English house prices: how the cost of property has changed where you live
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The average price of a house in England rose to £243,582 in December 2017 - an annual increase of 5.03 per cent.
Recent data indicates a monthly jump of 0.4 per cent between November and December last year.
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Hide AdYear-on-year, the highest rise in cost was seen in Cambridge, where the average home cost 15.7 per cent more in December 2017 than the previous year.
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Average sale prices also rose significantly in Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham.
City of London recorded the biggest price decrease at -5.3 per cent.
(Graphic: ONS)
In December 2017, the most expensive place to live in England was Kensington and Chelsea in London, where the cost of an average house came to £1.2 million.
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On the opposite end of the scale, Burnley was the cheapest area in which to purchase property. At the time, a house there cost an average of £78,000.
Semi-detached properties averaged at around £226,034 in December 2017, and proved to be the most popular among house hunters, increasing by around 5.7 per cent in price year-on-year.
House prices and increases by city:
Birmingham: £178,221 / 7.40%Bradford: £133,373 / 0.90%Brighton and Hove: £361,075 / 5.60%Bristol: £275,193 / 6.10%Cambridge: £462,033 / 15.70%Carlisle: £137,492 / 5.70%Leeds: £178,735 / 6.10%Leicester: £162,386 / 6.30%Liverpool: £130,677 / 9.50%London: £768,751 / -5.30%Manchester: £173,381 / 10.90%Newcastle upon Tyne: £161,313 / 1.30%Norwich: £197,798 / 3.10%Portsmouth: £204,870 / 4.70%Preston: £128,447 / 3.50%Salford: £155,325 / 6.00%Sheffield: £156,746 / 5.00%Sunderland: £115,151 / 2.60%Wakefield: £143,456 / 3.10%York: £242,125 / 1.40%
The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) is calculated by the Office for National Statistics and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland.
Full data is available via the ONS.