HC Deb 27 June 1988 vol 136 cc138-9W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the average percentage rises in house prices, by region, annually in the last 10 years and the current average house price for each region.

Mrs. Roe

The average annual percentage rises in house prices and the average house prices in the first quarter of 1988, the latest available period, are given in the following table.

Year Northern Yorks and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia Greater London South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
1981 7 12 8 5 3 5 3 4 6 9 9 3
1982 4 1 3 4 1 2 4 2 3 6 7 4
1983 11 12 11 9 12 13 10 8 10 10 12 8
1984 6 6 10 10 16 13 8 7 6 4 6 4
1985 3 6 7 12 14 10 10 5 5 8 6 7
1986 8 9 11 16 22 17 15 9 10 6 5 7
1987 8 8 13 19 24 22 17 15 7 9 7 5
Average House Prices(£)
1988 Q1 28,699 29,091 35,269 48,961 69,289 64,933 50,146 34,884 30,685 29,358 26,808 28,951
1 Prices of building society mortgage completions.