Our house-price and area pages combine official transaction records with our own listing and tenancy data. This page explains where each figure comes from, how often we refresh it, and how we choose which areas to publish.
Sold-price figures are based on HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, the official record of completed residential sales in England and Wales. We show averages and medians by property type and a trend over the most recent twelve months. Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate registers, so we scope our sold-price pages to England and Wales and say so on the page.
Availability and asking prices come from our own live listings, and our area context draws on the sales and tenancies we have handled. Geographic data uses postcode districts, the outward part of a postcode such as SW2 or LS6.
We publish area and sold-price pages only for the places we actually operate in: the areas our branches and agents cover, and the areas where we have listed, sold or let property. We do this so our local commentary reflects real experience rather than a national data feed. If we do not cover an area yet, we do not publish a page for it.
We refresh the list of areas we cover every week, so new branches and new listings are reflected without delay. Sold-price data is updated when HM Land Registry publishes its monthly Price Paid release. Each data page shows a Last updated date so you can see how current the figures are.
Price Paid Data records the price actually paid at completion, which can differ from the asking price and excludes some transaction types. We present it as published and do not adjust it. Figures are a guide to the local market, not a valuation of any individual property.
Contains HM Land Registry data, Crown copyright and database right. This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.