UK Social Housing Sales Figures Excluding Inter-Authority Transfers

Social housing sales data from the UK, including right-to-buy transactions. The dataset is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and was last updated on 2026-07 08. The total sales figures likely exclude transfers between local authorities and Registered Providers.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in social housing privatization based on right-to-buy sales figures.
• Model the impact of housing policy changes on local authority stock levels.
• Track the volume of social housing sales over time, excluding specific transfer types.

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative UK government department, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• Data is licensed under the OGL-UK-3.0, facilitating reuse and analysis.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:32:06.564171.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected from local authorities and registered providers.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:06.564171; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom