"Figure 15: Change in property sales as a percentage of privately owned dwelling stock in the five local authorities with the largest increase and decrease","" "England and Wales, 2015 to 2016 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Data from [House Price Statistics for Small Areas](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housepricestatisticsforsmallareas/previousReleases), [Number of dwellings by Tenure](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants) and [Dwelling stock estimates by tenure](https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Dwelling-Stock-Estimates/dwellingstockestimates-by-localauthority-tenure). 2. Data on number of residential property sales is based on year ending December (Quarter 4) for England and Wales. 3. England dwelling stock by tenure data is at 1 April each year. 4. Wales dwelling stock by tenure data is based on 2014/15 for 2015 and 2015/16 for 2016." "Unit","Percentage points difference" "","" "Local authority","Decreasing housing market activity","Increasing housing market activity" "Bolsover","0.73","" "Newport","0.72","" "Ashfield","0.71","" "Cannock Chase","0.68","" "Maldon","0.63","" "Lambeth","","-0.86" "Three Rivers","","-0.87" "Harrow","","-0.92" "East Hampshire","","-0.93" "City of London","","-2.65"