Land Registry releases house price data going back years
The Land Registry has now made available all of its historic price paid data.
Covering over 18m sales in England and Wales going back almost 18 years, it is free to download. The data, which is used to calculate the Land Registry’s monthly house price index, includes records of sales at full market value lodged for registration since January 1995.
The records include the full address of the property, the price paid, the date of the sale, the property type, whether it is a new build or not, and whether it is freehold or leasehold.
The data shows that the cheapest property ranged from £5,200 in 1995 to £8,000 in 2013 and the most expensive from £3.75m in 1995 to £29.35m in 2013.
The only ‘property type’ sales to have increased since 1995 are flats and maisonettes.
The Land Registry made available its first tranche of data in June, since when more than 114,000 files have been downloaded.