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 "title": "House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, England and Wales",
 "category": "housing",
 "summary": "The ONS's ratio of the median house price to the median gross annual earnings of people working in England and Wales, in England and in Wales, each year since 1997.",
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 "status": "Official statistics",
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  "The ONS's ratio: the median price of homes sold in the year to September over the median gross annual earnings of full-time employees working in each area that April. A higher ratio means homes cost more years of local earnings.",
  "Each year's ratio is the median price of homes sold in the year to September over that April's median earnings. The ONS revises the ratios each year as house prices and earnings are revised.",
  "England and Wales's newest ratio is also the headline of the hub's ratio by council, which comes from the same workbook."
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  "period": "2025",
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  "value": 7.55,
  "period": "2025"
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     "x": "1997",
     "v": 3.55
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     "x": "1998",
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     "v": 7.59
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     "v": 7.77
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     "v": 7.85
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     "v": 7.73
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     "x": "2020",
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     "x": "2021",
     "v": 8.95
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     "x": "2022",
     "v": 8.45
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     "x": "2023",
     "v": 8.28
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    {
     "x": "2024",
     "v": 7.74
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     "x": "1997",
     "v": 3.54
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     "x": "1998",
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    {
     "x": "1999",
     "v": 3.96
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    {
     "x": "2000",
     "v": 4.19
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    {
     "x": "2001",
     "v": 4.5
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    {
     "x": "2002",
     "v": 5.12
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     "x": "2003",
     "v": 5.93
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     "x": "2004",
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     "x": "2005",
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     "x": "2006",
     "v": 6.95
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     "x": "2007",
     "v": 7.15
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     "x": "2008",
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     "x": "2009",
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     "x": "2010",
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     "x": "2011",
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     "x": "2013",
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     "x": "2014",
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     "x": "2015",
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     "x": "2016",
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     "x": "2017",
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     "x": "2019",
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     "x": "2020",
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     "x": "2024",
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     "x": "1997",
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     "x": "1998",
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     "x": "1999",
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     "x": "2000",
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