.3% 1.5%
England £459,965 £302,326 11.0% 1.1% 21.1% -0.6%

Note: Since the October 2017 release, amendments have been made to our estimation model when calculating our provisional estimate. Find out further information and the impact of this change in methods used to produce the UK HPI.

6. Buyer status

First time buyer and former owner occupier for England by region

Region Average first time buyer price October 2023 Average former owner occupier price October 2023 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £442,136 £597,420 -3.3% -2.7% -4.0% -3.1%
North East £137,363 £185,185 -0.1% 0.1% -0.1% 0.7%
East Midlands £204,824 £279,893 -1.7% -0.9% -2.3% -1.2%
East of England £286,334 £397,918 -1.5% -1.4% -2.6% -2.0%
North West £181,319 £245,711 -0.4% -0.4% -0.6% -0.3%
South East £306,874 £456,918 -0.7% -1.0% -2.2% -1.8%
South West £268,562 £376,371 0.9% 0.9% -0.8% -0.4%
West Midlands Region £209,880 £291,837 -0.4% -0.6% -0.5% -0.2%
Yorkshire and The Humber £177,762 £235,280 -0.2% -0.1% -1.4% -1.0%
England £253,312 £351,709 -0.9% -0.7% -1.7% -1.2%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price October 2023 Average mortgage price October 2023 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £534,941 £509,143 -1.8% -3.4% -2.6% -3.9%
North East £146,215 £169,713 0.2% -0.1% -0.4% 0.5%
East Midlands £234,429 £250,927 -1.4% -1.3% -2.0% -1.6%
East of England £329,808 £357,740 -1.4% -1.5% -2.4% -2.2%
North West £195,391 £226,359 -0.1% -0.6% -0.6% -0.4%
South East £368,385 £399,308 -1.0% -0.8% -2.7% -1.7%
South West £324,169 £333,979 0.8% 0.9% -0.9% -0.4%
West Midlands Region £238,746 £259,513 -0.6% -0.4% -0.7% -0.1%
Yorkshire and The Humber £196,903 £213,735 -0.1% -0.2% -1.7% -0.9%
England £286,349 £315,637 -0.5% -0.9% -1.6% -1.4%

8. Repossession sales volumes

Due to a period of 2 weeks to 2 months between completion and registration of sales, volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

Repossession sales volumes by government office region

Region Sales volume August 2023
East Midlands 4
East of England 4
London 15
North East 13
North West 16
South East 7
South West 5
West Midlands Region 13
Yorkshire and The Humber 17
England 94

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.

11. Contact for England queries

Eileen Morrison, Data Services Team Leader, HM Land Registry

Email eileen.morrison@landregistry.gov.uk

Telephone 0300 006 5288