Average price
£288,411
August 2026
12 months
+0.5%
August 2025 to August 2026
Last month
+0.3%
July to August 2026
Sales registered
44,379
June 2026, the latest month published
Great Britain average
£275,241
August 2026
HM Land Registry's average price for England and Wales was £288,411 in August 2026, up 0.5% on the year. That is about 5% above the Great Britain average of £275,241. 44,379 sales in England and Wales have been registered so far for June 2026, the most recent month HM Land Registry have published a count for.
HM Land Registry's average price for England and Wales from the UK House Price Index, broken down by property type, buyer status, funding status and property status.
Price trend
Over the 12 months to August 2026, the average price in England and Wales rose 0.5%, peaking at £288,411 in August 2026.
Peak £288,411 in August 2026.
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By property type
Detached homes are the most expensive in England and Wales at £461,962, 114% above flat or maisonette at £215,804. Flat or maisonette is the only type where prices fell over the year, down 2.8%.
| Property type | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| £461,962 | Broadly flat | |
| £286,814 | +1.8% | |
| £241,509 | +1.5% | |
| £215,804 | −2.8% |
Month by month
| Month | Average price | Monthly change | Annual change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £288,411 | +0.3% | +0.5% | – | |
| £287,662 | +0.4% | +1% | – | |
| £286,410 | −0.5% | +1.2% | 44,379 | |
| £287,795 | +0.3% | +2.7% | 46,066 | |
| £286,958 | +0.7% | +4.2% | 46,516 | |
| £285,088 | −0.3% | Broadly flat | 54,289 | |
| £286,015 | +0.3% | +1.3% | 49,406 | |
| £285,157 | +0.3% | +1.2% | 46,335 | |
| £284,222 | −0.8% | +0.9% | 63,896 | |
| £286,492 | +0.3% | +1.8% | 69,805 | |
| £285,705 | +0.1% | +1.2% | 81,352 | |
| £285,403 | −0.5% | +1.2% | 70,244 | |
| £286,839 | +0.7% | +1.7% | 73,860 |
By buyer status
The average price for first-time buyers in England and Wales was £108,725 below that for former owner-occupiers, a gap of 45%.
| Buyer | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| £242,014 | +0.7% | |
| £350,739 | +0.5% |
By funding status
The average price for cash buyers in England and Wales was 7% below that for mortgage buyers. Cash accounted for 25% of the cash and mortgage sales registered so far for June 2026.
| Paid with | Average price | Annual change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| £274,435 | Broadly flat | 5,739 | |
| £294,195 | +0.7% | 17,221 |
By property status
The average price for new builds in England and Wales was 29% above that for existing homes.
| Property status | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| £365,710 | Broadly flat | |
| £283,416 | +1.3% |
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The average price is the index's standardised average, a mix-adjusted geometric mean, not the mean or median of sales, so it will not match a list of sold prices. HM Land Registry revise the most recent twelve months as more sales are registered, so recent figures are provisional.