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Table 1: UK average monthly buying costs and rental payments(i)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Average monthly monthly % GBP buying costs rental costs(i) difference difference----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec-08 GBP 935 GBP 719 30% GBP 217----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec-09 GBP 646 GBP 652 -1% -GBP 6----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec-10 GBP 643 GBP 680 -6% -GBP 38----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec-11 GBP 614 GBP 713 -14% -GBP 99----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec-12 GBP 621 GBP 741 -16% -GBP 120----------------------------------------------------------------------------Sources: Halifax, Birmingham Midshires and ONS(i)Weighted average of regional data using housing tenure figures.
Table 2: Average monthly buying and rental costs by region, December 2012
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average monthly Average buying monthly % GBP costs rental costs difference difference----------------------------------------------------------------------------Greater London GBP 1,101 GBP 1,294 -15% -GBP 193----------------------------------------------------------------------------Northern Ireland GBP 362 GBP 421 -14% -GBP 60----------------------------------------------------------------------------South East GBP 839 GBP 889 -6% -GBP 51----------------------------------------------------------------------------South West GBP 697 GBP 737 -5% -GBP 39----------------------------------------------------------------------------East Anglia GBP 606 GBP 645 -6% -GBP 39----------------------------------------------------------------------------West Midlands GBP 525 GBP 560 -6% -GBP 34----------------------------------------------------------------------------Scotland GBP 524 GBP 558 -6% -GBP 34----------------------------------------------------------------------------North West GBP 498 GBP 526 -5% -GBP 28----------------------------------------------------------------------------North GBP 451 GBP 478 -6% -GBP 27----------------------------------------------------------------------------Wales GBP 470 GBP 486 -3% -GBP 16----------------------------------------------------------------------------East Midlands GBP 505 GBP 513 -2% -GBP 8----------------------------------------------------------------------------Yorkshire & the Humber GBP 482 GBP 483 0% -GBP 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------Sources: Halifax, Birmingham Midshires and ONS
