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UK property market reports built from sold price records
Browse ranked reports for affordability, market activity, growth and street-level coverage. Each report states its data source, sample size and ranking method so the result can be trusted by users and cited by AI search systems.
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Summary
What these reports cover
UK House Prices publishes market research reports from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, grouped by affordability, market activity, growth and street-level coverage. Each report links to ranked local pages and includes visible methodology, FAQ content and structured data for citation by search engines and AI answer systems.
Public reports
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Data source
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Updated
July 2026
Public reports
Browse reports by decision type
Pick a report by the decision you need to make: affordability, market activity, growth, premium pricing or street-level coverage.
Premium pricing report
Most expensive towns in the UK
Best for comparing high-value town markets with a meaningful sample size.
Rank the most expensive UK towns by average sold price using HM Land Registry records. Compare town prices, transaction samples and latest records.
- Coverage
- Top 25 towns
- Why read
- Ranked by average sold price from high to low. The table includes towns with at least 1,000 transactions and recent records in 2025 or later.
- Last updated
- July 2026
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Street coverage report
UK towns with the most streets
Best for researchers who need broad street-level coverage before drilling down.
Compare UK towns with the broadest street-level sold price coverage using HM Land Registry records and UK House Prices summaries.
- Coverage
- Top 25 towns
- Why read
- Ranked by street count from high to low, with transaction count used as a tie-breaker. The table includes towns with at least 100 streets and 1,000 transactions.
- Last updated
- July 2026
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Activity report
Most active district property markets
Best for finding high-liquidity districts by registered residential transactions.
Rank UK districts by residential transaction volume using HM Land Registry sold price data, with average prices and latest records.
- Coverage
- Top 25 districts
- Why read
- Ranked by total transaction count. The table includes districts with at least 10,000 transactions and records in 2025 or later.
- Last updated
- July 2026
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Growth report
Fastest growing UK districts by sold price
Best for comparing five-year growth across districts with recent records.
Compare UK districts with the strongest 5-year sold price growth using HM Land Registry records and district-level samples.
- Coverage
- Top 25 districts
- Why read
- Ranked by 5-year price growth. The table includes districts with at least 5,000 transactions, at least five active years, a non-null growth value and recent records in 2025 or later.
- Last updated
- July 2026
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Growth report
Fastest growing areas in the UK by sold price
Best for a cross-market view of the fastest-growing districts and towns together.
Rank UK areas with the strongest 5-year sold price growth, combining district and town data from HM Land Registry records.
- Coverage
- Top 50 areas
- Why read
- Ranked by 5-year price growth. Combines districts (5,000+ transactions) and towns (500+ transactions) with at least five active years and records in 2025 or later.
- Last updated
- July 2026
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Activity report
Most active UK property markets by transaction volume
Best for identifying towns with the strongest transaction depth.
Rank UK towns by recent residential transaction volume using HM Land Registry sold price data. Compare market liquidity, average prices and latest records.
- Coverage
- Top 25 towns
- Why read
- Ranked by total transaction count. The table includes towns with at least 1,000 transactions and records in 2025 or later.
- Last updated
- July 2026
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Affordability report
Best areas for first-time buyers in the UK
Best for first-time buyers finding affordable towns with active housing markets.
Discover the most affordable UK towns for first-time buyers using HM Land Registry sold-price data. Filtered for average prices under £250,000 with active housing markets.
- Coverage
- Top 25 towns
- Why read
- Ranked by lowest average sold price, with transaction count used as a tie-breaker. Includes towns with avgPrice ≤ £250,000, at least 500 transactions, and records from 2025 or later.
- Last updated
- July 2026
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Data sources and limits
Reports use 31+ million HM Land Registry Price Paid Data records. Rankings are designed for research shortlists: high transaction counts are stronger signals than small samples, and sold prices are not live valuations. Read the full methodology for data cleaning rules and limitations, or compare locations side-by-side.
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Frequently asked questions
What are these property market reports based on?
They are based on completed residential sold price records from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, summarised into ranked public reports by UK House Prices.
How should I use a ranked report?
Use each report as a research shortlist, then open the linked town or district page to check transaction volume, price trends and local context before comparing areas.
Are the rankings property valuations?
No. The tables show historical sold price summaries and transaction samples. They are not asking prices, valuations or investment advice.