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Where do new-builds most often resell at a loss?

Across England, the figure is 29.4%. Oadby and Wigston leads at 87%, and Broxtowe sits at the other end on 13%. Based on repeat-sales of the same home from HM Land Registry Price Paid — nominal (not inflation-adjusted), full-market-value sales only.

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#	Area	Region	Figure
1	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	87%
2	Middlesbrough	North East	84.4%
3	Preston	North West	80.9%
4	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	79.3%
5	Blackpool	North West	76.9%
6	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	76.2%
7	Sunderland	North East	72.2%
8	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	70.9%
9	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	70.8%
10	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	69.2%
11	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	66.7%
12	Hartlepool	North East	65.9%
13	Chesterfield	East Midlands	63.5%
14	Wyre	North West	62.5%
15	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	61.8%
16	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	61.8%
17	South Tyneside	North East	60.9%
18	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	60.8%
19	Walsall	West Midlands	60.7%
20	Halton	North West	59.1%
21	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	59%
22	Darlington	North East	56.9%
23	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	54.5%
24	Croydon	London	53.6%
25	Derby	East Midlands	53%
26	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	52.8%
27	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	51.7%
28	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	51.1%
29	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	51%
30	County Durham	North East	50%
31	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	49.1%
32	Havant	South East	48.5%
33	Ipswich	East of England	48.5%
34	Harlow	East of England	48.4%
35	Bolton	North West	48.3%
36	Chelmsford	East of England	47.8%
37	Cumberland	North West	47.4%
38	Liverpool	North West	47.3%
39	Nottingham	East Midlands	47.2%
40	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	47.1%
41	Solihull	West Midlands	47%
42	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	45.5%
43	Mansfield	East Midlands	45.2%
44	Chorley	North West	44.9%
45	Tameside	North West	44.9%
46	Wigan	North West	44.1%
47	Slough	South East	43.4%
48	Hart	South East	42.8%
49	Rutland	East Midlands	42.3%
50	Hillingdon	London	42.2%
51	Wirral	North West	42.2%
52	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	41.8%
53	Runnymede	South East	41.8%
54	Sefton	North West	41.8%
55	Bracknell Forest	South East	41.6%
56	Knowsley	North West	41.6%
57	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	40.4%
58	High Peak	East Midlands	40%
59	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	40%
60	West Devon	South West	40%
61	North Tyneside	North East	39.5%
62	Fareham	South East	38.6%
63	Gateshead	North East	38.4%
64	Test Valley	South East	38.4%
65	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	38.1%
66	Stafford	West Midlands	37.9%
67	Fylde	North West	37.8%
68	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	37.7%
69	Vale of White Horse	South East	37.7%
70	Brent	London	37.7%
71	Waverley	South East	37.7%
72	Oldham	North West	37.5%
73	Warrington	North West	37.1%
74	Sevenoaks	South East	36.7%
75	Rushmoor	South East	36.5%
76	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	36.4%
77	Milton Keynes	South East	36.3%
78	Cheshire East	North West	36.1%
79	Mole Valley	South East	35.9%
80	Lewisham	London	35.6%
81	Wychavon	West Midlands	35.5%
82	Erewash	East Midlands	35.4%
83	Swindon	South West	35.4%
84	Sutton	London	35.4%
85	Ealing	London	35.2%
86	Spelthorne	South East	35%
87	Sandwell	West Midlands	35%
88	Tandridge	South East	34.8%
89	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	34.6%
90	Hertsmere	East of England	34.5%
91	Wokingham	South East	34.5%
92	Birmingham	West Midlands	34.4%
93	Wiltshire	South West	34.1%
94	Elmbridge	South East	33.9%
95	Brentwood	East of England	33.9%
96	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	33.8%
97	Leicester	East Midlands	33.7%
98	Luton	East of England	33.6%
99	Hounslow	London	33.6%
100	Barnet	London	33.4%
101	Ribble Valley	North West	33.3%
102	Dacorum	East of England	33%
103	Buckinghamshire	South East	32.9%
104	Harrow	London	32.7%
105	Horsham	South East	32.6%
106	Southampton	South East	32.5%
107	Woking	South East	32.4%
108	Cherwell	South East	32.4%
109	St. Helens	North West	32.4%
110	West Berkshire	South East	32.2%
111	Harborough	East Midlands	32.2%
112	Lincoln	East Midlands	32.1%
113	Ashfield	East Midlands	32%
114	Stevenage	East of England	32%
115	Ashford	South East	31.9%
116	Peterborough	East of England	31.9%
117	Surrey Heath	South East	31.8%
118	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	31.8%
119	City of London	London	31.8%
120	Kensington and Chelsea	London	31.8%
121	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	31.7%
122	Plymouth	South West	31.6%
123	Gedling	East Midlands	31.4%
124	Camden	London	31.4%
125	Charnwood	East Midlands	31.2%
126	Rochdale	North West	31.2%
127	Braintree	East of England	31%
128	Redditch	West Midlands	30.9%
129	Guildford	South East	30.8%
130	South Oxfordshire	South East	30.6%
131	Cotswold	South West	30.6%
132	Tower Hamlets	London	30.6%
133	Dudley	West Midlands	30.5%
134	South Ribble	North West	30.4%
135	Reading	South East	30.3%
136	Wandsworth	London	30.3%
137	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	30%
138	Portsmouth	South East	30%
139	Rugby	West Midlands	30%
140	Shropshire	West Midlands	29.8%
141	Greenwich	London	29.8%
142	Bromley	London	29.7%
143	Mid Sussex	South East	29.6%
144	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	29.4%
145	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	29.2%
146	Westmorland and Furness	North West	28.9%
147	Lambeth	London	28.7%
148	New Forest	South East	28.7%
149	Stockport	North West	28.6%
150	East Hampshire	South East	28.6%
151	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	28.4%
152	Havering	London	28.4%
153	Uttlesford	East of England	28.4%
154	Crawley	South East	28.2%
155	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	28%
156	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	28%
157	Cheltenham	South West	27.8%
158	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	27.7%
159	Dorset	South West	27.7%
160	Chichester	South East	27.6%
161	St Albans	East of England	27.5%
162	West Lancashire	North West	27.5%
163	Isle of Wight	South East	27.4%
164	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	27.4%
165	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	27.3%
166	Gosport	South East	26.7%
167	Southwark	London	26.7%
168	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	26.5%
169	Salford	North West	26.4%
170	Somerset	South West	26.3%
171	Maidstone	South East	26.3%
172	Newham	London	26.2%
173	Tamworth	West Midlands	26%
174	Watford	East of England	25.6%
175	North Somerset	South West	25.6%
176	Eastleigh	South East	25.5%
177	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	25%
178	Three Rivers	East of England	24.8%
179	Lancaster	North West	24.5%
180	Westminster	London	24.4%
181	Merton	London	24.3%
182	Redbridge	London	24.3%
183	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	24.2%
184	West Suffolk	East of England	23.9%
185	North Hertfordshire	East of England	23.9%
186	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	23.9%
187	Barking and Dagenham	London	23.8%
188	East Devon	South West	23.8%
189	Worcester	West Midlands	23.7%
190	Tendring	East of England	23.6%
191	Bury	North West	23.6%
192	Reigate and Banstead	South East	23.5%
193	Richmond upon Thames	London	23.4%
194	East Hertfordshire	East of England	23%
195	Colchester	East of England	23%
196	Norwich	East of England	22.7%
197	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	22.7%
198	Bexley	London	22.6%
199	Gloucester	South West	22.4%
200	Kingston upon Thames	London	22%
201	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	21.9%
202	Amber Valley	East Midlands	21.6%
203	Huntingdonshire	East of England	21.5%
204	West Oxfordshire	South East	21.4%
205	Warwick	West Midlands	21.1%
206	Broadland	East of England	20.8%
207	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	20.7%
208	Thanet	South East	20.7%
209	Northumberland	North East	20.6%
210	Medway	South East	20.5%
211	South Gloucestershire	South West	20.4%
212	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	20%
213	Swale	South East	20%
214	Coventry	West Midlands	19.9%
215	Hackney	London	19.9%
216	Torbay	South West	19.7%
217	Waltham Forest	London	19.6%
218	Rother	South East	19.5%
219	Epsom and Ewell	South East	19.5%
220	Enfield	London	19.4%
221	Great Yarmouth	East of England	19.4%
222	Haringey	London	18.6%
223	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	18.5%
224	Arun	South East	18.3%
225	Dover	South East	18.2%
226	Broxbourne	East of England	18.2%
227	Epping Forest	East of England	17.9%
228	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	17.8%
229	Worthing	South East	17.8%
230	Wealden	South East	17.6%
231	Trafford	North West	17.5%
232	Winchester	South East	17.3%
233	South Hams	South West	17.2%
234	Islington	London	16.9%
235	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	16.3%
236	Cornwall	South West	15.9%
237	Eastbourne	South East	15.6%
238	Pendle	North West	15.6%
239	Cambridge	East of England	15.5%
240	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	15.3%
241	Tunbridge Wells	South East	15.2%
242	East Suffolk	East of England	14.1%
243	Tewkesbury	South West	13.9%
244	Manchester	North West	13.9%
245	Rochford	East of England	13.8%
246	Maldon	East of England	13.6%
247	Canterbury	South East	13.4%
248	Bedford	East of England	13.4%
249	North Devon	South West	13.3%
250	Broxtowe	East Midlands	13%

Among homes bought new, the share that later resold for less than the buyer paid (nominal) — new-builds resell at a loss far more often than existing homes. 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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