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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UK House Price Index: March 2022

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  • UK average house prices increased by 9.8% over the year to March 2022, down from 11.3% in February 2022.
  • The average UK house price was £278,000 in March 2022, which is £24,000 higher than this time last year.
  • Average house prices increased over the year in England to £298,000 (9.9%), in Wales to £206,000 (11.7%), in Scotland to £181,000 (8.0%) and in Northern Ireland to £165,000 (10.4%).
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House price statistics for small areas in England and Wales: year ending September 2021

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  • The median price paid for residential properties in Lower-layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England ranged from £25,000 (within Sunderland) to £4,900,000 (within Kensington and Chelsea) in the year ending September 2021.
  • The median price paid for residential properties in LSOAs in Wales ranged from £60,000 (within Blaenau Gwent) to £650,000 (within Vale of Glamorgan) in the year ending September 2021.
  • The number of residential property sales in England increased by 23.7% to 804,417 between the year ending September 2020 and the year ending September 2021; the number of residential property sales in Wales increased by 20.1% to 41,261 over the same period.
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