Housing Data Guide

To help you know what’s important and which data are reliable, we’ve developed a simple medal ranking for housing data. It provides a quick visual reference that will enable you to see whether the data is reliable and worth paying attention to.
![]() | Gold Data – No data is perfect but this is the best we’ve got. We regularly use and rely on this data to stay informed about the market and make decisions. We’d call the market using this data (once we’ve got a trend over 2-3 months). |
![]() | Silver Data – Data that is still very useful but it’s not freely available or we have some concerns about its methodology, volatility or coverage. We use it regularly, sometimes just as leading indicators, but carefully and with reference to other data sets where possible. |
![]() | Bronze Data – We have concerns about this data and there’s a big risk of mis-using it. All data is useful but we only use Bronze Data when absolutely necessary. Its methodology, coverage, volatility or transparency concern us. Ideally we’d use other data but sometimes it doesn’t exist. It may still have value if used carefully. |
Source | Category | Release | Medal | Description | External Link |
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Nationwide | House Prices | House Price Index | ![]() | National/regional house prices indices, mortgage payment affordability, house price to earnings ratios | Link |
Halifax | House Prices | House Price Index | ![]() | Data series not publicly available | Link |
Rightmove | House Prices | House Price Index | ![]() | Data series not publicly available | Link |
LSL Acadata | House Prices | House Price Index | National/regional house prices, Scottish local authorities | Link | |
Hometrack | House Prices | UK Cities House Price Index | ![]() | Data series not publicly available | Link |
ONS | House Prices | House Price Index | ![]() | National, regional, local authority house prices incl. by property type, cash/mortgage, first-time buyers/movers, new build/2nd hand. Also sale counts and reposessions | Link |
HMLR | House Prices | Price Paid Data | ![]() | Individual residential property transactions since 1995 incl date, price address, property type, leasehold/freehold | Link |
ONS | House Prices | House Price Per Sq M & Per Room | Local authorities in England and Wales, 2004 to 2016, flats & houses | Link | |
ONS | Housing | ONS Housing affordability in England and Wales | Link | ||
ONS | Housing | ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) | Link | ||
VOA | Housing | VOA Rents | Link | ||
MHCLG | Housing | MHCLG LA/HA rents | Link | ||
MHCLG | Housing | MHCLG Council Taxbase | Link | ||
UK Finance | Housing | UK Finance Mortgage Lending Within UK Postcodes | Link | ||
ONS | Housing | ONS Social Mobility Index | Link | ||
ONS | Housing | ONS Regional Labour Market | Link | ||
ONS | ONS Gross Disposable Income | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Gross Value Added | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Net Supply | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Population Estimates | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Household Projections | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Household Projections | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Population Estimates | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Household Projections | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Live Tables on Dwelling Stock | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Council Taxbase | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Homelessness Statistics | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Population Estimates | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Internal Migration | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Population Estimates | Link | |||
VOA | VOA Council Tax Bands | Link | |||
VOA | VOA Council tax: stock of properties | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Indices of Deprivation | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Personal Well-Being | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Subnational Population Projections | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Life Expectancy | Link | |||
ONS | ONS Deaths Registered | Link | |||
PHE | LA Health Profiles | Link | |||
MHCLG | MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates | Link | |||
Copernicus | CORINE Land Cover | Link | |||
DFT | DfT Journey Time Statistics | Link | |||
ONS | Construction | Output in the Construction Industry | Link | ||
ONS | Construction | New Orders in the Construction Industry | Link | ||
ONS | Construction | Construction Statistics Annual Tables | Link | ||
ONS | Construction | Construction Output Price Indices | Link | ||
ONS | Construction | Output in the Construction Industry: All Work Summary | Link |