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Where are homes most expensive to buy?

Across England, the figure is £290,000. Kensington and Chelsea leads at £1,260,500, and North Tyneside sits at the other end on £200,000. 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	£1,260,500
2	Westminster	London	£975,000
3	City of London	London	£830,000
4	Camden	London	£794,000
5	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£774,250
6	Richmond upon Thames	London	£725,000
7	Islington	London	£670,000
8	Wandsworth	London	£665,000
9	Elmbridge	South East	£658,250
10	St Albans	East of England	£625,000
11	Hackney	London	£600,000
12	Barnet	London	£580,000
13	Haringey	London	£570,000
14	Mole Valley	South East	£563,425
15	Brent	London	£550,000
16	Southwark	London	£550,000
17	Kingston upon Thames	London	£550,000
18	Waverley	South East	£549,975
19	Lambeth	London	£549,238
20	Merton	London	£549,000
21	Hertsmere	East of England	£547,250
22	Three Rivers	East of England	£540,000
23	Harrow	London	£540,000
24	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£535,000
25	Ealing	London	£525,779
26	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£520,000
27	Waltham Forest	London	£519,000
28	Bromley	London	£510,000
29	Tower Hamlets	London	£505,505
30	Epping Forest	East of England	£505,000
31	Guildford	South East	£500,000
32	Redbridge	London	£500,000
33	Tandridge	South East	£495,000
34	Wokingham	South East	£485,000
35	Cambridge	East of England	£482,500
36	Hillingdon	London	£480,000
37	Brentwood	East of England	£480,000
38	Sevenoaks	South East	£475,000
39	Hounslow	London	£475,000
40	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£472,500
41	Enfield	London	£470,000
42	Surrey Heath	South East	£467,000
43	Uttlesford	East of England	£465,000
44	Greenwich	London	£465,000
45	Lewisham	London	£465,000
46	Hart	South East	£462,500
47	Winchester	South East	£460,000
48	Runnymede	South East	£460,000
49	Spelthorne	South East	£450,000
50	Buckinghamshire	South East	£450,000
51	Oxford	South East	£450,000
52	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£450,000
53	South Oxfordshire	South East	£450,000
54	Woking	South East	£449,000
55	Sutton	London	£447,000
56	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£443,050
57	Newham	London	£442,225
58	Cotswold	South West	£441,150
59	Dacorum	East of England	£440,000
60	Havering	London	£440,000
61	Mid Sussex	South East	£440,000
62	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£435,000
63	Horsham	South East	£434,625
64	Broxbourne	East of England	£430,000
65	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£430,000
66	Isles of Scilly	South West	£430,000
67	East Hampshire	South East	£425,000
68	Bexley	London	£420,000
69	Chichester	South East	£420,000
70	Croydon	London	£420,000
71	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£417,000
72	Brighton and Hove	South East	£415,000
73	Bracknell Forest	South East	£410,000
74	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£410,000
75	Watford	East of England	£406,750
76	Rochford	East of England	£400,000
77	Chelmsford	East of England	£400,000
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	£388,000
82	West Oxfordshire	South East	£387,500
83	Maldon	East of England	£385,000
84	New Forest	South East	£385,000
85	Wealden	South East	£383,000
86	Adur	South East	£375,000
87	Slough	South East	£375,000
88	Barking and Dagenham	London	£375,000
89	South Hams	South West	£367,500
90	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£367,500
91	Dartford	South East	£366,000
92	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£365,000
93	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£365,000
94	Maidstone	South East	£362,000
95	Test Valley	South East	£360,000
96	Gravesham	South East	£360,000
97	Castle Point	East of England	£360,000
98	Basildon	East of England	£357,500
99	Rother	South East	£357,500
100	Cherwell	South East	£355,000
101	Rushmoor	South East	£355,000
102	Warwick	West Midlands	£353,000
103	Arun	South East	£350,000
104	Canterbury	South East	£350,000
105	Trafford	North West	£350,000
106	Ashford	South East	£350,000
107	Milton Keynes	South East	£350,000
108	Thurrock	East of England	£350,000
109	Dorset	South West	£347,500
110	Worthing	South East	£347,025
111	Reading	South East	£345,000
112	Fareham	South East	£345,000
113	Braintree	East of England	£345,000
114	Eastleigh	South East	£342,500
115	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£342,500
116	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£340,000
117	Crawley	South East	£340,000
118	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£340,000
119	Bristol, City of	South West	£340,000
120	South Gloucestershire	South West	£338,996
121	Bedford	East of England	£336,000
122	Rutland	East Midlands	£335,000
123	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£335,000
124	Harborough	East Midlands	£335,000
125	Stevenage	East of England	£335,000
126	Stroud	South West	£333,750
127	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£332,500
128	East Devon	South West	£330,000
129	Babergh	East of England	£330,000
130	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£330,000
131	Harlow	East of England	£328,000
132	Wychavon	West Midlands	£325,000
133	Tewkesbury	South West	£325,000
134	Colchester	East of England	£325,000
135	Solihull	West Midlands	£325,000
136	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£322,500
137	Havant	South East	£320,000
138	Wiltshire	South West	£320,000
139	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£320,000
140	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£320,000
141	Cheltenham	South West	£320,000
142	North Somerset	South West	£315,000
143	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£315,000
144	Swale	South East	£310,000
145	South Norfolk	East of England	£307,500
146	Broadland	East of England	£305,050
147	Lichfield	West Midlands	£305,000
148	Medway	South East	£305,000
149	Exeter	South West	£305,000
150	Luton	East of England	£305,000
151	North Norfolk	East of England	£305,000
152	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£301,000
153	Dover	South East	£300,000
154	Teignbridge	South West	£300,000
155	West Devon	South West	£300,000
156	North Devon	South West	£298,000
157	Mid Devon	South West	£297,000
158	Stockport	North West	£295,000
159	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£295,000
160	Thanet	South East	£295,000
161	Rugby	West Midlands	£292,000
162	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£291,000
163	East Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
164	Cheshire East	North West	£290,000
165	Cornwall	South West	£290,000
166	West Suffolk	East of England	£290,000
167	Tendring	East of England	£285,000
168	Torridge	South West	£284,000
169	Eastbourne	South East	£280,000
170	Somerset	South West	£280,000
171	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£280,000
172	Forest of Dean	South West	£280,000
173	Hastings	South East	£280,000
174	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£279,995
175	Swindon	South West	£275,000
176	Blaby	East Midlands	£275,000
177	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£274,950
178	Shropshire	West Midlands	£271,696
179	Breckland	East of England	£270,000
180	Charnwood	East Midlands	£270,000
181	Melton	East Midlands	£270,000
182	Ribble Valley	North West	£269,995
183	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£269,950
184	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£268,000
185	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£260,000
186	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£260,000
187	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£260,000
188	Isle of Wight	South East	£260,000
189	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£256,031
190	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£255,600
191	High Peak	East Midlands	£255,000
192	Warrington	North West	£255,000
193	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£255,000
194	Southampton	South East	£255,000
195	Portsmouth	South East	£255,000
196	Manchester	North West	£250,000
197	Torbay	South West	£250,000
198	Redditch	West Midlands	£250,000
199	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£250,000
200	Stafford	West Midlands	£250,000
201	Gedling	East Midlands	£250,000
202	Worcester	West Midlands	£250,000
203	Gosport	South East	£250,000
204	Gloucester	South West	£250,000
205	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£247,000
206	Tamworth	West Midlands	£245,000
207	Peterborough	East of England	£241,000
208	Fylde	North West	£240,000
209	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£240,000
210	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£240,000
211	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£240,000
212	Ipswich	East of England	£240,000
213	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£238,000
214	Bury	North West	£237,000
215	South Holland	East Midlands	£236,995
216	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£236,000
217	West Lancashire	North West	£235,000
218	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£235,000
219	Leicester	East Midlands	£235,000
220	Fenland	East of England	£235,000
221	Norwich	East of England	£232,500
222	Birmingham	West Midlands	£230,000
223	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£230,000
224	Salford	North West	£230,000
225	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£229,995
226	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£227,500
227	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£227,500
228	Dudley	West Midlands	£225,500
229	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£225,000
230	Coventry	West Midlands	£223,000
231	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£222,000
232	Sefton	North West	£220,000
233	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£220,000
234	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£220,000
235	Plymouth	South West	£217,500
236	Chorley	North West	£215,000
237	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£215,000
238	Walsall	West Midlands	£211,000
239	South Ribble	North West	£210,995
240	Wirral	North West	£210,000
241	Erewash	East Midlands	£210,000
242	Derby	East Midlands	£210,000
243	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£210,000
244	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£209,998
245	Tameside	North West	£207,000
246	Sandwell	West Midlands	£207,000
247	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£205,000
248	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£200,000
249	Northumberland	North East	£200,000
250	North Tyneside	North East	£200,000

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 2026-09-30. How this is measured.

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