April 2019 Price Paid Data from HM Land Registry

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The most expensive residential sale taking place in April 2019 was of a terraced property in Kensington and Chelsea for £30,000,000. The cheapest residential sale in April 2019 was of a terraced property in Burnley for £16,000.

The most expensive commercial sale taking place in April 2019 was in City of Westminster for £78,000,000 .The cheapest commercial sales in April 2019 were in Bury St Edmunds, Waverley, Lewisham, Birmingham and Enfield for £500.

Of the 74,683 sales received for registration 23,133 took place in April 2019 of which:

  • 394 were of residential properties in England and Wales for £1 million and over;
  • 242 were of residential properties in Greater London for £1 million and over;
  • 3 were of residential properties in West Midlands for more than £1 million;
  • 4 were of residential properties in Greater Manchester for more than £1 million; and
  • There were no residential properties in Wales for more than £1 million.

This month’s Price Paid Data includes details of more than 74,600 sales of land and property in England and Wales that HM Land Registry received for registration in April 2019.

The number of sales received for registration by property type and month

Of the 74,683 sales received for registration in April 2019:

  • 56,633 were freehold, a 1.8% decrease on April 2018; and
  • 9,959 were newly built, a 15% decrease on April 2018.
Property type April 2019 March 2019 February 2019
Detached

16,137

19,119

18,468

Semi-detached

19,430

22,815

21,205

Terraced

20,041

23,435

16,121

Flat/maisonette

13,345

16,832

20,899

Other

 5,730

 6,330

 5,575

Total

74,683

88,531

82,268

Access the full dataset

In the dataset you can find the date of sale for each property, its full address and sale price, its category (residential or commercial) and type (detached, semi-detached, terraced, flat or maisonette and other), whether it is new build or not and whether it is freehold or leasehold.

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