Statistical information on the volume and value of house sales on the Isle of Man over the past 3 - 5 years.

Summary

The requester asked for statistical data on the volume and value of house sales on the Isle of Man over the past 3-5 years in a specific tabular format. The Department for Enterprise responded that the exact format was not held but provided links to existing public datasets, reports, and the Land Registry where the information could be accessed.

Key Facts

• The requested information in the specific format was not held by the Department for Enterprise.
• Property transaction data since 2010 is available via the government's Open Data page.
• A comprehensive downloadable dataset of all property sales from 2010 was scheduled for publication by July 2017.
• The Land Registry holds the underlying records and is open Monday to Thursday 9:30am-4:30pm and Friday 9:30am-4pm.
• Additional housing market analysis is available in the 'Isle of Man in Numbers 2016' report and Quarterly Economic Reports.

Data Disclosed

• 2010
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017-03-31
• 2017-04-18
• July
• £0-99,999
• £100,000- 199,999
• £200,000- 299,999
• £300,000- £399,999
• 9.30am
• 4.30pm
• 4pm
• IM83043I

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Date: 18 April 2017

Dear

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) (REF NO: IM83043I)

Thank you for your request dated 31 March 2017. Your request You asked for: “I would request statistical information on the volume and value of house sales on the Isle of Man over the past 3-5 years. Is this available in any form of an analysis ? eg Value of Sale Number of Sales 2013 2014 2015 2016 £0-99,999 £100,000- 199,999 £200,000- 299,999 £300,000- £399,999 etc” Response to your request
Though the information that you request may be derived from records which are publicly available from the Land Registry it is not currently available in the exact format that you

Department of Economic Development Rheynn Lhiasaghey Tarmaynagh

Steven Tallach Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor St Georges Court Upper Church Street Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 685375)
Website: www.gov.im/ded Email: steven.tallach@gov.im

suggest. However, you will find statistical information on house sales and values in the Isle of Man over a number of years publicly available in a number of places online. For example there is a spreadsheet of property transactions since 2010 available on the “Open Data” page of the website here: https://www.gov.im/media/1350924/economy-property-transactions.xlsx In addition there is information on the housing market, based on the above spreadsheet, contained within the publication “Isle of Man in Numbers 2016”: https://www.gov.im/media/1350838/2016-02-19-isle-of-man-in-numbers-2016-report-final.pdf

Also, the Quarterly Economic Reports which are regularly submitted to Council of Ministers contain summary information on the Manx housing market. These are available on the following webpage: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/government/the-council-of-ministers/comin-reports/

The Economic Affairs Division has this month also published a housing market report, which you may find useful. It is available here: https://www.gov.im/media/1356177/2016-housing-market-report.pdf

Please let me know if you have any trouble accessing these reports.

It should be noted too that the Registry intends to publish, via the Isle of Man Government website a comprehensive downloadable dataset of all property sales from 2010 later this year, likely by July. The Land Registry is located in the Registries Building on Deemsters Walk, just off Bucks Road, next to the Courts of Justice in Douglas and the public opening hours of the Registry are Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 4.30pm and Friday 9.30am to 4pm. The address and contact details for the Land Registry are as follows: Registries Building Deemsters Walk Bucks Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3AR Telephone: 685249 Email: landgeneral.ded@gov.im

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Yours sincerely

Steven Tallach Freedom of Information Co-ordinator