Housing Data Guide
Welcome to our summary of the data we regularly use when researching the UK’s housing market. The final four columns provide a summary of the geographies that the data is available at though it may be possible/required to aggregate data up to higher levels.
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| Date Category | Publisher | Data Series | Measure(s) | Frequency | Country | Region | LA | Sub LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity | HMLR | Price Paid Data | Individual transactions by type, new/existing, leasehold/freehold | Monthly | E,W | Y | Y | Y |
| Activity | ONS | House Price Index | Sales (WARNING: undercounts activity in England & Wales) | Monthly | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Activity | HMRC | Monthly property transactions | Transactions | Monthly | E,W,S,NI | Y | N | N |
| Activity | Bank of England | Money and Credit | Mortgage approvals, gross and net secured lending | Monthly | UK | N | N | N |
| Activity | UK Finance | Mortgage Lending Within UK Postcodes | Outstanding mortgage lending | Quarterly | - | - | N | Y |
| Activity | Bank of England | Credit Conditions Survey | Supply and demand for secured credit | Quarterly | UK | N | N | N |
| Activity | FCA | Mortgage Lending and Administration Return | Mortgage lending statistics | Quarterly | UK | N | N | N |
| Activity | FCA | Product sales data | Mortgage lending statistics | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | N | N |
| Activity | DLUHC | Social housing sales | Right to Buy sales and social housing sales | Quarterly | E | Y | Y | N |
| Tax | HMRC | Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) Statistics | Receipts, liable transactions | Annual | UK | Y | Y | N |
| Tax | HMRC | Quarterly Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) statistics | Receipts, transactions | Quarterly | E,NI | N | N | N |
| Tax | HMRC | UK Stamp Tax statistics | Receipts, transactions | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Tax | ONS | Current receipts:Taxes on production:Stamp duty | Receipts | Monthly | UK | N | N | N |
| New Supply | DLUHC | Housing supply: net additional dwellings | Net additions, completions, conversions, change of use etc | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| New Supply | DLUHC | Housing supply: indicators of new supply statistics | Starts and completions (WARNING: undercounts activity) | Quarterly | E | Y | Y | N |
| New Supply | DLUHC | Affordable housing supply | Affordable completions by tenure | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| New Supply | DLUHC | Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates | New Build EPCs, average size, type | Quarterly | E | Y | Y | Y |
| New Supply | DLUHC | Help to Buy: equity loan statistics | Completions by type and tenure | Quarterly | E | Y | Y | N |
| New Supply | VOA | Council Tax: stock of properties | Net additions | Annual | E,W | Y | Y | Y |
| New Supply | Homes England | Housing Statistics | Starts and completions by programme and tenure | Quarterly | E | Y | Y | N |
| Dwelling Stock | DLUHC | Council Taxbase | Chargeable dwellings, empty dwellings, second homes | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Dwelling Stock | DLUHC | Dwelling stock estimates in England | Dwellings by tenure | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Dwelling Stock | DLUHC | Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates | Energy performance, average size, type, energy efficiency | Quarterly | E | Y | Y | Y |
| Dwelling Stock | VOA | Council Tax: stock of properties | Council tax band, property type, build period | Annual | E,W | Y | Y | Y |
| Dwelling Stock | ONS | Subnational estimates of dwellings and households by tenure | Tenure estimates - owner occupied vs private rented | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| House Prices | HMLR | Price Paid Data | Individual transactions by type, new/existing, leasehold/freehold | Monthly | E,W | Y | Y | Y |
| House Prices | ONS | UK House Price Index | House price indices by type | Monthly | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| House Prices | ONS | House price statistics for small areas | UQ,Mean, Median, LQ prices and transactions | Quarterly | E,W | Y | Y | Y |
| House Prices | Nationwide | House Price Index | House price indices by type | Monthly/Quarterly | E,W,S,NI | Y | N | N |
| House Prices | Halifax | House Price Index | House price indices | Monthly | £ | £ | £ | N |
| House Prices | Zoopla | House Price Index | House price indices | Monthly | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| House Prices | Rightmove | House Price Index | Asking price indices | Monthly | £ | £ | £ | N |
| Rents | DLUHC | Local authority housing data | LA housing data collected through LAHS system | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Rents | DLUHC | Social housing lettings | Social housing lettings data collected through CORE system | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Rents | ONS | Index of Private Housing Rental Prices | Total rent paid indices | Monthly | E,W,S,NI | Y | N | N |
| Rents | ONS | Private rental affordability | Private rents as % of gross income | Annual | E | Y | N | N |
| Rents | ONS | Private rental market summary statistics in England | UQ, Mean, Median, LQ rents by bedroom | Six Months | E | Y | Y | N |
| Rents | Zoopla | Rental Market Report | Rental indices | Monthly | £ | £ | £ | N |
| Rents | Rightmove | Rental Price Tracker | Rental indices and rental data | Quarterly | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Rents | Homelet | Rental Index | Rental indices | Monthly | E,W,S | Y | N | N |
| Affordability | ONS | Housing affordability in England and Wales | House price to earnings ratios | Annual | E,W | Y | Y | N |
| Affordability | Bank of England | Effective Interest Rates | Mortgage rates | Monthly | UK | N | N | N |
| Affordability | Bank of England | Quoted Interest Rates | Mortgage rates | Monthly | UK | N | N | N |
| Affordability | ONS | House Price Index: annual tables 20 to 39 | House prices, incomes, mortgage advances, lending multiples | Annual | UK | Y | N | N |
| Affordability | ONS | UK house price data: quarterly tables | House prices, incomes, mortgage advances | Quarterly | UK | Y | N | N |
| Housing Stress | UK Finance | Mortgage Arrears and Possessions | Mortgage arrears and possessions | Quarterly | UK | N | N | N |
| Housing Stress | MoJ | Mortgage and Landlord Possession Stats | Mortgage and landlord possessions | Quarterly | E,W | N | N | N |
| Housing Stress | DLUHC | Homelessness statistics | Various measures on homelessness | Quarterly | E | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Estimates of the population | Population by age and components of change | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Population estimates by small areas | Population by age | Annual | E,W | Y | Y | Y |
| Demographics | ONS | National population projections | Projections of population by age and components of change | Annual | E,W,S,NI | N | N | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Subnational population projections for England | Projections of population | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Household projections for England | Projections of households | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Local area migration indicators, UK | Migration flows | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Internal migration | Domestic migration by age and sex | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Life expectancy estimates, all ages, UK | Life expectancy by age | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Births in England and Wales | Births and fertility rates | Annual | E,W | N | N | N |
| Demographics | ONS | Deaths registered by area of usual residence, UK | Mortality rates | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Demographics | Home Office | Immigration statistics | Number and reasons for coming to the UK | Quarterly | UK | N | N | N |
| Economics | ONS | Employee earnings in the UK | Earnings by place of residence/work, FT/PT, age, decile | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Economics | ONS | Regional labour market | Unemployment, economic inactivity, claimant count | Monthly | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Economics | ONS | Regional gross disposable household income | Gross disposable income - total and per head | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Economics | ONS | GDP, UK regions and countries | Economic growth | Quarterly | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Survey | ONS | Census | Latest is 2011, 2021 outputs expected from Spring 2022 | Ten Years | E,W | Y | Y | Y |
| Survey | DLUHC | English Housing Survey | Household and dwelling profiles | Annual | E | Y | N | N |
| Survey | DWP | Family Resources Survey | Income, tenure, disability, pension, savings, food security | Annual | UK | N | N | N |
| Survey | ONS | Labour Force Survey | Employment, age, tenure, households | Quarterly | E,W,S,NI | Y | N | N |
| Survey | Bank of England | NMG Household Survey | Income and spending | Annual | UK | Y | N | N |
| Land Use | DLUHC | Land use in England | Developed and non-developed land use | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Land Use | Copernicus | CORINE Land Cover | Land Cover/Use | Six Years | - | - | - | Y |
| Land Use | DLUHC | Green belt statistics | Total and change in green belt area | Annual | E | Y | Y | N |
| Land Use | DEFRA | 2011 Rural Urban Classification | Area classification | Ten Years | E | Y | Y | Y |
| Other | DLUHC | English indices of deprivation | measures of deprivation | Few Years | E | Y | Y | Y |
| Other | ONS | Social mobility index | Social Mobility | One off (2017) | E | Y | Y | N |
| Other | ONS | Personal well-being in the UK | Life Satisfaction & Happiness | Annual | E,W,S,NI | Y | Y | N |
| Other | DFT | Journey time statistics | Travel time to selected services/amenities | Annual | E | Y | Y | Y |