Data Guide

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.

Source	Category	Release	Description	External Link
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

	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.