These National Statistics provide monthly estimates of the number of residential and non-residential property transactions in the UK and its constituent countries. National Statistics are accredited official statistics.

England and Northern Ireland statistics are based on information submitted to the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) database by taxpayers on SDLT returns.

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) replaced SDLT in Scotland from 1 April 2015 and this data is provided to HMRC by https://www.revenue.scot/">Revenue Scotland to continue the time series.

Land Transaction Tax (LTT) replaced SDLT in Wales from 1 April 2018. To continue the time series, the https://gov.wales/welsh-revenue-authority">Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) have provided HMRC with a monthly data feed of LTT transactions since July 2021.

LTT figures for the latest month are estimated using a grossing factor based on data for the most recent and complete financial year. Until June 2021, LTT transactions for the latest month were estimated by HMRC based upon year on year growth in line with other UK nations.

LTT transactions up to the penultimate month are aligned with LTT statistics.

Go to Stamp Duty Land Tax guidance for the latest rates and information.

Go to Stamp Duty Land Tax rates from 1 December 2003 to 22 September 2022 and Stamp Duty: rates on land transfers before December 2003 for historic rates.

The latest release was published 09:30 29 August 2025 and was updated with provisional data from completed transactions during July 2025.

The next release will be published 09:30 30 September 2025 and will be updated with provisional data from completed transactions during July 2025.

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240320184933/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-property-transactions-completed-in-the-uk-with-value-40000-or-above">Archive versions of the Monthly property transactions completed in the UK with value of £40,000 or above are available via the UK Government Web Archive, from the National Archives.

The number of housing transactions in the UK declined for the second year in a row in 2023, falling below the 2020 level. Amid worsening homebuyer sentiment, house purchases declined from approximately *** million transactions with a value of ****** British pounds and above in 2021 to ***** million in 2023. In 2024, transactions picked up slightly, reaching *** million. For residential transactions, England constituted the majority of purchases.

Number of residential property sales in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Quarterly rolling annual data. Formerly HPSSA dataset 6.

The housing market in England picked up in 2024 after cooling for two consecutive years. In 2023, the number of housing transactions fell to *******, which was the lowest figure since 2012, when the market was still recovering from the global financial crisis. In 2024, housing transactions rose to *******. Some of the main factors that have led to the decline in home buying are the cost of living crisis, higher mortgage rates, low inventory, and the rapid increase in house prices across the UK.

This report analyses the number of residential property transactions in the United Kingdom during each financial year (i.e., April-March). The data is sourced from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), whereby figures for the number of property transaction completions with a value of £40,000 or above are based on the HMRC Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) database, which records information submitted by property purchasers on SDLT returns. HMRC data in this report is seasonally adjusted estimates of UK aggregated transactions figures. Where HMRC data for 2021-22 is a provisional estimate at the time of publication (28 April 2022), data in 2022-23 and the years succeeding is forecast with reference to, and consideration of, both provisional monthly estimates afforded by HMRC and forecast property transactions data provided by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

England accounts for the majority of sales in the residential real estate market in the United Kingdom. In May 2025, the total number of housing transactions in the country amounted to ******, with ****** of these property sales being completed in England. Historically, sales activity has observed notable fluctuations because of the seasonal nature of the market, but also other trends in the market, such as the slump in April 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic. A declining number of home sales The annual number of home sales in the UK has declined since 2021, with 2023 exhibiting the lowest transaction volume since 2012. The main reason for that trend is the increase in the cost of housing. House prices grew year-on-year between 2012 and 2022, with growth accelerating toward the end of the period due to the record-low mortgage rates. As the cost of living crisis hit in 2022, the Bank of England hiked interest rates, resulting in dramatically higher home finance costs. With house prices at their peak and a double increase in borrowing costs, many prospective homebuyers could not afford to buy and placed their plans on hold. How will prices develop in the next five years? After a slight decline in 2024, house prices in the UK are expected to pick up in the next year and continue on an upward trend until 2029. On average, house prices are projected to grow by *** percent per year.

Monthly estimates of the number of residential and non-residential property transactions in the UK and its constituent countries, with value £40,000 or above. Previously listed under 'Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Property Transactions'.

Source agency: HM Revenue and Customs

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: UK Property Transaction Statistics

Number of residential property sales in England and Wales, by property type and subnational geographies. Annual data.

The number of commercial real estate transactions in the UK plummented in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, followed by a swift recovery in the following years. In 2024, the number of non-residential property sales over 40,000 British pounds completed amounted to *******. In the UK, England is responsible for the majority of completed non-residential property transactions.

Annual estimates of the number of residential and non-residential property transactions in the UK, by type of property, buyer, price range and geographical location. Previously listed under 'Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Property Transactions'. Source agency: HM Revenue and Customs Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Annual UK Property Transaction Statistics

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of house sales in the UK spiked, followed by a period of decline. In 2023 and 2024, the housing market slowed notably, and in January 2025, transaction volumes fell to 46,774. House sales volumes are impacted by a number of factors, including mortgage rates, house prices, supply, demand, as well as the overall health of the market. The economic uncertainty and rising unemployment rates has also affected the homebuyer sentiment of Brits. How have UK house prices developed over the past 10 years? House prices in the UK have increased year-on-year since 2015, except for a brief period of decline in the second half of 2023 and the beginning of 2024. That is based on the 12-month percentage change of the UK house price index. At the peak of the housing boom in 2022, prices soared by nearly 14 percent. The decline that followed was mild, at under three percent. The cooling in the market was more pronounced in England and Wales, where the average house price declined in 2023. Conversely, growth in Scotland and Northern Ireland continued. What is the impact of mortgage rates on house sales? For a long period, mortgage rates were at record-low, allowing prospective homebuyers to take out a 10-year loan at a mortgage rate of less than three percent. In the last quarter of 2021, this period came to an end as the Bank of England rose the bank lending rate to contain the spike in inflation. Naturally, the higher borrowing costs affected consumer sentiment, urging many homebuyers to place their plans on hold and leading to a decline in sales.

The number of non-residential property purchase transactions in the UK fell to a record low in April 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the second half of 2020, transaction activity recovered, and in May 2025, the number of seasonally adjusted transactions amounted to 9,760.

Quarterly estimates of the number of UK property transactions by liability to stamp duty valued at £40,000 and above. Previously listed under 'Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Property Transactions'.

Source agency: HM Revenue and Customs

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Liable and Non-liable UK Property Transactions

Number of residential property sales in England and Wales, by property type and electoral ward. Annual data.

The number of housing transactions in the United Kingdom was forecast to increase between 2024 and 2029, according to a November 2024 forecast. In 2029, the number of transactions was expected to reach 1.4 million. House prices are expected to continue their year-on-year increase in this period.

Provides general information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief. Source agency: HM Revenue and Customs Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Revenue Based Taxes

This repository is the second updated version of the attribute-linked residential property price dataset in UK Data Service ReShare 854240 (https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/854240/). As with the first updated version (ReShare 855033 https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/855033/) in 2021, this updated dataset contains individual property transactions and associated variables from both Land Registry Price Paid Dataset (LR PPD) and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Domestic Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data. This is a linked result by address matching between LR-PPD data (1/1/1995-27/6/2022) and Domestic EPCs data (the twelfth version: ending with 30/6/2022). It is the whole of the 2022 update house price per square metre dataset published in the Greater London Authority (GLA) London Datastore (https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/house-price-per-square-metre-in-england-and-wales). The linked dataset in this repository is the uncorrected version, recording almost 20 million transactions with 106 variables in England and Wales between 1/1/1995 and 27/6/2022. We have offered technical validation and data cleaning code in UKDA ReShare 854240 to help users to evaluate the representation and to clean up the data. There is no unique way to clean this raw linked dataset, so we suggest users develop their own clean-up process based on their research requirements. In addition, this repository covers the original LR PPD and Domestic EPCs for the linked data (house price per square metre dataset). Similar to the first updated version, a field header has been added in LR PPD. Six variables (individual lodgement identifier, address, address 1, address 2, address 3, postcode) in Domestic EPCs are removed. A newly created unique identifier (id) is added in Domestic EPCs, this id is newly created for Version 12 Domestic EPCs. It is not the same id as in the Domestic EPCs from UK Data Service ReShare 854240 and ReShare 855033. Since November 2021 DLUCH has published Domestic EPCs with the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) hence the dataset in this repository contains the UPRN information from the Domestic EPCs.

Price Paid Data tracks the residential property sales in England and Wales that are lodged with HM Land Registry for registration.

Our price paid data tracks the residential property sales in England and Wales that are lodged with us for registration. The dataset is a reliable source of house price information and consists of more than 24 million definitive records dating back to January 1995. For more information on this dataset and what it does and doesn't include, visit https://www.gov.uk/about-the-price-paid-data

Choose from three options to select the data that best meets your requirements:

• monthly file: contains a single monthly file of the transactions received in the period from the first to the last day of the corresponding month, including any changes or deletions to previously downloaded data. The data is updated monthly and the average size of this file is 11 MB.

• single file: contains all the up to date data from 1995 to the current date. The data is updated monthly and the average size of this file is 2.86 GB.

• yearly files: contains annual files of up to date data, ranging from 1995 to the current date. Unlike the monthly files described above, yearly files are collated on the date of the transaction/deed date rather than the date that the information was lodged with HM Land Registry. The data is updated monthly and the sizes of these files range from 87 MB to 222 MB. If you are having trouble downloading any of the year files in full, they are also available as two smaller, evenly split CSV files.

We try to make sure that our public data is accurate, but cannot guarantee that it is free from errors or fit for your purpose or use. Reports are based on data collected at the time a property transaction is registered with us and will not necessarily be up to date with the most recent information. For more information, read https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads#when-using-or-publishing-our-price-paid-data

Housing market: property sales based on Land Registry data, by district, from 1996 (quarterly) 1-5 Geographies: Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National Geographic coverage: England Type of data: Administrative data