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Where are homes most expensive to buy?

Across England, the figure is £287,500. Kensington and Chelsea leads at £1,275,000, and Boston sits at the other end on £199,495. 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	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£1,275,000
2	Westminster	London	£980,000
3	City of London	London	£830,000
4	Camden	London	£795,000
5	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£775,000
6	Richmond upon Thames	London	£725,000
7	Islington	London	£668,000
8	Wandsworth	London	£666,000
9	Elmbridge	South East	£653,548
10	St Albans	East of England	£625,000
11	Hackney	London	£600,000
12	Barnet	London	£575,110
13	Haringey	London	£570,000
14	Mole Valley	South East	£560,000
15	Southwark	London	£550,000
16	Hertsmere	East of England	£550,000
17	Kingston upon Thames	London	£550,000
18	Lambeth	London	£550,000
19	Brent	London	£546,000
20	Merton	London	£545,000
21	Waverley	South East	£545,000
22	Harrow	London	£540,000
23	Three Rivers	East of England	£537,250
24	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£535,000
25	Ealing	London	£525,000
26	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£519,875
27	Waltham Forest	London	£515,000
28	Tower Hamlets	London	£510,925
29	Bromley	London	£507,500
30	Epping Forest	East of England	£505,000
31	Guildford	South East	£500,000
32	Redbridge	London	£500,000
33	Tandridge	South East	£490,000
34	Wokingham	South East	£485,000
35	Cambridge	East of England	£481,225
36	Hillingdon	London	£478,125
37	Sevenoaks	South East	£475,000
38	Hounslow	London	£475,000
39	Brentwood	East of England	£475,000
40	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£470,000
41	Enfield	London	£469,998
42	Uttlesford	East of England	£465,000
43	Surrey Heath	South East	£465,000
44	Greenwich	London	£463,500
45	Lewisham	London	£462,500
46	Winchester	South East	£460,000
47	Hart	South East	£460,000
48	Runnymede	South East	£455,000
49	Oxford	South East	£450,000
50	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£450,000
51	Buckinghamshire	South East	£450,000
52	South Oxfordshire	South East	£449,950
53	Sutton	London	£445,000
54	Woking	South East	£445,000
55	Spelthorne	South East	£445,000
56	Isles of Scilly	South West	£442,500
57	Newham	London	£442,000
58	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£440,750
59	Cotswold	South West	£440,000
60	Dacorum	East of England	£440,000
61	Mid Sussex	South East	£437,600
62	Havering	London	£437,000
63	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£430,000
64	Horsham	South East	£430,000
65	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£428,000
66	Broxbourne	East of England	£426,000
67	East Hampshire	South East	£425,000
68	Chichester	South East	£420,000
69	Croydon	London	£420,000
70	Bexley	London	£420,000
71	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£415,000
72	Brighton and Hove	South East	£412,500
73	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£407,000
74	Bracknell Forest	South East	£406,000
75	Watford	East of England	£405,000
76	Rochford	East of England	£400,000
77	Chelmsford	East of England	£399,995
78	Vale of White Horse	South East	£395,000
79	West Berkshire	South East	£395,000
80	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£390,000
81	Lewes	South East	£387,500
82	West Oxfordshire	South East	£385,000
83	New Forest	South East	£385,000
84	Maldon	East of England	£382,000
85	Wealden	South East	£382,000
86	Adur	South East	£375,000
87	Slough	South East	£375,000
88	Barking and Dagenham	London	£370,000
89	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£365,000
90	Dartford	South East	£365,000
91	South Hams	South West	£365,000
92	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£361,250
93	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£360,000
94	Castle Point	East of England	£360,000
95	Maidstone	South East	£360,000
96	Test Valley	South East	£358,725
97	Rother	South East	£357,500
98	Basildon	East of England	£355,000
99	Gravesham	South East	£355,000
100	Cherwell	South East	£352,500
101	Arun	South East	£350,000
102	Rushmoor	South East	£350,000
103	Warwick	West Midlands	£350,000
104	Canterbury	South East	£350,000
105	Milton Keynes	South East	£350,000
106	Trafford	North West	£348,000
107	Ashford	South East	£345,000
108	Dorset	South West	£345,000
109	Braintree	East of England	£345,000
110	Fareham	South East	£345,000
111	Worthing	South East	£345,000
112	Thurrock	East of England	£345,000
113	Reading	South East	£343,000
114	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£342,500
115	Eastleigh	South East	£340,000
116	Crawley	South East	£339,020
117	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£339,000
118	Bristol, City of	South West	£336,500
119	South Gloucestershire	South West	£335,000
120	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£335,000
121	Bedford	East of England	£335,000
122	Harborough	East Midlands	£334,000
123	Stevenage	East of England	£333,000
124	Stroud	South West	£330,000
125	Rutland	East Midlands	£330,000
126	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£330,000
127	Babergh	East of England	£330,000
128	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£330,000
129	East Devon	South West	£327,745
130	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£326,125
131	Wychavon	West Midlands	£325,000
132	Harlow	East of England	£325,000
133	Solihull	West Midlands	£325,000
134	Colchester	East of England	£322,000
135	Tewkesbury	South West	£320,000
136	Wiltshire	South West	£320,000
137	Havant	South East	£320,000
138	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£320,000
139	Cheltenham	South West	£320,000
140	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£320,000
141	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£319,000
142	North Somerset	South West	£315,000
143	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£312,000
144	Swale	South East	£306,000
145	Medway	South East	£305,000
146	South Norfolk	East of England	£305,000
147	Broadland	East of England	£305,000
148	Exeter	South West	£302,000
149	Lichfield	West Midlands	£300,995
150	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£300,000
151	Dover	South East	£300,000
152	North Norfolk	East of England	£300,000
153	Luton	East of England	£300,000
154	Teignbridge	South West	£299,950
155	West Devon	South West	£299,950
156	North Devon	South West	£295,725
157	Mid Devon	South West	£295,000
158	Stockport	North West	£295,000
159	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£295,000
160	Thanet	South East	£295,000
161	Rugby	West Midlands	£290,000
162	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£290,000
163	West Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
164	Cornwall	South West	£287,500
165	East Suffolk	East of England	£287,000
166	Cheshire East	North West	£286,995
167	Tendring	East of England	£285,000
168	Torridge	South West	£280,500
169	Somerset	South West	£280,000
170	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£280,000
171	Forest of Dean	South West	£280,000
172	Hastings	South East	£280,000
173	Eastbourne	South East	£280,000
174	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£278,000
175	Blaby	East Midlands	£275,000
176	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£270,000
177	Swindon	South West	£270,000
178	Melton	East Midlands	£270,000
179	Shropshire	West Midlands	£270,000
180	Breckland	East of England	£270,000
181	Charnwood	East Midlands	£269,500
182	Ribble Valley	North West	£267,000
183	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£265,000
184	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£265,000
185	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£260,000
186	Isle of Wight	South East	£260,000
187	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£260,000
188	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£259,000
189	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£255,000
190	Warrington	North West	£255,000
191	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£255,000
192	Portsmouth	South East	£255,000
193	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£254,998
194	Southampton	South East	£252,000
195	Redditch	West Midlands	£250,000
196	Stafford	West Midlands	£250,000
197	High Peak	East Midlands	£250,000
198	Gosport	South East	£250,000
199	Worcester	West Midlands	£250,000
200	Gloucester	South West	£250,000
201	Torbay	South West	£249,000
202	Manchester	North West	£248,000
203	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£247,500
204	Gedling	East Midlands	£247,500
205	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£245,000
206	Tamworth	West Midlands	£243,000
207	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£240,000
208	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£240,000
209	Peterborough	East of England	£240,000
210	Ipswich	East of England	£238,000
211	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£237,500
212	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£235,000
213	South Holland	East Midlands	£235,000
214	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£235,000
215	Leicester	East Midlands	£235,000
216	Bury	North West	£235,000
217	Fylde	North West	£235,000
218	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£234,000
219	Fenland	East of England	£232,500
220	Norwich	East of England	£232,500
221	West Lancashire	North West	£232,000
222	Birmingham	West Midlands	£228,500
223	Salford	North West	£228,404
224	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£228,000
225	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£227,500
226	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£227,000
227	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£225,000
228	Dudley	West Midlands	£225,000
229	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£224,950
230	Coventry	West Midlands	£221,000
231	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£220,000
232	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£220,000
233	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£220,000
234	Sefton	North West	£219,500
235	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£215,000
236	Plymouth	South West	£215,000
237	Erewash	East Midlands	£210,000
238	South Ribble	North West	£210,000
239	Wirral	North West	£210,000
240	Chorley	North West	£210,000
241	Walsall	West Midlands	£210,000
242	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£207,000
243	Derby	East Midlands	£206,000
244	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£205,000
245	Sandwell	West Midlands	£205,000
246	Tameside	North West	£205,000
247	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£204,622
248	Northumberland	North East	£200,000
249	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£199,950
250	Boston	East Midlands	£199,495

Median sale price over the last five years — the headline cost of buying in each area. 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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