Where have homes most reliably held their value?
Across England, the figure is 18.3%. Babergh leads at 4.5%, and County Durham sits at the other end on 29.2%. 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 | Babergh | East of England | 4.5% |
| 2 | Rossendale | North West | 5.8% |
| 3 | Brighton and Hove | South East | 6.1% |
| 4 | Hastings | South East | 6.2% |
| 5 | Bristol, City of | South West | 6.5% |
| 6 | Thurrock | East of England | 7.2% |
| 7 | Bassetlaw | East Midlands | 7.3% |
| 8 | Adur | South East | 7.5% |
| 9 | South Norfolk | East of England | 7.6% |
| 10 | North East Derbyshire | East Midlands | 8.5% |
| 11 | Lichfield | West Midlands | 8.6% |
| 12 | Torridge | South West | 8.6% |
| 13 | Rother | South East | 8.9% |
| 14 | Bath and North East Somerset | South West | 8.9% |
| 15 | Forest of Dean | South West | 8.9% |
| 16 | Broxtowe | East Midlands | 9% |
| 17 | York | Yorkshire and The Humber | 9.4% |
| 18 | Dover | South East | 9.5% |
| 19 | Trafford | North West | 9.6% |
| 20 | South Hams | South West | 9.7% |
| 21 | Manchester | North West | 9.8% |
| 22 | Newark and Sherwood | East Midlands | 9.9% |
| 23 | Breckland | East of England | 10.1% |
| 24 | North Norfolk | East of England | 10.1% |
| 25 | Oxford | South East | 10.2% |
| 26 | Exeter | South West | 10.3% |
| 27 | Great Yarmouth | East of England | 10.4% |
| 28 | Stroud | South West | 10.7% |
| 29 | East Lindsey | East Midlands | 10.9% |
| 30 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 10.9% |
| 31 | Mid Suffolk | East of England | 11.2% |
| 32 | Central Bedfordshire | East of England | 11.5% |
| 33 | Waltham Forest | London | 11.6% |
| 34 | Folkestone and Hythe | South East | 11.7% |
| 35 | Gedling | East Midlands | 11.7% |
| 36 | Derbyshire Dales | East Midlands | 11.7% |
| 37 | Tunbridge Wells | South East | 11.7% |
| 38 | Mid Devon | South West | 12.1% |
| 39 | East Suffolk | East of England | 12.1% |
| 40 | Southend-on-Sea | East of England | 12.2% |
| 41 | Dartford | South East | 12.3% |
| 42 | Eastbourne | South East | 12.3% |
| 43 | Cheltenham | South West | 12.3% |
| 44 | Winchester | South East | 12.4% |
| 45 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | South West | 12.4% |
| 46 | Wealden | South East | 12.6% |
| 47 | Worthing | South East | 12.7% |
| 48 | Herefordshire, County of | West Midlands | 12.7% |
| 49 | Islington | London | 12.7% |
| 50 | Redditch | West Midlands | 12.8% |
| 51 | Thanet | South East | 12.9% |
| 52 | South Oxfordshire | South East | 12.9% |
| 53 | Haringey | London | 13% |
| 54 | Malvern Hills | West Midlands | 13.1% |
| 55 | Pendle | North West | 13.2% |
| 56 | North Somerset | South West | 13.2% |
| 57 | Cornwall | South West | 13.2% |
| 58 | Stockport | North West | 13.3% |
| 59 | Hackney | London | 13.3% |
| 60 | East Cambridgeshire | East of England | 13.4% |
| 61 | Tamworth | West Midlands | 13.4% |
| 62 | Cambridge | East of England | 13.5% |
| 63 | Lewes | South East | 13.7% |
| 64 | Gosport | South East | 13.7% |
| 65 | Torbay | South West | 13.8% |
| 66 | Basildon | East of England | 13.8% |
| 67 | Rushcliffe | East Midlands | 13.9% |
| 68 | North Devon | South West | 14% |
| 69 | North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 14% |
| 70 | Richmond upon Thames | London | 14.1% |
| 71 | Swale | South East | 14.1% |
| 72 | Portsmouth | South East | 14.1% |
| 73 | Isle of Wight | South East | 14.1% |
| 74 | Teignbridge | South West | 14.2% |
| 75 | Bedford | East of England | 14.2% |
| 76 | Tewkesbury | South West | 14.4% |
| 77 | Enfield | London | 14.4% |
| 78 | Warwick | West Midlands | 14.4% |
| 79 | Camden | London | 14.6% |
| 80 | Maldon | East of England | 14.6% |
| 81 | Oldham | North West | 14.6% |
| 82 | Epping Forest | East of England | 14.6% |
| 83 | Sutton | London | 14.9% |
| 84 | Castle Point | East of England | 14.9% |
| 85 | Bromley | London | 15% |
| 86 | High Peak | East Midlands | 15.2% |
| 87 | Kingston upon Thames | London | 15.2% |
| 88 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | East of England | 15.3% |
| 89 | Maidstone | South East | 15.3% |
| 90 | Westminster | London | 15.3% |
| 91 | Rochford | East of England | 15.4% |
| 92 | Dudley | West Midlands | 15.4% |
| 93 | North West Leicestershire | East Midlands | 15.5% |
| 94 | Broadland | East of England | 15.7% |
| 95 | East Devon | South West | 15.8% |
| 96 | Canterbury | South East | 15.9% |
| 97 | City of London | London | 15.9% |
| 98 | Coventry | West Midlands | 16% |
| 99 | Uttlesford | East of England | 16% |
| 100 | Tendring | East of England | 16% |
| 101 | Erewash | East Midlands | 16% |
| 102 | Cannock Chase | West Midlands | 16% |
| 103 | Westmorland and Furness | North West | 16.1% |
| 104 | Somerset | South West | 16.2% |
| 105 | South Staffordshire | West Midlands | 16.2% |
| 106 | Redbridge | London | 16.2% |
| 107 | Cotswold | South West | 16.3% |
| 108 | North Hertfordshire | East of England | 16.4% |
| 109 | Chichester | South East | 16.4% |
| 110 | Bury | North West | 16.5% |
| 111 | North Warwickshire | West Midlands | 16.7% |
| 112 | North Kesteven | East Midlands | 16.7% |
| 113 | Merton | London | 16.7% |
| 114 | Bexley | London | 16.8% |
| 115 | East Hertfordshire | East of England | 16.9% |
| 116 | Southwark | London | 17% |
| 117 | Colchester | East of England | 17% |
| 118 | Amber Valley | East Midlands | 17.1% |
| 119 | North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 17.1% |
| 120 | Wyre Forest | West Midlands | 17.2% |
| 121 | Kensington and Chelsea | London | 17.2% |
| 122 | Lewisham | London | 17.2% |
| 123 | Gloucester | South West | 17.3% |
| 124 | Sevenoaks | South East | 17.4% |
| 125 | South Gloucestershire | South West | 17.5% |
| 126 | Broxbourne | East of England | 17.6% |
| 127 | Ashford | South East | 17.6% |
| 128 | Hinckley and Bosworth | East Midlands | 17.7% |
| 129 | Cheshire East | North West | 17.7% |
| 130 | Arun | South East | 17.9% |
| 131 | Bromsgrove | West Midlands | 17.9% |
| 132 | South Kesteven | East Midlands | 17.9% |
| 133 | North Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 17.9% |
| 134 | Medway | South East | 18% |
| 135 | Southampton | South East | 18% |
| 136 | Gravesham | South East | 18.1% |
| 137 | Melton | East Midlands | 18.1% |
| 138 | Reigate and Banstead | South East | 18.3% |
| 139 | Fenland | East of England | 18.4% |
| 140 | Lancaster | North West | 18.5% |
| 141 | Havering | London | 18.5% |
| 142 | Ribble Valley | North West | 18.5% |
| 143 | Horsham | South East | 18.6% |
| 144 | Lambeth | London | 18.6% |
| 145 | Waverley | South East | 18.7% |
| 146 | Northumberland | North East | 18.8% |
| 147 | Dorset | South West | 18.9% |
| 148 | Rochdale | North West | 18.9% |
| 149 | Mid Sussex | South East | 19% |
| 150 | Braintree | East of England | 19% |
| 151 | Three Rivers | East of England | 19.1% |
| 152 | East Hampshire | South East | 19.1% |
| 153 | Wandsworth | London | 19.2% |
| 154 | West Devon | South West | 19.2% |
| 155 | Charnwood | East Midlands | 19.2% |
| 156 | Guildford | South East | 19.2% |
| 157 | Salford | North West | 19.2% |
| 158 | Stratford-on-Avon | West Midlands | 19.2% |
| 159 | Luton | East of England | 19.4% |
| 160 | West Lindsey | East Midlands | 19.5% |
| 161 | Rugby | West Midlands | 19.6% |
| 162 | Tandridge | South East | 19.6% |
| 163 | St Albans | East of England | 19.8% |
| 164 | Huntingdonshire | East of England | 19.8% |
| 165 | South Ribble | North West | 20.2% |
| 166 | Worcester | West Midlands | 20.2% |
| 167 | Boston | East Midlands | 20.2% |
| 168 | Mole Valley | South East | 20.3% |
| 169 | Crawley | South East | 20.5% |
| 170 | Eastleigh | South East | 20.6% |
| 171 | Elmbridge | South East | 20.6% |
| 172 | East Staffordshire | West Midlands | 20.7% |
| 173 | West Suffolk | East of England | 20.7% |
| 174 | Rutland | East Midlands | 20.8% |
| 175 | Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 20.8% |
| 176 | Wirral | North West | 20.9% |
| 177 | Epsom and Ewell | South East | 20.9% |
| 178 | New Forest | South East | 21% |
| 179 | Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 21.1% |
| 180 | Spelthorne | South East | 21.2% |
| 181 | Harrow | London | 21.3% |
| 182 | Barnet | London | 21.5% |
| 183 | Plymouth | South West | 21.5% |
| 184 | Test Valley | South East | 21.6% |
| 185 | Norwich | East of England | 21.8% |
| 186 | Lincoln | East Midlands | 22% |
| 187 | Rotherham | Yorkshire and The Humber | 22% |
| 188 | Staffordshire Moorlands | West Midlands | 22% |
| 189 | Buckinghamshire | South East | 22.1% |
| 190 | Ealing | London | 22.1% |
| 191 | North Tyneside | North East | 22.1% |
| 192 | Barking and Dagenham | London | 22.2% |
| 193 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | West Midlands | 22.3% |
| 194 | Birmingham | West Midlands | 22.6% |
| 195 | Tonbridge and Malling | South East | 22.6% |
| 196 | Wiltshire | South West | 22.7% |
| 197 | Fareham | South East | 22.9% |
| 198 | Nottingham | East Midlands | 22.9% |
| 199 | Shropshire | West Midlands | 22.9% |
| 200 | Hammersmith and Fulham | London | 22.9% |
| 201 | Brent | London | 23% |
| 202 | Fylde | North West | 23% |
| 203 | West Oxfordshire | South East | 23% |
| 204 | West Berkshire | South East | 23.1% |
| 205 | Leicester | East Midlands | 23.2% |
| 206 | Watford | East of England | 23.2% |
| 207 | West Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 23.3% |
| 208 | Blaby | East Midlands | 23.3% |
| 209 | St. Helens | North West | 23.7% |
| 210 | South Cambridgeshire | East of England | 23.7% |
| 211 | Welwyn Hatfield | East of England | 23.7% |
| 212 | Tameside | North West | 23.9% |
| 213 | Wychavon | West Midlands | 23.9% |
| 214 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 23.9% |
| 215 | Greenwich | London | 23.9% |
| 216 | Warrington | North West | 24% |
| 217 | Hounslow | London | 24% |
| 218 | Brentwood | East of England | 24% |
| 219 | Dacorum | East of England | 24.1% |
| 220 | Tower Hamlets | London | 24.3% |
| 221 | Sandwell | West Midlands | 24.3% |
| 222 | Harlow | East of England | 24.7% |
| 223 | Calderdale | Yorkshire and The Humber | 24.8% |
| 224 | Havant | South East | 24.9% |
| 225 | Sefton | North West | 24.9% |
| 226 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 24.9% |
| 227 | Ashfield | East Midlands | 25% |
| 228 | Harborough | East Midlands | 25.1% |
| 229 | Cumberland | North West | 25.3% |
| 230 | West Lancashire | North West | 25.8% |
| 231 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 26.1% |
| 232 | Croydon | London | 26.1% |
| 233 | Stafford | West Midlands | 26.9% |
| 234 | Newham | London | 27% |
| 235 | South Derbyshire | East Midlands | 27% |
| 236 | Liverpool | North West | 27.1% |
| 237 | Bolton | North West | 27.2% |
| 238 | Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | 27.4% |
| 239 | Wyre | North West | 27.4% |
| 240 | Cherwell | South East | 27.4% |
| 241 | Swindon | South West | 27.8% |
| 242 | Wokingham | South East | 27.8% |
| 243 | Vale of White Horse | South East | 27.9% |
| 244 | Peterborough | East of England | 28% |
| 245 | Slough | South East | 28.6% |
| 246 | Reading | South East | 28.7% |
| 247 | Basingstoke and Deane | South East | 29.2% |
| 248 | Oadby and Wigston | East Midlands | 29.2% |
| 249 | Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 29.2% |
| 250 | County Durham | North East | 29.2% |
The areas where the fewest homes resold below what the owner paid (nominal) — the flip side of the loss league. Nominal; outcome figures use category-A (full-market) repeat sales · HM Land Registry to 2026-09-30. How this is measured.
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