This month’s Price Paid Data includes details of more than 101,000 sales of land and property in England and Wales that HM Land Registry received for registration in October 2017.
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 |
October 2017 |
September 2017 |
August 2017 |
| Detached |
22,849 |
22,377 |
22,782 |
| Semi-detached |
25,558 |
24,911 |
26,056 |
| Terraced |
26,394 |
25,829 |
26,515 |
| Flat/maisonette |
19,048 |
17,958 |
17,085 |
| Other |
7,159 |
6,027 |
6,075 |
| Total |
101,008 |
97,102 |
98,513 |
Of the 101,008 sales received for registration in October 2017:
- 74,649 were freehold, a 9% increase on October 2016
- 11,949 were newly built, a 8.5% decrease on October 2016
There is a time difference between the sale of a property and its registration at HM Land Registry.
Of the 101,008 sales received for registration, 27,229 took place in October 2017 of which:
- 479 were of residential properties in England and Wales for £1 million and over
- 253 were of residential properties in Greater London for £1 million and over
- 3 were of residential properties in Greater Manchester for £1 million and over
The most expensive residential sale taking place in October 2017 was of a flat in the City of Westminster, London for £15,750,000. The cheapest residential sale in October 2017 was of a terraced property in Bishop Auckland, County Durham for £18,500.
The most expensive commercial sale taking place in October 2017 was in the City of Westminster, London for £148,922,635. The cheapest commercial sale in October 2017 was in Taunton Deane, Somerset, for £100.
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