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Which areas have the busiest housing markets?

Across England, the figure is 3,942,093. North Yorkshire leads at 52,211, and Pendle sits at the other end on 6,861. Based on repeat-sales of the same home from HM Land Registry Price Paid — nominal (not inflation-adjusted), full-market-value sales only.

Every area ranked

#	Area	Region	Figure
1	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	52,211
2	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	50,257
3	Birmingham	West Midlands	49,268
4	Somerset	South West	44,501
5	Cornwall	South West	43,289
6	County Durham	North East	38,817
7	Buckinghamshire	South East	38,579
8	Wiltshire	South West	38,313
9	Cheshire East	North West	35,525
10	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	32,935
11	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	31,636
12	Dorset	South West	31,536
13	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	31,133
14	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	31,131
15	Bristol, City of	South West	31,013
16	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	30,466
17	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	27,982
18	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	27,230
19	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	27,009
20	Northumberland	North East	26,855
21	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	25,216
22	Manchester	North West	25,179
23	Liverpool	North West	24,984
24	Wandsworth	London	24,922
25	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	24,088
26	Shropshire	West Midlands	23,441
27	Wigan	North West	23,008
28	Cumberland	North West	22,817
29	Wirral	North West	22,331
30	Bromley	London	21,552
31	Stockport	North West	21,502
32	South Gloucestershire	South West	21,418
33	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,765
34	Milton Keynes	South East	19,839
35	Croydon	London	19,739
36	Sefton	North West	19,158
37	East Suffolk	East of England	19,144
38	Westmorland and Furness	North West	19,050
39	North Somerset	South West	18,982
40	Brighton and Hove	South East	18,912
41	Plymouth	South West	18,883
42	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	18,857
43	Dudley	West Midlands	18,392
44	Medway	South East	18,351
45	Coventry	West Midlands	18,210
46	Barnet	London	18,069
47	Salford	North West	18,038
48	Lambeth	London	17,996
49	Swindon	South West	17,618
50	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,194
51	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,130
52	Bolton	North West	17,081
53	Sunderland	North East	16,857
54	Havering	London	15,940
55	Trafford	North West	15,785
56	North Tyneside	North East	15,655
57	Tower Hamlets	London	15,416
58	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	15,286
59	Solihull	West Midlands	15,195
60	Lewisham	London	15,089
61	Derby	East Midlands	15,078
62	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,961
63	Huntingdonshire	East of England	14,920
64	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,885
65	Ealing	London	14,858
66	Southwark	London	14,818
67	Warrington	North West	14,539
68	Nottingham	East Midlands	14,427
69	Tameside	North West	14,303
70	Arun	South East	14,260
71	Colchester	East of England	14,237
72	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	14,156
73	Tendring	East of England	14,084
74	Bexley	London	14,036
75	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,000
76	Waltham Forest	London	13,904
77	Greenwich	London	13,890
78	Southampton	South East	13,853
79	Walsall	West Midlands	13,797
80	Sandwell	West Midlands	13,674
81	Wokingham	South East	13,592
82	East Devon	South West	13,570
83	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	13,424
84	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	13,395
85	West Suffolk	East of England	13,288
86	Maidstone	South East	13,234
87	Hillingdon	London	13,190
88	Wealden	South East	13,115
89	Richmond upon Thames	London	13,112
90	Chelmsford	East of England	13,034
91	Mid Sussex	South East	13,010
92	Gateshead	North East	12,994
93	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	12,871
94	Rochdale	North West	12,817
95	New Forest	South East	12,660
96	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	12,595
97	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	12,545
98	Braintree	East of England	12,489
99	Peterborough	East of England	12,386
100	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	12,338
101	Charnwood	East Midlands	12,303
102	Cherwell	South East	12,279
103	Sutton	London	12,196
104	Portsmouth	South East	12,189
105	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	12,167
106	Bedford	East of England	12,115
107	Enfield	London	12,096
108	Oldham	North West	12,084
109	Bury	North West	12,052
110	South Norfolk	East of England	12,041
111	East Hertfordshire	East of England	11,982
112	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,944
113	Warwick	West Midlands	11,899
114	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,879
115	Basildon	East of England	11,864
116	South Oxfordshire	South East	11,816
117	Leicester	East Midlands	11,785
118	Vale of White Horse	South East	11,747
119	Merton	London	11,746
120	East Lindsey	East Midlands	11,724
121	South Kesteven	East Midlands	11,707
122	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	11,564
123	St. Helens	North West	11,538
124	Westminster	London	11,532
125	Isle of Wight	South East	11,526
126	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	11,465
127	Breckland	East of England	11,450
128	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	11,417
129	Broadland	East of England	11,394
130	Reigate and Banstead	South East	11,345
131	Haringey	London	11,334
132	West Berkshire	South East	11,327
133	Horsham	South East	11,177
134	Teignbridge	South West	11,097
135	Torbay	South West	11,067
136	Hackney	London	10,988
137	Canterbury	South East	10,966
138	Preston	North West	10,907
139	Elmbridge	South East	10,792
140	Swale	South East	10,759
141	Blackpool	North West	10,739
142	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	10,734
143	Eastleigh	South East	10,703
144	Reading	South East	10,626
145	Thanet	South East	10,581
146	Dacorum	East of England	10,547
147	St Albans	East of England	10,522
148	Amber Valley	East Midlands	10,507
149	Redbridge	London	10,486
150	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	10,422
151	Hounslow	London	10,384
152	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	10,339
153	Lancaster	North West	10,260
154	Stafford	West Midlands	10,258
155	Wyre	North West	10,243
156	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	10,215
157	Kingston upon Thames	London	10,167
158	Islington	London	10,116
159	Waverley	South East	10,102
160	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	10,085
161	Newham	London	10,029
162	Guildford	South East	10,014
163	North Kesteven	East Midlands	9,986
164	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	9,921
165	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	9,863
166	Thurrock	East of England	9,815
167	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	9,806
168	Camden	London	9,786
169	South Ribble	North West	9,751
170	Cheltenham	South West	9,741
171	North Hertfordshire	East of England	9,724
172	Ashford	South East	9,657
173	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	9,655
174	Mid Suffolk	East of England	9,652
175	Winchester	South East	9,638
176	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	9,632
177	Stroud	South West	9,598
178	Chichester	South East	9,519
179	Gedling	East Midlands	9,478
180	Test Valley	South East	9,475
181	Bracknell Forest	South East	9,472
182	East Hampshire	South East	9,452
183	Gloucester	South West	9,433
184	Brent	London	9,394
185	Wychavon	West Midlands	9,384
186	Norwich	East of England	9,269
187	Tunbridge Wells	South East	9,249
188	Luton	East of England	9,227
189	Rugby	West Midlands	9,193
190	Knowsley	North West	9,157
191	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	9,126
192	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	9,116
193	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	8,976
194	Dover	South East	8,951
195	Worthing	South East	8,906
196	Ashfield	East Midlands	8,890
197	Harborough	East Midlands	8,822
198	Middlesbrough	North East	8,818
199	Exeter	South West	8,794
200	Lichfield	West Midlands	8,769
201	West Oxfordshire	South East	8,751
202	Darlington	North East	8,749
203	Harrow	London	8,739
204	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	8,718
205	Fareham	South East	8,664
206	Havant	South East	8,632
207	Epping Forest	East of England	8,620
208	North Norfolk	East of England	8,579
209	Tewkesbury	South West	8,572
210	South Tyneside	North East	8,557
211	Ipswich	East of England	8,472
212	West Lindsey	East Midlands	8,403
213	Chorley	North West	8,392
214	Kensington and Chelsea	London	8,340
215	Fenland	East of England	8,339
216	Dartford	South East	8,338
217	Eastbourne	South East	8,224
218	South Hams	South West	8,210
219	South Holland	East Midlands	8,157
220	West Lancashire	North West	8,058
221	Broxtowe	East Midlands	8,050
222	Erewash	East Midlands	7,966
223	Rother	South East	7,961
224	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	7,940
225	Sevenoaks	South East	7,922
226	Hart	South East	7,816
227	Lewes	South East	7,813
228	North Devon	South West	7,726
229	Fylde	North West	7,668
230	Mansfield	East Midlands	7,605
231	Chesterfield	East Midlands	7,575
232	Babergh	East of England	7,422
233	High Peak	East Midlands	7,349
234	Worcester	West Midlands	7,337
235	Woking	South East	7,299
236	Burnley	North West	7,289
237	Great Yarmouth	East of England	7,251
238	Halton	North West	7,243
239	Blaby	East Midlands	7,220
240	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	7,189
241	Hartlepool	North East	7,143
242	Cotswold	South West	7,060
243	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	7,058
244	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	7,048
245	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	7,035
246	Hastings	South East	7,016
247	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	6,973
248	Uttlesford	East of England	6,951
249	Rochford	East of England	6,936
250	Pendle	North West	6,861

Recorded sales over the last five years — the raw churn of each market. Nominal; outcome figures use category-A (full-market) repeat sales · HM Land Registry to 2026-05-29. How this is measured.

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