Regional Prices
UK property cost research — written from the data, not the marketing brochure.
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Southampton vs Portsmouth: the flat-to-house price gap in 2026
Southampton's flat market is nearly a third bigger than Portsmouth's by share of sales — but its flat-to-house price gap is wider, not narrower.
21 September 2026
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Southampton Flat Prices 2026: City Centre vs the Suburbs
Southampton's cheapest area to buy overall has the city's priciest flats — and its priciest area has the cheapest ones.
20 September 2026
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Bournemouth vs Poole vs Christchurch: One Council, £109k Price Gap
Same council, same Band D bill, a £109,000 gap in what people actually paid in 2025, and the priciest town turns out to have the newest housing stock.
20 September 2026
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Lincolnshire's EPC Gap: Which Districts Rate Greenest in 2026
Nine districts compared on EPC ratings show it isn't the cheapest areas that run coldest — it's the ones with the most bungalows.
19 September 2026
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Windsor and Maidenhead's council tax: cheapest outside London 2026
A £545,000 median purchase price puts the Royal Borough among England's priciest places to buy — yet its council tax bill is lower than all but six London boroughs and Newham.
18 September 2026
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Lincolnshire: England's cheapest new-build house belt in 2026
Eight Lincolnshire districts undercut England's £351,500 new-build house median by up to £141,550 — and most keep council tax below the national average too.
8 September 2026
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Barnsley EPC ratings by postcode 2026: cheapest area rates greenest
Across Barnsley's nine postcode districts, energy ratings track when homes were built far more than what they cost to buy.
4 September 2026
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Bristol EPC ratings by postcode: the retrofit gap, 2026
Bristol's priciest inner-city postcodes often rate colder on paper than its cheaper outer estates, because energy efficiency tracks the age of the housing, not what it costs to buy.
3 September 2026
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Doncaster's EPC retrofit gap: energy ratings by postcode 2026
Across 62,931 Doncaster homes, energy efficiency tracks build era far more than price — the town-centre terraces rate coldest, the airport-edge estates warmest.
1 September 2026
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Rotherham EPC ratings by postcode: cheap to buy, cold to run 2026
The borough's most affordable outcodes carry its oldest housing — and its lowest energy-efficiency scores. Here is the split, postcode by postcode.
31 August 2026
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Cheapest places to buy a new-build house in England 2026
Exclude city-centre flats and Liverpool leads at £203,995, with house-led markets in Lincolnshire and the North East filling the rest of the table.
27 August 2026
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Sheffield EPC ratings by postcode (2026): the coldest homes
Across 90,000 energy certificates, Sheffield's least efficient homes cluster in its oldest — and often its most expensive — postcodes.
26 August 2026
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Average house price in Barnsley 2026: buy and running costs
Barnsley's 2025 median sale price, council tax, energy ratings and stamp duty, set against its South Yorkshire neighbours.
26 August 2026
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Average House Price in Rotherham 2026: A Postcode Breakdown
Rotherham's typical home sold for £194,000 in 2025 — about two-thirds of the England-wide figure — with prices swinging from £163,000 to £240,000 by postcode.
26 August 2026
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Average House Price in Doncaster 2026: A Postcode Breakdown
Doncaster's typical home sold for £180,000 in 2025 — about three-fifths of the England-wide figure — but prices swing widely by postcode.
25 August 2026
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Average house price in Oxford 2026: what buyers pay
Oxford's £450,000 median puts it among the priciest cities in England — here is the by-type, by-postcode and monthly-cost breakdown.
22 August 2026
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Stockton vs Darlington: same price, different EPC ratings 2026
Two neighbouring Tees Valley towns with almost the same median price and monthly cost show a 10-point gap in energy ratings — and it comes down to when the houses were built.
22 August 2026
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Sheffield to Barnsley: South Yorkshire's buy-and-run costs for 2026
Sheffield is the dearest South Yorkshire borough to buy in and carries the highest council tax - yet its older homes are the county's least energy-efficient.
21 August 2026
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Hull house prices by postcode: why the north costs more (2026)
Across the city's postcodes the typical sale runs from £118,500 to £170,000 — but a like-for-like terrace barely moves, and the difference says more about what sells than where.
21 August 2026
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Average house price in Cambridge 2026: the £494,250 median
Outside London, Cambridge is about as dear as English cities get — a data breakdown of prices, districts, energy and monthly costs.
20 August 2026
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Ribble Valley house prices 2026: dear to buy, cheap to run
The most expensive district to buy a home in Lancashire also charges the county's lowest council tax — here is what the Land Registry and 2026-27 billing data show.
18 August 2026
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The cheapest places to buy a new-build home in England, 2026
Liverpool's typical new-build sold for £189,950 in 2024 — £163,550 below the England median and a fraction of inner-London prices.
17 August 2026
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Portsmouth island vs mainland house prices 2026: why PO6 leads
The city's priciest postcode sits off Portsea Island — but a like-for-like flat costs much the same on either side.
15 August 2026
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Average house price in Norwich 2026: what £235k buys
Norwich homes sold for a median £235,000 in 2025 — here's what that buys by property type, postcode and monthly running cost.
13 August 2026
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Portsmouth vs Southampton vs Bournemouth: cost to buy and run 2026
Two of the three south-coast cities are priced within £1,000 of each other — but the all-in monthly bill still ranges by more than £330.
12 August 2026
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Average house price in Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch 2026
Homes across the BCP conurbation had a median sale price of £337,500 in 2025 — here is the price ladder by area and type, plus council tax and stamp duty.
11 August 2026
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Average house price in Southampton 2026: what buyers pay
The city's typical home sold for £260,000 in 2025 — here's the price ladder, council tax, energy and stamp duty behind that number.
6 August 2026
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Average house price in Portsmouth 2026: what buyers actually pay
The typical home sold for £259,000 in 2025 — a terrace-led island market with the lowest council tax of the big Solent cities.
6 August 2026
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Average house price in Hull 2026: England's cheapest big city
Kingston upon Hull's 2025 median sale price of £141,000 is under half the England-and-Wales figure — and most of the market pays little or no stamp duty.
4 August 2026
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West Yorkshire buy-and-run costs: 5 districts compared for 2026
Leeds is the dearest of the five metropolitan districts to buy in - yet it carries the cheapest council tax, while Bradford does the reverse.
4 August 2026
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Average house price in Bradford in 2026: a postcode breakdown
One of England's largest cities carries a 2025 district median of £186,000 — well under two-thirds of the England-wide figure.
3 August 2026
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Average house price in Exeter, 2026: a full cost breakdown
Exeter's median home sold for £300,000 in 2025, right on the England average — here is what that costs a buyer in 2026.
30 July 2026
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Teesside and County Durham: cheap homes, cold terraces? 2026
Land Registry medians rank six North-East authorities among England's cheapest to buy, while energy certificates show the cold-home problem is concentrated in the oldest terraced streets rather than region-wide.
28 July 2026
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East Lancashire's cheap terraces and the EPC retrofit gap 2026
The districts with England's lowest house prices also hold some of its least energy-efficient housing stock — the certificates explain why.
27 July 2026
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Cheapest places to buy in England 2026: Pennine Lancashire
England's three cheapest local authority districts to buy are all East Lancashire mill towns — median homes under £150,000, but above-average council tax.
27 July 2026
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West Midlands buy-and-run costs: 7 boroughs compared for 2026
The cheapest boroughs to buy in carry the region's heaviest council tax - but the mortgage still decides the monthly bill.
17 July 2026
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Average house price in Dudley 2026: cheapest council tax
Homes in the West Midlands borough sell for a median £242,000 — paired with the lowest Band D council tax of the seven boroughs in the conurbation.
16 July 2026
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Average house price in Sandwell 2026: cheap to buy and run
Homes in the Black Country borough sell for a median £220,000 — matched by one of the lower council tax bills in the West Midlands.
16 July 2026
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Average house price in Walsall 2026: cheap to buy, dear to run
Homes in the Black Country borough sell for a median £225,000 — but Walsall levies the highest council tax of any West Midlands metropolitan borough for 2026-27.
16 July 2026
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Average house price in Wolverhampton 2026
At a £220,000 median, Wolverhampton is one of England's more affordable big cities — but its council tax is the second-highest in the West Midlands.
15 July 2026
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Average house price in Coventry 2026: buying and running costs
A typical Coventry home sold for £230,000 in 2025 — cheaper than most big English cities, but with a council tax bill above the national average.
15 July 2026
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First-time buyer stamp duty by English shire district 2026
In 74 of England's 164 shire districts the typical home clears the £300,000 nil-rate; in nine — a ring of Surrey, Hertfordshire and Essex — first-time buyer relief has run out entirely.
15 July 2026
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First-time buyer stamp duty by English unitary authority 2026
In 38 of England's 63 unitary councils the typical home falls under the £300,000 nil-rate, so a first-time buyer pays no stamp duty. In two, relief has run out entirely.
10 July 2026
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First-Time Buyer Stamp Duty in England's Metro Boroughs (2026)
In 33 of England's 36 metropolitan boroughs the median home sits under the £300,000 relief threshold — so a typical first-time buyer pays no stamp duty.
7 July 2026
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Cheapest London boroughs for first-time buyers in 2026
In 22 of London's 33 boroughs the typical home now costs too much for any first-time buyer stamp duty relief. Here is the full ranking.
6 July 2026
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BS7 flat prices 2026: Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down
Bristol's cheapest inner-north flats sit at a £261,000 median — and, unusually, they are also its greenest on energy ratings.
5 July 2026
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BS6 flat prices in 2026: Cotham, Redland, Bishopston
Bristol's second-dearest flat district, where a leasehold flat is the affordable way onto a £900k house street.
5 July 2026
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The cheapest postcodes in England for first-time buyers in 2026
Where 2025's lowest recorded sale prices sit — and what they mean for stamp duty, deposits and the monthly bill.
4 July 2026
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Average house price in Plymouth 2026: a data breakdown
At a £227,000 median, Plymouth is the most affordable of the West Country's major markets — and its council tax sits almost exactly on the national average.
3 July 2026
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Richmond upon Thames house prices in 2026: outer London's outlier
At a £720,000 median, Richmond is the only outer-London borough among the capital's five dearest — and its bill splits sharply by riverside district.
3 July 2026
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Average house price in Solihull 2026: £330,000 in the West Midlands
Solihull is the most expensive borough in the West Midlands to buy in — yet one of the cheapest for council tax. Here is what the data shows.
2 July 2026
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Average house price in Middlesbrough 2026
The typical Middlesbrough sale is around half the national median — but the running costs tell a different story.
1 July 2026
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Average house price in Cornwall 2026: the coast sets the price
Cornwall's typical 2025 sale came in below the national median — but a 2.1x gap separates the prime coast from the old mining towns inland.
1 July 2026
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Inner vs Outer London house prices in 2026: a shrinking gap
The typical inner-London home costs 1.19x an outer one — narrower than a year ago. The borough table shows why the zone label misleads.
1 July 2026
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The cheapest postcode areas to buy a home in the UK (2026)
The 15 lowest-priced postcode areas by 2025 median sale — and why the cheapest homes to buy aren't always the cheapest to run.
30 June 2026
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Mumbles and Gower house prices in 2026: the SA3 coast premium
Why SA3 — Mumbles, the Gower peninsula and Bishopston — trades at nearly double the Swansea median.
29 June 2026
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London flat vs house: the price gap by borough (2026)
The median London house costs 42% more than the median flat — but the gap runs from 1.14x in Newham to 3.3x in Kensington and Chelsea.
28 June 2026
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Clifton flats: Bristol's BS8 apartment premium in 2026
Clifton's £357,500 median makes BS8 the dearest flat district in Bristol — but its period stock scores worse on energy than the city's newer cores.
28 June 2026
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Bath vs Bristol: the true cost of buying and running a home 2026
Bath costs more to buy; Bristol costs more to run. Here is the full line-item comparison at 2026 prices and rates.
26 June 2026
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Nottingham, Derby and Leicester: buy and run costs in 2026
The median home sold for £200,000 in Nottingham, £220,000 in Derby and £241,500 in Leicester in 2025 — but the cheapest to buy carries the highest council tax.
26 June 2026
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Average house price in Leicester 2026: a data breakdown
The median Leicester home sold for £241,500 in 2025 — here's the breakdown by district, property type, council tax and monthly cost.
26 June 2026
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Average house price in Derby 2026: mid-priced, low council tax
Derby's typical home cost £220,000 in 2025 — the middle of the East Midlands trio to buy, and the lightest of the three to run.
25 June 2026
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Cardiff vs Swansea vs Newport: cost to buy and run a home 2026
Across the three big South Wales cities, the cheapest place to buy is the most expensive to run — here is the full cost split.
24 June 2026
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Average house price in Newport 2026: districts, tax and cost
Newport's typical home sold for £236,040 in 2025 — between Cardiff and Swansea, and one of the most evenly-priced cities in Wales.
24 June 2026
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Average house price in Swansea 2026: the £207,000 median
Swansea's typical home sold for £207,000 in 2025 — and at that price a buyer pays no Land Transaction Tax, where an English buyer would owe £1,640.
23 June 2026
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Average house price in Nottingham 2026: cheap to buy, costly to run
Nottingham's typical home cost £200,000 in 2025 — yet its council tax is the third-highest of any authority in England.
23 June 2026
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Headingley & Hyde Park flats: the LS6 cost picture in 2026
LS6 is the biggest flat market in Leeds outside the city centre — and one of the priciest. Here is what the Land Registry numbers say.
23 June 2026
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Average house price in Sheffield 2026: a city of two halves
Sheffield's typical home cost £217,500 in 2025 — but prices stretch more than four-fold between its postcode districts.
22 June 2026
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Average House Price in Newcastle 2026: Postcode by Postcode
Newcastle upon Tyne's median sale price was £205,000 in 2025 — but it ranges from £150,000 in the city centre to £285,000 in Jesmond.
22 June 2026
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Average house price in Liverpool 2026: what buyers actually pay
The typical Liverpool home sold for £181,000 in 2025 — among the most affordable of England's major cities, with a wide gap between its southern suburbs and inner core.
22 June 2026
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Average house price in Cardiff 2026: what buyers actually pay
The typical Cardiff home sold for £270,000 in 2025 — and Wales taxes the purchase differently from England.
21 June 2026
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Central London flat market 2026: prices, energy and council tax
Flats are now a majority of London sales — here's what a central one costs to buy, tax and heat in 2026.
20 June 2026
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Bristol City-Centre Flat Market 2026: Prices, Costs, EPC
Central Bristol flats had a 2025 median of £311,250 — and are far more energy-efficient than the city's housing overall.
20 June 2026
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Birmingham city-centre flats: the 2026 cost picture
Birmingham is a house-led city, but its centre is a flat market — the median city-centre apartment sold for £192,500 in 2025.
19 June 2026
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Leeds city-centre flats: the all-in monthly cost in 2026
In a house-led city, the cheapest way in is a central flat — here's what one costs to buy and run, by postcode district.
19 June 2026
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Manchester city-centre flat market: prices and costs (2026)
Flats are the single most-traded property type in Manchester — here is what a city-centre apartment costs to buy, run and own.
19 June 2026
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Average house price in Bath 2026: what buyers paid
The dearest place to buy in the West of England — and yet its cheapest council tax.
18 June 2026
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Average house price in Bristol 2026: what buyers paid
The median Bristol home sold for £350,000 in 2025 — the priciest large English city outside London, with a terrace-led market and the region's highest council tax.
18 June 2026
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Average house price in Leeds 2026: a postcode breakdown
What buyers actually paid across Leeds in 2025 — by borough, LS postcode and property type.
17 June 2026
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Average house price in Birmingham 2026: by district & type
The median home sold for £237,000 across 9,031 transactions last year — but the spread runs from under £190,000 in Sparkhill to over £550,000 in Knowle.
17 June 2026
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Average house price in Manchester in 2026: postcode breakdown
The median Manchester home sold for £250,000 in 2025 — but the figure runs from £173,000 to £417,000 depending on the postcode.
17 June 2026
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Average house price in London in 2026: borough breakdown
The median London home sold for £527,500 in 2025 — but the figure ranges from £380,000 to £1.15m depending on the borough.
16 June 2026
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UK postcodes where £100,000 buys the average home (2026)
19 postcode areas where 2025's median sale price was £100k or under — and the council tax and mortgage maths that go with them.
8 June 2026
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Where UK First-Time Buyers Can Still Buy Under £300k (2025 Data)
Land Registry data shows 53% of 2025 UK home sales completed under the £300,000 first-time buyer nil-rate threshold — but the regional split is stark.
21 May 2026