"Figure 1: In 2021, house prices increased substantially while earnings showed little change compared with 2020 in England and Wales","" "Annual change in house prices, earnings and affordability ratio, England and Wales, 2020 to 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. House prices refer to the median price paid for residential property. 2. Earnings refer to the median workplace-based gross annual earnings for full-time workers." "Unit","Percentage change" "","" "Name","House Prices","Earnings","Affordability ratio" "England ","14","-0.98","15.14" "Wales","10.91","0.42","10.5"