December 2018 Price Paid Data
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data tracks land and property sales in England and Wales submitted to us for registration.

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This month鈥檚 Price Paid Data includes details of more than 88,700 sales of land and property in England and Wales that HM Land Registry received for registration in December 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.
皇冠体育app number of sales received for registration by property type and month
Property type | December 2018 | November 2018 | October 2018 |
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Detached | 20,320 | 23,931 | 25,066 |
Semi-detached | 23,512 | 26,797 | 27,567 |
Terraced | 23,890 | 26,758 | 28,352 |
Flat/maisonette | 15,573 | 19,158 | 19,352 |
Other | 5,490 | 6,059 | 6,553 |
Total | 88,785 | 102,703 | 106,883 |
Of the 88,785 sales received for registration in December 2018:
- 67,741 were freehold, a 21% increase on December 2017
- 10,664 were newly built, an 8% increase on December 2017
皇冠体育appre is a time difference between the sale of a property and its registration at HM Land Registry.
Of the 88,785 sales received for registration 24,840 took place in December 2018 of which:
- 451 were of residential properties in England and Wales for 拢1 million and over
- 270 were of residential properties in Greater London for 拢1 million and over
- 2 were of residential properties in the West Midlands for more than 拢1 million
- 6 were of residential properties in Greater Manchester for more than 拢1 million
- none were of residential properties in Cardiff for more than 拢1 million
皇冠体育app most expensive residential sale taking place in December 2018 was of a terraced property in Kensington and Chelsea for 拢11,000,000. 皇冠体育app cheapest residential sale in December 2018 was of a terraced property in Peterlee, County Durham for 拢17,500.
皇冠体育app most expensive commercial sale taking place in December 2018 was in Evesham for 拢60,172,946. 皇冠体育app cheapest commercial sales in December 2018 were in Ilkeston, Haringey and Southampton for 拢100.
Notes to editors
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Price Paid Data is published at 11am on the 20th working day of each month. 皇冠体育app next dataset will be published on 28 February 2019.
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Price Paid Data is property price data for all residential and commercial property sales in England and Wales that are lodged with HM Land Registry for registration in that month, subject to exclusions.
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皇冠体育app amount of time between the sale of a property and the registration of this information with HM Land Registry varies. It typically ranges between two weeks and two months. Data for the two most recent months is therefore incomplete and does not give an indication of final monthly volumes. Occasionally the interval between sale and registration is longer than 2 months. 皇冠体育app small number of sales affected cannot be updated for publication until the sales are lodged for registration.
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Price Paid Data categories are either Category A (Standard entries) which includes single residential properties sold for full market value or Category B (Additional entries) for example sales to a company, buy-to-lets where they can be identified by a mortgage and repossessions.
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HM Land Registry has been collecting information on Category A sales from January 1995 and on Category B sales from October 2013.
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Price Paid Data can be downloaded in text, CSV format and in a machine readable format as linked data and is released under the . Under the OGL, HM Land Registry permits the use of Price Paid Data for commercial or non-commercial purposes. However, the OGL does not cover the use of third party rights, which HM Land Registry is not authorised to license.
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皇冠体育app allows users to build bespoke reports using the data. Reports can be based on location, estate type, price paid or property type over a defined period of time.
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HM Land Registry鈥檚 mission is to guarantee and protect property rights in England and Wales.
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HM Land Registry is a government department created in 1862. It operates as an executive agency and a trading fund and its running costs are covered by the fees paid by the users of its services. Its ambition is to become the world鈥檚 leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
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HM Land Registry safeguards land and property ownership worth in excess of 拢4 trillion, including around 拢1 trillion of mortgages. 皇冠体育app Land Register contains more than 25 million titles showing evidence of ownership for some 86% of the land mass of England and Wales.
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