Guides
Plain-English guides to sold house prices in England and Wales, from HM Land Registry data.
For homeowners and buyers
How to find what a house sold for
Every home sold in England and Wales is recorded by HM Land Registry. Here is how to look up a sold price and what the record tells you.
How to estimate your home's value from sold prices
Use recent sales of similar homes nearby to get a rough idea of what your home might sell for, and know when to ask an agent or surveyor.
Why the price on a listing and the price a home actually sells for are often different, where each figure comes from and how to compare them.
What the average and median house price mean, a worked example of how they differ, why House Price Monitor uses medians and how the House Price Index works.
How to work out how much house prices have changed
Work out how much house prices in a postcode have changed over time, using sold prices, a simple percentage and fair comparisons.
Comparing house prices between streets and postcodes
How UK postcodes are structured, why street prices vary so much, and how to read a street's sold prices against its wider postcode.
Why sold prices take months to appear
A house sale can take weeks or months to show in sold price records. Here is why there is a delay and what it means for the latest figures.
What the Land Registry price data includes
What HM Land Registry Price Paid Data records for each sale, what the codes mean, which sales are left out and how House Price Monitor uses it.
For estate agents and brokers
Estate agents
Using sold prices in a valuation appointment
How to prepare sold price evidence before a valuation appointment and use it with the vendor to explain and support your recommended price.
Estate agents
How to pick, check and weigh comparable sales from Land Registry data so your price advice rests on the closest and most recent evidence.
Estate agents
Preparing a market appraisal from sold prices
How to build a written market appraisal from sold price evidence, set out a price range and keep a record that supports your advice.
Estate agents
Explaining a rising or falling local market to sellers
How to show a seller what recent sold prices say about their local market, whether prices are rising, falling or flat.
Estate agents
Monthly market updates for vendors and landlords
What to include in a monthly market update for vendors and landlords, built from completed sales in their postcode.
Mortgage brokers
Down valuations: what sold prices can show
How brokers can use completed sales to understand a down valuation, prepare a challenge and advise the client on their options.