Summary

Description

This dataset contains the ratio of median house price to median earnings by district from 1997 to 2012. This data set uses the median house price data from Land Registry on residential house price transactions at full market value, this means it excludes all: commercial transactions, transfer, conveyances, assignments or lease at a premium with nominal rent which are: Right to Buy sales at a discount, subject to a lease, subject to an existing mortgage, by way of a gift or exchange or under a court order or Compulsory Purchase Order. This is compared to the median income data of full time workers from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) produced by the ONS. This data was derived from Table 577, available for download as an [Excel spreadsheet](https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85872/table577.xls).