1.Spatial coverage
The study area is the whole of England, one of the countries of the United Kingdom. It contains nine regions: the North East, the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, the South East, the South West and London. Administratively, England is divided into 326 local authority districts. The extent of the study area is presented in Figure 1.
Figure 1 The study area of this research
2.Time coverage
Limited by the time coverage of my new linked house price in England, my research focuses on the time period between 2009 and 2016.