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Where are homes most affordable to buy?

Across England, the figure is £287,500. Burnley leads at £127,300, and Hart sits at the other end on £457,000. 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	£127,300
2	Hyndburn	North West	£132,000
3	Blackpool	North West	£135,000
4	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£135,000
5	County Durham	North East	£135,995
6	Pendle	North West	£139,950
7	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£146,000
8	Middlesbrough	North East	£150,000
9	Hartlepool	North East	£150,000
10	Sunderland	North East	£150,000
11	South Tyneside	North East	£157,000
12	Gateshead	North East	£157,500
13	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£158,000
14	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£159,995
15	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£160,000
16	Liverpool	North West	£165,500
17	Darlington	North East	£166,000
18	Cumberland	North West	£167,000
19	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£168,125
20	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£169,995
21	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£170,000
22	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£170,000
23	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£171,998
24	Bolsover	East Midlands	£175,000
25	St. Helens	North West	£177,500
26	Rossendale	North West	£179,950
27	Halton	North West	£180,000
28	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£180,000
29	Lincoln	East Midlands	£180,000
30	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£182,500
31	Mansfield	East Midlands	£183,500
32	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£185,000
33	Wigan	North West	£185,000
34	Knowsley	North West	£185,500
35	Nottingham	East Midlands	£190,000
36	Bolton	North West	£190,000
37	Ashfield	East Midlands	£190,000
38	Lancaster	North West	£190,000
39	Rochdale	North West	£190,000
40	Preston	North West	£190,000
41	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£190,000
42	Oldham	North West	£192,000
43	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£195,000
44	North Tyneside	North East	£195,000
45	Wyre	North West	£195,000
46	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£197,000
47	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£197,500
48	Boston	East Midlands	£199,000
49	Northumberland	North East	£200,000
50	Tameside	North West	£201,625
51	Sandwell	West Midlands	£202,000
52	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£202,500
53	Derby	East Midlands	£205,000
54	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£205,000
55	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£205,000
56	Erewash	East Midlands	£206,500
57	South Ribble	North West	£209,995
58	Chorley	North West	£210,000
59	Walsall	West Midlands	£210,000
60	Wirral	North West	£210,000
61	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£215,000
62	Plymouth	South West	£215,000
63	Sefton	North West	£216,998
64	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£218,500
65	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£219,950
66	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£220,000
67	Coventry	West Midlands	£220,000
68	Dudley	West Midlands	£222,000
69	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£223,000
70	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£225,000
71	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£225,000
72	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£225,950
73	Salford	North West	£226,950
74	Birmingham	West Midlands	£227,000
75	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£227,500
76	West Lancashire	North West	£230,000
77	Norwich	East of England	£231,000
78	Fenland	East of England	£232,000
79	Leicester	East Midlands	£233,000
80	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£234,000
81	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£234,500
82	Bury	North West	£235,000
83	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£235,000
84	South Holland	East Midlands	£235,000
85	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£235,000
86	Fylde	North West	£235,000
87	Ipswich	East of England	£237,000
88	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£238,050
89	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£239,995
90	Peterborough	East of England	£240,000
91	Tamworth	West Midlands	£241,750
92	Gedling	East Midlands	£245,000
93	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£245,000
94	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£245,000
95	Manchester	North West	£247,000
96	Worcester	West Midlands	£247,500
97	Gloucester	South West	£247,500
98	Redditch	West Midlands	£248,250
99	Torbay	South West	£249,950
100	Gosport	South East	£249,995
101	High Peak	East Midlands	£250,000
102	Stafford	West Midlands	£250,000
103	Southampton	South East	£250,000
104	Warrington	North West	£251,000
105	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£252,000
106	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£252,950
107	Portsmouth	South East	£255,000
108	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£255,495
109	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£257,500
110	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£258,500
111	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£259,995
112	Isle of Wight	South East	£260,000
113	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£265,000
114	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£265,000
115	Charnwood	East Midlands	£267,000
116	Ribble Valley	North West	£268,000
117	Melton	East Midlands	£270,000
118	Breckland	East of England	£270,000
119	Swindon	South West	£270,000
120	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£270,000
121	Shropshire	West Midlands	£270,000
122	Blaby	East Midlands	£273,000
123	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£275,000
124	Forest of Dean	South West	£279,995
125	Eastbourne	South East	£280,000
126	Torridge	South West	£280,000
127	Somerset	South West	£280,000
128	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£280,000
129	Hastings	South East	£280,000
130	Tendring	East of England	£285,000
131	Cheshire East	North West	£285,000
132	East Suffolk	East of England	£287,500
133	Cornwall	South West	£287,500
134	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£290,000
135	West Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
136	Rugby	West Midlands	£290,000
137	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£293,000
138	Stockport	North West	£293,182
139	Mid Devon	South West	£295,000
140	Thanet	South East	£295,000
141	North Devon	South West	£298,000
142	Teignbridge	South West	£299,995
143	Dover	South East	£300,000
144	Exeter	South West	£300,000
145	Luton	East of England	£300,000
146	West Devon	South West	£300,000
147	Lichfield	West Midlands	£300,000
148	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£300,000
149	Medway	South East	£301,500
150	North Norfolk	East of England	£302,500
151	Broadland	East of England	£303,998
152	Swale	South East	£305,000
153	South Norfolk	East of England	£305,000
154	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£311,748
155	North Somerset	South West	£315,000
156	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£317,500
157	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£320,000
158	Cheltenham	South West	£320,000
159	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£320,000
160	Colchester	East of England	£320,000
161	Tewkesbury	South West	£320,000
162	Havant	South East	£320,000
163	Wiltshire	South West	£320,000
164	East Devon	South West	£325,000
165	Wychavon	West Midlands	£325,000
166	Rutland	East Midlands	£325,000
167	Harlow	East of England	£325,000
168	Solihull	West Midlands	£325,000
169	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£327,500
170	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£330,000
171	Babergh	East of England	£330,000
172	Stroud	South West	£330,000
173	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£330,000
174	Bedford	East of England	£330,000
175	Stevenage	East of England	£330,000
176	Bristol, City of	South West	£335,000
177	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£335,000
178	Crawley	South East	£335,000
179	Harborough	East Midlands	£335,000
180	South Gloucestershire	South West	£335,000
181	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£336,075
182	Eastleigh	South East	£340,000
183	Reading	South East	£340,000
184	Trafford	North West	£341,000
185	Braintree	East of England	£341,500
186	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£341,750
187	Fareham	South East	£344,238
188	Worthing	South East	£345,000
189	Ashford	South East	£345,000
190	Dorset	South West	£345,000
191	Thurrock	East of England	£345,000
192	Rushmoor	South East	£350,000
193	Warwick	West Midlands	£350,000
194	Milton Keynes	South East	£350,000
195	Canterbury	South East	£350,000
196	Arun	South East	£350,000
197	Cherwell	South East	£351,000
198	Rother	South East	£355,000
199	Gravesham	South East	£355,000
200	Test Valley	South East	£355,000
201	Basildon	East of England	£355,000
202	Castle Point	East of England	£358,000
203	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£360,000
204	Maidstone	South East	£360,000
205	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£360,000
206	Dartford	South East	£363,000
207	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£365,000
208	South Hams	South West	£369,475
209	Barking and Dagenham	London	£370,000
210	Slough	South East	£371,155
211	Adur	South East	£375,000
212	Maldon	East of England	£380,000
213	Wealden	South East	£380,000
214	West Oxfordshire	South East	£385,000
215	New Forest	South East	£385,000
216	Lewes	South East	£388,000
217	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£390,000
218	West Berkshire	South East	£394,000
219	Vale of White Horse	South East	£394,246
220	Rochford	East of England	£395,000
221	Chelmsford	East of England	£398,000
222	Watford	East of England	£400,100
223	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£405,000
224	Bracknell Forest	South East	£405,000
225	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£412,000
226	Brighton and Hove	South East	£412,000
227	Bexley	London	£418,000
228	Chichester	South East	£419,995
229	Croydon	London	£420,000
230	East Hampshire	South East	£425,000
231	Broxbourne	East of England	£425,000
232	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£427,000
233	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£429,995
234	Horsham	South East	£430,000
235	Mid Sussex	South East	£435,000
236	Havering	London	£435,000
237	Dacorum	East of England	£440,000
238	Cotswold	South West	£440,000
239	Woking	South East	£442,500
240	Sutton	London	£442,500
241	Spelthorne	South East	£442,500
242	Isles of Scilly	South West	£442,500
243	Newham	London	£442,500
244	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£443,000
245	South Oxfordshire	South East	£449,950
246	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£450,000
247	Buckinghamshire	South East	£450,000
248	Oxford	South East	£450,000
249	Runnymede	South East	£455,000
250	Hart	South East	£457,000

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 2026-05-29. How this is measured.

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