Where are homes most affordable to buy?
Across England, the figure is £287,500. Burnley leads at £127,300, and Hart sits at the other end on £457,000. 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 | Burnley | North West | £127,300 |
| 2 | Hyndburn | North West | £132,000 |
| 3 | Blackpool | North West | £135,000 |
| 4 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | Yorkshire and The Humber | £135,000 |
| 5 | County Durham | North East | £135,995 |
| 6 | Pendle | North West | £139,950 |
| 7 | Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | £146,000 |
| 8 | Hartlepool | North East | £150,000 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | North East | £150,000 |
| 10 | Sunderland | North East | £150,000 |
| 11 | South Tyneside | North East | £157,000 |
| 12 | Gateshead | North East | £157,500 |
| 13 | Blackburn with Darwen | North West | £158,000 |
| 14 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | £159,995 |
| 15 | North East Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | £160,000 |
| 16 | Liverpool | North West | £165,500 |
| 17 | Darlington | North East | £166,000 |
| 18 | Cumberland | North West | £167,000 |
| 19 | Barnsley | Yorkshire and The Humber | £168,125 |
| 20 | Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | £169,995 |
| 21 | Stockton-on-Tees | North East | £170,000 |
| 22 | Bradford | Yorkshire and The Humber | £170,000 |
| 23 | North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | £171,998 |
| 24 | Bolsover | East Midlands | £175,000 |
| 25 | St. Helens | North West | £177,500 |
| 26 | Rossendale | North West | £179,950 |
| 27 | Calderdale | Yorkshire and The Humber | £180,000 |
| 28 | Halton | North West | £180,000 |
| 29 | Lincoln | East Midlands | £180,000 |
| 30 | Rotherham | Yorkshire and The Humber | £182,500 |
| 31 | Mansfield | East Midlands | £183,500 |
| 32 | Wigan | North West | £185,000 |
| 33 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | West Midlands | £185,000 |
| 34 | Knowsley | North West | £185,500 |
| 35 | Bolton | North West | £190,000 |
| 36 | Ashfield | East Midlands | £190,000 |
| 37 | Nottingham | East Midlands | £190,000 |
| 38 | Rochdale | North West | £190,000 |
| 39 | Preston | North West | £190,000 |
| 40 | Lancaster | North West | £190,000 |
| 41 | Chesterfield | East Midlands | £190,000 |
| 42 | Oldham | North West | £192,000 |
| 43 | Wyre | North West | £195,000 |
| 44 | Wakefield | Yorkshire and The Humber | £195,000 |
| 45 | North Tyneside | North East | £195,000 |
| 46 | Kirklees | Yorkshire and The Humber | £197,000 |
| 47 | Newcastle upon Tyne | North East | £197,500 |
| 48 | Boston | East Midlands | £199,000 |
| 49 | Northumberland | North East | £200,000 |
| 50 | Tameside | North West | £201,500 |
| 51 | Sandwell | West Midlands | £202,000 |
| 52 | Bassetlaw | East Midlands | £202,500 |
| 53 | Wolverhampton | West Midlands | £205,000 |
| 54 | Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | £205,000 |
| 55 | Derby | East Midlands | £205,000 |
| 56 | Erewash | East Midlands | £206,500 |
| 57 | South Ribble | North West | £209,995 |
| 58 | Wirral | North West | £210,000 |
| 59 | Walsall | West Midlands | £210,000 |
| 60 | Chorley | North West | £210,000 |
| 61 | Plymouth | South West | £215,000 |
| 62 | East Lindsey | East Midlands | £215,000 |
| 63 | Sefton | North West | £216,998 |
| 64 | Staffordshire Moorlands | West Midlands | £218,500 |
| 65 | Cannock Chase | West Midlands | £219,950 |
| 66 | Great Yarmouth | East of England | £220,000 |
| 67 | Coventry | West Midlands | £220,000 |
| 68 | Dudley | West Midlands | £222,000 |
| 69 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | £223,000 |
| 70 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | £225,000 |
| 71 | East Staffordshire | West Midlands | £225,000 |
| 72 | West Lindsey | East Midlands | £225,950 |
| 73 | Salford | North West | £226,950 |
| 74 | Birmingham | West Midlands | £227,000 |
| 75 | Amber Valley | East Midlands | £227,500 |
| 76 | West Lancashire | North West | £230,000 |
| 77 | Norwich | East of England | £231,000 |
| 78 | Fenland | East of England | £232,000 |
| 79 | Leicester | East Midlands | £233,000 |
| 80 | Newark and Sherwood | East Midlands | £234,000 |
| 81 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | West Midlands | £234,500 |
| 82 | South Holland | East Midlands | £235,000 |
| 83 | Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | £235,000 |
| 84 | Bury | North West | £235,000 |
| 85 | Westmorland and Furness | North West | £235,000 |
| 86 | Fylde | North West | £235,000 |
| 87 | Ipswich | East of England | £237,000 |
| 88 | North East Derbyshire | East Midlands | £238,050 |
| 89 | North Kesteven | East Midlands | £239,995 |
| 90 | Peterborough | East of England | £240,000 |
| 91 | Tamworth | West Midlands | £241,750 |
| 92 | Broxtowe | East Midlands | £245,000 |
| 93 | Gedling | East Midlands | £245,000 |
| 94 | Wyre Forest | West Midlands | £245,000 |
| 95 | Manchester | North West | £247,000 |
| 96 | Gloucester | South West | £247,500 |
| 97 | Worcester | West Midlands | £247,500 |
| 98 | Redditch | West Midlands | £248,000 |
| 99 | Torbay | South West | £249,950 |
| 100 | Gosport | South East | £249,995 |
| 101 | Southampton | South East | £250,000 |
| 102 | Stafford | West Midlands | £250,000 |
| 103 | High Peak | East Midlands | £250,000 |
| 104 | Warrington | North West | £251,000 |
| 105 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | £252,000 |
| 106 | South Derbyshire | East Midlands | £252,950 |
| 107 | Portsmouth | South East | £255,000 |
| 108 | North Warwickshire | West Midlands | £255,495 |
| 109 | South Kesteven | East Midlands | £257,500 |
| 110 | Hinckley and Bosworth | East Midlands | £258,500 |
| 111 | North Northamptonshire | East Midlands | £259,995 |
| 112 | Isle of Wight | South East | £260,000 |
| 113 | North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | £265,000 |
| 114 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | East of England | £265,000 |
| 115 | Charnwood | East Midlands | £267,000 |
| 116 | Ribble Valley | North West | £268,000 |
| 117 | North West Leicestershire | East Midlands | £270,000 |
| 118 | Swindon | South West | £270,000 |
| 119 | Shropshire | West Midlands | £270,000 |
| 120 | Melton | East Midlands | £270,000 |
| 121 | Breckland | East of England | £270,000 |
| 122 | Blaby | East Midlands | £273,000 |
| 123 | Oadby and Wigston | East Midlands | £275,000 |
| 124 | Forest of Dean | South West | £279,995 |
| 125 | Hastings | South East | £280,000 |
| 126 | Somerset | South West | £280,000 |
| 127 | South Staffordshire | West Midlands | £280,000 |
| 128 | Torridge | South West | £280,000 |
| 129 | Eastbourne | South East | £280,000 |
| 130 | Tendring | East of England | £285,000 |
| 131 | Cheshire East | North West | £285,000 |
| 132 | Cornwall | South West | £287,500 |
| 133 | East Suffolk | East of England | £287,500 |
| 134 | West Suffolk | East of England | £290,000 |
| 135 | Herefordshire, County of | West Midlands | £290,000 |
| 136 | Rugby | West Midlands | £290,000 |
| 137 | West Northamptonshire | East Midlands | £293,000 |
| 138 | Stockport | North West | £293,108 |
| 139 | Mid Devon | South West | £295,000 |
| 140 | Thanet | South East | £295,000 |
| 141 | North Devon | South West | £298,000 |
| 142 | Teignbridge | South West | £299,995 |
| 143 | Exeter | South West | £300,000 |
| 144 | Dover | South East | £300,000 |
| 145 | Luton | East of England | £300,000 |
| 146 | West Devon | South West | £300,000 |
| 147 | Lichfield | West Midlands | £300,000 |
| 148 | York | Yorkshire and The Humber | £300,000 |
| 149 | Medway | South East | £301,500 |
| 150 | North Norfolk | East of England | £302,500 |
| 151 | Broadland | East of England | £303,998 |
| 152 | Swale | South East | £305,000 |
| 153 | South Norfolk | East of England | £305,000 |
| 154 | Folkestone and Hythe | South East | £311,748 |
| 155 | North Somerset | South West | £315,000 |
| 156 | Mid Suffolk | East of England | £317,500 |
| 157 | Tewkesbury | South West | £320,000 |
| 158 | Colchester | East of England | £320,000 |
| 159 | Cheltenham | South West | £320,000 |
| 160 | Derbyshire Dales | East Midlands | £320,000 |
| 161 | Huntingdonshire | East of England | £320,000 |
| 162 | Havant | South East | £320,000 |
| 163 | Wiltshire | South West | £320,000 |
| 164 | Rutland | East Midlands | £325,000 |
| 165 | Solihull | West Midlands | £325,000 |
| 166 | Wychavon | West Midlands | £325,000 |
| 167 | Harlow | East of England | £325,000 |
| 168 | East Devon | South West | £325,000 |
| 169 | Malvern Hills | West Midlands | £327,500 |
| 170 | Stroud | South West | £330,000 |
| 171 | Bedford | East of England | £330,000 |
| 172 | Stevenage | East of England | £330,000 |
| 173 | Southend-on-Sea | East of England | £330,000 |
| 174 | Babergh | East of England | £330,000 |
| 175 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | South West | £330,000 |
| 176 | Harborough | East Midlands | £335,000 |
| 177 | Bristol, City of | South West | £335,000 |
| 178 | Bromsgrove | West Midlands | £335,000 |
| 179 | Crawley | South East | £335,000 |
| 180 | South Gloucestershire | South West | £335,000 |
| 181 | Rushcliffe | East Midlands | £336,075 |
| 182 | Eastleigh | South East | £340,000 |
| 183 | Reading | South East | £340,000 |
| 184 | Trafford | North West | £341,000 |
| 185 | Braintree | East of England | £341,500 |
| 186 | East Cambridgeshire | East of England | £341,750 |
| 187 | Fareham | South East | £344,238 |
| 188 | Ashford | South East | £345,000 |
| 189 | Thurrock | East of England | £345,000 |
| 190 | Dorset | South West | £345,000 |
| 191 | Worthing | South East | £345,000 |
| 192 | Milton Keynes | South East | £350,000 |
| 193 | Warwick | West Midlands | £350,000 |
| 194 | Rushmoor | South East | £350,000 |
| 195 | Canterbury | South East | £350,000 |
| 196 | Arun | South East | £350,000 |
| 197 | Cherwell | South East | £351,000 |
| 198 | Test Valley | South East | £355,000 |
| 199 | Gravesham | South East | £355,000 |
| 200 | Rother | South East | £355,000 |
| 201 | Basildon | East of England | £355,000 |
| 202 | Castle Point | East of England | £357,750 |
| 203 | Maidstone | South East | £360,000 |
| 204 | Stratford-on-Avon | West Midlands | £360,000 |
| 205 | Basingstoke and Deane | South East | £360,000 |
| 206 | Dartford | South East | £363,000 |
| 207 | Central Bedfordshire | East of England | £365,000 |
| 208 | South Hams | South West | £369,475 |
| 209 | Barking and Dagenham | London | £370,000 |
| 210 | Slough | South East | £371,155 |
| 211 | Adur | South East | £375,000 |
| 212 | Maldon | East of England | £380,000 |
| 213 | Wealden | South East | £380,000 |
| 214 | New Forest | South East | £385,000 |
| 215 | West Oxfordshire | South East | £385,000 |
| 216 | Lewes | South East | £388,000 |
| 217 | Bath and North East Somerset | South West | £390,000 |
| 218 | West Berkshire | South East | £394,000 |
| 219 | Vale of White Horse | South East | £394,246 |
| 220 | Rochford | East of England | £395,000 |
| 221 | Chelmsford | East of England | £398,000 |
| 222 | Watford | East of England | £400,100 |
| 223 | Bracknell Forest | South East | £405,000 |
| 224 | Tonbridge and Malling | South East | £405,000 |
| 225 | North Hertfordshire | East of England | £412,000 |
| 226 | Brighton and Hove | South East | £412,000 |
| 227 | Bexley | London | £418,000 |
| 228 | Chichester | South East | £419,995 |
| 229 | Croydon | London | £420,000 |
| 230 | East Hampshire | South East | £425,000 |
| 231 | Broxbourne | East of England | £425,000 |
| 232 | Welwyn Hatfield | East of England | £427,000 |
| 233 | South Cambridgeshire | East of England | £429,995 |
| 234 | Horsham | South East | £430,000 |
| 235 | Havering | London | £435,000 |
| 236 | Mid Sussex | South East | £435,000 |
| 237 | Dacorum | East of England | £440,000 |
| 238 | Cotswold | South West | £440,000 |
| 239 | Sutton | London | £442,500 |
| 240 | Woking | South East | £442,500 |
| 241 | Isles of Scilly | South West | £442,500 |
| 242 | Spelthorne | South East | £442,500 |
| 243 | Newham | London | £442,500 |
| 244 | Tunbridge Wells | South East | £443,000 |
| 245 | South Oxfordshire | South East | £449,950 |
| 246 | Buckinghamshire | South East | £450,000 |
| 247 | Oxford | South East | £450,000 |
| 248 | East Hertfordshire | East of England | £450,000 |
| 249 | Runnymede | South East | £455,000 |
| 250 | Hart | South East | £457,000 |
Median sale price over the last five years — the areas where buying costs the least. Nominal; outcome figures use category-A (full-market) repeat sales · HM Land Registry to 2026-05-29. How this is measured.
More questions
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