Dataset Description:

This dataset has been meticulously pre-processed from the official UK government’s Price Paid Data, available for research purposes. The original dataset contains millions of rows spanning from 1995 to 2024, which posed significant challenges for machine learning operations due to its large size. For this project, we focused on house price predictions and filtered the data to only include transactions from 2015 to 2024. The final dataset contains 90,000 randomly sampled records, which should be ideal for training machine learning models efficiently. The goal of this dataset is to provide a well-structured, pre-processed dataset for students, researchers, and developers interested in creating house price prediction models using UK data. There are limited UK house price datasets available on Kaggle, so this contribution aims to fill that gap, offering a reliable dataset for dissertations, academic projects, or research purposes. This dataset is tailored for use in supervised learning models and has been cleaned, ensuring the removal of missing values and encoding of categorical variables. We hope this serves as a valuable resource for anyone studying house price prediction or real estate trends in the UK. In the future, I plan to provide an even larger dataset for more detailed and comprehensive predictions.

Features:

Feature Name - Description - Price - Sale price of the property (target variable). - Date - Date of the property transaction. Converted to datetime format for easier handling. - Postcode - Postcode of the property, offering location-based information. - property_type - Type of property (Detached, Semi-detached, Terraced, Flat, etc.). - new_build - Indicator whether the property was newly built at the time of sale (Yes or No). - freehold - Indicator whether the property was sold as freehold or leasehold (Freehold, Leasehold). - Street - Street name of the property location. - Locality - Locality of the property. - Town - Town or city where the property is located. - District - Administrative district of the property. - County - County where the property is located.

File Information:

The dataset is saved as a CSV file with 90,000 records, each representing a property transaction in the UK from 2015 to 2024. Feel free to explore this dataset and use it for any academic, research, or machine learning projects related to housing price predictions!

The quarterly Nationwide house price index for all houses in the United Kingdom (UK) exceeded 14,000 index points in the second quarter of 2025. The index shows the development of housing prices, with 1952 used as a baseline year. An index value of 14,425.6 implies a price increase of 14,000 percent between 1952 and 2025.

United Kingdom Residential Real Estate Market is Segmented by Property Type (Apartments and Condominiums, and Villas and Landed Houses), by Price Band (Affordable, Mid-Market and Luxury), by Business Model (Sales and Rental), by Mode of Sale (Primary and Secondary), and by Region (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). The Market Forecasts are Provided in Terms of Value (USD)

Summary of UK House Price Index (HPI) price statistics covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Full UK HPI data are available on GOV.UK.

This dataset contains synthetic data representing key economic indicators and housing market trends in the UK from 2002 to 2023. The dataset includes quarterly data points for the following variables:

Date: Quarterly timestamps from Q1 2002 to Q4 2023. Housing Cost Index: An index representing the general trend in UK housing prices over time. The values are generated to simulate a typical upward trend observed in real estate markets. Interest Rate (%): The Bank of England's base interest rate, represented as a percentage. The values range from 0.5% to 6%, reflecting typical interest rate fluctuations. Inflation Rate (%): The Consumer Price Index (CPI) values, represented as a percentage, ranging from 1% to 5%, simulating typical inflation trends. Employment Levels (000s): The number of employed individuals in the UK, represented in thousands. The data simulates employment levels ranging from 25 million to 35 million. Growth in Wage (%): The average wage growth rate per quarter, represented as a percentage, ranging from 2% to 7%. GDP Growth Rate (%): The quarterly growth rate of the UK's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), represented as a percentage, with values ranging from -2% to 5%, simulating economic growth and contraction periods. This dataset can be used for educational purposes, including time series analysis, regression modeling, and economic research. Please note that the data is synthetic and not derived from actual historical records. It aims to replicate realistic patterns and trends observed in the UK economy and housing market during the specified period.

The Nationwide average UK house price increased during the period under observation, reaching a value of over 272,751 British pounds as of the second quarter of 2025. During the same quarter in 2015, the average house price stood at 194,258 British pounds.

Housing Index in the United Kingdom increased to 519.30 points in February from 517.80 points in January of 2026. This dataset provides - United Kingdom House Price Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In the four weeks leading up to June 16, 2025, the housing market in the UK saw the stock of homes for sale increase by ** percent compared to the same period in 2024. New inventory, demand, and the number of agreed sales also increased, albeit at a lower rate.

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 April 2025, transaction volumes fell to 38,560. 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. Economic uncertainty and rising unemployment rates have 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.

Update 29-04-2020: The data is now split into two files based on the variable collection frequency (monthly and yearly). Additional variables added: area size in hectares, number of jobs in the area, number of people living in the area.

Context

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Content

The datasets is primarily centered around the housing market of London. However, it contains a lot of additional relevant data: - Monthly average house prices - Yearly number of houses - Yearly number of houses sold - Yearly percentage of households that recycle - Yearly life satisfaction - Yearly median salary of the residents of the area - Yearly mean salary of the residents of the area - Monthly number of crimes committed - Yearly number of jobs - Yearly number of people living in the area - Area size in hectares

The data is split by areas of London called boroughs (a flag exists to identify these), but some of the variables have other geographical UK regions for reference (like England, North East, etc.). There have been no changes made to the data except for melting it into a long format from the original tables.

Acknowledgements

The data has been extracted from London Datastore. It is released under UK Open Government License v2 and v3. The underlining datasets can be found here: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/uk-house-price-index https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/number-and-density-of-dwellings-by-borough https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/subjective-personal-well-being-borough https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/household-waste-recycling-rates-borough https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/earnings-place-residence-borough https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/recorded_crime_summary https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/jobs-and-job-density-borough https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ons-mid-year-population-estimates-custom-age-tables

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Inspiration

The dataset lends itself for extensive exploratory data analysis. It could also be a great supervised learning regression problem to predict house price changes of different boroughs over time.

Detailed findings from the English Housing Survey on the type and condition of housing in England. Source agency: Communities and Local Government Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: EHS Profile of English Housing Report

Quarterly house price data based on a sub-sample of the Regulated Mortgage Survey.

A dataset of indicators of the state of the UK housing market

Graph and download economic data for Residential Property Prices for United Kingdom (QGBN628BIS) from Q2 1968 to Q4 2025 about United Kingdom, residential, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, and price.

After a period of rapid increase, house price growth in the UK has moderated. In 2025, house prices are forecast to increase by ****percent. Between 2025 and 2029, the average house price growth is projected at *** percent. According to the source, home building is expected to increase slightly in this period, fueling home buying. On the other hand, higher borrowing costs despite recent easing of mortgage rates and affordability challenges may continue to suppress transaction activity. Historical house price growth in the UK House prices rose steadily between 2015 and 2020, despite minor fluctuations. In the following two years, prices soared, leading to the house price index jumping by about 20 percent. As the market stood in April 2025, the average price for a home stood at approximately ******* British pounds. Rents are expected to continue to grow According to another forecast, the prime residential market is also expected to see rental prices grow in the next five years. Growth is forecast to be stronger in 2025 and slow slightly until 2029. The rental market in London is expected to follow a similar trend, with Outer London slightly outperforming Central London.

The house price index (HPI) shows changes in the value of residential properties in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. With the HPI set at a base of 100 in January 2023, a value of over 100 would mark an increase in the average dwelling price. A value of under 100 points, on the other hand, would indicate that the average price has dropped. In December 2025, the index measured 103.6 index points, showing an increase of 3.6 percent since January 2023. UK house prices grew rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic House prices in the UK grew steadily between 2015 and 2020, fueled by stable economic growth and low borrowing costs. In the following two years, a combination of factors exacerbated this trend. These factors included a stamp duty holiday, low interest rates, a shortage of new homes supplied, and a high housing demand. As a result, house price growth soared, hitting a record 13.6 percent in July 2022. This trend in the index, and therefore the value of UK residential properties, has also been observed by the Halifax house price index. What is the average house price in the UK? Average house prices are affected by several factors. Economic growth, unemployment, interest rates and mortgage availability can all drive them up or down. A shortage of supply means that the need for housing and the competitive market created will push house prices up. An excess of housing, on the other hand, means prices fall to stimulate buyers.

House prices in the UK rose dramatically during the coronavirus pandemic, with growth slowing down in 2022 and turning negative in 2023. The year-on-year annual house price change peaked at 14 percent in July 2022. In December 2025, house prices increased by 2.4 percent. As of mid-2025, the average house price was over 272,000 British pounds. Correction in housing prices: a European phenomenon The trend of a growing residential real estate market was not exclusive to the UK during the pandemic. Likewise, many European countries experienced falling prices in 2023. When comparing residential property RHPI (price index in real terms, e.g. corrected for inflation), countries such as Germany, France, Italy, and Spain also saw prices decline. Sweden, one of the countries with the fastest growing residential markets, saw one of the largest declines in prices. How has demand for UK housing changed since the outbreak of the coronavirus? The easing of the lockdown was followed by a dramatic increase in home sales. In November 2020, the number of mortgage approvals reached an all-time high of over 107,000. One of the reasons for the housing boom were the low mortgage rates, allowing home buyers to take out a loan with an interest rate as low as 2.5 percent. That changed as the Bank of England started to raise the base lending rate, resulting in higher borrowing costs and a decline in homebuyer sentiment.

Comparative analysis of Rightmove, Halifax, ONS, and Nationwide house price indices for July 2025, including regional performance and market implications

Discover the booming UK residential real estate market! This in-depth analysis reveals a 5.75% CAGR, key drivers, emerging trends, and regional breakdowns. Learn about top developers and investment opportunities in London & beyond. Explore the market forecast for 2025-2033. Recent developments include: May 2023: A UAE-based investment manager, Rasmala Investment Bank, has launched a USD 2bn ( €1.8bn) UK multifamily strategy for a five-year period to build a USD 2bn portfolio of UK residential properties. The strategy is focused on the UK market for multifamily properties through a Shariah-compliant investment vehicle, initially targeting the serviced apartment (SAP) and BTR (build-to-rent) subsectors within and around London. Seeded by Rasmala Group, the strategy is backed by an active investment pipeline for the next 12 – 18 months., November 2022: ValuStrat, a Middle East consulting company, increased its foothold in the UK by acquiring an interest in Capital Value Surveyors, a real estate advisory services company with offices in London. The UK continues to be one of the most established real estate markets worldwide and attracts foreign investors regularly. They are excited to expand their presence there to better serve all of their clients, both in the UK and the Middle East.. Key drivers for this market are: Demand for New Dwellings Units, Government Initiatives are driving the market. Potential restraints include: Demand for New Dwellings Units, Government Initiatives are driving the market. Notable trends are: Increasing in the United Kingdom House Prices.