"Figure 10: In the week ending 20 September, the number of EPCs across England and Wales was 6% higher for existing dwellings and 3% higher for new dwellings than their levels the same week a year ago","" "Existing and new EPC lodgements for England and Wales combined, non-seasonally adjusted, year-on-year percentage change between EPCs on the same equivalent week in 2019, February to September 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Further notes and a regional breakdown are available in the weekly Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for [domestic properties dataset (Excel, 61KB)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/913658/EPC_live_table_010920.xlsx). 2. More information on the EPC methods, strengths and limitations is available in the accompanying [methodology article](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/methodologies/coronavirusandthelatestindicatorsfortheukeconomyandsocietymethodology). 3. In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the UK government introduced social distancing measures for the property market from 26 March 2020. Restrictions were eased from 13 May 2020, allowing market activity in England to re-commence under restricted conditions. [Further guidance](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-advice-on-home-moving-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak) is available." "Unit","Year-on-year percentage change " "","" "","EPCs for existing dwellings","EPCs for new dwellings " "01 March 2020","13.2","12.3" "08 March 2020","9.3","4.1" "15 March 2020","-6.2","15.8" "22 March 2020","3.8","-0.6" "29 March 2020","-49.1","-32.8" "05 April 2020","-76.3","-54.7" "12 April 2020","-83.2","-73.8" "19 April 2020","-78","-76.1" "26 April 2020","-76.8","-77.6" "03 May 2020","-74.6","-70.7" "10 May 2020","-73.4","-76.5" "17 May 2020","-64.4","-70.4" "24 May 2020","-48.8","-55.3" "31 May 2020","-30.7","-53.6" "07 June 2020","-16.6","-51.3" "14 June 2020","16.1","-51" "21 June 2020","9.6","-31.1" "28 June 2020","7.3","-12.2" "05 July 2020","7.5","-11.5" "12 July 2020","11.4","-2.9" "19 July 2020","12.1","-21.5" "26 July 2020","16.2","3.3" "02 August 2020","12.9","-1.9" "09 August 2020","13.1","6.6" "16 August 2020","19.8","-8.4" "23 August 2020","26.3","1.4" "30 August 2020","30.4","35.7" "06 September 2020","-3.1","-16.9" "13 September 2020","15.3","-3" "20 September 2020","6.3","2.6"