Accredited official statistics

UK House Price Index England: April 2023

Published 21 June 2023

1. Headline statistics for April 2023

The average price of a property in England was £305,731

The annual price change of a property in England was 3.7%

The monthly price change of a property in England was 0.5%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 150.7

Estimates for the most recent months are provisional and are likely to be updated as more data is incorporated into the index. Read the revision policies.

Next publication of UK HPI

The May 2023 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 19 July 2023. See the calendar of release dates for more information.

2. Economic statement

Average house prices in England increased by 3.7% in the 12 months to April 2023. This was down from 4.1% in the 12 months to March 2023 but was higher than the average UK house price annual inflation of 3.5% in the 12 months to April 2023.

The fastest growing region was the North East, with annual percentage change at 5.5% in the 12 months to April 2023. The lowest annual percentage change was in London, where prices increased by 2.4% in the 12 months to April 2023.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.5% between March 2023 and April 2023, compared with an increase of 0.9% during the same period 12 months ago. On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.3% between March 2023 and April 2023.

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for February 2022 with the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for February 2023, the volume of transactions decreased by 19.0% in England and by 19.1% in the UK.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period), report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the HMRC volume of transactions decreased by 19.8% in England in the 12 months to February 2023.

In England, semi-detached houses showed the largest annual percentage change out of all property types, increasing by 4.7% in the 12 months to April 2023 to £294,000. Terraced houses showed the lowest annual percentage change, which increased by 2.3% in the 12 months to April 2023 to £247,000.

As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month’s set of house price data.

3. Price change

3.1 Annual price change

Annual price change for England and London over the past 5 years

Average house prices in England increased by 3.7% in the 12 months to April 2023, down from 4.1% in March 2023.

In London, average house prices increased by 2.4% in the 12 months to April 2023, up from 1.4% in March 2023.

Annual price change by local authority for England

Low numbers of sales transactions in some local authorities and London boroughs, such as City of London, can lead to volatility in the series. While we make efforts to account for this volatility, the change in price in these local levels can be influenced by the type and number of properties sold in any given period. Geographies with low number of sales transactions should be analysed in the context of their longer-term trends rather than focusing on monthly movements.

Note: data for City of London for the months of July and August 2021 have been suppressed due to unusually low transaction numbers and the resulting impact on the quality of data.

Local authorities April 2023 April 2022 Difference
Adur £386,627 £372,955 3.7%
Amber Valley £232,893 £211,615 10.1%
Arun £362,508 £344,886 5.1%
Ashfield £185,509 £181,139 2.4%
Ashford £356,934 £352,596 1.2%
Babergh £342,599 £339,772 0.8%
Barking and Dagenham £351,021 £332,491 5.6%
Barnet £581,455 £579,693 0.3%
Barnsley £161,351 £155,639 3.7%
Basildon £369,030 £360,158 2.5%
Basingstoke and Deane £362,705 £344,559 5.3%
Bassetlaw £198,392 £191,959 3.4%
Bath and North East Somerset £434,561 £422,098 3.0%
Bedford £358,453 £342,117 4.8%
Bexley £403,089 £383,804 5.0%
Birmingham £225,763 £220,097 2.6%
Blaby £311,255 £285,285 9.1%
Blackburn with Darwen £144,631 £135,496 6.7%
Blackpool £130,184 £129,645 0.4%
Bolsover £179,577 £163,856 9.6%
Bolton £187,023 £174,988 6.9%
Boston £195,819 £194,315 0.8%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £338,096 £327,636 3.2%
Bracknell Forest £386,263 £385,315 0.2%
Bradford £171,295 £163,061 5.0%
Braintree £351,005 £336,072 4.4%
Breckland £294,208 £279,951 5.1%
Brent £533,424 £518,866 2.8%
Brentwood £478,973 £468,771 2.2%
Brighton and Hove £438,439 £418,906 4.7%
Broadland £346,809 £325,953 6.4%
Bromley £508,819 £485,538 4.8%
Bromsgrove £347,383 £336,480 3.2%
Broxbourne £409,629 £385,407 6.3%
Broxtowe £247,742 £225,298 10.0%
Buckinghamshire £469,040 £455,139 3.1%
Burnley £114,621 £109,834 4.4%
Bury £234,887 £225,540 4.1%
Calderdale £182,257 £174,722 4.3%
Cambridge £490,797 £500,111 -1.9%
Cambridgeshire £358,861 £343,318 4.5%
Camden £895,595 £876,917 2.1%
Cannock Chase £229,201 £212,113 8.1%
Canterbury £387,479 £359,279 7.8%
Castle Point £381,087 £369,615 3.1%
Central Bedfordshire £381,978 £357,491 6.8%
Charnwood £292,620 £271,061 8.0%
Chelmsford £379,092 £373,439 1.5%
Cheltenham £331,765 £314,275 5.6%
Cherwell £365,667 £349,668 4.6%
Cheshire East £290,091 £272,804 6.3%
Cheshire West and Chester £263,451 £250,246 5.3%
Chesterfield £191,416 £190,784 0.3%
Chichester £483,264 £448,306 7.8%
Chorley £224,718 £222,756 0.9%
City of Bristol £349,005 £338,445 3.1%
City of Derby £201,847 £191,757 5.3%
City of Kingston upon Hull £133,798 £128,492 4.1%
City of London £885,581 £811,846 9.1%
City of Nottingham £191,112 £176,331 8.4%
City of Peterborough £245,743 £228,261 7.7%
City of Plymouth £220,701 £211,553 4.3%
City of Westminster £891,532 £1,027,964 -13.3%
Colchester £317,519 £302,491 5.0%
Cornwall £318,636 £304,185 4.8%
Cotswold £489,289 £471,497 3.8%
County Durham £128,459 £121,629 5.6%
Coventry £225,815 £217,091 4.0%
Crawley £330,465 £312,501 5.7%
Croydon £410,686 £411,403 -0.2%
Cumberland £163,918 £157,234 4.3%
Dacorum £478,438 £449,413 6.5%
Darlington £162,128 £149,943 8.1%
Dartford £357,497 £347,512 2.9%
Derbyshire £231,680 £218,789 5.9%
Derbyshire Dales £333,424 £315,649 5.6%
Devon £336,261 £318,165 5.7%
Doncaster £162,875 £159,574 2.1%
Dorset £368,514 £351,014 5.0%
Dover £329,811 £302,830 8.9%
Dudley £229,125 £216,292 5.9%
Ealing £537,014 £511,510 5.0%
East Cambridgeshire £364,976 £330,972 10.3%
East Devon £363,129 £346,578 4.8%
East Hampshire £460,183 £427,947 7.5%
East Hertfordshire £452,853 £440,051 2.9%
East Lindsey £233,246 £218,222 6.9%
East Riding of Yorkshire £222,579 £212,962 4.5%
East Staffordshire £230,681 £219,543 5.1%
East Suffolk £302,483 £299,022 1.2%
East Sussex £358,839 £341,531 5.1%
Eastbourne £301,766 £289,030 4.4%
Eastleigh £344,850 £325,367 6.0%
Elmbridge £678,858 £682,646 -0.6%
Enfield £441,038 £440,256 0.2%
Epping Forest £534,055 £513,611 4.0%
Epsom and Ewell £544,647 £525,434 3.7%
Erewash £213,811 £202,583 5.5%
Essex £375,954 £360,574 4.3%
Exeter £321,593 £298,323 7.8%
Fareham £354,607 £348,682 1.7%
Fenland £241,028 £232,330 3.7%
Folkestone and Hythe £334,285 £317,736 5.2%
Forest of Dean £316,609 £297,068 6.6%
Fylde £249,417 £216,015 15.5%
Gateshead £151,613 £144,094 5.2%
Gedling £246,024 £231,092 6.5%
Gloucester £247,918 £235,503 5.3%
Gloucestershire £336,164 £317,379 5.9%
Gosport £260,867 £240,085 8.7%
Gravesham £335,539 £322,937 3.9%
Great Yarmouth £215,742 £210,369 2.6%
Greenwich £436,789 £410,847 6.3%
Guildford £531,752 £511,121 4.0%
Hackney £634,428 £604,041 5.0%
Halton £192,231 £178,001 8.0%
Hammersmith and Fulham £764,097 £740,769 3.1%
Hampshire £383,158 £365,612 4.8%
Harborough £377,035 £359,853 4.8%
Haringey £589,982 £577,742 2.1%
Harlow £313,465 £311,618 0.6%
Harrow £511,914 £497,082 3.0%
Hart £497,271 £465,189 6.9%
Hartlepool £130,822 £128,459 1.8%
Hastings £287,094 £269,830 6.4%
Havant £330,227 £313,835 5.2%
Havering £432,421 £414,071 4.4%
Herefordshire £295,549 £290,907 1.6%
Hertfordshire £462,076 £446,012 3.6%
Hertsmere £547,016 £520,625 5.1%
High Peak £259,426 £246,554 5.2%
Hillingdon £454,705 £444,985 2.2%
Hinckley and Bosworth £274,498 £266,579 3.0%
Horsham £461,299 £430,157 7.2%
Hounslow £456,638 £424,716 7.5%
Huntingdonshire £320,525 £302,508 6.0%
Hyndburn £122,926 £120,498 2.0%
Ipswich £234,173 £228,411 2.5%
Isle of Wight £292,550 £277,226 5.5%
Islington £701,705 £720,473 -2.6%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,275,716 £1,514,310 -15.8%
Kent £365,936 £348,061 5.1%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £273,596 £259,538 5.4%
Kingston upon Thames £557,012 £522,142 6.7%
Kirklees £189,367 £181,042 4.6%
Knowsley £182,327 £166,155 9.7%
Lambeth £561,538 £540,493 3.9%
Lancashire £184,281 £175,862 4.8%
Lancaster £193,775 £183,920 5.4%
Leeds £235,586 £226,490 4.0%
Leicester £232,236 £222,297 4.5%
Leicestershire £299,272 £282,258 6.0%
Lewes £427,884 £405,303 5.6%
Lewisham £463,117 £445,161 4.0%
Lichfield £311,915 £305,664 2.0%
Lincoln £183,678 £180,822 1.6%
Lincolnshire £233,802 £224,577 4.1%
Liverpool £177,930 £169,890 4.7%
Luton £279,618 £270,457 3.4%
Maidstone £360,849 £335,996 7.4%
Maldon £402,723 £392,164 2.7%
Malvern Hills £325,339 £314,909 3.3%
Manchester £231,899 £217,900 6.4%
Mansfield £179,077 £169,899 5.4%
Medway £295,891 £286,775 3.2%
Melton £315,836 £278,639 13.3%
Merton £579,749 £553,158 4.8%
Mid Devon £301,766 £284,093 6.2%
Mid Suffolk £334,988 £309,093 8.4%
Mid Sussex £464,677 £447,013 4.0%
Middlesbrough £140,161 £130,341 7.5%
Milton Keynes £323,957 £305,898 5.9%
Mole Valley £565,949 £550,603 2.8%
New Forest £410,274 £411,873 -0.4%
Newark and Sherwood £232,946 £218,128 6.8%
Newcastle upon Tyne £198,068 £184,117 7.6%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £194,091 £183,811 5.6%
Newham £395,101 £395,468 -0.1%
Norfolk £290,699 £278,048 4.6%
North Devon £333,099 £311,624 6.9%
North East Derbyshire £232,925 £230,807 0.9%
North East Lincolnshire £150,081 £144,400 3.9%
North Hertfordshire £397,604 £380,763 4.4%
North Kesteven £264,375 £254,146 4.0%
North Lincolnshire £186,473 £177,295 5.2%
North Norfolk £321,596 £319,475 0.7%
North Northamptonshire £270,460 £256,775 5.3%
North Somerset £338,358 £314,197 7.7%
North Tyneside £204,499 £192,108 6.4%
North Warwickshire £259,318 £249,366 4.0%
North West Leicestershire £266,297 £256,552 3.8%
North Yorkshire £275,842 £263,731 4.6%
Northumberland £194,266 £179,924 8.0%
Norwich £245,535 £233,820 5.0%
Nottinghamshire £230,884 £218,009 5.9%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £232,782 £218,858 6.4%
Oadby and Wigston £286,359 £271,758 5.4%
Oldham £191,840 £179,876 6.7%
Oxford £467,960 £456,729 2.5%
Oxfordshire £434,598 £416,420 4.4%
Pendle £127,756 £125,420 1.9%
Portsmouth £251,978 £242,308 4.0%
Preston £158,564 £150,381 5.4%
Reading £327,738 £310,990 5.4%
Redbridge £467,406 £469,028 -0.3%
Redcar and Cleveland £156,994 £148,016 6.1%
Redditch £269,958 £255,904 5.5%
Reigate and Banstead £480,047 £464,822 3.3%
Ribble Valley £264,596 £254,720 3.9%
Richmond upon Thames £764,828 £755,496 1.2%
Rochdale £194,488 £176,896 9.9%
Rochford £429,157 £399,095 7.5%
Rossendale £181,123 £177,727 1.9%
Rother £381,043 £354,676 7.4%
Rotherham £178,443 £172,015 3.7%
Rugby £298,610 £284,625 4.9%
Runnymede £470,479 £469,263 0.3%
Rushcliffe £358,111 £333,702 7.3%
Rushmoor £339,520 £322,859 5.2%
Rutland £380,047 £358,173 6.1%
Salford £214,838 £202,154 6.3%
Sandwell £199,942 £189,329 5.6%
Sefton £206,169 £200,513 2.8%
Sevenoaks £527,486 £488,872 7.9%
Sheffield £208,733 £199,114 4.8%
Shropshire £272,541 £261,499 4.2%
Slough £316,970 £305,277 3.8%
Solihull £339,105 £315,789 7.4%
Somerset £301,501 £289,995 4.0%
South Cambridgeshire £452,623 £434,219 4.2%
South Derbyshire £252,695 £233,984 8.0%
South Gloucestershire £353,039 £329,823 7.0%
South Hams £416,514 £394,151 5.7%
South Holland £242,928 £228,792 6.2%
South Kesteven £275,107 £259,567 6.0%
South Norfolk £343,595 £325,660 5.5%
South Oxfordshire £523,933 £499,078 5.0%
South Ribble £220,049 £200,991 9.5%
South Staffordshire £306,040 £285,618 7.2%
South Tyneside £160,878 £152,363 5.6%
Southampton £244,716 £237,565 3.0%
Southend-on-Sea £335,882 £330,980 1.5%
Southwark £517,634 £527,804 -1.9%
Spelthorne £432,093 £406,985 6.2%
St Albans £587,864 £582,134 1.0%
St Helens £179,520 £165,235 8.6%
Stafford £260,932 £249,051 4.8%
Staffordshire £245,241 £233,859 4.9%
Staffordshire Moorlands £226,986 £218,562 3.9%
Stevenage £340,378 £325,128 4.7%
Stockport £294,866 £281,762 4.7%
Stockton-on-Tees £164,216 £153,289 7.1%
Stoke-on-Trent £143,866 £133,759 7.6%
Stratford-on-Avon £395,420 £364,590 8.5%
Stroud £353,113 £330,025 7.0%
Suffolk £301,307 £289,538 4.1%
Sunderland £135,624 £136,111 -0.4%
Surrey £521,107 £504,571 3.3%
Surrey Heath £466,393 £436,048 7.0%
Sutton £435,889 £420,264 3.7%
Swale £293,395 £293,898 -0.2%
Swindon £280,265 £249,278 12.4%
Tameside £204,237 £196,559 3.9%
Tamworth £230,929 £225,612 2.4%
Tandridge £539,413 £516,291 4.5%
Teignbridge £315,693 £303,054 4.2%
Telford and Wrekin £225,367 £206,296 9.2%
Tendring £282,472 £258,237 9.4%
Test Valley £408,991 £390,936 4.6%
Tewkesbury £360,502 £336,459 7.1%
Thanet £317,882 £295,430 7.6%
Three Rivers £595,390 £572,677 4.0%
Thurrock £323,691 £313,027 3.4%
Tonbridge and Malling £448,449 £430,400 4.2%
Torbay £263,064 £246,773 6.6%
Torridge £309,860 £296,849 4.4%
Tower Hamlets £510,543 £463,943 10.0%
Trafford £362,554 £348,907 3.9%
Tunbridge Wells £453,839 £437,591 3.7%
Uttlesford £502,818 £467,047 7.7%
Vale of White Horse £422,706 £416,406 1.5%
Wakefield £198,585 £185,481 7.1%
Walsall £214,332 £202,021 6.1%
Waltham Forest £513,126 £481,003 6.7%
Wandsworth £625,562 £634,294 -1.4%
Warrington £265,165 £242,899 9.2%
Warwick £366,591 £347,624 5.5%
Warwickshire £315,777 £297,669 6.1%
Watford £401,014 £385,207 4.1%
Waverley £540,722 £526,217 2.8%
Wealden £414,126 £401,547 3.1%
Welwyn Hatfield £423,280 £432,808 -2.2%
West Berkshire £416,932 £393,038 6.1%
West Devon £329,513 £294,905 11.7%
West Lancashire £227,602 £214,500 6.1%
West Lindsey £208,083 £208,288 -0.1%
West Northamptonshire £299,993 £284,981 5.3%
West Oxfordshire £404,759 £375,862 7.7%
West Suffolk £319,754 £293,921 8.8%
West Sussex £403,526 £383,828 5.1%
Westmorland and Furness £234,155 £217,387 7.7%
Wigan £184,320 £172,315 7.0%
Wiltshire £340,801 £323,290 5.4%
Winchester £500,296 £471,993 6.0%
Windsor and Maidenhead £531,571 £539,370 -1.4%
Wirral £201,257 £195,491 2.9%
Woking £485,444 £462,271 5.0%
Wokingham £521,982 £484,662 7.7%
Wolverhampton £201,432 £192,435 4.7%
Worcester £266,858 £248,047 7.6%
Worcestershire £299,828 £285,167 5.1%
Worthing £354,270 £344,756 2.8%
Wychavon £342,808 £327,859 4.6%
Wyre £190,490 £188,931 0.8%
Wyre Forest £248,416 £236,310 5.1%
York £322,398 £301,112 7.1%
England £305,731 £294,755 3.7%

Average price by local authority for England

In April 2023, the most expensive area in England to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where the average cost was £115,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

London borough April 2023 April 2022 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £351,021 £332,491 5.6%
Barnet £581,455 £579,693 0.3%
Bexley £403,089 £383,804 5.0%
Brent £533,424 £518,866 2.8%
Bromley £508,819 £485,538 4.8%
Camden £895,595 £876,917 2.1%
City of London £885,581 £811,846 9.1%
City of Westminster £891,532 £1,027,964 -13.3%
Croydon £410,686 £411,403 -0.2%
Ealing £537,014 £511,510 5.0%
Enfield £441,038 £440,256 0.2%
Greenwich £436,789 £410,847 6.3%
Hackney £634,428 £604,041 5.0%
Hammersmith and Fulham £764,097 £740,769 3.1%
Haringey £589,982 £577,742 2.1%
Harrow £511,914 £497,082 3.0%
Havering £432,421 £414,071 4.4%
Hillingdon £454,705 £444,985 2.2%
Hounslow £456,638 £424,716 7.5%
Islington £701,705 £720,473 -2.6%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,275,716 £1,514,310 -15.8%
Kingston upon Thames £557,012 £522,142 6.7%
Lambeth £561,538 £540,493 3.9%
Lewisham £463,117 £445,161 4.0%
Merton £579,749 £553,158 4.8%
Newham £395,101 £395,468 -0.1%
Redbridge £467,406 £469,028 -0.3%
Richmond upon Thames £764,828 £755,496 1.2%
Southwark £517,634 £527,804 -1.9%
Sutton £435,889 £420,264 3.7%
Tower Hamlets £510,543 £463,943 10.0%
Waltham Forest £513,126 £481,003 6.7%
Wandsworth £625,562 £634,294 -1.4%

Average price by London borough

In April 2023, the most expensive London borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £351,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type April 2023 April 2022 Difference
Detached £484,512 £463,203 4.6%
Semi-detached £294,315 £281,229 4.7%
Terraced £247,025 £241,429 2.3%
Flat or maisonette £250,674 £243,244 3.1%
All £305,731 £294,755 3.7%

4. Sales volumes

The amount of time between the sale of a property and the registration of this information varies. It typically ranges between 2 weeks and 2 months but can be longer. Volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet at a reliable level for reporting, so they are not included in the report. Published transactions for recent months will increase as later registered transactions are incorporated into the index.

Sales volume data is also available by property status (new build and existing property) and funding status (cash and mortgage) in our downloadable data tables. Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and require more time to process. Read Revisions to the UK HPI data for more information.

4.1 Sales volumes by local authority

Sales volumes for England by local authority

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for the current month with the revised volume estimate for the corresponding month in the previous year

Local authorities February 2023 February 2022
Adur 50 62
Amber Valley 63 168
Arun 122 213
Ashfield 90 160
Ashford 99 173
Babergh 49 109
Barking and Dagenham 74 115
Barnet 142 288
Barnsley 191 301
Basildon 132 203
Basingstoke and Deane 148 170
Bassetlaw 88 141
Bath and North East Somerset 128 194
Bedford 113 181
Bexley 135 214
Birmingham 567 984
Blaby 69 108
Blackburn with Darwen 103 160
Blackpool 127 211
Bolsover 69 82
Bolton 165 311
Boston 55 90
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 278 514
Bracknell Forest 90 148
Bradford 370 560
Braintree 97 192
Breckland 101 179
Brent 76 147
Brentwood 36 99
Brighton and Hove 184 318
Broadland 64 157
Bromley 216 353
Bromsgrove 67 114
Broxbourne 59 110
Broxtowe 69 139
Buckinghamshire 334 570
Burnley 78 142
Bury 143 216
Calderdale 143 245
Cambridge 80 115
Cambridgeshire 424 715
Camden 75 156
Cannock Chase 68 133
Canterbury 84 168
Castle Point 53 100
Central Bedfordshire 198 395
Charnwood 119 176
Chelmsford 132 193
Cheltenham 89 176
Cherwell 98 158
Cheshire East 299 499
Cheshire West and Chester 252 435
Chesterfield 82 128
Chichester 87 121
Chorley 72 122
City of Bristol 331 449
City of Derby 174 295
City of Kingston upon Hull 162 258
City of London 10 7
City of Nottingham 148 295
City of Peterborough 140 176
City of Plymouth 204 363
City of Westminster 105 175
Colchester 128 227
Cornwall 426 617
Cotswold 57 101
County Durham 424 640
Coventry 193 343
Crawley 65 141
Croydon 186 303
Cumberland 226 305
Dacorum 93 165
Darlington 82 130
Dartford 99 119
Derbyshire 565 968
Derbyshire Dales 51 73
Devon 599 984
Doncaster 197 385
Dorset 293 477
Dover 61 145
Dudley 179 342
Ealing 114 203
East Cambridgeshire 48 97
East Devon 133 212
East Hampshire 81 133
East Hertfordshire 100 169
East Lindsey 107 175
East Riding of Yorkshire 238 447
East Staffordshire 97 139
East Suffolk 183 277
East Sussex 420 764
Eastbourne 106 156
Eastleigh 108 157
Elmbridge 107 162
Enfield 127 206
Epping Forest 70 150
Epsom and Ewell 53 92
Erewash 88 129
Essex 959 1,735
Exeter 103 147
Fareham 78 132
Fenland 80 130
Folkestone and Hythe 92 136
Forest of Dean 53 88
Fylde 68 115
Gateshead 143 216
Gedling 110 116
Gloucester 110 147
Gloucestershire 460 791
Gosport 58 91
Gravesham 45 90
Great Yarmouth 60 110
Greenwich 130 228
Guildford 86 143
Hackney 93 162
Halton 79 126
Hammersmith and Fulham 79 140
Hampshire 950 1,494
Harborough 58 103
Haringey 102 121
Harlow 45 80
Harrow 85 119
Hart 66 107
Hartlepool 71 108
Hastings 65 133
Havant 77 143
Havering 193 273
Herefordshire 125 155
Hertfordshire 705 1,222
Hertsmere 72 97
High Peak 67 99
Hillingdon 143 222
Hinckley and Bosworth 84 135
Horsham 98 152
Hounslow 105 170
Huntingdonshire 120 203
Hyndburn 69 92
Ipswich 109 144
Isle of Wight 117 199
Islington 85 138
Kensington and Chelsea 70 118
Kent 1,042 1,757
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 92 189
Kingston upon Thames 93 143
Kirklees 268 432
Knowsley 120 129
Lambeth 137 260
Lancashire 930 1,421
Lancaster 105 148
Leeds 536 849
Leicester 120 240
Leicestershire 455 801
Lewes 68 121
Lewisham 158 200
Lichfield 78 144
Lincoln 63 119
Lincolnshire 588 973
Liverpool 303 430
Luton 121 181
Maidstone 131 199
Maldon 46 72
Malvern Hills 43 94
Manchester 287 404
Mansfield 103 142
Medway 184 291
Melton 21 61
Merton 112 192
Mid Devon 38 92
Mid Suffolk 72 114
Mid Sussex 110 168
Middlesbrough 84 156
Milton Keynes 146 286
Mole Valley 60 101
New Forest 125 204
Newark and Sherwood 81 133
Newcastle upon Tyne 231 261
Newcastle-under-Lyme 90 140
Newham 86 138
Norfolk 588 1,084
North Devon 74 97
North East Derbyshire 68 117
North East Lincolnshire 111 172
North Hertfordshire 77 151
North Kesteven 77 156
North Lincolnshire 124 210
North Norfolk 71 145
North Northamptonshire 236 376
North Somerset 173 286
North Tyneside 157 235
North Warwickshire 34 85
North West Leicestershire 83 158
North Yorkshire 460 776
Northumberland 232 349
Norwich 91 143
Nottinghamshire 624 993
Nuneaton and Bedworth 100 189
Oadby and Wigston 21 60
Oldham 136 205
Oxford 48 82
Oxfordshire 419 703
Pendle 68 110
Portsmouth 127 228
Preston 83 152
Reading 127 154
Redbridge 92 204
Redcar and Cleveland 104 148
Redditch 57 69
Reigate and Banstead 118 190
Ribble Valley 63 74
Richmond upon Thames 121 200
Rochdale 141 203
Rochford 45 101
Rossendale 69 73
Rother 75 161
Rotherham 171 275
Rugby 71 141
Runnymede 57 94
Rushcliffe 83 162
Rushmoor 50 105
Rutland 24 36
Salford 184 294
Sandwell 128 259
Sefton 210 308
Sevenoaks 70 118
Sheffield 380 582
Shropshire 199 342
Slough 64 83
Solihull 155 250
Somerset 404 652
South Cambridgeshire 96 170
South Derbyshire 77 172
South Gloucestershire 235 295
South Hams 62 110
South Holland 87 110
South Kesteven 119 194
South Norfolk 109 161
South Oxfordshire 110 168
South Ribble 93 120
South Staffordshire 69 103
South Tyneside 84 144
Southampton 183 230
Southend-on-Sea 113 226
Southwark 138 193
Spelthorne 71 129
St Albans 103 155
St Helens 128 211
Stafford 112 157
Staffordshire 644 979
Staffordshire Moorlands 80 79
Stevenage 48 84
Stockport 212 317
Stockton-on-Tees 140 230
Stoke-on-Trent 191 264
Stratford-on-Avon 107 156
Stroud 93 167
Suffolk 562 837
Sunderland 186 292
Surrey 833 1,382
Surrey Heath 52 96
Sutton 150 229
Swale 93 135
Swindon 177 279
Tameside 141 248
Tamworth 50 84
Tandridge 54 106
Teignbridge 112 173
Telford and Wrekin 131 225
Tendring 130 211
Test Valley 84 123
Tewkesbury 58 112
Thanet 98 189
Three Rivers 44 80
Thurrock 107 164
Tonbridge and Malling 98 140
Torbay 121 169
Torridge 44 71
Tower Hamlets 110 229
Trafford 141 213
Tunbridge Wells 72 145
Uttlesford 45 107
Vale of White Horse 83 152
Wakefield 219 415
Walsall 162 216
Waltham Forest 149 181
Wandsworth 210 309
Warrington 142 251
Warwick 104 173
Warwickshire 416 744
Watford 55 90
Waverley 94 153
Wealden 106 193
Welwyn Hatfield 54 121
West Berkshire 124 189
West Devon 33 82
West Lancashire 82 110
West Lindsey 80 129
West Northamptonshire 233 507
West Oxfordshire 80 143
West Suffolk 149 193
West Sussex 642 1,003
Westmorland and Furness 222 311
Wigan 225 413
Wiltshire 340 594
Winchester 75 129
Windsor and Maidenhead 84 151
Wirral 214 381
Woking 81 116
Wokingham 114 210
Wolverhampton 142 209
Worcester 83 153
Worcestershire 396 680
Worthing 110 146
Wychavon 79 149
Wyre 80 163
Wyre Forest 67 101
York 125 207
England 35,843 58,578

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

Note: The number of property transactions for February 2023 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the UK HPI index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for February 2022 with the provisional UK HPI estimate for February 2023, volume transactions decreased by 19.0% in England.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period), report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, HMRC volume transactions decreased by 19.8% in England in the 12 months to February 2023.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough February 2023 February 2022
Barking and Dagenham 74 115
Barnet 142 288
Bexley 135 214
Brent 76 147
Bromley 216 353
Camden 75 156
City of London 10 7
City of Westminster 105 175
Croydon 186 303
Ealing 114 203
Enfield 127 206
Greenwich 130 228
Hackney 93 162
Hammersmith and Fulham 79 140
Haringey 102 121
Harrow 85 119
Havering 193 273
Hillingdon 143 222
Hounslow 105 170
Islington 85 138
Kensington and Chelsea 70 118
Kingston upon Thames 93 143
Lambeth 137 260
Lewisham 158 200
Merton 112 192
Newham 86 138
Redbridge 92 204
Richmond upon Thames 121 200
Southwark 138 193
Sutton 150 229
Tower Hamlets 110 229
Waltham Forest 149 181
Wandsworth 210 309

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

Note: The number of property transactions for February 2023 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

4.3 Sales volumes for England

Sales volumes for England over the past five years

Date Sales volumes for England
February 2019 57,330
February 2020 56,568
February 2021 82,420
February 2022 58,578
February 2023 35,843

Comparing the provisional UK HPI volume estimate for February 2022 with the provisional UK HPI estimate for February 2023, volume transactions decreased by 19.0% in England.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period), report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, HMRC volume transactions decreased by 19.8% in England in the 12 months to February 2023.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
February 2019 5,967
February 2020 6,465
February 2021 9,233
February 2022 6,336
February 2023 3,901

5. Property status

Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and need more time to process. This means they can take longer to appear in the land registers. The volume of new build transactions for the most recent 2 months are not at a reliable level for reporting the breakdown between new build and existing resold property, so they are not included in the report.

New build and existing resold property for England by region

Region Average new build February 2023 Average existing February 2023 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £635,843 £527,232 10.0% -1.3% 21.7% 2.0%
North East £285,625 £151,594 9.5% -1.9% 28.3% 6.4%
East Midlands £405,125 £238,572 8.7% -1.4% 26.0% 5.7%
East of England £542,733 £347,473 11.9% 0.5% 25.9% 4.8%
North West £346,376 £207,766 9.7% -0.6% 26.8% 6.1%
South East £551,831 £385,729 9.5% -1.2% 24.5% 4.6%
South West £466,342 £319,284 9.2% -0.7% 25.4% 5.1%
West Midlands Region £412,840 £246,612 10.6% 0.5% 29.0% 8.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber £317,344 £201,555 10.7% 0.1% 24.6% 4.8%
England £456,247 £299,964 10.0% -0.6% 25.4% 5.1%

Note: Since the October 2017 release, amendments have been made to our estimation model when calculating our provisional estimate. Find out further information and the impact of this change in methods used to produce the UK HPI.

6. Buyer status

First time buyer and former owner occupier for England by region

Region Average first time buyer price April 2023 Average former owner occupier price April 2023 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £459,789 £614,413 2.0% 2.2% 2.5% 2.3%
North East £136,014 £183,899 1.7% 1.8% 5.0% 6.0%
East Midlands £206,999 £281,376 0.1% 0.4% 4.5% 4.7%
East of England £288,604 £401,129 -0.4% -0.4% 2.8% 3.3%
North West £178,606 £242,774 0.7% 0.7% 4.5% 5.0%
South East £309,111 £459,455 -0.4% -0.6% 3.5% 3.5%
South West £265,859 £372,941 0.2% 0.2% 3.8% 4.2%
West Midlands Region £204,338 £284,813 0.7% 0.8% 3.0% 3.2%
Yorkshire and The Humber £175,087 £232,781 0.9% 1.1% 3.7% 4.3%
England £253,202 £351,315 0.5% 0.5% 3.5% 3.9%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price April 2023 Average mortgage price April 2023 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £551,240 £527,590 2.3% 2.1% 1.5% 2.6%
North East £144,919 £168,347 1.9% 1.7% 5.0% 5.7%
East Midlands £236,428 £252,935 0.5% 0.2% 4.1% 4.8%
East of England £332,674 £360,600 -0.2% -0.4% 2.8% 3.2%
North West £192,308 £223,525 0.6% 0.8% 4.5% 4.9%
South East £374,953 £400,213 0.1% -0.7% 3.7% 3.4%
South West £321,067 £330,854 0.0% 0.3% 3.0% 4.6%
West Midlands Region £233,065 £252,856 0.7% 0.8% 2.6% 3.3%
Yorkshire and The Humber £195,136 £210,661 1.1% 0.9% 3.8% 4.0%
England £286,225 £315,442 0.6% 0.5% 3.4% 3.8%

8. Repossession sales volumes

Due to a period of 2 weeks to 2 months between completion and registration of sales, volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

Repossession sales volumes by government office region

Region Sales volume February 2023
East Midlands 7
East of England 5
London 5
North East 15
North West 27
South East 15
South West 6
West Midlands Region 9
Yorkshire and The Humber 10
England 99

9. Access the data

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Data revisions

View any revisions to previously published data in the data downloads or find out more about revisions in our guidance About the UK HPI.

10. About the UK House Price Index

The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) is calculated by the Office for National Statistics and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland. Find out about the methodology used to create the UK HPI.

Data for the UK House Price Index is provided by HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, The Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency and the Valuation Office Agency.

Find out more about the UK House Price Index.

11. Contact for England queries

Eileen Morrison, Data Services Team Leader, HM Land Registry

Email [email protected]

Telephone 0300 006 5288