But despite that, average house prices held up across England – even if there was a drop in sales.
It was a different picture in Mid Sussex however, where prices fell by 2.9 per cent in the year to September 2020. Across the South East, prices rose by 3.4 per cent.
The ONS also publishes house price figures by Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) – small geographic areas containing an average of 7,200 people.
These show five of the 17 MSOAs that make up Mid Sussex saw a rise in house prices over the same period.
Here we reveal which neighbourhoods saw the strongest growth in the year to September 2020.
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The fifth biggest price hike was in Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne where the average price rose to £547,008, up by 3.4 per cent on the year to September 2019. Overall, 66 houses changed hands here between October 2019 and September 2020, a drop of 13 per cent. Photo: Google