Housing

Property price, private rent and household survey and census statistics, used by government and other organisations for the creation and fulfilment of housing policy in the UK.

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House price statistics for small areas in England and Wales: year ending December 2018

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  • The median price paid for residential properties in Lower layer Super Output Areas in England and Wales ranged from £25,000 (within Sunderland and County Durham) to £3.9 million (within Kensington and Chelsea).
  • The number of residential property sales recorded by HM Land Registry in England and Wales fell 5.3% to 856,420 in the year ending December 2018.
  • Transactions of flats and maisonettes in the year ending December 2018 fell 10.3% from the previous year, a larger fall than any other property type.
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