"Figure 6: Number of residential property sales by individual month and monthly historic 5-year average, England and Wales","" "August 2015 to July 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. The 5-year average is for the 5 previous years, for example April 2016 is compared with the 5-year average for the month of April in years 2011 to 2015." "Unit","Number of residential property sales" "","" "","Monthly Sales","Five Year Average" "Aug"," 83280 "," 72068 " "Sep"," 81437 "," 64879 " "Oct"," 90518 "," 68132 " "Nov"," 81649 "," 67699 " "Dec"," 85265 "," 67344 " "Jan"," 61225 "," 49610 " "Feb"," 66541 "," 50777 " "Mar"," 119557 "," 59434 " "Apr"," 51649 "," 55886 " "May"," 56188 "," 63883 " "Jun"," 62983 "," 69763 " "Jul"," 68951 "," 74454 "