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Housing Data
Use the table of links below to find housing data from national sources. This library of links will regularly be checked and updated.

If have you a question about housing data please contact us using the online form.
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  • Overview of SIGnet [pdf / 1.08MB] SIGnet is the Homes and Communities Agency's web-based geographic information system (GIS) . This is a system used for the storage, retrieval, analysis and mapping of spatially referenced data. This PDF provides an overview of its use and functions.

Housing Data Links

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Affordable Housing23/02/2012
 "These live tables provide the latest, most useful or most popular data, presented by type and other variables, including by geographical area or on a temporal basis. Estimates for 2010-11 were revised in January 2012 to reflect data changes made as a result of local authority representations on the provisional allocations for the New Homes Bonus. Final 2010-11 Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) data (as published 30 November 2011) were also incorporated."
Affordable Housing - Homes & Communities Agency13/01/2011
 The latest HCA statistics on the supply of affordable homes delivered under the National Affordable Housing Programme, the Local Authority New Build Programme and the Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme together with all homes delivered under the Property and Regeneration Programme.
Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA HIP Returns)27/01/2011
 The purpose of the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) is to bring together information about a non-Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT) authority's Housing Revenue Account (HRA) stock. As of 2006/07 the Business Plan Future Plans (BPFP) is no longer collected. The Business Plan Annual Monitoring (BPAM) part of the BPSA will still be collected annually as it reports progress made during the last financial year against Local Authority Business Plans. This information is used centrally to inform policy development and progress monitoring.
COntinuous REcording (CORE)14/01/2011
 Is a national information source funded jointly by the Tenant Services Authority and the DCLG that records information on the characteristics of both registered provider (RP) and local authority new social housing tenants and the homes they rent and buy. Policy makers and practitioners regard the system as an essential tool for monitoring housing costs, assessing affordability and developing policy. CORE provides an invaluable source of information about new lets, sales and tenants, for example, household characteristics, economic status, ethnicity, primary reason for housing, source of referral and previous tenure of occupant. In addition, since information regarding housing costs is also recorded, broad assessments of housing affordability are also possible through CORE. Information from CORE is therefore used by a range of organisations to inform funding, regulatory and other policy decisions relating to RP activity and contributes to the wider policy debate. The extension of CORE to the local authority sector is working towards a complete and consistent set of figures countrywide. As of April 2009 TNS Research International (TNS-RI) are responsible for managing CORE.
Empty Homes Toolkit04/02/2011
 The toolkit is designed to be useful for a wide range of audiences - from property owners, and concerned neighbours, to council officers and local councillors, who have a front-line role in helping and enabling their communities, tackle many of the challenges posed by empty properties. It provides advice and information on all the important aspects of returning an empty home into use. From each page there are links to further pages providing additional information.
English Housing Survey23/02/2012
 The English Housing Survey is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government that collects information about people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. Detailed information, headline reports together with tables for 2010-11 report and links to where previous year’s reports are also available.
Homelessness by Local Authority - Department for Communities & Local Government13/01/2011
 Live tables provide the latest, most useful or most popular data, presented by type and other variables, including by geographical area or on a temporal basis by Local Authority.
House Building - Department for Communities & Local Government13/01/2011
 Number of houses started and completed by district and tenure (Live Table 253), figures include 12 month NHBC data and LA reported data.
Housing and Planning Module - House Prices / Affordability04/02/2011
 Information on House Prices and Affordability direct from this site.
Housing Statistics - Department for Commnuities & Local Government13/01/2011
 Housing statistics page from CLG, containing links to live data tables
Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA)24/01/2011
 Revised data returns as provided by local authorities in England on their Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) from 2007 onwards
Mortgage & Landlord Possession Statistics - Ministry of Justice13/01/2011
 Quarterly National Statistics on possession actions issued in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords in England and Wales.
National Register of Social Housing14/01/2011
 NROSH is a property database developed by Department of Communities and Local Government and the Tenant Services Authority to collect information about all social rented and affordable housing units in England at individual property level. And will replace the need for the RSR return.
Neighbourhood Statistics - Office for National Statistics13/01/2011
 The ONS holds detailed and updated neighbourhood statistics accessible via this link.
Net Additional Homes - Department for Communities & Local Government13/01/2011
 Net additions measure the absolute increase in stock between one year and the next, including other losses and gains (such as conversions, changes of use and demolitions). (Live Table 122).
Private Rent Data (VOA)23/02/2012
 The Valuation Office provides statistics on the private rental market for England. The release presents the mean (average), median, lower quartile, and upper quartile gross monthly rent paid (ignoring any adjustment for services not eligible for housing benefit), for a number of bedroom/room categories for each Local Authority (LA) in England only.
Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR)24/01/2011
 The Regulatory & Statistical Return (RSR) was an annual return sent to all PRPs/RSLs by the Tenant Services Authority/Housing Corporation and collected data on stock size, location and types, rents, sales and acquisitions over the year, and characteristics of providers for 2008/09, 2009/10 & 2010/11. 2011 was the last year of the RSR survey. In future the data collection will be carried out through a reformed NROSH.
Vacant Dwellings - DCLG Live Tables13/01/2011
 DCLG live table showing numbers of vacants and long-term vacants, overall and in the LA-owned and housing association tenures. The table pulls together the key existing official figures on empty homes, which come from a variety of data sources, and shows them in one place. This is table 615
Useful Data Links

Shelter Housing Databank - brings together government data on housing need, supply, affordability and other issues at a local, regional and national level. You can view the data as a table or graph, or download it for further analysis.

HCA Housing Market Bulletins - The monthly Housing Market Bulletin provides the latest information on the housing market, the economy and the housebuilding industry

Household Projections - Live Tables from DCLG

Housing Statistics Network - The HSN was established in 2010 to further dialogue between users and providers of housing statistics and a focus for identifying and resolving common issues. For more information, follow the link.