How to Find Sold House Prices in the UK — Free & API Methods

Q: How do I find sold house prices for free in the UK?

You can find sold house prices for free via the Land Registry Price Paid Data portal at landregistry.data.gov.uk, or via the sold-price sections on portals like Rightmove and Zoopla. These cover England and Wales back to 1995. For Scotland, use the Registers of Scotland portal. For programmatic access, the Homedata API returns Price Paid history for any UPRN with a single JSON call.

Q: How up to date is Land Registry sold price data?

Land Registry Price Paid Data is typically updated monthly, with a lag of 6–8 weeks after completion. The data covers England and Wales only and excludes non-disclosed transactions (e.g. large bulk transfers between companies). Homedata ingests each monthly release within 48 hours of publication.

Q: Can I access sold house prices via an API?

Yes. The Homedata API returns full sold price history for any UPRN — including sale date, price paid, property type, tenure (freehold/leasehold), and new-build flag. A single GET request to /api/properties/{uprn}/prices/ returns all transactions. Free tier includes 100 calls/month.

Q: What is Land Registry Price Paid data?

Land Registry Price Paid Data is a public dataset published by HM Land Registry containing every residential property sale registered in England and Wales since January 1995. It includes sale price, completion date, address, property type (detached, semi, terraced, flat), tenure, and whether the property was a new build. It is available free to download in CSV or linked-data formats.

Where sold price data comes from

When a residential property sale completes in England or Wales, the buyer's solicitor registers the transfer with HM Land Registry. Land Registry then publishes that transaction as part of the Price Paid Dataset — a monthly release covering every standard residential transaction back to January 1995. Scotland and Northern Ireland maintain separate registers (Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services NI respectively), with their own access methods.

The Price Paid Dataset is not scraped or estimated — it is official legal record data. It includes sale price, completion date, full address, property type (detached, semi-detached, terraced, flat/maisonette), new-build flag, and tenure (freehold or leasehold).

Free ways to look up sold prices

1. Land Registry Price Paid portal. At landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ppd, you can search by full address, postcode, or local authority and download results as CSV. Free for personal and commercial use under the Open Government Licence.

2. Property portal sold-price sections. Major UK portals like Rightmove and Zoopla surface sold price history on property detail pages and via postcode search. Useful for one-off lookups but not bulk queries — both forbid automated extraction in their terms of service.

3. HM Land Registry bulk download. The complete Price Paid CSV (~5 GB uncompressed, 30M+ rows) is available free from gov.uk. Suitable for data scientists and analysts building their own pipelines.

Accessing sold prices via API

For applications that need to look up prices programmatically — valuation tools, property report generators, estate agent CRMs, investment dashboards — a direct API integration is far more practical than maintaining a bulk CSV import.

The Homedata prices API returns the full transaction history for any UPRN, normalised and enriched with property metadata (bedrooms, floor area, EPC rating) in a single JSON call. Typical response time is under 150 ms.

GET /api/properties/10023456789/prices/
Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_KEY

{
  "uprn": "10023456789",
  "address": "14 Thornton Road, Bristol, BS7 8EJ",
  "transactions": [
    {
      "date": "2022-06-15",
      "price": 385000,
      "tenure": "freehold",
      "new_build": false,
      "property_type": "semi_detached"
    },
    {
      "date": "2015-03-20",
      "price": 247500,
      "tenure": "freehold",
      "new_build": false,
      "property_type": "semi_detached"
    }
  ]
}

What sold price data doesn't cover

Scotland and Northern Ireland — separate registers with different access routes.
Non-market transactions — bulk portfolio transfers, sales to connected parties, some auction sales, and transfers below market value are excluded or flagged as "additional" category.
Off-plan and new-build re-sales — may not reflect true market value if developer incentives were applied.
Recent completions — typically 6–8 week lag from completion to publication.

Pricing

The Homedata free tier includes 100 API calls per month — enough for testing and small applications. For production use, plans start at £49/month. Sold price history costs 1 API call per UPRN lookup.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find sold house prices for free in the UK?

Use the Land Registry Price Paid portal at landregistry.data.gov.uk, or check the sold-price section on portals like Rightmove or Zoopla. Both cover England and Wales for free. For Scotland, use the Registers of Scotland portal.

How up to date is Land Registry sold price data?

Updated monthly with a 6–8 week lag after legal completion. Homedata ingests each release within 48 hours of publication.

Can I access sold house prices via an API?

Yes — the Homedata API returns full transaction history for any UPRN as structured JSON. See the prices & transactions data page for endpoint details.

What is Land Registry Price Paid data?

Every standard residential sale in England and Wales registered since January 1995, published monthly by HM Land Registry under the Open Government Licence.