"Figure 2: Median price paid for property and annual earnings indices","" "England and Wales, 1997 to 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. Data for annual earnings are not available before 1999. For these years the earnings relate to annualised weekly earnings. Annualised weekly earnings are not produced on an identical basis to annual earnings and are therefore not directly comparable." "Unit","Index (1997=100)" "","" "Period","House Prices","Earnings" "1997","100","100" "1998","107.59","104.42" "1999","116.76","106.45" "2000","130.94","112.53" "2001","146.71","117.84" "2002","173.48","121.78" "2003","208.51","126.50" "2004","241.87","131.98" "2005","260.13","137.11" "2006","273.56","139.56" "2007","290.24","143.65" "2008","291.91","150.27" "2009","275.23","153.97" "2010","296.91","154.43" "2011","295.25","155.70" "2012","300.25","157.73" "2013","305.25","160.91" "2014","316.93","161.81" "2015","340.28","163.93" "2016","358.63","167.82"