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Which areas have the busiest housing markets?

Across England, the figure is 3,866,186. North Yorkshire leads at 51,055, and Uttlesford sits at the other end on 6,756. 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	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	51,055
2	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	49,553
3	Birmingham	West Midlands	48,502
4	Somerset	South West	43,640
5	Cornwall	South West	42,375
6	County Durham	North East	38,345
7	Wiltshire	South West	37,589
8	Buckinghamshire	South East	37,283
9	Cheshire East	North West	34,831
10	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	32,558
11	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	31,453
12	Dorset	South West	30,877
13	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	30,721
14	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	30,665
15	Bristol, City of	South West	30,404
16	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	29,659
17	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	27,641
18	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	26,917
19	Northumberland	North East	26,619
20	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	26,500
21	Manchester	North West	24,873
22	Liverpool	North West	24,690
23	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	24,559
24	Wandsworth	London	24,151
25	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	23,706
26	Shropshire	West Midlands	23,120
27	Wigan	North West	22,798
28	Cumberland	North West	22,580
29	Wirral	North West	22,048
30	South Gloucestershire	South West	21,175
31	Stockport	North West	21,100
32	Bromley	London	20,854
33	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,586
34	Milton Keynes	South East	19,479
35	Croydon	London	19,095
36	Sefton	North West	18,941
37	East Suffolk	East of England	18,802
38	Plymouth	South West	18,700
39	Westmorland and Furness	North West	18,635
40	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	18,606
41	North Somerset	South West	18,523
42	Brighton and Hove	South East	18,308
43	Dudley	West Midlands	18,136
44	Medway	South East	17,993
45	Coventry	West Midlands	17,944
46	Salford	North West	17,810
47	Barnet	London	17,424
48	Swindon	South West	17,347
49	Lambeth	London	17,315
50	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,079
51	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	16,999
52	Bolton	North West	16,933
53	Sunderland	North East	16,779
54	North Tyneside	North East	15,498
55	Havering	London	15,437
56	Trafford	North West	15,285
57	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	15,124
58	Derby	East Midlands	14,928
59	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,809
60	Solihull	West Midlands	14,806
61	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,686
62	Huntingdonshire	East of England	14,680
63	Lewisham	London	14,661
64	Tower Hamlets	London	14,577
65	Ealing	London	14,433
66	Southwark	London	14,402
67	Warrington	North West	14,304
68	Nottingham	East Midlands	14,302
69	Tameside	North West	14,098
70	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	14,084
71	Arun	South East	14,037
72	Colchester	East of England	13,886
73	Tendring	East of England	13,751
74	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	13,704
75	Southampton	South East	13,659
76	Bexley	London	13,651
77	Walsall	West Midlands	13,641
78	Sandwell	West Midlands	13,500
79	Waltham Forest	London	13,438
80	Greenwich	London	13,403
81	East Devon	South West	13,207
82	Wokingham	South East	13,160
83	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	13,090
84	West Suffolk	East of England	13,049
85	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	13,030
86	Gateshead	North East	12,927
87	Wealden	South East	12,828
88	Maidstone	South East	12,794
89	Hillingdon	London	12,752
90	Chelmsford	East of England	12,752
91	Rochdale	North West	12,741
92	Richmond upon Thames	London	12,732
93	Mid Sussex	South East	12,677
94	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	12,658
95	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	12,421
96	New Forest	South East	12,334
97	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	12,292
98	Charnwood	East Midlands	12,233
99	Braintree	East of England	12,225
100	Peterborough	East of England	12,182
101	Portsmouth	South East	12,007
102	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	11,998
103	Cherwell	South East	11,989
104	Oldham	North West	11,955
105	Bedford	East of England	11,901
106	Bury	North West	11,892
107	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,865
108	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	11,850
109	Sutton	London	11,813
110	South Norfolk	East of England	11,792
111	Warwick	West Midlands	11,728
112	Enfield	London	11,692
113	East Hertfordshire	East of England	11,686
114	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,679
115	Leicester	East Midlands	11,632
116	Basildon	East of England	11,628
117	Vale of White Horse	South East	11,468
118	St. Helens	North West	11,462
119	South Kesteven	East Midlands	11,458
120	South Oxfordshire	South East	11,427
121	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	11,413
122	East Lindsey	East Midlands	11,395
123	Merton	London	11,300
124	Breckland	East of England	11,269
125	Broadland	East of England	11,245
126	Isle of Wight	South East	11,243
127	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	11,236
128	Westminster	London	11,233
129	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	11,098
130	West Berkshire	South East	11,091
131	Reigate and Banstead	South East	11,087
132	Horsham	South East	10,990
133	Teignbridge	South West	10,870
134	Haringey	London	10,860
135	Preston	North West	10,838
136	Canterbury	South East	10,777
137	Torbay	South West	10,756
138	Blackpool	North West	10,652
139	Eastleigh	South East	10,589
140	Swale	South East	10,577
141	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	10,535
142	Hackney	London	10,499
143	Amber Valley	East Midlands	10,473
144	Reading	South East	10,425
145	Elmbridge	South East	10,406
146	Thanet	South East	10,326
147	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	10,206
148	St Albans	East of England	10,179
149	Dacorum	East of England	10,167
150	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	10,142
151	Stafford	West Midlands	10,128
152	Redbridge	London	10,120
153	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	10,108
154	Hounslow	London	10,099
155	Wyre	North West	10,064
156	Lancaster	North West	10,046
157	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	9,986
158	Kingston upon Thames	London	9,883
159	Waverley	South East	9,867
160	North Kesteven	East Midlands	9,811
161	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	9,780
162	Guildford	South East	9,780
163	Islington	London	9,761
164	Newham	London	9,736
165	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	9,664
166	South Ribble	North West	9,659
167	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	9,632
168	Thurrock	East of England	9,629
169	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	9,595
170	Cheltenham	South West	9,530
171	Camden	London	9,514
172	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	9,511
173	North Hertfordshire	East of England	9,491
174	Mid Suffolk	East of England	9,453
175	Ashford	South East	9,411
176	Winchester	South East	9,396
177	Stroud	South West	9,366
178	Gedling	East Midlands	9,358
179	Chichester	South East	9,258
180	Gloucester	South West	9,250
181	Test Valley	South East	9,230
182	Wychavon	West Midlands	9,216
183	Bracknell Forest	South East	9,201
184	East Hampshire	South East	9,191
185	Norwich	East of England	9,163
186	Brent	London	9,137
187	Knowsley	North West	9,133
188	Rugby	West Midlands	9,048
189	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	9,041
190	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	9,023
191	Luton	East of England	8,934
192	Tunbridge Wells	South East	8,899
193	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	8,780
194	Dover	South East	8,752
195	Ashfield	East Midlands	8,738
196	Worthing	South East	8,685
197	Middlesbrough	North East	8,641
198	Darlington	North East	8,639
199	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	8,610
200	Harborough	East Midlands	8,608
201	Lichfield	West Midlands	8,589
202	Exeter	South West	8,572
203	Fareham	South East	8,567
204	Havant	South East	8,454
205	Tewkesbury	South West	8,452
206	West Oxfordshire	South East	8,447
207	Harrow	London	8,414
208	South Tyneside	North East	8,377
209	North Norfolk	East of England	8,356
210	Chorley	North West	8,308
211	Ipswich	East of England	8,263
212	Epping Forest	East of England	8,261
213	West Lindsey	East Midlands	8,242
214	Dartford	South East	8,216
215	Fenland	East of England	8,197
216	Kensington and Chelsea	London	8,190
217	South Hams	South West	8,017
218	South Holland	East Midlands	8,005
219	Broxtowe	East Midlands	7,992
220	Eastbourne	South East	7,976
221	West Lancashire	North West	7,920
222	Erewash	East Midlands	7,840
223	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	7,835
224	Hart	South East	7,724
225	Lewes	South East	7,694
226	Sevenoaks	South East	7,690
227	Rother	South East	7,682
228	Fylde	North West	7,564
229	North Devon	South West	7,562
230	Chesterfield	East Midlands	7,522
231	Mansfield	East Midlands	7,507
232	Burnley	North West	7,239
233	High Peak	East Midlands	7,228
234	Halton	North West	7,210
235	Babergh	East of England	7,210
236	Worcester	West Midlands	7,201
237	Woking	South East	7,129
238	Great Yarmouth	East of England	7,123
239	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	7,095
240	Blaby	East Midlands	7,070
241	Hartlepool	North East	7,064
242	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	7,017
243	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	6,902
244	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	6,884
245	Cotswold	South West	6,883
246	Hastings	South East	6,831
247	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	6,822
248	Rochford	East of England	6,804
249	Pendle	North West	6,758
250	Uttlesford	East of England	6,756

Recorded sales over the last five years — the raw churn of each market. 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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