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 Monday, 14 December 2009 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 region in each year since 1997 in 2009-10 prices.

Answer

The average sale price of a home in a rural area in each region at 2008 constant prices in each year since 1997 is presented as follows:

	East	East Midlands	London	North East	North West	South East	South West	West Midlands	Yorkshire and the Humber
1997	107,437	89,621	n/a	77,875	99,463	142,458	111,339	107,251	85,342
1998	114,441	93,022	n/a	76,020	101,030	154,679	117,681	111,782	84,352
1999	124,937	99,644	n/a	81,445	106,974	170,908	129,314	120,810	88,035
2000	139,890	106,538	n/a	81,848	111,902	196,075	146,245	129,034	91,259
2001	155,994	116,183	n/a	83,993	121,275	211,826	160,865	142,541	96,842
2002	184,406	137,116	n/a	94,321	137,090	239,296	189,328	166,628	113,323
2003	205,980	162,931	n/a	111,706	159,710	261,644	216,438	189,009	135,749
2004	221,536	180,591	n/a	135,430	186,542	277,668	236,833	210,901	162,349
2005	227,703	187,011	n/a	145,344	192,407	279,585	238,220	214,706	169,678
2006	233,404	188,657	n/a	151,110	199,364	290,583	243,213	219,904	176,849
2007	239,819	191,829	n/a	150,707	205,262	301,810	254,397	220,604	178,803
2008	227,682	179,643	n/a	146,057	196,094	291,108	239,038	210,432	170,405
Note:
Prices have been adjusted for inflation using the ONS Retail Price Index.
Source:
Land Registry. 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.

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