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The UK House Price Index shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In England, the December data shows an annual price increase of 7.7% which takes the average property value to £236,424. Monthly house prices have risen by 1.6% since November 2016.

Wales shows an annual price increase of 4.7% which takes the average property value to £148,177. Monthly house prices have risen by 1% since November 2016.

London shows an annual price increase of 7.5% which takes the average property value to £483,803. Monthly house prices have risen by 1.8% since November 2016.

The regional data indicates that:

UK Property Transaction statistics show the number of home sales in the UK (seasonally adjusted) increased by 0.2% between November and December 2016, but compared with December 2015 there were 8.5% fewer home sales. See the economic statement.

Sales during October 2016, the most up-to-date Land Registry figures available, show that:

• the number of completed house sales in England fell by 34.5% to 58,853 compared with 89,884 in October 2015

• the number of completed house sales in Wales fell by 25.9% to 3,415 compared with 4,610 in October 2015

• the number of completed house sales in London fell by 44.9% to 6,166 compared with 11,200 in October 2015

• there were 617 repossession sales in England in October 2016

• there were 53 repossession sales in Wales in October 2016

• the lowest number of repossession sales in England and Wales in October 2016 was in the East of England.

Access the full December UK HPI

Price change by region for England

Average price by property type for England

Price change for Wales

Average price by property type for Wales

Average price by property type for London

Sales volumes for England

Sales volumes for Wales

Sales volumes for London

Funding, buyer and building status for England

Funding, buyer and building status for Wales

Funding, buyer and building status for London

Repossession

Notes to editors

1. The UK House Price Index (HPI) is published on the second or third Tuesday of each month with Northern Ireland figures updated quarterly. The January 2017 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on 21 March 2017. A calendar of release dates is available.

2. Data for the UK HPI is provided by Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and the Valuation Office Agency.

3. The UK HPI is calculated by the Office for National Statistics and Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. It applies a hedonic regression model that uses the various sources of data on property price, in particular Land Registry’s Price Paid Dataset, and attributes to produce estimates of the change in house prices each month. Find out more about the methodology used from ONS and Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency.

4. The first estimate for new build average price (April 2016 report) was based on a small sample which can cause volatility. A three-month moving average has been applied to the latest estimate to remove some of this volatility.

5. Work has been taking place since 2014 to develop a single, official HPI that reflects the final transaction price for sales of residential property in the UK. Using the geometric mean, it covers purchases at market value for owner-occupation and buy-to-let, excluding those purchases not at market value (such as re-mortgages), where the ‘price’ represents a valuation.

6. Information on residential property transactions for England and Wales, collected as part of the official registration process, is provided by Land Registry for properties that are sold for full market value.

7. The Land Registry dataset contains the sale price of the property, the date when the sale was completed, full address details, the type of property (detached, semi-detached, terraced or flat), if it is a newly built property or an established residential building and a variable to indicate if the property has been purchased as a financed transaction (using a mortgage) or as a non-financed transaction (cash purchase).

8. Repossession data is based on the number of transactions lodged with Land Registry by lenders exercising their power of sale.

9. For England this is shown as volumes of repossessions recorded by Government Office region. For Wales there is a headline figure for the number of repossessions recorded in Wales.

10. The data can be downloaded as a .csv file. Repossession data prior to April 2016 is not available. Find out more information about repossessions.

11. Background tables of the raw and cleansed aggregated data, in Excel and CSV formats, are also published monthly although Northern Ireland is on a quarterly basis. They are available for free use and re-use under the Open Government Licence.

12. As a government department established in 1862, executive agency and trading fund responsible to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Land Registry keeps and maintains the Land Register for England and Wales. The Land Register has been open to public inspection since 1990.

13. With the largest transactional database of its kind detailing more than 24 million titles, Land Registry underpins the economy by safeguarding ownership of many billions of pounds worth of property.

14. For further information about Land Registry visit www.gov.uk/land-registry

15. Follow us on Twitter @LandRegGov our blog and LinkedIn and Facebook

Enhancements have been made to application forms in response to provider feedback.

Changes have been made to the following electronic versions of the CW3 form in response to feedback from providers:

• CW3B Imm: Application for extension of Upper Costs Limit (electronic version)
• CW3C Imm: Graduated Fee Scheme – application for extension of Disbursement Limit (electronic version)

The improvements include:

1. more Excel formulas to auto calculate totals
2. additional dropdown menu options
3. removal of requirement for details of work done to date

Process and benefits

There have been no changes to the process for submitting electronic forms, which have the following benefits compared to the Word versions:

• saves time because totals are validated as you complete the form
• electronic signatures accepted so no need to print off, sign and scan before emailing
• forms can be completed online, submitted directly by email and saved on to your system
• documents can still be attached to support applications e.g. ledger/running record of costs
• caseworkers able to process forms more efficiently so decisions made faster

Helpful hints

• when opening form click the ‘enable content’ button at the top of screen above column ‘E’
• section 2 of CW3B form does not need to be completed if you can attach a running record of costs confirming work carried out to date
• remember that all CW3 applications must go to this mailbox: cw3@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk

Support and advice

If you need help using these forms then support is available from the Mental Health Unit and Escape Cases Team.

Electronic CW3 forms will eventually be mandatory to use and the option to scan and email Word versions instead will be removed. So, it is a good idea to familiarise yourself with the electronic versions.

Further information

CW3: extension of upper cost limit in controlled work cases – to download electronic versions of CW3B (Imm)

CW3C: disbursement limit extension– to download electronic version of CW3C

Escape cases electronic handbook – for detailed guidance on the CW3 process

cw3@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk – to submit your application or ask for help and advice