How many homes actually change hands

Transactions collapse before prices do. This is the earlier warning.

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SeriesPeriod or categoryValueUnit
volume2017-127,883sales
volume2018-016,584sales
volume2018-026,386sales
volume2018-037,350sales
volume2018-046,511sales
volume2018-056,980sales
volume2018-068,135sales
volume2018-078,303sales
volume2018-088,975sales
volume2018-097,636sales
volume2018-107,956sales
volume2018-118,130sales
volume2018-126,957sales
volume2019-016,031sales
volume2019-025,967sales
volume2019-036,875sales
volume2019-046,063sales
volume2019-056,815sales
volume2019-066,991sales
volume2019-078,275sales
volume2019-088,797sales
volume2019-097,586sales
volume2019-107,901sales
volume2019-117,833sales
volume2019-127,107sales
volume2020-016,527sales
volume2020-026,465sales
volume2020-036,842sales
volume2020-043,206sales
volume2020-052,929sales
volume2020-064,511sales
volume2020-075,988sales
volume2020-086,148sales
volume2020-097,087sales
volume2020-108,083sales
volume2020-117,825sales
volume2020-129,201sales
volume2021-018,030sales
volume2021-0210,070sales
volume2021-0316,466sales
volume2021-049,151sales
volume2021-057,696sales
volume2021-0626,412sales
volume2021-073,030sales
volume2021-086,063sales
volume2021-0912,748sales
volume2021-104,935sales
volume2021-116,837sales
volume2021-127,655sales
volume2022-016,363sales
volume2022-027,143sales
volume2022-038,630sales
volume2022-047,432sales
volume2022-057,768sales
volume2022-068,528sales
volume2022-079,356sales
volume2022-089,432sales
volume2022-099,508sales
volume2022-108,976sales
volume2022-118,978sales
volume2022-128,125sales
volume2023-016,046sales
volume2023-025,587sales
volume2023-036,571sales
volume2023-044,330sales
volume2023-054,835sales
volume2023-066,016sales
volume2023-076,043sales
volume2023-086,988sales
volume2023-096,912sales
volume2023-106,242sales
volume2023-116,023sales
volume2023-125,479sales
volume2024-015,102sales
volume2024-025,582sales
volume2024-035,952sales
volume2024-045,730sales
volume2024-056,785sales
volume2024-066,287sales
volume2024-077,834sales
volume2024-088,392sales
volume2024-097,402sales
volume2024-108,981sales
volume2024-117,652sales
volume2024-126,862sales
volume2025-016,665sales
volume2025-027,285sales
volume2025-0316,812sales
volume2025-042,868sales
volume2025-055,139sales
volume2025-066,329sales
volume2025-077,504sales
volume2025-087,445sales
volume2025-096,660sales
volume2025-106,995sales
volume2025-115,951sales
volume2025-125,479sales
volume2026-014,490sales
volume2026-023,955sales
volume2026-034,199sales

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Methodology

Monthly sales volume for Greater London from the UK House Price Index, the same document the average price comes from. Volume is the quieter series and the more sensitive one: buyers stop transacting months before sellers accept lower prices, so a downturn shows here first. The most recent months are provisional and revise upward as registrations catch up.

Provenance

Cadence
monthly
Engine
timeline

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