June 2023 UK House Price Index Released

The June data shows:

  • on average, house prices have risen 0.7% since May 2023
  • there has been an annual price rise of 1.7% which makes the average property in the UK valued at £287,546

England

In England, the June data shows that, on average, house prices have risen 0.9% since May 2023. The annual price rise of 1.9% takes the average property value to £306,447.

The regional data for England indicates that:

  • Yorkshire and the Humber experienced the greatest monthly price rise with an increase of 2.1%
  • the South West saw the most significant monthly price fall, with a movement of -0.5%
  • the North East experienced the greatest annual price rise, up by 4.7%
  • London saw the lowest annual price growth, with an increase of -0.6%

Price change by region for England

RegionAverage price June 2023Annual change % since June 2022Monthly change % since May 2023
East Midlands£248,6782.41.3
East of England£351,2131.11.3
London£527,979-0.60.5
North East£161,0344.71.8
North West£215,6313.51.2
South East£391,4061.30.6
South West£321,1520.5-0.5
West Midlands£250,7433.20.7
Yorkshire and the Humber£208,8672.72.1

Repossession sales by volume for England

The lowest number of repossession sales in April 2023 was in the East of England.

The highest number of repossession sales in April 2023 was in the North West.

Repossession salesApril 2023
East Midlands7
East of England3
London10
North East12
North West14
South East13
South West4
West Midlands8
Yorkshire and the Humber7
England78

Average price by property type for England

Property typeJune 2023June 2022Difference %
Detached£480,620£468,7572.5
Semi-detached£294,636£287,7502.4
Terraced£249,817£247,6000.9
Flat/maisonette£251,375£248,6211.1
All£306,447£300,8431.9

Funding and buyer status for England

Transaction typeAverage price June 2023Annual price change % since June 2022Monthly price change % since May 2023
Cash£287,3501.91.0
Mortgage£315,9861.80.9
First-time buyer£254,4581.71.0
Former owner occupier£351,1171.90.8

Building status for England

Building statusAverage price April 2023Annual price change % since April 2022Monthly price change % since March 2023
New build£436,40320.80.9
Existing resold property£296,6202.40.4

London

London shows, on average, house prices have risen 0.5% since May 2023. An annual price fall of 0.6% takes the average property value to £527,979.

Average price by property type for London

Property typeJune 2023June 2022Difference %
Detached£1,068,225£1,079,524-1.0
Semi-detached£684,151£687,255-0.5
Terraced£573,988£584,514-1.8
Flat/maisonette£440,235£439,8110.1
All£527,979£531,219-0.6

Funding and buyer status for London

Transaction typeAverage price June 2023Annual price change % since June 2022Monthly price change % since May 2023
Cash£547,925-0.40.5
Mortgage£521,411-0.70.5
First-time buyer£455,286-0.50.5
Former owner occupier£607,111-0.80.5

Building status for London

Building statusAverage price April 2023Annual price change % since April 2022Monthly price change % since March 2023
New build£607,72218.02.2
Existing resold property£527,9491.11.9

Wales

Wales shows, on average, house prices have risen by 0.2% since May 2023. An annual price rise of 0.6% takes the average property value to £213,477.

There were 6 repossession sales for Wales in April 2023.

Average price by property type for Wales

Property typeJune 2023June 2022Difference %
Detached£325,991£322,1381.2
Semi-detached£208,067£206,0491.0
Terraced£166,517£167,135-0.4
Flat/maisonette£133,980£134,233-0.2
All£213,477£212,2900.6

Funding and buyer status for Wales

Transaction typeAverage price June 2023Annual price change % since June 2022Monthly price change % since May 2023
Cash£205,232-0.1-0.1
Mortgage£218,1600.90.4
First-time buyer£183,8050.10.3
Former owner occupier£248,3871.00.2

Building status for Wales

Building statusAverage price April 2023Annual price change % since April 2022Monthly price change % since March 2023
New build£328,44919.1-1.6
Existing resold property£205,9840.9-1.4

UK house prices

The annual percentage change for average UK house prices was 1.7% in the 12 months to June 2023, compared with 1.8% in the 12 months to May 2023.

The average UK house price was £288,000 in June 2023, which is £5,000 higher than 12 months ago, but £5,000 below the recent peak in November 2022.Average house prices increased over the 12 months to £306,000 (1.9%) in England, to £213,000 in Wales (0.6%) and to £174,000 in Northern Ireland (2.7%). While the average Scotland house price in June 2023 (£189,000) saw little change over the 12 months (0.0%).

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average UK house prices increased by 0.7% between May 2023 and June 2023, compared with an increase of 0.8% during the same period 12 months ago.

Annual house price inflation was highest in the North East where prices increased by 4.7% in the 12 months to June 2023. London was the English region with the lowest annual growth, where prices decreased by 0.6% in the 12 months to June 2023.

The UK Property Transactions Statistics showed that in June 2023, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the estimated number of transactions of residential properties with a value of £40,000 or greater was 85,870. This is 15.4% lower than 12 months ago (June 2022). Between May 2023 and June 2023, UK transactions increased by 6.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

See the economic statement.

The UK HPI is based on completed housing transactions. Typically, a house purchase can take 6 to 8 weeks to reach completion. As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month's set of house price data.

Access the full UK HPI

Background

1.We publish the UK House Price Index (HPI) on the second or third Wednesday of each month with Northern Ireland figures updated quarterly. We will publish the July 2023 UK HPI at 9:30am on Wednesday 20 September 2023. See calendar of release dates.

2.We have made some changes to improve the accuracy of the UK HPI. We are not publishing average price and percentage change for new builds and existing resold property as done previously because there are not currently enough new build transactions to provide a reliable result. This means that in this month's UK HPI reports, new builds and existing resold property are reported in line with the sales volumes currently available.

3.The UK HPI revision period has been extended to 13 months, following a review of the revision policy (see calculating the UK HPI section 4.4). This ensures the data used is more comprehensive.

4.Sales volume data is available by property status (new build and existing property) and funding status (cash and mortgage) in our downloadable data tables. Transactions that require us to create a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and require more time to process. Read revisions to the UK HPI data.

5.Revision tables are available for England and Wales within the downloadable data in CSV format. See about the UK HPI f

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