marketcodeSold price per m²
£3,389/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
526,802 sales
-3.4% on the previous 12 months.
Country
England property market
Sold £3,389/m² · Median sold £303,642 (526,802 sales) · Index +1% y/y · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026
What does England cost?
England: sold price per m² £3,389/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 526,802 sales). -3.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sold price
£303,642 12 months to Apr 2026
526,802 sales
-0.1% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£332,048 12 months to Aug 2026
1,796,238 listings
-1.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 8 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
How does England vary by home size?
Asking price in England runs from £200,114 for 1 bedroom to £796,350 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £200,114 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -6.6% on the previous 12 months | 157772 |
| 2 bedrooms | £248,314 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.7% on the previous 12 months | 509467 |
| 3 bedrooms | £318,074 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +1% on the previous 12 months | 645223 |
| 4 bedrooms | £497,151 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +1.1% on the previous 12 months | 336133 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £796,350 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -0.4% on the previous 12 months | 132300 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is England?
England: new listings 1,118,222 (12 months to Aug 2026, 1,118,222 listings). +8.2% on the previous 12 months.
New listings
1,118,222 12 months to Aug 2026
1,118,222 listings
+8.2% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Price reductions
678,016 12 months to Aug 2026
678,016 listings
+13.6% on the previous 12 months.
Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.
Days to completion
181 days 12 months to Dec 2024
80,309 matched sales
-3.4% on the previous 12 months.
Who is active in England?
11,246 agents listed homes for sale in England; the three largest took 2.2% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 11,246
- Top three agents’ share
- 2.2%
- New homes among listings
- 7.5%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Where does England rank?
London leads the 84 local authorities within England for sold price per m², at £6,533/m².
Sold price per m² · local authorities within England
London leads the 84 local authorities within England for sold price per m², at £6,533/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | £6,533/m² | 53,310 | measured |
| 2 | Windsor and Maidenhead | £5,595/m² | 1,346 | measured |
| 3 | Surrey | £5,496/m² | 11,759 | measured |
| 4 | The City of Brighton and Hove | £5,368/m² | 2,419 | measured |
| 5 | Hertfordshire | £5,337/m² | 10,790 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across local authorities within England →
Gross yield, asking basis · local authorities within England
Reading leads the 61 local authorities within England for gross yield, asking basis, at 6.4%.
| # | Area |
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Where next from England?
- Bath and North East SomersetLocal authority · £4,566/m²
- BedfordLocal authority · £3,926/m²
- Blackburn with DarwenLocal authority · £2,192/m²
- BlackpoolLocal authority · £1,651/m²
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleLocal authority · £4,124/m²
- Bracknell ForestLocal authority · £4,995/m²
- BuckinghamshireLocal authority · £5,305/m²
- CambridgeshireCounty or region · £3,791/m²
- Central BedfordshireLocal authority · £4,282/m²
- Cheshire EastLocal authority · £3,554/m²
- Cheshire West and ChesterLocal authority · £3,120/m²
- City of BristolLocal authority · £4,056/m²
- Homes for sale in EnglandLive sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in EnglandLive lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in EnglandRegistered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in England
Questions about England
- What is the median house price in England?
- Homes in England sold for a median £303,642 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 526,802 sales. Per square metre that is £3,389/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in England changed?
- -3.4% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in England?
- Homes that were listed and then registered as sold took a median 181 days from first listing to completion, over the 12 months to Dec 2024, 80,309 matched sales.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 526,802 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 526,802 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,796,238 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 | 80,309 matched sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,118,222 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 678,016 listings |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 | 80,309 matched sales |
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