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Where do leasehold homes most often resell at a loss?

Across England, the figure is 19.1%. Middlesbrough leads at 67.6%, and Castle Point sits at the other end on 13.9%. 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	Middlesbrough	North East	67.6%
2	Sunderland	North East	59%
3	Hartlepool	North East	58%
4	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	56.1%
5	South Holland	East Midlands	55.8%
6	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	51.5%
7	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	50.5%
8	South Tyneside	North East	49.6%
9	Halton	North West	46.5%
10	Preston	North West	46.5%
11	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	45.8%
12	Darlington	North East	45.3%
13	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	43.2%
14	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	42%
15	Chorley	North West	41.7%
16	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	40.4%
17	Burnley	North West	40%
18	Mansfield	East Midlands	39.7%
19	County Durham	North East	39.1%
20	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	38.7%
21	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	37.9%
22	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	37.7%
23	Blackpool	North West	37.2%
24	West Lindsey	East Midlands	36.6%
25	Gateshead	North East	36.5%
26	Derby	East Midlands	36.2%
27	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	36.2%
28	Hart	South East	36%
29	Walsall	West Midlands	35.9%
30	Ipswich	East of England	35.6%
31	Knowsley	North West	35.4%
32	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	35.4%
33	Chelmsford	East of England	35.3%
34	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	34.5%
35	Runnymede	South East	34.4%
36	Ashfield	East Midlands	34.1%
37	Shropshire	West Midlands	34%
38	Cumberland	North West	33.9%
39	Hillingdon	London	33.4%
40	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	33.4%
41	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	33.3%
42	Milton Keynes	South East	33.2%
43	Wyre	North West	33.1%
44	Bracknell Forest	South East	33%
45	Wychavon	West Midlands	33%
46	Stevenage	East of England	33%
47	Solihull	West Midlands	32.8%
48	Hyndburn	North West	32.5%
49	Chesterfield	East Midlands	32.4%
50	Vale of White Horse	South East	32.4%
51	Cherwell	South East	32.3%
52	Rushmoor	South East	32.2%
53	Harborough	East Midlands	32.1%
54	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	32.1%
55	Wigan	North West	32%
56	Surrey Heath	South East	31.8%
57	Woking	South East	31.6%
58	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	31.6%
59	West Oxfordshire	South East	31.4%
60	Stafford	West Midlands	31.4%
61	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	31.3%
62	Boston	East Midlands	31%
63	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	30.8%
64	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	30.8%
65	West Lancashire	North West	30.3%
66	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	30.1%
67	Wokingham	South East	30.1%
68	Hertsmere	East of England	30%
69	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	29.9%
70	Peterborough	East of England	29.8%
71	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	29.5%
72	Reading	South East	29.4%
73	Bolton	North West	29.4%
74	Northumberland	North East	29.4%
75	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	29.3%
76	Slough	South East	28.8%
77	Harlow	East of England	28.4%
78	Rutland	East Midlands	28.4%
79	Swindon	South West	28.2%
80	South Ribble	North West	27.8%
81	Wiltshire	South West	27.8%
82	West Suffolk	East of England	27.7%
83	Liverpool	North West	27.3%
84	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	27.2%
85	Warrington	North West	26.9%
86	Tameside	North West	26.1%
87	Melton	East Midlands	26%
88	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	25.9%
89	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	25.8%
90	Dacorum	East of England	25.4%
91	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	25.3%
92	Sandwell	West Midlands	25.2%
93	Newham	London	25.2%
94	Sefton	North West	25.1%
95	St. Helens	North West	25.1%
96	Buckinghamshire	South East	25%
97	Croydon	London	24.9%
98	Ashford	South East	24.8%
99	West Berkshire	South East	24.8%
100	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	24.8%
101	West Devon	South West	24.8%
102	Test Valley	South East	24.8%
103	North Kesteven	East Midlands	24.7%
104	Amber Valley	East Midlands	24.5%
105	East Hampshire	South East	24.4%
106	Brentwood	East of England	24.4%
107	Fylde	North West	24.2%
108	Mole Valley	South East	24.2%
109	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	24.2%
110	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	24%
111	North Tyneside	North East	23.9%
112	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	23.9%
113	Havant	South East	23.9%
114	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	23.8%
115	Ribble Valley	North West	23.6%
116	Fareham	South East	23.6%
117	Tower Hamlets	London	23.4%
118	Cotswold	South West	23.2%
119	Uttlesford	East of England	23.2%
120	Hounslow	London	23.1%
121	Lincoln	East Midlands	23%
122	Crawley	South East	22.8%
123	Braintree	East of England	22.6%
124	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	22.6%
125	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	22.4%
126	Blaby	East Midlands	22.4%
127	Waverley	South East	22.4%
128	New Forest	South East	22.3%
129	Rugby	West Midlands	22.3%
130	Watford	East of England	22.2%
131	Tandridge	South East	22.2%
132	Greenwich	London	22.2%
133	Leicester	East Midlands	22.1%
134	Norwich	East of England	22%
135	Brent	London	22%
136	Elmbridge	South East	22%
137	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	21.9%
138	Birmingham	West Midlands	21.9%
139	Fenland	East of England	21.8%
140	Sevenoaks	South East	21.8%
141	Nottingham	East Midlands	21.8%
142	Horsham	South East	21.8%
143	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	21.7%
144	Barking and Dagenham	London	21.5%
145	Plymouth	South West	21.5%
146	Spelthorne	South East	21.5%
147	Mid Sussex	South East	21.5%
148	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	21.5%
149	Eastleigh	South East	21.3%
150	South Kesteven	East Midlands	21.3%
151	Ealing	London	21.2%
152	Barnet	London	21.1%
153	Worcester	West Midlands	21%
154	Wirral	North West	21%
155	Harrow	London	20.9%
156	Westmorland and Furness	North West	20.9%
157	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	20.8%
158	Epsom and Ewell	South East	20.8%
159	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	20.8%
160	Dorset	South West	20.8%
161	Lancaster	North West	20.7%
162	Huntingdonshire	East of England	20.5%
163	Somerset	South West	20.5%
164	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	20.4%
165	Charnwood	East Midlands	20.4%
166	Guildford	South East	20.4%
167	St Albans	East of England	20.3%
168	Rochdale	North West	20.2%
169	Cheshire East	North West	20%
170	Mid Suffolk	East of England	20%
171	Broadland	East of England	20%
172	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	19.9%
173	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	19.9%
174	Chichester	South East	19.6%
175	Luton	East of England	19.5%
176	Three Rivers	East of England	19.4%
177	East Hertfordshire	East of England	19.1%
178	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	19.1%
179	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	18.9%
180	Gravesham	South East	18.8%
181	Tewkesbury	South West	18.8%
182	Maldon	East of England	18.8%
183	Wandsworth	London	18.8%
184	Reigate and Banstead	South East	18.7%
185	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	18.6%
186	Colchester	East of England	18.5%
187	Havering	London	18.5%
188	Arun	South East	18.4%
189	Salford	North West	18.3%
190	Broxbourne	East of England	18.2%
191	East Devon	South West	18.1%
192	South Gloucestershire	South West	18.1%
193	Southampton	South East	17.9%
194	High Peak	East Midlands	17.9%
195	Swale	South East	17.8%
196	Bury	North West	17.7%
197	Lambeth	London	17.7%
198	Gloucester	South West	17.6%
199	Tendring	East of England	17.5%
200	Medway	South East	17.5%
201	Canterbury	South East	17.4%
202	Mid Devon	South West	17.3%
203	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	17.3%
204	North Hertfordshire	East of England	17.3%
205	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	17.2%
206	Lewisham	London	17.1%
207	Maidstone	South East	17%
208	Pendle	North West	17%
209	Great Yarmouth	East of England	16.9%
210	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	16.9%
211	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	16.8%
212	Oldham	North West	16.7%
213	North Devon	South West	16.4%
214	Merton	London	16.3%
215	Southwark	London	16.2%
216	Dudley	West Midlands	16.1%
217	South Oxfordshire	South East	16.1%
218	East Lindsey	East Midlands	16.1%
219	Kensington and Chelsea	London	16.1%
220	Bexley	London	16.1%
221	Rochford	East of England	16%
222	Erewash	East Midlands	15.9%
223	Wealden	South East	15.9%
224	Epping Forest	East of England	15.8%
225	City of London	London	15.8%
226	Winchester	South East	15.8%
227	Isle of Wight	South East	15.5%
228	Bedford	East of England	15.5%
229	Coventry	West Midlands	15.4%
230	Redbridge	London	15.4%
231	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	15.4%
232	Cornwall	South West	15.2%
233	Stroud	South West	15.2%
234	Warwick	West Midlands	15.1%
235	Teignbridge	South West	14.9%
236	Bromley	London	14.6%
237	Westminster	London	14.6%
238	Kingston upon Thames	London	14.5%
239	East Suffolk	East of England	14.5%
240	Sutton	London	14.5%
241	Basildon	East of England	14.4%
242	North Norfolk	East of England	14.4%
243	Enfield	London	14.4%
244	Camden	London	14.4%
245	Breckland	East of England	14.4%
246	Redditch	West Midlands	14.2%
247	Richmond upon Thames	London	14%
248	Tamworth	West Midlands	14%
249	Lewes	South East	13.9%
250	Castle Point	East of England	13.9%

Among leasehold homes, the share that resold below the previous price (nominal) — leaseholds (mostly flats) carry more resale risk than freeholds. 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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