Price Paid Data published by HM Land Registry (October 2018)

This month’s Price Paid Data includes details of more than 106,800 sales of land and property in England and Wales that HM Land Registry received for registration in October 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

Of the 106,883 sales received for registration in October 2018:

• 81,051 were freehold, a 8.6% increase on October 2017; and
• 13,443 were newly built, a 12.5% increase on October 2017.

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

Of the 106,883 sales received for registration, 31,119 took place in October 2018 of which:

• 594 were of residential properties in England and Wales for £1 million and over;
• 326 were of residential properties in Greater London for £1 million and over;
• 5 were of residential properties in West Midlands for more than £1 million;
• 5 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 October 2018 was of a semi-detached property in Kensington and Chelsea for £17,850,000. The cheapest residential sales in October 2018 were of terraced properties in Ferryhill and Burnley for £19,000.

The most expensive commercial sale taking place in October 2018 was in Hammersmith and Fulham for £109,800,000. The cheapest commercial sale in October 2018 was in New Forest for £250.

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