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Where are homes most affordable to buy?

Across England, the figure is £290,000. Burnley leads at £130,000, and Runnymede 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	£130,000
2	Hyndburn	North West	£134,504
3	Blackpool	North West	£135,000
4	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£135,000
5	County Durham	North East	£138,000
6	Pendle	North West	£140,000
7	Sunderland	North East	£150,000
8	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£150,000
9	Hartlepool	North East	£151,000
10	Middlesbrough	North East	£152,500
11	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£160,000
12	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£160,000
13	Gateshead	North East	£160,000
14	South Tyneside	North East	£160,000
15	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£161,000
16	Cumberland	North West	£169,725
17	Liverpool	North West	£169,950
18	Darlington	North East	£169,995
19	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£170,000
20	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£170,000
21	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£173,000
22	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£174,000
23	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£174,950
24	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£180,000
25	St. Helens	North West	£180,000
26	Bolsover	East Midlands	£180,000
27	Rossendale	North West	£180,000
28	Lincoln	East Midlands	£182,000
29	Halton	North West	£182,000
30	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£185,000
31	Mansfield	East Midlands	£185,000
32	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£186,000
33	Knowsley	North West	£190,000
34	Nottingham	East Midlands	£190,000
35	Wigan	North West	£190,000
36	Bolton	North West	£192,000
37	Lancaster	North West	£192,500
38	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£192,998
39	Ashfield	East Midlands	£193,000
40	Wyre	North West	£195,000
41	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£195,000
42	Preston	North West	£195,000
43	Rochdale	North West	£195,000
44	Oldham	North West	£196,500
45	Boston	East Midlands	£199,950
46	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£200,000
47	Northumberland	North East	£200,000
48	North Tyneside	North East	£200,000
49	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£200,000
50	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£205,000
51	Tameside	North West	£207,000
52	Sandwell	West Midlands	£207,000
53	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£209,998
54	Wirral	North West	£210,000
55	Erewash	East Midlands	£210,000
56	Derby	East Midlands	£210,000
57	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£210,000
58	South Ribble	North West	£210,995
59	Walsall	West Midlands	£211,000
60	Chorley	North West	£215,000
61	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£215,000
62	Plymouth	South West	£217,500
63	Sefton	North West	£220,000
64	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£220,000
65	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£220,000
66	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£222,000
67	Coventry	West Midlands	£223,000
68	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£225,000
69	Dudley	West Midlands	£225,500
70	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£227,500
71	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£227,500
72	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£229,995
73	Birmingham	West Midlands	£230,000
74	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£230,000
75	Salford	North West	£230,000
76	Norwich	East of England	£232,500
77	West Lancashire	North West	£235,000
78	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£235,000
79	Leicester	East Midlands	£235,000
80	Fenland	East of England	£235,000
81	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£236,000
82	South Holland	East Midlands	£236,995
83	Bury	North West	£237,000
84	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£238,000
85	Fylde	North West	£240,000
86	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£240,000
87	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£240,000
88	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£240,000
89	Ipswich	East of England	£240,000
90	Peterborough	East of England	£241,000
91	Tamworth	West Midlands	£245,000
92	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£247,000
93	Manchester	North West	£250,000
94	Torbay	South West	£250,000
95	Redditch	West Midlands	£250,000
96	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£250,000
97	Stafford	West Midlands	£250,000
98	Gedling	East Midlands	£250,000
99	Worcester	West Midlands	£250,000
100	Gosport	South East	£250,000
101	Gloucester	South West	£250,000
102	High Peak	East Midlands	£255,000
103	Warrington	North West	£255,000
104	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£255,000
105	Southampton	South East	£255,000
106	Portsmouth	South East	£255,000
107	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£255,600
108	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£256,031
109	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£260,000
110	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£260,000
111	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£260,000
112	Isle of Wight	South East	£260,000
113	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£268,000
114	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£269,950
115	Ribble Valley	North West	£269,995
116	Breckland	East of England	£270,000
117	Charnwood	East Midlands	£270,000
118	Melton	East Midlands	£270,000
119	Shropshire	West Midlands	£271,696
120	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£274,950
121	Swindon	South West	£275,000
122	Blaby	East Midlands	£275,000
123	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£279,995
124	Eastbourne	South East	£280,000
125	Somerset	South West	£280,000
126	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£280,000
127	Forest of Dean	South West	£280,000
128	Hastings	South East	£280,000
129	Torridge	South West	£284,000
130	Tendring	East of England	£285,000
131	East Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
132	Cheshire East	North West	£290,000
133	Cornwall	South West	£290,000
134	West Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
135	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£291,000
136	Rugby	West Midlands	£292,000
137	Stockport	North West	£295,000
138	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£295,000
139	Thanet	South East	£295,000
140	Mid Devon	South West	£297,000
141	North Devon	South West	£298,000
142	Dover	South East	£300,000
143	Teignbridge	South West	£300,000
144	West Devon	South West	£300,000
145	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£301,000
146	Lichfield	West Midlands	£305,000
147	Medway	South East	£305,000
148	Exeter	South West	£305,000
149	Luton	East of England	£305,000
150	North Norfolk	East of England	£305,000
151	Broadland	East of England	£305,050
152	South Norfolk	East of England	£307,500
153	Swale	South East	£310,000
154	North Somerset	South West	£315,000
155	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£315,000
156	Havant	South East	£320,000
157	Wiltshire	South West	£320,000
158	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£320,000
159	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£320,000
160	Cheltenham	South West	£320,000
161	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£322,500
162	Wychavon	West Midlands	£325,000
163	Tewkesbury	South West	£325,000
164	Colchester	East of England	£325,000
165	Solihull	West Midlands	£325,000
166	Harlow	East of England	£328,000
167	East Devon	South West	£330,000
168	Babergh	East of England	£330,000
169	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£330,000
170	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£332,500
171	Stroud	South West	£333,750
172	Rutland	East Midlands	£335,000
173	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£335,000
174	Harborough	East Midlands	£335,000
175	Stevenage	East of England	£335,000
176	Bedford	East of England	£336,000
177	South Gloucestershire	South West	£338,996
178	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£340,000
179	Crawley	South East	£340,000
180	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£340,000
181	Bristol, City of	South West	£340,000
182	Eastleigh	South East	£342,500
183	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£342,500
184	Reading	South East	£345,000
185	Fareham	South East	£345,000
186	Braintree	East of England	£345,000
187	Worthing	South East	£347,025
188	Dorset	South West	£347,500
189	Arun	South East	£350,000
190	Canterbury	South East	£350,000
191	Trafford	North West	£350,000
192	Ashford	South East	£350,000
193	Milton Keynes	South East	£350,000
194	Thurrock	East of England	£350,000
195	Warwick	West Midlands	£353,000
196	Cherwell	South East	£355,000
197	Rushmoor	South East	£355,000
198	Basildon	East of England	£357,500
199	Rother	South East	£357,500
200	Test Valley	South East	£360,000
201	Gravesham	South East	£360,000
202	Castle Point	East of England	£360,000
203	Maidstone	South East	£362,000
204	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£365,000
205	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£365,000
206	Dartford	South East	£366,000
207	South Hams	South West	£367,500
208	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£367,500
209	Adur	South East	£375,000
210	Slough	South East	£375,000
211	Barking and Dagenham	London	£375,000
212	Wealden	South East	£383,000
213	Maldon	East of England	£385,000
214	New Forest	South East	£385,000
215	West Oxfordshire	South East	£387,500
216	Lewes	South East	£388,000
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	Rochford	East of England	£400,000
221	Chelmsford	East of England	£400,000
222	Watford	East of England	£406,750
223	Bracknell Forest	South East	£410,000
224	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£410,000
225	Brighton and Hove	South East	£415,000
226	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£417,000
227	Bexley	London	£420,000
228	Chichester	South East	£420,000
229	Croydon	London	£420,000
230	East Hampshire	South East	£425,000
231	Broxbourne	East of England	£430,000
232	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£430,000
233	Isles of Scilly	South West	£430,000
234	Horsham	South East	£434,625
235	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£435,000
236	Dacorum	East of England	£440,000
237	Havering	London	£440,000
238	Mid Sussex	South East	£440,000
239	Cotswold	South West	£441,150
240	Newham	London	£442,225
241	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£443,050
242	Sutton	London	£447,000
243	Woking	South East	£449,000
244	Spelthorne	South East	£450,000
245	Buckinghamshire	South East	£450,000
246	Oxford	South East	£450,000
247	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£450,000
248	South Oxfordshire	South East	£450,000
249	Winchester	South East	£460,000
250	Runnymede	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 2026-09-30. How this is measured.

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