This information is not collected by Communities and Local Government. However for the UK we have made the following estimates based on data from the Regulated Mortgage Survey and the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
House price to income ratio Less than or equal to 6 Greater than 6 but no more than 8 Greater than 8but no more than 10 Greater than 10 Total 1997 1,050,746 31,656 11,230 9,963 1,103,595 1998 1,030,377 35,115 11,600 11,179 1,088,271 1999 1,179,639 44,620 15,464 14,175 1,253,898 2000 1,043,624 47,181 16,815 15,341 1,122,960 2001 1,207,137 64,580 21,093 20,901 1,313,711 2002 1,249,509 89,449 30,076 27,761 1,396,795 2003 1,025,385 130,147 50,201 46,184 1,251,917 2004 935,632 174,841 71,398 62,931 1,244,801 2005 798,731 124,523 49,157 42,310 1,014,722 2006 924,932 120,789 42,352 37,937 1,126,010 2007 819,298 117,305 42,241 37,555 1,016,400 2008 410,779 62,897 22,513 20,111 516,300
House price to income ratio Less than or equal to 6 Greater than 6 but no more than 8 Greater than 8 but no more than 10 Greater than 10 Total 1997 95.2 2.9 1.0 0.9 100 1998 94.7 3.2 1.1 1.0 100 1999 94.1 3.6 1.2 1.1 100 2000 92.9 4.2 1.5 1.4 100 2001 91.9 4.9 1.6 1.6 100 2002 89.5 6.4 2.2 2.0 100 2003 81.9 10.4 4.0 3.7 100 2004 75.2 14.0 5.7 5.1 100 2005 78.7 12.3 4.8 4.2 100 2006 82.1 10.7 3.8 3.4 100 2007 80.6 11.5 4.2 3.7 100 2008 79.6 12.2 4.4 3.9 100 Source: Regulated Mortgage Survey and Council of Mortgage Lenders