1999: Residential price and rental indices
The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly residential price and rental indices for 1999, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.
Reading this year
December 1999 all-class prices: 95.7, a -8.5% change from the previous December.
This report shows indices, not property prices or monthly rent amounts. Relative movements can be compared between categories; an index is not a flat's sale price.
Price index trend
Where available, the previous December is shown as a starting reference. Missing values are not treated as zero or estimated.
Rental index trend
Where available, the previous December is shown as a starting reference. Missing values are not treated as zero or estimated.
Year-end values and coverage
| Series | December 1998 | December 1999 | December year-on-year change | Months available in year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-class prices | 104.6 | 95.7 | -8.5% | 12/12 |
| Class A (under 40 m²) prices | 105.0 | 94.9 | -9.6% | 12/12 |
| Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) prices | 105.0 | 95.8 | -8.8% | 12/12 |
| Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) prices | 103.5 | 97.1 | -6.2% | 12/12 |
| Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) prices | 100.2 | 97.3 | -2.9% | 12/12 |
| Class E (160 m² or above) prices | 104.5 | 99.0 | -5.3% | 12/12 |
| All-class rents | 101.0 | 97.1 | -3.9% | 12/12 |
| Class A (under 40 m²) rents | 102.8 | 97.2 | -5.4% | 12/12 |
| Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) rents | 100.4 | 96.6 | -3.8% | 12/12 |
| Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) rents | 99.4 | 97.3 | -2.1% | 12/12 |
| Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) rents | 99.7 | 97.4 | -2.3% | 12/12 |
| Class E (160 m² or above) rents | 100.2 | 98.7 | -1.5% | 12/12 |
Changes appear only when both December values exist. Provisional or low-transaction markers are retained with the values.
Monthly published records
| Month | All-class prices | Class A (under 40 m²) prices | Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) prices | Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) prices | Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) prices | Class E (160 m² or above) prices | All-class rents | Class A (under 40 m²) rents | Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) rents | Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) rents | Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) rents | Class E (160 m² or above) rents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | 103.8 | 103.9 | 103.9 | 105.0 | 102.0 | 98.2 | 102.0 | 102.5 | 101.9 | 100.9 | 102.0 | 102.3 |
| February 1999 | 102.0 | 103.0 | 101.7 | 102.8 | 98.0 | 97.5 | 101.0 | 101.1 | 100.7 | 101.1 | 103.1 | 100.2 |
| March 1999 | 101.7 | 102.4 | 102.2 | 99.1 | 99.6 | 94.8 | 100.9 | 101.3 | 100.7 | 99.9 | 102.2 | 100.8 |
| April 1999 | 102.0 | 102.7 | 101.8 | 101.4 | 100.5 | 101.7 | 100.6 | 100.7 | 100.8 | 100.0 | 100.8 | 100.2 |
| May 1999 | 102.9 | 103.1 | 103.1 | 102.6 | 100.7 | 101.8 | 100.5 | 100.8 | 100.0 | 100.9 | 101.1 | 100.1 |
| June 1999 | 102.3 | 103.3 | 101.5 | 101.8 | 103.4 | 102.2 | 100.5 | 101.2 | 100.0 | 100.5 | 100.4 | 100.2 |
| July 1999 | 101.6 | 101.8 | 101.4 | 100.0 | 105.3 | 100.2 | 100.7 | 100.6 | 100.8 | 101.6 | 100.7 | 99.7 |
| August 1999 | 100.5 | 99.3 | 101.3 | 100.5 | 100.8 | 103.2 | 100.2 | 100.5 | 100.2 | 100.3 | 99.1 | 99.5 |
| September 1999 | 97.1 | 96.8 | 97.0 | 98.0 | 99.7 | 97.2 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 100.2 | 99.9 | 98.3 | 100.0 |
| October 1999 | 95.8 | 95.5 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.6 | 99.1 | 99.2 | 98.0 | 100.4 | 99.0 | 97.8 | 99.6 |
| November 1999 | 94.3 | 93.2 | 94.5 | 95.1 | 95.1 | 105.2 | 97.4 | 96.6 | 97.7 | 98.4 | 97.1 | 98.8 |
| December 1999 | 95.7 | 94.9 | 95.8 | 97.1 | 97.3 | 99.0 | 97.1 | 97.2 | 96.6 | 97.3 | 97.4 | 98.7 |
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