The UK property pockets where house prices are up 400%+ in two decades, 100% in the last decade alone

The latest research by lettings and sale agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that London has seen the largest increase in house prices of all UK regions in the last decade, up 83% and a huge 308% since the turn of the Millennium.

The latest and last Land Registry house price index including data for 2019 has just been released shining a light on house price performance over the full year, the decade and last twenty years.

Benham and Reeves crunched the numbers to look at the average yearly house price and how this has changed over the last decade and the last two decades.

The numbers show that across the UK property prices are up some 43% in the last ten years, although growth this Millennium has already hit 197% despite a huge market correction during the financial crash in 2007.

London in the last decade

Over the last decade, Waltham Forest is the borough to have helped drive this price growth within the capital to the largest extent, with prices increasing by 111%. The City of London has also seen one of the largest increases in the last decade up 104%, along with Haringey (99%), Hackney (97%) and Lewisham (94%).

Believe it or not, Hammersmith and Fulham has seen the lowest rate of house price growth in the last ten years, with prices up just 65%. Tower Hamlets and Hounslow have also seen some of the lowest increases.

London since the turn of the Millennium

Hackney tops the table for price growth since the turn of the Millennium with an increase of 427%, with Waltham Forest again ranking high (415%) along with Newham (388%) and Lewisham (385%).

The UK in the 10 and 20 years

Over the last 10 years, Cambridge (79%) Hertsmere (79%), Three Rivers (77%), Bristol (77%) and Slough (76%) have topped the table for house price growth outside of London.

Manchester (355%), Thanet (347%), Thurrock (342%), Brighton and Hove (335%) and Southend (334%) have seen the largest increases in the last 20 years.

Marc von Grundherr, director of lettings and sale agent, Benham and Reeves, commented:

“For many of us, ringing in a new Millennium may seem like it was yesterday, but since then the UK property market has continued to go from strength to strength, registering some huge increases in value not just in London, but across the UK.

This comes despite a market crash that all but re-levelled the playing field and the substantial growth that has followed in the last decade alone is proof of the market’s resilience and tenacity.

This is accentuated within the boundaries of the capital where even the worst-performing boroughs have seen property values skyrocket.

When you consider this growth against the more recent Brexit blighted backdrop that many predicted would topple the market we are far from in trouble and, with a newly rejuvenated level of confidence since December’s election, the following decade should bring more of the same where property price growth is concerned.”

Primary level – nations
Location	2019 AveHP	2009 AveHP	1999 AveHP	10 year change	20 year change
England	£247,400	£166,559	£70,071	49%	253%
Wales	£163,689	£127,658	£50,126	28%	227%
Scotland	£151,788	£129,881	£49,924	17%	204%
Northern Ireland	£138,129	£141,384	£62,048	-2%	123%

United Kingdom	£231,215	£161,148	£77,961	43%	197%

Secondary level – regions
Location	2019 AveHP	2009 AveHP	1999 AveHP	10 year change	20 year change
London	£472,524	£257,854	£115,686	83%	308%
East of England	£290,928	£177,386	£76,768	64%	279%
East Midlands	£193,520	£134,119	£55,834	44%	247%
South West	£256,607	£178,826	£74,707	43%	243%
South East	£322,210	£201,640	£94,201	60%	242%
Yorkshire and The Humber	£163,844	£129,734	£49,490	26%	231%
North West	£164,571	£130,121	£50,145	26%	228%
West Midlands Region	£198,513	£142,190	£60,954	40%	226%
North East	£128,901	£120,955	£46,999	7%	174%

London boroughs
Location	2019 AveHP	2009 AveHP	1999 AveHP	10 year change	20 year change
Hackney	£556,561	£282,241	£105,533	97%	427%
Waltham Forest	£431,537	£204,935	£83,822	111%	415%
Newham	£363,456	£188,217	£74,526	93%	388%
Lewisham	£410,350	£211,308	£84,695	94%	385%
Barking and Dagenham	£299,686	£156,447	£65,321	92%	359%
City of London	£783,417	£383,418	£171,300	104%	357%
Haringey	£548,829	£276,214	£120,083	99%	357%
Southwark	£498,672	£261,151	£110,268	91%	352%
City of Westminster	£956,750	£532,097	£214,043	80%	347%
Camden	£834,749	£454,628	£191,091	84%	337%
Lambeth	£508,349	£267,337	£116,616	90%	336%
Brent	£484,770	£264,402	£112,157	83%	332%
Greenwich	£391,560	£210,323	£90,879	86%	331%
Merton	£507,900	£271,598	£121,901	87%	317%
Islington	£631,679	£345,284	£155,590	83%	306%
Wandsworth	£588,820	£340,373	£145,340	73%	305%
Kensington And Chelsea	£1,256,713	£705,188	£311,455	78%	303%
Redbridge	£415,068	£232,764	£102,940	78%	303%
Havering	£364,713	£205,962	£92,889	77%	293%
Bexley	£338,058	£189,051	£86,778	79%	290%
Tower Hamlets	£438,332	£258,248	£113,035	70%	288%
Enfield	£394,057	£221,993	£101,987	78%	286%
Barnet	£520,386	£299,103	£136,005	74%	283%
Croydon	£365,763	£203,706	£97,173	80%	276%
Kingston upon Thames	£486,237	£266,774	£129,697	82%	275%
Ealing	£473,336	£264,042	£126,278	79%	275%
Hillingdon	£405,173	£228,276	£108,925	77%	272%
Sutton	£373,196	£212,118	£100,870	76%	270%
Bromley	£438,406	£249,909	£120,874	75%	263%
Hammersmith and Fulham	£718,439	£435,456	£198,901	65%	261%
Hounslow	£402,167	£236,243	£112,074	70%	259%
Richmond upon Thames	£650,883	£369,390	£181,772	76%	258%
Harrow	£449,686	£263,036	£126,688	71%	255%

Best areas for 10 year growth outside of London
Location	2019 AveHP	2009 AveHP	10 year change
Cambridge	£435,409	£242,741	79%
Hertsmere	£462,457	£257,956	79%
Three Rivers	£514,591	£289,942	77%
City of Bristol	£280,437	£158,796	77%
Slough	£296,956	£168,343	76%
Harlow	£273,824	£156,433	75%
Watford	£347,013	£198,681	75%
St Albans	£506,036	£289,965	75%
Welwyn Hatfield	£391,313	£224,325	74%
Southend-on-Sea	£285,440	£163,819	74%

Best areas for 20 year growth outside of London
Location	2019 AveHP	1999 AveHP	20 year change
Manchester	£181,071	£39,835	355%
Thanet	£236,991	£53,005	347%
Thurrock	£267,574	£60,514	342%
Brighton and Hove	£364,493	£83,851	335%
Southend-on-Sea	£285,440	£65,811	334%
City of Bristol	£280,437	£65,352	329%
Hastings	£214,199	£50,073	328%
Basildon	£306,297	£72,183	324%
Rochford	£349,442	£83,248	320%
Corby	£185,821	£45,211	311%

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