HC Deb 26 October 1982 vol 29 c386W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the change in house prices in the first and second quarters of 1982 in(a)the North-West region and(b)the United Kingdom as a whole.

Sir George Young:

House prices in the United Kingdom rose about 2 per cent. between the fourth quarter 1981 and the second quarter 1982, according to the index based on a standard mix of dwelling types, which was published in table 2.2 of "Housing and Construction Statistics" part 2, No. 10. This index is derived from a sample of building societies' mortgages which is too small to provide reliable regional quarterly indices, but the price change in the North-West appears to have been roughly similar.