House prices in your area, from real sold data
Average prices, yearly trends and sales volumes for any UK local authority, county or region. Every figure comes from HM Land Registry’s official record of completed sales, not asking prices.
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How to read house price data properly
Most house price headlines are built on asking prices. What sellers hope to get. This tracker uses the UK House Price Index (UKHPI), built by HM Land Registry from actual completed sales, so every line on these charts is money that really changed hands.
Sold prices, not asking prices
The gap matters more than most people realise. In a cooling market, asking prices on the portals can stay flat for months while the prices buyers actually pay drift down. The reverse happens in a rising market. If you are deciding when to sell, what to offer, or whether to remortgage, sold prices are the honest signal. Asking prices are a mood.
Why the latest month keeps moving
A sale enters the index only after completion and registration, which takes weeks. So the newest month shown is typically about two months old, and recent months are revised as late registrations arrive. Sales volumes lag even further. This is normal, and it is the price of using real transactions instead of estimates. Treat the last data point as provisional and the trend as the story.
National averages hide local stories
The UK average is a blend of hundreds of very different markets. In any given month some areas rise while others fall, and within one town, flats and detached houses can move in opposite directions. Search your own local authority and use the property-type filter before drawing any conclusion. The 10-year view is especially useful for separating a real trend from a noisy few months.
From an area average to your own number
An area average is the starting point, never the answer. Two identical-looking houses three streets apart can be worth meaningfully different amounts because of schools, parking, a garden’s aspect, or what last sold on each street. When the decision is real, the next step is a valuation of your actual home. ValuQ gets you free valuations from multiple competing local estate agents, side by side, while you stay anonymous until you choose who to speak to.
Sources for the data used here
- UK House Price Index, official monthly releases: gov.uk/uk-house-price-index-reports
- How the UKHPI is calculated (methodology): gov.uk/about-the-uk-house-price-index
- HM Land Registry open data portal: landregistry.data.gov.uk
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is typically published with a two-month lag; sales volume figures may not be available for the most recent months.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in the UK?
The tracker above shows the latest UK average from the official House Price Index the moment you load the page, so the figure is always current rather than a number that goes stale in an article. The national average hides enormous variation: the same month's average can differ by several hundred thousand pounds between regions, which is why searching your own local authority gives a far more useful answer.
Where does this house price data come from?
Every figure comes from the UK House Price Index (UKHPI), published by HM Land Registry using actual completed sales, including both cash and mortgage purchases. It covers more than 440 areas across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and is published under the Open Government Licence. Nothing here is an estimate or a portal's asking-price average.
Why is the data around two months behind?
A sale only enters the index once it has completed and been registered with HM Land Registry, which takes weeks. The index is then compiled and published monthly, so the most recent month shown is typically about two months ago. Recent months are also revised as late registrations arrive, so the newest figures can shift slightly between releases.
What is the difference between asking prices and sold prices?
Asking-price indices measure what sellers hope to get when they list. Sold-price data, which this tracker uses, records what buyers actually paid at completion. The gap between the two is real money: in a softening market asking prices can hold up on the portals while sold prices fall. If you are making a decision, sold prices are the number that matters.
Are house prices rising or falling in my area?
Search your local authority, county or region in the tracker and check the yearly change figure. National headlines regularly mask what is happening locally. One area can be rising while a neighbouring one falls in the same month, and different property types in the same town can move in opposite directions. The property-type filter shows that split.
How do I find out what my own house is worth?
Area averages tell you the direction of your market, not the value of your specific home. Condition, plot, aspect, parking and street-by-street demand all move the real figure. ValuQ gives UK homeowners free, side-by-side property valuations from competing local estate agents, with no cold calls. That is the fastest route from an area average to a real number for your address.
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