Every year from 1995 to 2026, with the median paid, what it is worth in 2026 money, and what a buyer in that year would have made by the end of the record.
Section 01
What buying in each year was worth
The last two columns are the same purchase measured two ways. Cash is what the price did. Real is what it did after inflation — the only one that answers whether the money kept its value.
| Year | Sales | Median paid | In today's money | Held to today, cash | Held to today, real |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 216,420 | £285,000 | £285,000 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 777,740 | £295,953 | £302,387 | -3.7% | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 761,454 | £291,000 | £306,201 | -2.1% | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 706,893 | £286,950 | £310,038 | -0.7% | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 908,301 | £290,000 | £335,990 | -1.7% | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 1,084,997 | £276,000 | £348,710 | +3.3% | -18.3% |
| 2020 | 751,997 | £257,500 | £333,402 | +10.7% | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 841,916 | £239,995 | £313,908 | +18.8% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 874,383 | £235,000 | £313,185 | +21.3% | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 905,467 | £229,000 | £311,670 | +24.5% | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 921,288 | £219,950 | £307,059 | +29.6% | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 917,988 | £208,500 | £293,985 | +36.7% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 918,151 | £195,000 | £279,705 | +46.2% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 790,826 | £185,000 | £269,752 | +54.1% | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 667,857 | £180,000 | £268,856 | +58.3% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 659,858 | £176,000 | £269,739 | +61.9% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 661,710 | £182,000 | £290,623 | +56.6% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 622,704 | £169,000 | £277,727 | +68.6% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 646,811 | £170,000 | £285,357 | +67.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,268,817 | £175,000 | £304,254 | +62.9% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 1,322,574 | £166,000 | £295,530 | +71.7% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 1,059,052 | £157,500 | £286,919 | +81.0% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,229,267 | £150,000 | £278,289 | +90.0% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 1,232,767 | £130,000 | £245,710 | +119.2% | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 1,348,933 | £110,000 | £212,175 | +159.1% | +34.3% |
| 2001 | 1,243,442 | £90,000 | £176,495 | +216.7% | +61.5% |
| 2000 | 1,127,168 | £80,000 | £160,000 | +256.3% | +78.1% |
| 1999 | 1,192,698 | £72,950 | £148,641 | +290.7% | +91.7% |
| 1998 | 1,048,949 | £65,000 | £134,779 | +338.5% | +111.5% |
| 1997 | 1,093,201 | £60,000 | £127,218 | +375.0% | +124.0% |
| 1996 | 964,136 | £57,000 | £123,646 | +400.0% | +130.5% |
| 1995 | 796,331 | £54,950 | £122,015 | +418.7% | +133.6% |
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Every year
- 2026£285,000
- 2025£295,953
- 2024£291,000
- 2023£286,950
- 2022£290,000
- 2021£276,000
- 2020£257,500
- 2019£239,995
- 2018£235,000
- 2017£229,000
- 2016£219,950
- 2015£208,500
- 2014£195,000
- 2013£185,000
- 2012£180,000
- 2011£176,000
- 2010£182,000
- 2009£169,000
- 2008£170,000
- 2007£175,000
- 2006£166,000
- 2005£157,500
- 2004£150,000
- 2003£130,000
- 2002£110,000
- 2001£90,000
- 2000£80,000
- 1999£72,950
- 1998£65,000
- 1997£60,000
- 1996£57,000
- 1995£54,950