Test your knowledge on £1million Properties
How many properties sold for £1million or more in England and Wales in the year ending September 2015?
173
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173 was the number of properties sold for £1million or more in the North West alone. Pick again!
2,830
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2,830 was the number of properties sold for £1million or more in the South East alone. Pick again!
8,850
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8,850 was the number of properties sold for £1million or more in London alone. Pick again!
13,679
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Well done! 13,679 was the number of properties sold for £1million or more in England and Wales, in the year ending September 2015.
In the year ending September 1996, 270 properties sold for £1million or more in England and Wales.
What proportion of £1million or more properties sold in England and Wales were sold in Wales in the year ending September 2015?
0.1%
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Well done! 0.1% of properties that sold for £1million or more were in Wales in the year ending September 2015.
London contained over 64.7% of properties that sold for £1million or more in the same period.
1.3%
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The North West of England contained 1.3% of properties that sold for £1million or more. Pick again!
3.4%
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The South West of England contained 3.4% of properties that sold for £1million or more. Pick again!
7.5%
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The East of England contained 7.5% of properties that sold for £1million or more. Pick again!
What was the split between the types of properties sold in England and Wales for £1million or more in the year ending September 2015?
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The temptation might be to think that £1million-plus properties are detached mansions in the country, but flats and terraced housing made up a large proportion of these high end homes.
These property types dominate the market in London which contained over 64% of properties that sold for £1million or more in the year ending September 2015.
Now just thinking about new-builds...
What was the split between the types of newly built properties sold for £1million or in the year ending September 2015?
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Flats dominated the £1million or more property market for new builds with almost three times as many sales as detached houses.
Of the 804 newly built flats that sold for £1million or more in the year ending September 2015, 759 were in London.
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For more information on £1m+ properties in England and Wales, see our data
To learn more about house prices in your area, see the ONS House Price Statistics for Small Areas (HPSSAs) release.