[holding answer 14 December 2009]:The average sale price of a home in a rural area in England for each of the last 20 quarters is presented as follows:
Rural local authorities (£) 2004 Q3 200,243 2004 Q4 195,975 2005 Q1 193,143 2005 Q2 194,136 2005 Q3 204,101 2005 Q4 200,898 2006 Q1 198,087 2006 Q2 206,877 2006 Q3 220,529 2006 Q4 215,846 2007 Q1 215,174 2007 Q2 221,059 2007 Q3 236,318 2007 Q4 230,787 2008 Q1 224,794 2008 Q2 224,230 2008 Q3 232,640 2008 Q4 211,976 2009 Q1 200,579 2009 Q2 205,361 Notes: 1. Local authorities that are classed as rural under the DEFRA rural codes have been included and local authorities classed as urban by DEFRA have been filtered out. 2. Data for 2009 Q2 are provisional. 3. Figures are neither seasonally adjusted nor adjusted to take into account the differing mix of properties sold in each period, so comparisons between quarters are not recommended. Source: Land Registry.