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Where are homes most expensive to buy?

Across England, the figure is £287,500. Kensington and Chelsea leads at £1,275,000, and Newcastle upon Tyne sits at the other end on £197,500. 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	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£1,275,000
2	Westminster	London	£975,000
3	City of London	London	£830,000
4	Camden	London	£793,625
5	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£775,000
6	Richmond upon Thames	London	£721,100
7	Islington	London	£665,000
8	Wandsworth	London	£665,000
9	Elmbridge	South East	£652,250
10	St Albans	East of England	£621,375
11	Hackney	London	£600,000
12	Barnet	London	£576,000
13	Haringey	London	£566,000
14	Mole Valley	South East	£560,000
15	Hertsmere	East of England	£550,000
16	Southwark	London	£550,000
17	Lambeth	London	£549,062
18	Merton	London	£545,000
19	Kingston upon Thames	London	£545,000
20	Waverley	South East	£545,000
21	Brent	London	£545,000
22	Harrow	London	£540,000
23	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£535,000
24	Three Rivers	East of England	£533,500
25	Ealing	London	£526,000
26	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£520,000
27	Tower Hamlets	London	£520,000
28	Waltham Forest	London	£515,000
29	Bromley	London	£505,000
30	Epping Forest	East of England	£505,000
31	Guildford	South East	£500,000
32	Redbridge	London	£499,950
33	Tandridge	South East	£490,000
34	Cambridge	East of England	£481,000
35	Wokingham	South East	£480,000
36	Sevenoaks	South East	£475,000
37	Brentwood	East of England	£475,000
38	Hillingdon	London	£475,000
39	Hounslow	London	£475,000
40	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£470,000
41	Enfield	London	£470,000
42	Greenwich	London	£463,238
43	Surrey Heath	South East	£462,500
44	Lewisham	London	£462,000
45	Uttlesford	East of England	£460,000
46	Winchester	South East	£460,000
47	Hart	South East	£457,000
48	Runnymede	South East	£455,000
49	Buckinghamshire	South East	£450,000
50	Oxford	South East	£450,000
51	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£450,000
52	South Oxfordshire	South East	£449,950
53	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£443,000
54	Sutton	London	£442,500
55	Woking	South East	£442,500
56	Isles of Scilly	South West	£442,500
57	Spelthorne	South East	£442,500
58	Newham	London	£442,500
59	Dacorum	East of England	£440,000
60	Cotswold	South West	£440,000
61	Havering	London	£435,000
62	Mid Sussex	South East	£435,000
63	Horsham	South East	£430,000
64	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£429,995
65	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£427,000
66	East Hampshire	South East	£425,000
67	Broxbourne	East of England	£425,000
68	Croydon	London	£420,000
69	Chichester	South East	£419,995
70	Bexley	London	£418,000
71	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£412,000
72	Brighton and Hove	South East	£412,000
73	Bracknell Forest	South East	£405,000
74	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£405,000
75	Watford	East of England	£400,100
76	Chelmsford	East of England	£398,000
77	Rochford	East of England	£395,000
78	Vale of White Horse	South East	£394,246
79	West Berkshire	South East	£394,000
80	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£390,000
81	Lewes	South East	£388,000
82	New Forest	South East	£385,000
83	West Oxfordshire	South East	£385,000
84	Maldon	East of England	£380,000
85	Wealden	South East	£380,000
86	Adur	South East	£375,000
87	Slough	South East	£371,155
88	Barking and Dagenham	London	£370,000
89	South Hams	South West	£369,475
90	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£365,000
91	Dartford	South East	£363,000
92	Maidstone	South East	£360,000
93	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£360,000
94	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£360,000
95	Castle Point	East of England	£357,750
96	Test Valley	South East	£355,000
97	Gravesham	South East	£355,000
98	Rother	South East	£355,000
99	Basildon	East of England	£355,000
100	Cherwell	South East	£351,000
101	Milton Keynes	South East	£350,000
102	Warwick	West Midlands	£350,000
103	Rushmoor	South East	£350,000
104	Canterbury	South East	£350,000
105	Arun	South East	£350,000
106	Ashford	South East	£345,000
107	Thurrock	East of England	£345,000
108	Dorset	South West	£345,000
109	Worthing	South East	£345,000
110	Fareham	South East	£344,238
111	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£341,750
112	Braintree	East of England	£341,500
113	Trafford	North West	£341,000
114	Eastleigh	South East	£340,000
115	Reading	South East	£340,000
116	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£336,075
117	Harborough	East Midlands	£335,000
118	Bristol, City of	South West	£335,000
119	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£335,000
120	Crawley	South East	£335,000
121	South Gloucestershire	South West	£335,000
122	Stroud	South West	£330,000
123	Bedford	East of England	£330,000
124	Stevenage	East of England	£330,000
125	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£330,000
126	Babergh	East of England	£330,000
127	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£330,000
128	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£327,500
129	Rutland	East Midlands	£325,000
130	Solihull	West Midlands	£325,000
131	Wychavon	West Midlands	£325,000
132	Harlow	East of England	£325,000
133	East Devon	South West	£325,000
134	Tewkesbury	South West	£320,000
135	Colchester	East of England	£320,000
136	Cheltenham	South West	£320,000
137	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£320,000
138	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£320,000
139	Havant	South East	£320,000
140	Wiltshire	South West	£320,000
141	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£317,500
142	North Somerset	South West	£315,000
143	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£311,748
144	Swale	South East	£305,000
145	South Norfolk	East of England	£305,000
146	Broadland	East of England	£303,998
147	North Norfolk	East of England	£302,500
148	Medway	South East	£301,500
149	Exeter	South West	£300,000
150	Dover	South East	£300,000
151	Luton	East of England	£300,000
152	West Devon	South West	£300,000
153	Lichfield	West Midlands	£300,000
154	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£300,000
155	Teignbridge	South West	£299,995
156	North Devon	South West	£298,000
157	Mid Devon	South West	£295,000
158	Thanet	South East	£295,000
159	Stockport	North West	£293,108
160	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£293,000
161	West Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
162	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£290,000
163	Rugby	West Midlands	£290,000
164	Cornwall	South West	£287,500
165	East Suffolk	East of England	£287,500
166	Tendring	East of England	£285,000
167	Cheshire East	North West	£285,000
168	Hastings	South East	£280,000
169	Somerset	South West	£280,000
170	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£280,000
171	Torridge	South West	£280,000
172	Eastbourne	South East	£280,000
173	Forest of Dean	South West	£279,995
174	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£275,000
175	Blaby	East Midlands	£273,000
176	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£270,000
177	Swindon	South West	£270,000
178	Shropshire	West Midlands	£270,000
179	Melton	East Midlands	£270,000
180	Breckland	East of England	£270,000
181	Ribble Valley	North West	£268,000
182	Charnwood	East Midlands	£267,000
183	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£265,000
184	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£265,000
185	Isle of Wight	South East	£260,000
186	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£259,995
187	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£258,500
188	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£257,500
189	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£255,495
190	Portsmouth	South East	£255,000
191	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£252,950
192	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£252,000
193	Warrington	North West	£251,000
194	Southampton	South East	£250,000
195	Stafford	West Midlands	£250,000
196	High Peak	East Midlands	£250,000
197	Gosport	South East	£249,995
198	Torbay	South West	£249,950
199	Redditch	West Midlands	£248,000
200	Gloucester	South West	£247,500
201	Worcester	West Midlands	£247,500
202	Manchester	North West	£247,000
203	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£245,000
204	Gedling	East Midlands	£245,000
205	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£245,000
206	Tamworth	West Midlands	£241,750
207	Peterborough	East of England	£240,000
208	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£239,995
209	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£238,050
210	Ipswich	East of England	£237,000
211	South Holland	East Midlands	£235,000
212	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£235,000
213	Bury	North West	£235,000
214	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£235,000
215	Fylde	North West	£235,000
216	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£234,500
217	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£234,000
218	Leicester	East Midlands	£233,000
219	Fenland	East of England	£232,000
220	Norwich	East of England	£231,000
221	West Lancashire	North West	£230,000
222	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£227,500
223	Birmingham	West Midlands	£227,000
224	Salford	North West	£226,950
225	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£225,950
226	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£225,000
227	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£225,000
228	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£223,000
229	Dudley	West Midlands	£222,000
230	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£220,000
231	Coventry	West Midlands	£220,000
232	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£219,950
233	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£218,500
234	Sefton	North West	£216,998
235	Plymouth	South West	£215,000
236	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£215,000
237	Wirral	North West	£210,000
238	Walsall	West Midlands	£210,000
239	Chorley	North West	£210,000
240	South Ribble	North West	£209,995
241	Erewash	East Midlands	£206,500
242	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£205,000
243	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£205,000
244	Derby	East Midlands	£205,000
245	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£202,500
246	Sandwell	West Midlands	£202,000
247	Tameside	North West	£201,500
248	Northumberland	North East	£200,000
249	Boston	East Midlands	£199,000
250	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£197,500

Median sale price over the last five years — the headline cost of buying in each area. 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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