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Where are homes most affordable to buy?

Across England, the figure is £287,500. Burnley leads at £128,000, and Winchester sits at the other end on £460,000. 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	Burnley	North West	£128,000
2	Hyndburn	North West	£133,000
3	Blackpool	North West	£135,000
4	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£135,000
5	County Durham	North East	£136,000
6	Pendle	North West	£140,000
7	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£148,000
8	Hartlepool	North East	£150,000
9	Sunderland	North East	£150,000
10	Middlesbrough	North East	£152,000
11	Gateshead	North East	£158,000
12	South Tyneside	North East	£158,000
13	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£160,000
14	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£160,000
15	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£160,000
16	Cumberland	North West	£167,500
17	Liverpool	North West	£167,500
18	Darlington	North East	£167,500
19	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£170,000
20	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£170,000
21	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£170,900
22	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£172,500
23	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£172,500
24	Bolsover	East Midlands	£178,000
25	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£180,000
26	St. Helens	North West	£180,000
27	Lincoln	East Midlands	£180,000
28	Halton	North West	£180,000
29	Rossendale	North West	£180,000
30	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£184,995
31	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£185,000
32	Mansfield	East Midlands	£185,000
33	Wigan	North West	£187,500
34	Knowsley	North West	£189,500
35	Nottingham	East Midlands	£190,000
36	Bolton	North West	£190,000
37	Ashfield	East Midlands	£190,000
38	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£190,498
39	Lancaster	North West	£191,000
40	Preston	North West	£192,000
41	Rochdale	North West	£192,400
42	Wyre	North West	£195,000
43	Oldham	North West	£195,000
44	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£195,000
45	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£199,100
46	North Tyneside	North East	£199,298
47	Boston	East Midlands	£199,495
48	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£199,950
49	Northumberland	North East	£200,000
50	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£204,622
51	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£205,000
52	Sandwell	West Midlands	£205,000
53	Tameside	North West	£205,000
54	Derby	East Midlands	£206,000
55	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£207,000
56	Erewash	East Midlands	£210,000
57	South Ribble	North West	£210,000
58	Wirral	North West	£210,000
59	Chorley	North West	£210,000
60	Walsall	West Midlands	£210,000
61	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£215,000
62	Plymouth	South West	£215,000
63	Sefton	North West	£219,500
64	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£220,000
65	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£220,000
66	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£220,000
67	Coventry	West Midlands	£221,000
68	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£224,950
69	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£225,000
70	Dudley	West Midlands	£225,000
71	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£227,000
72	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£227,500
73	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£228,000
74	Salford	North West	£228,404
75	Birmingham	West Midlands	£228,500
76	West Lancashire	North West	£232,000
77	Fenland	East of England	£232,500
78	Norwich	East of England	£232,500
79	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£234,000
80	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£235,000
81	South Holland	East Midlands	£235,000
82	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£235,000
83	Leicester	East Midlands	£235,000
84	Bury	North West	£235,000
85	Fylde	North West	£235,000
86	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£237,500
87	Ipswich	East of England	£238,000
88	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£240,000
89	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£240,000
90	Peterborough	East of England	£240,000
91	Tamworth	West Midlands	£243,000
92	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£245,000
93	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£247,500
94	Gedling	East Midlands	£247,500
95	Manchester	North West	£248,000
96	Torbay	South West	£249,000
97	Redditch	West Midlands	£250,000
98	Stafford	West Midlands	£250,000
99	High Peak	East Midlands	£250,000
100	Gosport	South East	£250,000
101	Worcester	West Midlands	£250,000
102	Gloucester	South West	£250,000
103	Southampton	South East	£252,000
104	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£254,998
105	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£255,000
106	Warrington	North West	£255,000
107	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£255,000
108	Portsmouth	South East	£255,000
109	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£259,000
110	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£260,000
111	Isle of Wight	South East	£260,000
112	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£260,000
113	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£265,000
114	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£265,000
115	Ribble Valley	North West	£267,000
116	Charnwood	East Midlands	£269,500
117	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£270,000
118	Swindon	South West	£270,000
119	Melton	East Midlands	£270,000
120	Shropshire	West Midlands	£270,000
121	Breckland	East of England	£270,000
122	Blaby	East Midlands	£275,000
123	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£278,000
124	Somerset	South West	£280,000
125	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£280,000
126	Forest of Dean	South West	£280,000
127	Hastings	South East	£280,000
128	Eastbourne	South East	£280,000
129	Torridge	South West	£280,500
130	Tendring	East of England	£285,000
131	Cheshire East	North West	£286,995
132	East Suffolk	East of England	£287,000
133	Cornwall	South West	£287,500
134	Rugby	West Midlands	£290,000
135	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£290,000
136	West Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
137	Mid Devon	South West	£295,000
138	Stockport	North West	£295,000
139	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£295,000
140	Thanet	South East	£295,000
141	North Devon	South West	£295,725
142	Teignbridge	South West	£299,950
143	West Devon	South West	£299,950
144	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£300,000
145	Dover	South East	£300,000
146	North Norfolk	East of England	£300,000
147	Luton	East of England	£300,000
148	Lichfield	West Midlands	£300,995
149	Exeter	South West	£302,000
150	Medway	South East	£305,000
151	South Norfolk	East of England	£305,000
152	Broadland	East of England	£305,000
153	Swale	South East	£306,000
154	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£312,000
155	North Somerset	South West	£315,000
156	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£319,000
157	Tewkesbury	South West	£320,000
158	Wiltshire	South West	£320,000
159	Havant	South East	£320,000
160	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£320,000
161	Cheltenham	South West	£320,000
162	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£320,000
163	Colchester	East of England	£322,000
164	Wychavon	West Midlands	£325,000
165	Harlow	East of England	£325,000
166	Solihull	West Midlands	£325,000
167	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£326,125
168	East Devon	South West	£327,745
169	Stroud	South West	£330,000
170	Rutland	East Midlands	£330,000
171	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£330,000
172	Babergh	East of England	£330,000
173	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£330,000
174	Stevenage	East of England	£333,000
175	Harborough	East Midlands	£334,000
176	South Gloucestershire	South West	£335,000
177	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£335,000
178	Bedford	East of England	£335,000
179	Bristol, City of	South West	£336,500
180	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£339,000
181	Crawley	South East	£339,020
182	Eastleigh	South East	£340,000
183	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£342,500
184	Reading	South East	£343,000
185	Ashford	South East	£345,000
186	Dorset	South West	£345,000
187	Braintree	East of England	£345,000
188	Fareham	South East	£345,000
189	Worthing	South East	£345,000
190	Thurrock	East of England	£345,000
191	Trafford	North West	£348,000
192	Arun	South East	£350,000
193	Rushmoor	South East	£350,000
194	Warwick	West Midlands	£350,000
195	Canterbury	South East	£350,000
196	Milton Keynes	South East	£350,000
197	Cherwell	South East	£352,500
198	Basildon	East of England	£355,000
199	Gravesham	South East	£355,000
200	Rother	South East	£357,500
201	Test Valley	South East	£358,725
202	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£360,000
203	Castle Point	East of England	£360,000
204	Maidstone	South East	£360,000
205	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£361,250
206	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£365,000
207	Dartford	South East	£365,000
208	South Hams	South West	£365,000
209	Barking and Dagenham	London	£370,000
210	Adur	South East	£375,000
211	Slough	South East	£375,000
212	Maldon	East of England	£382,000
213	Wealden	South East	£382,000
214	West Oxfordshire	South East	£385,000
215	New Forest	South East	£385,000
216	Lewes	South East	£387,500
217	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£390,000
218	Vale of White Horse	South East	£395,000
219	West Berkshire	South East	£395,000
220	Chelmsford	East of England	£399,995
221	Rochford	East of England	£400,000
222	Watford	East of England	£405,000
223	Bracknell Forest	South East	£406,000
224	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£407,000
225	Brighton and Hove	South East	£412,500
226	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£415,000
227	Chichester	South East	£420,000
228	Croydon	London	£420,000
229	Bexley	London	£420,000
230	East Hampshire	South East	£425,000
231	Broxbourne	East of England	£426,000
232	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£428,000
233	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£430,000
234	Horsham	South East	£430,000
235	Havering	London	£437,000
236	Mid Sussex	South East	£437,600
237	Cotswold	South West	£440,000
238	Dacorum	East of England	£440,000
239	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£440,750
240	Newham	London	£442,000
241	Isles of Scilly	South West	£442,500
242	Sutton	London	£445,000
243	Woking	South East	£445,000
244	Spelthorne	South East	£445,000
245	South Oxfordshire	South East	£449,950
246	Oxford	South East	£450,000
247	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£450,000
248	Buckinghamshire	South East	£450,000
249	Runnymede	South East	£455,000
250	Winchester	South East	£460,000

Median sale price over the last five years — the areas where buying costs the least. 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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