Where have owners made the biggest gains on resale?
Across England, the figure is 18.6%. City of London leads at 51.7%, and Greenwich sits at the other end on 9.9%. 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 | City of London | London | 51.7% |
| 2 | Hastings | South East | 51.6% |
| 3 | Kensington and Chelsea | London | 48% |
| 4 | Westminster | London | 46.2% |
| 5 | Forest of Dean | South West | 37.3% |
| 6 | Thanet | South East | 35.2% |
| 7 | Great Yarmouth | East of England | 34.9% |
| 8 | Brighton and Hove | South East | 34.9% |
| 9 | Rother | South East | 34.3% |
| 10 | Camden | London | 34.1% |
| 11 | Dover | South East | 33.8% |
| 12 | Babergh | East of England | 33.1% |
| 13 | Enfield | London | 33% |
| 14 | North Norfolk | East of England | 32.8% |
| 15 | Oxford | South East | 32.8% |
| 16 | Folkestone and Hythe | South East | 32.5% |
| 17 | Islington | London | 29.9% |
| 18 | Gedling | East Midlands | 29.2% |
| 19 | South Hams | South West | 28.8% |
| 20 | Cornwall | South West | 28.8% |
| 21 | Mid Suffolk | East of England | 28.8% |
| 22 | Bassetlaw | East Midlands | 28.6% |
| 23 | Torridge | South West | 28.2% |
| 24 | East Lindsey | East Midlands | 27.9% |
| 25 | East Suffolk | East of England | 27.8% |
| 26 | Bristol, City of | South West | 27.3% |
| 27 | Thurrock | East of England | 27.3% |
| 28 | Derbyshire Dales | East Midlands | 26.9% |
| 29 | Stroud | South West | 26.6% |
| 30 | Eastbourne | South East | 26.5% |
| 31 | North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 26.5% |
| 32 | Breckland | East of England | 26.4% |
| 33 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | East of England | 26.3% |
| 34 | Trafford | North West | 25.9% |
| 35 | Redbridge | London | 25.8% |
| 36 | North Somerset | South West | 25.4% |
| 37 | Isle of Wight | South East | 25.2% |
| 38 | Merton | London | 25% |
| 39 | Swale | South East | 25% |
| 40 | South Norfolk | East of England | 25% |
| 41 | Adur | South East | 25% |
| 42 | North East Derbyshire | East Midlands | 25% |
| 43 | Bath and North East Somerset | South West | 25% |
| 44 | Maldon | East of England | 25% |
| 45 | Ashfield | East Midlands | 25% |
| 46 | Worthing | South East | 25% |
| 47 | Wealden | South East | 25% |
| 48 | Torbay | South West | 25% |
| 49 | Fenland | East of England | 24.7% |
| 50 | Tewkesbury | South West | 24.3% |
| 51 | Rossendale | North West | 24.2% |
| 52 | Malvern Hills | West Midlands | 24% |
| 53 | East Devon | South West | 23.9% |
| 54 | Oldham | North West | 23.8% |
| 55 | Rochdale | North West | 23.7% |
| 56 | Cambridge | East of England | 23.5% |
| 57 | North Devon | South West | 23.5% |
| 58 | Richmond upon Thames | London | 23.3% |
| 59 | Bolsover | East Midlands | 22.9% |
| 60 | Haringey | London | 22.8% |
| 61 | Herefordshire, County of | West Midlands | 22.7% |
| 62 | Teignbridge | South West | 22.7% |
| 63 | Sutton | London | 22.6% |
| 64 | Broadland | East of England | 22.4% |
| 65 | High Peak | East Midlands | 22.3% |
| 66 | Tendring | East of England | 22.3% |
| 67 | Tunbridge Wells | South East | 22.3% |
| 68 | Mid Devon | South West | 22.3% |
| 69 | Cotswold | South West | 22.3% |
| 70 | Stockport | North West | 22.2% |
| 71 | Manchester | North West | 22.2% |
| 72 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 21.9% |
| 73 | Hackney | London | 21.7% |
| 74 | Ashford | South East | 21.7% |
| 75 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | South West | 21.6% |
| 76 | Arun | South East | 21.4% |
| 77 | Canterbury | South East | 21.3% |
| 78 | South Oxfordshire | South East | 21.3% |
| 79 | Bromley | London | 21.2% |
| 80 | Southwark | London | 20.9% |
| 81 | Sevenoaks | South East | 20.9% |
| 82 | Exeter | South West | 20.6% |
| 83 | Uttlesford | East of England | 20.5% |
| 84 | Lewes | South East | 20.5% |
| 85 | Portsmouth | South East | 20.5% |
| 86 | Harrow | London | 20.4% |
| 87 | Westmorland and Furness | North West | 20.3% |
| 88 | Ealing | London | 20.3% |
| 89 | Cheltenham | South West | 20.2% |
| 90 | York | Yorkshire and The Humber | 20.1% |
| 91 | Broxtowe | East Midlands | 20% |
| 92 | Somerset | South West | 20% |
| 93 | Newark and Sherwood | East Midlands | 20% |
| 94 | Bexley | London | 20% |
| 95 | Hammersmith and Fulham | London | 20% |
| 96 | Winchester | South East | 20% |
| 97 | Shropshire | West Midlands | 19.8% |
| 98 | Kingston upon Thames | London | 19.8% |
| 99 | New Forest | South East | 19.7% |
| 100 | Bury | North West | 19.7% |
| 101 | Chichester | South East | 19.5% |
| 102 | Northumberland | North East | 19.5% |
| 103 | Central Bedfordshire | East of England | 19.4% |
| 104 | Boston | East Midlands | 19.1% |
| 105 | Southend-on-Sea | East of England | 19% |
| 106 | Huntingdonshire | East of England | 19% |
| 107 | Broxbourne | East of England | 18.9% |
| 108 | Rushcliffe | East Midlands | 18.8% |
| 109 | North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 18.8% |
| 110 | West Lindsey | East Midlands | 18.8% |
| 111 | Oadby and Wigston | East Midlands | 18.6% |
| 112 | Guildford | South East | 18.5% |
| 113 | Waltham Forest | London | 18.5% |
| 114 | Lichfield | West Midlands | 18.4% |
| 115 | Bedford | East of England | 18.2% |
| 116 | Waverley | South East | 18.1% |
| 117 | South Gloucestershire | South West | 18% |
| 118 | Dorset | South West | 17.9% |
| 119 | Watford | East of England | 17.9% |
| 120 | Melton | East Midlands | 17.9% |
| 121 | South Staffordshire | West Midlands | 17.7% |
| 122 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 17.7% |
| 123 | Wirral | North West | 17.7% |
| 124 | Dudley | West Midlands | 17.7% |
| 125 | Amber Valley | East Midlands | 17.6% |
| 126 | Epping Forest | East of England | 17.5% |
| 127 | Dartford | South East | 17.5% |
| 128 | Cannock Chase | West Midlands | 17.5% |
| 129 | Hinckley and Bosworth | East Midlands | 17.4% |
| 130 | Cheshire East | North West | 17.4% |
| 131 | Tameside | North West | 17% |
| 132 | Wyre Forest | West Midlands | 16.9% |
| 133 | Three Rivers | East of England | 16.8% |
| 134 | Barnet | London | 16.7% |
| 135 | Brent | London | 16.7% |
| 136 | South Kesteven | East Midlands | 16.6% |
| 137 | Gravesham | South East | 16.6% |
| 138 | Gosport | South East | 16.4% |
| 139 | North Hertfordshire | East of England | 16.3% |
| 140 | Staffordshire Moorlands | West Midlands | 16.2% |
| 141 | West Devon | South West | 16.2% |
| 142 | Salford | North West | 16.2% |
| 143 | Colchester | East of England | 16% |
| 144 | East Hertfordshire | East of England | 16% |
| 145 | Fylde | North West | 16% |
| 146 | Hounslow | London | 16% |
| 147 | Castle Point | East of England | 16% |
| 148 | Stratford-on-Avon | West Midlands | 16% |
| 149 | Mole Valley | South East | 15.9% |
| 150 | Maidstone | South East | 15.9% |
| 151 | Warrington | North West | 15.9% |
| 152 | North Warwickshire | West Midlands | 15.8% |
| 153 | East Hampshire | South East | 15.8% |
| 154 | Warwick | West Midlands | 15.8% |
| 155 | Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 15.8% |
| 156 | Croydon | London | 15.7% |
| 157 | Lancaster | North West | 15.7% |
| 158 | Rochford | East of England | 15.7% |
| 159 | Lewisham | London | 15.7% |
| 160 | Wandsworth | London | 15.7% |
| 161 | Havering | London | 15.6% |
| 162 | Coventry | West Midlands | 15.6% |
| 163 | East Cambridgeshire | East of England | 15.4% |
| 164 | Leicester | East Midlands | 15.4% |
| 165 | Barnsley | Yorkshire and The Humber | 15.4% |
| 166 | Eastleigh | South East | 15.3% |
| 167 | Lambeth | London | 15.3% |
| 168 | Basildon | East of England | 15.3% |
| 169 | Rotherham | Yorkshire and The Humber | 15.3% |
| 170 | Sefton | North West | 15.2% |
| 171 | St Albans | East of England | 15.1% |
| 172 | Wiltshire | South West | 15.1% |
| 173 | North Kesteven | East Midlands | 15.1% |
| 174 | Luton | East of England | 15% |
| 175 | Tower Hamlets | London | 15% |
| 176 | North Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 15% |
| 177 | Brentwood | East of England | 14.9% |
| 178 | Pendle | North West | 14.9% |
| 179 | Liverpool | North West | 14.9% |
| 180 | Medway | South East | 14.8% |
| 181 | Reigate and Banstead | South East | 14.7% |
| 182 | West Suffolk | East of England | 14.7% |
| 183 | Nottingham | East Midlands | 14.6% |
| 184 | Bromsgrove | West Midlands | 14.6% |
| 185 | Havant | South East | 14.6% |
| 186 | Redditch | West Midlands | 14.6% |
| 187 | Wychavon | West Midlands | 14.6% |
| 188 | Slough | South East | 14.6% |
| 189 | Tandridge | South East | 14.5% |
| 190 | Plymouth | South West | 14.5% |
| 191 | Horsham | South East | 14.5% |
| 192 | Barking and Dagenham | London | 14.5% |
| 193 | Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 14.5% |
| 194 | Birmingham | West Midlands | 14.4% |
| 195 | Charnwood | East Midlands | 14.4% |
| 196 | Calderdale | Yorkshire and The Humber | 14.3% |
| 197 | Rutland | East Midlands | 14.3% |
| 198 | Ribble Valley | North West | 14.2% |
| 199 | Harborough | East Midlands | 14.2% |
| 200 | Braintree | East of England | 14.1% |
| 201 | North Tyneside | North East | 14.1% |
| 202 | Hyndburn | North West | 14.1% |
| 203 | Buckinghamshire | South East | 14% |
| 204 | Elmbridge | South East | 13.9% |
| 205 | Test Valley | South East | 13.8% |
| 206 | North West Leicestershire | East Midlands | 13.8% |
| 207 | Mid Sussex | South East | 13.8% |
| 208 | South Derbyshire | East Midlands | 13.7% |
| 209 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | West Midlands | 13.7% |
| 210 | South Cambridgeshire | East of England | 13.6% |
| 211 | East Staffordshire | West Midlands | 13.6% |
| 212 | Southampton | South East | 13.6% |
| 213 | Epsom and Ewell | South East | 13.6% |
| 214 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 13.5% |
| 215 | Cumberland | North West | 13.4% |
| 216 | Knowsley | North West | 13.3% |
| 217 | Gloucester | South West | 13.3% |
| 218 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 13.2% |
| 219 | Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | 13.1% |
| 220 | Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 13% |
| 221 | Spelthorne | South East | 13% |
| 222 | Dacorum | East of England | 12.9% |
| 223 | Tamworth | West Midlands | 12.9% |
| 224 | West Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 12.8% |
| 225 | Harlow | East of England | 12.4% |
| 226 | Wigan | North West | 12.3% |
| 227 | Worcester | West Midlands | 12.1% |
| 228 | Erewash | East Midlands | 11.9% |
| 229 | Rugby | West Midlands | 11.6% |
| 230 | South Ribble | North West | 11.6% |
| 231 | North East Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 11.5% |
| 232 | Sandwell | West Midlands | 11.5% |
| 233 | Norwich | East of England | 11.5% |
| 234 | Blaby | East Midlands | 11.4% |
| 235 | West Oxfordshire | South East | 11.4% |
| 236 | Wakefield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 11.1% |
| 237 | Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 11% |
| 238 | Fareham | South East | 11% |
| 239 | County Durham | North East | 10.9% |
| 240 | West Lancashire | North West | 10.9% |
| 241 | Wyre | North West | 10.8% |
| 242 | Bradford | Yorkshire and The Humber | 10.7% |
| 243 | Burnley | North West | 10.6% |
| 244 | Crawley | South East | 10.6% |
| 245 | Reading | South East | 10.3% |
| 246 | Tonbridge and Malling | South East | 10.2% |
| 247 | Bolton | North West | 10% |
| 248 | Cherwell | South East | 10% |
| 249 | Blackburn with Darwen | North West | 10% |
| 250 | Greenwich | London | 9.9% |
Median nominal gain when a home was resold in the last five years — before inflation, costs or improvements. Nominal; outcome figures use category-A (full-market) repeat sales · HM Land Registry to 2026-07-31. How this is measured.
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