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House prices report for the fourth quarter 2018 published

14 February 2019

​The House Price Index report for the fourth quarter of 2018 has been published by Statistics Jersey.

Annual Summary

In 2018: 
  • on a calendar year basis:
    • the Jersey House Price Index was 7% higher than in 2017
    • the latest annual increase of the Jersey House Price Index was the highest for 10 years
    • all property types saw average prices increase in 2018
    • all property types recorded their highest annual average prices seen to date
    • private sector rental prices, advertised in 2018, were 9% higher than in 2017
  • turnover of properties was 7% higher than in 2017, due to increased sales of both flats and houses (up by 8% and 6%, respectively, on an annual basis)
  • housing affordability decreased on an annual basis; all property types were less affordable to purchase than in 2017:
    • a working household with mean net income was not able to service a mortgage affordably on the purchase price of a median-priced house of any size in 2018
    • a working household with mean net income was able to service a mortgage affordably on the purchase price of a median-priced 1- or 2-bedroom flat in 2018

Quarterly Summary

In the fourth quarter of 2018:
  • on a rolling four-quarter basis, the mix-adjusted average price of dwellings sold in Jersey during the year ending Q4 2018 was 1% higher compared with the previous quarter (year ending Q3 2018)
  • on a quarterly basis:
    • the seasonally adjusted mix-adjusted average price in Q4 2018 was essentially unchanged compared with the previous quarter and was 4% higher than in the corresponding quarter of 2017 (Q4 2017)
    • all property types saw an increase in mean price compared with the corresponding quarter of 2017 (Q4 2017) and remained at levels greater than seen throughout 2017
  • the turnover of properties in Q4 2018 was 14% higher than in the previous quarter and a fifth (20%) higher than in the corresponding quarter of 2017
  • overall housing market activity, on a rolling four-quarter basis, was 6% higher when compared with the previous quarter (Q3 2018) and 14% higher than in the corresponding quarter of 2017
  • on a rolling four-quarter basis, advertised private sector rental prices increased by 4% during the year ending Q4 2018 when compared with the year ending Q3 2018

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