Where do new-builds most often resell at a loss?
Across England, the figure is 29.4%. Oadby and Wigston leads at 87%, and Broxtowe sits at the other end on 13%. 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 | Oadby and Wigston | East Midlands | 87% |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | North East | 84.4% |
| 3 | Preston | North West | 80.9% |
| 4 | Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | 79.3% |
| 5 | Blackpool | North West | 76.9% |
| 6 | Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 76.2% |
| 7 | Sunderland | North East | 72.2% |
| 8 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | West Midlands | 70.9% |
| 9 | Stockton-on-Tees | North East | 70.8% |
| 10 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 69.2% |
| 11 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | Yorkshire and The Humber | 66.7% |
| 12 | Hartlepool | North East | 65.9% |
| 13 | Chesterfield | East Midlands | 63.5% |
| 14 | Wyre | North West | 62.5% |
| 15 | Blackburn with Darwen | North West | 61.8% |
| 16 | South Derbyshire | East Midlands | 61.8% |
| 17 | South Tyneside | North East | 60.9% |
| 18 | Kirklees | Yorkshire and The Humber | 60.8% |
| 19 | Walsall | West Midlands | 60.7% |
| 20 | Halton | North West | 59.1% |
| 21 | Barnsley | Yorkshire and The Humber | 59% |
| 22 | Darlington | North East | 56.9% |
| 23 | Newcastle upon Tyne | North East | 54.5% |
| 24 | Croydon | London | 53.6% |
| 25 | Derby | East Midlands | 53% |
| 26 | Calderdale | Yorkshire and The Humber | 52.8% |
| 27 | Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | 51.7% |
| 28 | Bradford | Yorkshire and The Humber | 51.1% |
| 29 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 51% |
| 30 | County Durham | North East | 50% |
| 31 | Hammersmith and Fulham | London | 49.1% |
| 32 | Ipswich | East of England | 48.5% |
| 33 | Havant | South East | 48.5% |
| 34 | Harlow | East of England | 48.4% |
| 35 | Bolton | North West | 48.3% |
| 36 | Chelmsford | East of England | 47.8% |
| 37 | Cumberland | North West | 47.4% |
| 38 | Liverpool | North West | 47.3% |
| 39 | Nottingham | East Midlands | 47.2% |
| 40 | Wakefield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 47.1% |
| 41 | Solihull | West Midlands | 47% |
| 42 | Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 45.4% |
| 43 | Mansfield | East Midlands | 45.2% |
| 44 | Tameside | North West | 44.9% |
| 45 | Chorley | North West | 44.9% |
| 46 | Wigan | North West | 44.1% |
| 47 | Slough | South East | 43.4% |
| 48 | Hart | South East | 42.8% |
| 49 | Rutland | East Midlands | 42.3% |
| 50 | Wirral | North West | 42.2% |
| 51 | Hillingdon | London | 42.2% |
| 52 | Basingstoke and Deane | South East | 41.8% |
| 53 | Runnymede | South East | 41.8% |
| 54 | Sefton | North West | 41.8% |
| 55 | Knowsley | North West | 41.6% |
| 56 | Bracknell Forest | South East | 41.6% |
| 57 | East Staffordshire | West Midlands | 40.4% |
| 58 | West Devon | South West | 40% |
| 59 | High Peak | East Midlands | 40% |
| 60 | Staffordshire Moorlands | West Midlands | 40% |
| 61 | North Tyneside | North East | 39.5% |
| 62 | Fareham | South East | 38.6% |
| 63 | Gateshead | North East | 38.4% |
| 64 | Test Valley | South East | 38.4% |
| 65 | South Staffordshire | West Midlands | 38.1% |
| 66 | Stafford | West Midlands | 37.9% |
| 67 | Fylde | North West | 37.8% |
| 68 | Waverley | South East | 37.7% |
| 69 | Brent | London | 37.7% |
| 70 | Vale of White Horse | South East | 37.7% |
| 71 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | East of England | 37.7% |
| 72 | Warrington | North West | 37.6% |
| 73 | Oldham | North West | 37.5% |
| 74 | Sevenoaks | South East | 36.7% |
| 75 | Rushmoor | South East | 36.5% |
| 76 | West Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 36.4% |
| 77 | Milton Keynes | South East | 36.3% |
| 78 | Cheshire East | North West | 36.1% |
| 79 | Mole Valley | South East | 35.9% |
| 80 | Lewisham | London | 35.6% |
| 81 | Wychavon | West Midlands | 35.5% |
| 82 | Swindon | South West | 35.4% |
| 83 | Sutton | London | 35.4% |
| 84 | Erewash | East Midlands | 35.4% |
| 85 | Ealing | London | 35.2% |
| 86 | Spelthorne | South East | 35% |
| 87 | Ribble Valley | North West | 35% |
| 88 | Sandwell | West Midlands | 35% |
| 89 | Tandridge | South East | 34.8% |
| 90 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 34.6% |
| 91 | Birmingham | West Midlands | 34.5% |
| 92 | Wokingham | South East | 34.5% |
| 93 | Hertsmere | East of England | 34.5% |
| 94 | Wiltshire | South West | 34.3% |
| 95 | Brentwood | East of England | 33.9% |
| 96 | Elmbridge | South East | 33.9% |
| 97 | Stratford-on-Avon | West Midlands | 33.8% |
| 98 | Leicester | East Midlands | 33.7% |
| 99 | Luton | East of England | 33.6% |
| 100 | Hounslow | London | 33.6% |
| 101 | Barnet | London | 33.4% |
| 102 | Dacorum | East of England | 33% |
| 103 | Buckinghamshire | South East | 32.9% |
| 104 | Harrow | London | 32.7% |
| 105 | Horsham | South East | 32.6% |
| 106 | Woking | South East | 32.5% |
| 107 | Southampton | South East | 32.5% |
| 108 | St. Helens | North West | 32.4% |
| 109 | Cherwell | South East | 32.4% |
| 110 | West Berkshire | South East | 32.2% |
| 111 | Harborough | East Midlands | 32.2% |
| 112 | Lincoln | East Midlands | 32.1% |
| 113 | Stevenage | East of England | 32% |
| 114 | Ashfield | East Midlands | 32% |
| 115 | Peterborough | East of England | 31.9% |
| 116 | Ashford | South East | 31.9% |
| 117 | Kensington and Chelsea | London | 31.8% |
| 118 | Surrey Heath | South East | 31.8% |
| 119 | Rotherham | Yorkshire and The Humber | 31.8% |
| 120 | City of London | London | 31.8% |
| 121 | North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 31.7% |
| 122 | Plymouth | South West | 31.7% |
| 123 | Gedling | East Midlands | 31.4% |
| 124 | Camden | London | 31.3% |
| 125 | Rochdale | North West | 31.2% |
| 126 | Charnwood | East Midlands | 31.2% |
| 127 | Braintree | East of England | 31% |
| 128 | Redditch | West Midlands | 30.9% |
| 129 | Guildford | South East | 30.8% |
| 130 | Tower Hamlets | London | 30.6% |
| 131 | South Oxfordshire | South East | 30.6% |
| 132 | Cotswold | South West | 30.6% |
| 133 | Dudley | West Midlands | 30.5% |
| 134 | South Ribble | North West | 30.4% |
| 135 | Wandsworth | London | 30.3% |
| 136 | Reading | South East | 30.3% |
| 137 | Rugby | West Midlands | 30% |
| 138 | Portsmouth | South East | 30% |
| 139 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 30% |
| 140 | Greenwich | London | 29.8% |
| 141 | Shropshire | West Midlands | 29.8% |
| 142 | Bromley | London | 29.7% |
| 143 | Mid Sussex | South East | 29.6% |
| 144 | Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 29.4% |
| 145 | Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 29.1% |
| 146 | Westmorland and Furness | North West | 28.9% |
| 147 | Lambeth | London | 28.7% |
| 148 | New Forest | South East | 28.7% |
| 149 | Stockport | North West | 28.6% |
| 150 | East Hampshire | South East | 28.6% |
| 151 | Uttlesford | East of England | 28.4% |
| 152 | Welwyn Hatfield | East of England | 28.4% |
| 153 | Havering | London | 28.4% |
| 154 | Crawley | South East | 28.2% |
| 155 | North West Leicestershire | East Midlands | 28% |
| 156 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | West Midlands | 28% |
| 157 | Cheltenham | South West | 27.8% |
| 158 | Dorset | South West | 27.7% |
| 159 | Derbyshire Dales | East Midlands | 27.7% |
| 160 | Chichester | South East | 27.6% |
| 161 | West Lancashire | North West | 27.5% |
| 162 | St Albans | East of England | 27.5% |
| 163 | Isle of Wight | South East | 27.4% |
| 164 | Hinckley and Bosworth | East Midlands | 27.4% |
| 165 | Cannock Chase | West Midlands | 27.3% |
| 166 | Southwark | London | 26.7% |
| 167 | Gosport | South East | 26.7% |
| 168 | Wyre Forest | West Midlands | 26.5% |
| 169 | Salford | North West | 26.4% |
| 170 | Maidstone | South East | 26.3% |
| 171 | Somerset | South West | 26.3% |
| 172 | Newham | London | 26.2% |
| 173 | Tamworth | West Midlands | 26% |
| 174 | Watford | East of England | 25.6% |
| 175 | North Somerset | South West | 25.6% |
| 176 | Eastleigh | South East | 25.5% |
| 177 | Three Rivers | East of England | 25.4% |
| 178 | North East Derbyshire | East Midlands | 25% |
| 179 | Lancaster | North West | 24.5% |
| 180 | Westminster | London | 24.4% |
| 181 | Merton | London | 24.3% |
| 182 | South Cambridgeshire | East of England | 24.2% |
| 183 | Redbridge | London | 24.2% |
| 184 | Bromsgrove | West Midlands | 23.9% |
| 185 | West Suffolk | East of England | 23.9% |
| 186 | North Hertfordshire | East of England | 23.9% |
| 187 | Barking and Dagenham | London | 23.8% |
| 188 | Tendring | East of England | 23.8% |
| 189 | East Devon | South West | 23.8% |
| 190 | Worcester | West Midlands | 23.7% |
| 191 | Bury | North West | 23.6% |
| 192 | Reigate and Banstead | South East | 23.5% |
| 193 | Richmond upon Thames | London | 23.4% |
| 194 | East Hertfordshire | East of England | 23% |
| 195 | Tonbridge and Malling | South East | 22.7% |
| 196 | Norwich | East of England | 22.7% |
| 197 | Colchester | East of England | 22.7% |
| 198 | Bexley | London | 22.6% |
| 199 | Gloucester | South West | 22.4% |
| 200 | Kingston upon Thames | London | 22% |
| 201 | North Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 21.9% |
| 202 | Amber Valley | East Midlands | 21.6% |
| 203 | Huntingdonshire | East of England | 21.5% |
| 204 | West Oxfordshire | South East | 21.4% |
| 205 | Warwick | West Midlands | 21.1% |
| 206 | Broadland | East of England | 20.8% |
| 207 | Thanet | South East | 20.7% |
| 208 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | South West | 20.7% |
| 209 | Northumberland | North East | 20.6% |
| 210 | Medway | South East | 20.5% |
| 211 | South Gloucestershire | South West | 20.4% |
| 212 | Swale | South East | 20% |
| 213 | Rushcliffe | East Midlands | 20% |
| 214 | Hackney | London | 19.9% |
| 215 | Coventry | West Midlands | 19.9% |
| 216 | Torbay | South West | 19.7% |
| 217 | Waltham Forest | London | 19.6% |
| 218 | Epsom and Ewell | South East | 19.5% |
| 219 | Rother | South East | 19.5% |
| 220 | Enfield | London | 19.4% |
| 221 | Great Yarmouth | East of England | 19.4% |
| 222 | Haringey | London | 18.6% |
| 223 | Folkestone and Hythe | South East | 18.5% |
| 224 | Arun | South East | 18.3% |
| 225 | Dover | South East | 18.2% |
| 226 | Broxbourne | East of England | 18.2% |
| 227 | Epping Forest | East of England | 17.9% |
| 228 | Wealden | South East | 17.8% |
| 229 | Worthing | South East | 17.8% |
| 230 | Malvern Hills | West Midlands | 17.8% |
| 231 | Trafford | North West | 17.5% |
| 232 | Winchester | South East | 17.3% |
| 233 | South Hams | South West | 17.2% |
| 234 | Islington | London | 16.9% |
| 235 | Southend-on-Sea | East of England | 16.3% |
| 236 | Cornwall | South West | 15.9% |
| 237 | Pendle | North West | 15.6% |
| 238 | Eastbourne | South East | 15.6% |
| 239 | Cambridge | East of England | 15.5% |
| 240 | Newark and Sherwood | East Midlands | 15.3% |
| 241 | Tunbridge Wells | South East | 15.2% |
| 242 | East Suffolk | East of England | 14.1% |
| 243 | Manchester | North West | 13.9% |
| 244 | Tewkesbury | South West | 13.9% |
| 245 | Rochford | East of England | 13.8% |
| 246 | Maldon | East of England | 13.6% |
| 247 | Bedford | East of England | 13.4% |
| 248 | Canterbury | South East | 13.4% |
| 249 | North Devon | South West | 13.3% |
| 250 | Broxtowe | East Midlands | 13% |
Among homes bought new, the share that later resold for less than the buyer paid (nominal) — new-builds resell at a loss far more often than existing homes. 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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