19
Aug
CAN WE BELIEVE HOUSE PRICE STATISTICS?
A review of housing market statistics from official sources is
being conducted on behalf of the National Statistician to consider
user views over the coherence and comparability of these
measures.
The first stage of the review focuses on the house price statistics
produced by Land Registry and Communities and Local Government, in
the context of the wider range of statistics that are available
from other sources. As part of the review we wish to engage with
users of these statistics.
If you use house price statistics we would be grateful if you would
complete this user consultation questionnaire
(http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QQYVXXN) by 31st August 2010.
The questionnaire aims to collect information on uses of and
satisfaction with house prices statistics, with particular emphasis
on those from official sources. Please bring this consultation to
the attention of any colleagues who might be interested in
contributing.
Please also post as a response to this topic your thoughts about
ways that the current house price statistics, or the way that they
are reported, could be improved. Comments would be particularly
welcome in relation to the relevance, coverage, timeliness,
accessibility, comparability or coherence of house price statistics
from official sources.
The second stage of the housing market statistics review will widen
out the scope to explore user needs for official indicators of the
housing market more generally.