Property: Sales Grant Shapps To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many property transactions took place where the sale price was (a) more than £60,000, (b) more than £125,000, (c) more than £175,000 and (d) more than £250,000 in each year since 1997. Mr. Wills Land Registry is able to provide information on the total number of residential properties sold at full value1 in the requested categories in each year since 1997. 1 Full value = residential property transactions where the full price has been paid. The figures exclude a number of transactions including Right to Buy sales at a discount, properties sold by way of a gift and properties sold under a compulsory purchase or Court order. ------------------------------------------------------------- | |> £60,000|> £125,000|> £175,000|> £250,000| ------------------------------------------------------------- |1997|526,669 |136,965 |58,179 |22,748 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |1998|555,992 |162,900 |73,348 |27,890 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |1999|714,629 |241,748 |113,334 |44,883 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2000|731,825 |285,573 |141,665 |57,075 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|885,625 |390,666 |197,913 |77,098 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|1,059,497 |561,588 |302,707 |118,723 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|1,070,227 |649,791 |364,842 |137,778 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|1,161,199 |794,686 |472,424 |186,086 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|1,002,711 |704,023 |428,454 |172,511 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|1,278,538 |935,560 |592,777 |253,268 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2007|1,236,072 |937,892 |627,523 |288,260 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2008|626,892 |458,917 |303,879 |139,478 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|576,371 |429,267 |262,712 |124,463 | -------------------------------------------------------------