"Figure 7: In the week commencing 24 August, EPCs across England and Wales for existing and new dwellings were 31% and 38% higher respectively than the same week a year ago","" "Existing and new EPCs 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 August 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. The spike in the number of EPCs for existing dwellings seen in Wales during the weeks commencing 8 and 15 June 2020 was caused by some local authorities in Wales reviewing their social housing stock. 4. 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","%" "","" "","EPCs for existing dwellings","EPCs for new dwellings " "24 Feb 20","13.2","12.3" "02 Mar 20","9.3","4.1" "09 Mar 20","-6.2","15.8" "16 Mar 20","3.8","-0.6" "23 Mar 20","-49.1","-32.7" "30 Mar 20","-76.3","-54.6" "06 Apr 20","-83.2","-73.7" "13 Apr 20","-78","-76.1" "20 Apr 20","-76.8","-77.6" "27 Apr 20","-74.6","-70.6" "04 May 20","-73.4","-76.4" "11 May 20","-64.4","-70.1" "18 May 20","-48.7","-55.2" "25 May 20","-30.7","-53.3" "01 Jun 20","-16.5","-51.3" "08 Jun 20","16.1","-50.9" "15 Jun 20","9.7","-31" "22 Jun 20","7.4","-12.1" "29 Jun 20","7.6","-11.4" "06 Jul 20","11.5","-2.8" "13 Jul 20","12.2","-21.3" "20 Jul 20","16.3","3.7" "27 Jul 20","13.1","-1.8" "03 Aug 20","13.3","7.3" "10 Aug 20","20.1","-8.3" "17 Aug 20","26.6","2.1" "24 Aug 20","31.1","37.6"