November Price Paid Data from HM Land Registry

This month’s Price Paid Data includes details of more than 102,000 sales of land and property in England and Wales that HM Land Registry received for registration in November 2018.

In the dataset you can find the date of sale for each property, its full address and sale price, its category (residential or commercial) and type (detached, semi-detached, terraced, flat or maisonette and other), whether it is new build or not and whether it is freehold or leasehold.

The number of sales received for registration by property type and month

Property type November 2018 October 2018 September 2018
Detached 23,931 25,066 22,902
Semi-detached 26,797 27,567 25,127
Terraced 26,758 28,352 25,333
Flat/maisonette 19,158 19,352 17,081
Other   6,059   6,553   5,912
Total 102,703 106,883 96,355

Of the 102,703 sales received for registration in November 2018:

  • 77,369 were freehold, a 2% decrease on November 2017; and
  • 14,866 were newly built, a 13.5% increase on November 2017.

There is a time difference between the sale of a property and its registration at HM Land Registry.

Of the 102,703 sales received for registration, 31,721 took place in November 2018 of which:

  • 567 were of residential properties in England and Wales for £1 million and over;
  • 336 were of residential properties in Greater London for £1 million and over;
  • 3 were of residential properties in West Midlands for more than £1 million;
  • 7 were of residential properties in Greater Manchester for more than £1 million; and
  • 2 were of residential properties in Cardiff for more than £1 million.

The most expensive residential sale taking place in November 2018 was of a terraced property in the City of Westminster for £38,822,000. The cheapest residential sale in November 2018 was of a terraced property in Burnley, Lancashire for £16,700.

The most expensive commercial sale taking place in November 2018 was in Birmingham for £47,500,000.  The two cheapest commercial sales in November 2018 were in Merton, Greater London and Dartmouth, South Hampshire for £100.

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