More than 98,500 residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in August 2017.
September 29, 2017
August 2017 Price Paid Data from HM Land Registry published yesterday 28th September 2017 reveals more than 98,500 residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in August 2017.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data tracks land and property sales in England and Wales submitted to us for registration.
The most expensive residential sale in August 2017 was of a flat in Knightsbridge, London SW1 for £18,250,000. The cheapest residential sale in August 2017 was of a terraced property in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire for £5,300.
Read the August 2017 Price Paid Data announcement in full click here.
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