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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 December 2009. It was answered by Lord Austin of Dudley (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Housing: Prices

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2009, Official Report, column 305W, on housing: prices, what the average sale price of a home in a rural area was in each of the last 20 quarters.
Answer

[holding answer 14 December 2009]:The average sale price of a home in a rural area in England for each of the last 20 quarters is presented as follows:

Rural local authorities (£)
2004 Q3 200,243
2004 Q4 195,975
2005 Q1 193,143
2005 Q2 194,136
2005 Q3 204,101
2005 Q4 200,898
2006 Q1 198,087
2006 Q2 206,877
2006 Q3 220,529
2006 Q4 215,846
2007 Q1 215,174
2007 Q2 221,059
2007 Q3 236,318
2007 Q4 230,787
2008 Q1 224,794
2008 Q2 224,230
2008 Q3 232,640
2008 Q4 211,976
2009 Q1 200,579
2009 Q2 205,361
Notes:
1. Local authorities that are classed as rural under the DEFRA rural codes have been included and local authorities classed as urban by DEFRA have been filtered out.
2. Data for 2009 Q2 are provisional.
3. Figures are neither seasonally adjusted nor adjusted to take into account the differing mix of properties sold in each period, so comparisons between quarters are not recommended.
Source:
Land Registry.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c372-3W; 306907
Session
2009-10
Related items
Housing: Prices
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Housing Prices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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