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Where do new-builds most often resell at a loss?

Across England, the figure is 29.7%. Oadby and Wigston leads at 88%, and North Devon sits at the other end on 13.3%. 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	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	88%
2	Middlesbrough	North East	84.4%
3	Preston	North West	80.6%
4	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	79.5%
5	Blackpool	North West	77.8%
6	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	76.7%
7	Sunderland	North East	72.8%
8	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	70.7%
9	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	69.4%
10	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	69.2%
11	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	65.6%
12	Chesterfield	East Midlands	65.4%
13	Hartlepool	North East	65.2%
14	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	62.5%
15	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	61.4%
16	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	61.1%
17	Walsall	West Midlands	60.3%
18	Wyre	North West	60%
19	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	59%
20	South Tyneside	North East	58.3%
21	Halton	North West	56.2%
22	Darlington	North East	55.9%
23	Croydon	London	55%
24	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	54.3%
25	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	54.2%
26	Derby	East Midlands	53.3%
27	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	52.5%
28	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	51.6%
29	Havant	South East	50%
30	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	50%
31	Ipswich	East of England	50%
32	County Durham	North East	49.3%
33	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	49.2%
34	Chelmsford	East of England	48.9%
35	Cumberland	North West	48.5%
36	Harlow	East of England	48.5%
37	Solihull	West Midlands	48%
38	Nottingham	East Midlands	47.9%
39	Liverpool	North West	47.1%
40	Bolton	North West	47%
41	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	46.2%
42	Slough	South East	45.6%
43	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	45.4%
44	Tameside	North West	44.6%
45	Mansfield	East Midlands	44.2%
46	Chorley	North West	44.2%
47	Runnymede	South East	43.7%
48	Hart	South East	43.5%
49	Wigan	North West	43.1%
50	Hillingdon	London	42.9%
51	Wirral	North West	42.8%
52	Sefton	North West	42.3%
53	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	41.5%
54	Bracknell Forest	South East	41.4%
55	Rutland	East Midlands	40.7%
56	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	40.4%
57	West Devon	South West	40%
58	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	39.5%
59	Knowsley	North West	39.1%
60	High Peak	East Midlands	39.1%
61	Fareham	South East	39%
62	Brent	London	38.9%
63	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	38.9%
64	North Tyneside	North East	38.1%
65	Test Valley	South East	38.1%
66	Waverley	South East	37.9%
67	Vale of White Horse	South East	37.9%
68	Gateshead	North East	37.9%
69	Stafford	West Midlands	37.8%
70	Fylde	North West	37.7%
71	Warrington	North West	37.1%
72	Milton Keynes	South East	36.9%
73	Cheshire East	North West	36.6%
74	Oldham	North West	36.5%
75	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	36.5%
76	Ealing	London	36.4%
77	Rushmoor	South East	36.4%
78	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	36.3%
79	Sevenoaks	South East	36.1%
80	South Ribble	North West	36%
81	Lewisham	London	36%
82	Sutton	London	35.5%
83	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	35.5%
84	Spelthorne	South East	35.4%
85	Leicester	East Midlands	35.2%
86	Swindon	South West	35.1%
87	Mole Valley	South East	35.1%
88	Wychavon	West Midlands	35.1%
89	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	35%
90	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	35%
91	Birmingham	West Midlands	35%
92	Luton	East of England	34.8%
93	Hounslow	London	34.8%
94	Tandridge	South East	34.6%
95	Elmbridge	South East	34.5%
96	Wokingham	South East	34.4%
97	Brentwood	East of England	34.3%
98	Hertsmere	East of England	34.2%
99	Sandwell	West Midlands	34.1%
100	Erewash	East Midlands	34%
101	Wiltshire	South West	33.9%
102	Barnet	London	33.8%
103	Ribble Valley	North West	33.3%
104	Cherwell	South East	33.3%
105	Dacorum	East of England	33.3%
106	Kensington and Chelsea	London	33.1%
107	Harrow	London	33%
108	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	32.9%
109	Buckinghamshire	South East	32.9%
110	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	32.8%
111	Stevenage	East of England	32.7%
112	Southampton	South East	32.7%
113	Lincoln	East Midlands	32.5%
114	West Berkshire	South East	32.5%
115	Woking	South East	32.4%
116	Horsham	South East	32.4%
117	Ashford	South East	32.4%
118	Peterborough	East of England	32.3%
119	Guildford	South East	32.3%
120	Harborough	East Midlands	32.2%
121	Plymouth	South West	31.9%
122	Surrey Heath	South East	31.7%
123	City of London	London	31.6%
124	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	31.5%
125	Dudley	West Midlands	31.4%
126	Cotswold	South West	31.4%
127	Gedling	East Midlands	31.4%
128	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	31.3%
129	Shropshire	West Midlands	31.1%
130	Wandsworth	London	31%
131	Greenwich	London	31%
132	Tower Hamlets	London	30.9%
133	Rochdale	North West	30.9%
134	Charnwood	East Midlands	30.9%
135	Ashfield	East Midlands	30.8%
136	Reading	South East	30.8%
137	Bromley	London	30.7%
138	Camden	London	30.7%
139	St. Helens	North West	30.6%
140	Cheltenham	South West	30.5%
141	Braintree	East of England	30.3%
142	Portsmouth	South East	30.2%
143	South Oxfordshire	South East	30.1%
144	Mid Sussex	South East	30.1%
145	Redditch	West Midlands	29.8%
146	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	29.6%
147	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	29.6%
148	Westmorland and Furness	North West	29.2%
149	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	29.2%
150	Lambeth	London	29.1%
151	East Hampshire	South East	29.1%
152	Stockport	North West	28.9%
153	Rugby	West Midlands	28.8%
154	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	28.8%
155	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	28.6%
156	St Albans	East of England	28.5%
157	Havering	London	28.4%
158	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	28.4%
159	New Forest	South East	28.3%
160	Dorset	South West	28.2%
161	Maidstone	South East	27.9%
162	Isle of Wight	South East	27.7%
163	Chichester	South East	27.3%
164	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	27.3%
165	Southwark	London	27.2%
166	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	27.1%
167	Newham	London	27%
168	Crawley	South East	27%
169	Salford	North West	26.9%
170	Eastleigh	South East	26.9%
171	Gosport	South East	26.8%
172	West Lancashire	North West	26.8%
173	Uttlesford	East of England	26.8%
174	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	26.6%
175	Somerset	South West	26.2%
176	Watford	East of England	26.1%
177	Tamworth	West Midlands	25.7%
178	North Somerset	South West	25.6%
179	Three Rivers	East of England	25.4%
180	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	25%
181	Westminster	London	24.9%
182	Tendring	East of England	24.7%
183	Redbridge	London	24.5%
184	Merton	London	24.3%
185	Barking and Dagenham	London	24.1%
186	East Devon	South West	24.1%
187	Reigate and Banstead	South East	24.1%
188	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	23.8%
189	North Hertfordshire	East of England	23.7%
190	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	23.6%
191	Richmond upon Thames	London	23.6%
192	Norwich	East of England	23.6%
193	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	23.5%
194	Lancaster	North West	23.3%
195	Worcester	West Midlands	23.3%
196	West Suffolk	East of England	23.3%
197	Bexley	London	23.2%
198	Gloucester	South West	23.1%
199	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	23%
200	Colchester	East of England	23%
201	Huntingdonshire	East of England	22.6%
202	Kingston upon Thames	London	22.6%
203	Medway	South East	22.5%
204	East Hertfordshire	East of England	22.4%
205	Bury	North West	22.3%
206	Amber Valley	East Midlands	21.6%
207	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	20.9%
208	Broadland	East of England	20.8%
209	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	20.7%
210	Northumberland	North East	20.7%
211	Warwick	West Midlands	20.6%
212	Thanet	South East	20.6%
213	Epping Forest	East of England	20.5%
214	Coventry	West Midlands	20.4%
215	South Gloucestershire	South West	20.3%
216	Hackney	London	19.8%
217	Swale	South East	19.7%
218	Enfield	London	19.7%
219	Dover	South East	19.6%
220	West Oxfordshire	South East	19.5%
221	Rother	South East	19.5%
222	Torbay	South West	19.4%
223	Great Yarmouth	East of England	19.4%
224	Waltham Forest	London	19.2%
225	Epsom and Ewell	South East	19.1%
226	Haringey	London	18.9%
227	Broxbourne	East of England	18.8%
228	Blaby	East Midlands	18.5%
229	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	18.4%
230	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	18.2%
231	Arun	South East	17.9%
232	South Hams	South West	17.8%
233	Worthing	South East	17.7%
234	Islington	London	17.4%
235	Wealden	South East	17.4%
236	Trafford	North West	17.2%
237	Pendle	North West	17.1%
238	Winchester	South East	16.9%
239	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	16.6%
240	Cambridge	East of England	16.3%
241	Cornwall	South West	15.8%
242	Tunbridge Wells	South East	15.7%
243	East Suffolk	East of England	15.5%
244	Eastbourne	South East	15.4%
245	Rochford	East of England	14.9%
246	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	14.8%
247	Canterbury	South East	14.8%
248	Manchester	North West	14%
249	Tewkesbury	South West	13.5%
250	North Devon	South West	13.3%

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 2026-07-31. How this is measured.

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