The March data shows an annual price increase of 4.1% which takes the average property value in the UK to £215,847. Monthly house prices have fallen by 0.6% since February 2017. The monthly index figure for the UK was 113.2.
In England, the March data shows an annual price increase of 4.4% which takes the average property value to £232,530. Monthly house prices have fallen by 0.6% since February 2017.
Wales shows an annual price increase of 4.3% which takes the average property value to £147,746. Monthly house prices have risen by 1.4% since February 2017.
London shows an annual price increase of 1.5% which takes the average property value to £471,742. Monthly house prices have fallen by 1.5% since February 2017.
The regional data indicates that:
East Midlands and the East of England experienced the greatest increase in average property price over the last 12 months, each with a movement of 6.7% West Midlands experienced the only monthly price growth with an increase of 0.3% North East saw the only negative annual price growth with a movement of -0.4% London saw the most significant monthly price fall with a movement of -1.5%UK Property Transaction statistics showed that in March 2017 the total number of seasonally adjusted property transactions completed in the UK with a value of £40,000 or above has remained at a similar level for the last 3 months. See the economic statement.
Sales during January 2017, the most up-to-date HM Land Registry figures available, show that:
the number of completed house sales in England fell by 16.6% to 50,790 compared with 60,923 in January 2016 the number of completed house sales in Wales fell by 2.3% to 2,762 compared with 2,828 in January 2016 the number of completed house sales in London fell by 26.3% to 5,968 compared with 8,093 in January 2016 there were 532 repossession sales in England in January 2017 there were 56 repossession sales in Wales in January 2017 the lowest number of repossession sales in England and Wales in January 2017 was in the East of EnglandAccess the full March UK HPI .
Price change by region for England Region Monthly change % since February 2017 Annual change % since March 2016 Average price March 2017 East Midlands -0.2 6.7 £176,213 East of England -0.8 6.7 £277,127 London -1.5 1.5 £471,742 North East -1.3 -0.4 £122,298 North West -0.6 6.2 £150,250 South East -0.5 3.8 £311,514 South West -0.7 2.8 £240,222 West Midlands 0.3 6.5 £180,293 Yorkshire and The Humber -0.6 4.0 £149,606 Average price by property type for England Average price by property type (England) March 2017 March 2016 Difference % Detached £349,524 £335,972 4.0 Semi-detached £215,584 £204,332 5.5 Terraced £186,784 £179,607 4.0 Flat/maisonette £220,648 £211,891 4.1 All £232,530 £222,663 4.4 Price change for Wales Wales Monthly change % since February 2017 Annual change % since March 2016 Average price March 2017 Wales 1.4 4.3 £147,746 Average price by property type for Wales Average price by property type (Wales) March 2017 March 2016 Difference % Detached £219,943 £213,809 2.9 Semi-detached £142,584 £135,451 5.3 Terraced £114,798 £109,711 4.6 Flat/maisonette £108,864 £103,462 5.2 All £147,746 £141,617 4.3 Average price by property type for London Average price by property type (London) March 2017 March 2016 Difference % Detached £897,726 £873,391 2.8 Semi-detached £571,620 £549,954 3.9 Terraced £482,549 £477,329 1.1 Flat/maisonette £417,015 £412,842 1.0 All £471,742 £464,647 1.5 Sales volumes for England Month Sales 2017 England Sales 2016 England Difference % December 65,064 80,367 -19.0 January 50,790 60,923 -16.6 Sales volumes for Wales Month Sales 2017 Wales Sales 2016 Wales Difference % December 3,845 4,129 -6.9 January 2,762 2,828 -2.3 Sales volumes for London Month Sales 2017 London Sales 2016 London Difference % December 6,665 9,700 -31.3 January 5,968 8,093 -26.3 Funding, buyer and building status for England Transaction Type Monthly price change % since February 2017 Annual price change % since March 2016 Average price March 2017 Cash -0.6 4.3 £219,058 Mortgage -0.6 4.5 £239,316 First time buyer -0.5 4.7 £195,698 Former owner occupier -0.7 4.2 £263,180 New build -7.0 10.9 £285,112 Existing resold property -0.2 3.9 £228,952 Funding, buyer and building status for Wales Transaction Type Monthly price change % since February 2017 Annual price change % since March 2016 Average price March 2017 Cash 1.0 3.5 £143,766 Mortgage 1.5 4.8 £150,107 First time buyer 2.0 4.7 £128,177 Former owner occupier 0.6 3.9 £170,406 New build -4.4 13.0 £194,043 Existing resold property 1.6 3.7 £144,983 Funding, buyer and building status for London Transaction Type Monthly price change % since February 2017 Annual price change % since March 2016 Average price March 2017 Cash -2.0 1.8 £498,925 Mortgage -1.4 1.5 £463,424 First time buyer -1.6 1.5 £412,818 Former owner occupier -1.5 1.5 £531,889 New build -8.5 7.0 £477,877 Existing resold property -1.0 1.1 £471,147 Repossession Repossession sales January 2017 East Midlands 40 East of England 9 London 32 North East 87 North West 143 South East 53 South West 36 Yorkshire and The Humber 83 West Midlands 49 England 532 Wales 56 Notes to editorsThe UK House Price Index (HPI) is published on the second or third Tuesday of each month with Northern Ireland figures updated quarterly. The April 2017 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on 13 June 2017. See calendar of release dates.
Data for the UK HPI is provided by HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and the Valuation Office Agency.
The UK HPI is calculated by the Office for National Statistics andLand & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. It applies a hedonic regression model that uses the various sources of data on property price, in particular, HM Land Registry’s Price Paid Dataset, and attributes to produce estimates of the change in house prices each month. Find out more about the methodology used from ONS and Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency.
The first estimate for new build average price (April 2016 report) was based on a small sample which can cause volatility. A three-month moving average has been applied to the latest estimate to remove some of this volatility.
Work has been taking place since 2014 to develop a single, official HPI that reflects the final transaction price for sales of residential property in the UK. Using the geometric mean, it covers purchases at market value for owner-occupation and buy-to-let, excluding those purchases not at market value (such as re-mortgages), where the ‘price’ represents a valuation.
Information on residential property transactions for England and Wales, collected as part of the official registration process, is provided by HM Land Registry for properties that are sold for full market value.
The HM Land Registry dataset contains the sale price of the property, the date when the sale was completed, full address details, the type of property (detached, semi-detached, terraced or flat), if it is a newly built property or an established residential building and a variable to indicate if the property has been purchased as a financed transaction (using a mortgage) or as a non-financed transaction (cash purchase).
Repossession data is based on the number of transactions lodged with HM Land Registry by lenders exercising their power of sale.
For England, this is shown as volumes of repossessions recorded by Government Office Region. For Wales, there is a headline figure for the number of repossessions recorded in Wales.
The data can be downloaded as a .csv file. Repossession data prior to April 2016 is not available. Find out more information about repossessions.
Background tables of the raw and cleansed aggregated data, in Excel and CSV formats, are also published monthly although Northern Ireland is on a quarterly basis. They are available for free use and re-use under the Open Government Licence.
As a government department established in 1862, executive agency and trading fund responsible to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, HM Land Registry keeps and maintains the Land Register for England and Wales. The Land Register has been open to public inspection since 1990.
With the largest transactional database of its kind detailing more than 24 million titles, HM Land Registry underpins the economy by safeguarding ownership of many billions of pounds worth of property.
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