How do I find sold house prices?

HM Land Registry's Price Paid Data lists every residential sale in England and Wales at full market value since 1995, with the price, date and address. You can search it free online or download the whole file.

New sales usually appear within a few months, once registration is complete. Scotland's sale prices are held by Registers of Scotland and Northern Ireland's by Land and Property Services.

Official sources: Price paid data search · Price paid data downloads

The latest figure

The newest value is at HM Land Registry with the ONS, Registers of Scotland and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland (UK House Price Index). More on it: UK average house price.

When is the next figure out?

Monthly, usually a Wednesday in the middle of the month, published with the ONS Private rent and house prices bulletin; figures cover the month two months earlier. Linked-data API pattern: https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/data/ukhpi/region/united-kingdom/month/YYYY-MM.json, or the sorted list endpoint https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/data/ukhpi.json?refRegion=http://landregistry.data.gov.uk/id/region/united-kingdom&_sort=-refMonth&_pageSize=3&_properties=averagePrice,percentageAnnualChange; monthly CSV files at publicdata.landregistry.gov.uk

Every official release due in the next two weeks is on the release calendar.

Terms used in this answer

• Provisional figures
  Early estimates published before all data are in, so users get timely figures. They are expected to be updated when later data arrive.
• Revisions
  Changes to previously published figures, made when more complete data, improved methods or updated seasonal factors become available. A normal part of official statistics.
• Mean
  The total of all values divided by how many there are. Often what people mean by 'average', it can be pulled up or down by a few extreme values.
• Index number
  A number that shows how a value compares with a chosen reference period set to 100. An index of 110 means 10% higher than the reference period.
• Year-on-year change
  The change between a figure for one period and the same period twelve months earlier, such as March this year compared with March last year.

Where the figures come from

• UK tax rates, allowances and taxpayer statistics (GOV.UK, HMRC, OBR, Revenue Scotland and Welsh Revenue Authority)
  Where to check official UK income tax bands, National Insurance, VAT, stamp duty, inheritance tax and taxpayer numbers, and how to test tax claims.
• HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index
  How to use HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, the UK House Price Index and ONS private rent statistics to check claims about house prices and rents.
• Local government finance statistics (MHCLG, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
  Where to find official council spending, council tax, finance settlement, debt and audit data for England, plus Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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This answer says where the official figures are published and how they are defined. It gives no verdict on any claim. To report an error, send a correction request. More questions about housing and house prices: all Housing and house prices questions.