Rankings · League table

The most affordable local authorities in England & Wales

Council areas where homes sell for the least, ranked by lowest median sold price.

#Local authorityMedian5-yr
1Burnley£109,000+16.9%2County Durham£120,000+5.7%3Hartlepool£120,000+8.1%4Blaenau Gwent£125,000+29.8%5Hyndburn£127,250+25.6%6Blackpool£127,350+14.5%7City Of Kingston upon Hull£128,000+10%8Merthyr Tydfil£130,000+17.2%9Middlesbrough£131,000+11.4%10Sunderland£133,000+3.6%11Pendle£135,000+12.4%12Rhondda Cynon Taff£140,000+19.2%13Stoke-on-Trent£140,000+20.3%14North East Lincolnshire£145,000+7.7%15South Tyneside£146,950+8.2%16Gateshead£151,000+5%17Darlington£152,000-0.7%18Neath Port Talbot£152,500+24.5%19Redcar And Cleveland£154,000+12.6%20Blackburn With Darwen£155,000+15.8%21Liverpool£155,000+21.7%22Barnsley£161,000+18.3%23Doncaster£163,000+17.7%24Stockton-on-Tees£164,000+8.7%25Cumberland£165,000-21.4%26North Lincolnshire£169,998+10.7%27Bradford£170,000+18.8%28Halton£170,000+15.2%29Bolsover£173,000+10.9%30St Helens£175,000+20.5%31Rossendale£175,500+9.5%32Wigan£177,000+20.6%33Lincoln£177,500+12.8%34Calderdale£177,500+18.7%35Preston£179,000+12.7%36Caerphilly£180,000+24.1%37Mansfield£180,000+16.6%38Rotherham£180,000+16.3%39Newcastle-Under-Lyme£182,000+25.4%40Knowsley£182,000+15.3%41Chesterfield£185,000+6%42Carmarthenshire£185,000+20.9%43Rochdale£185,000+23%44Bolton£185,000+28.7%45Ashfield£186,000+12.9%46Oldham£187,500+24.9%47Denbighshire£188,000+6.6%48City Of Nottingham£190,000+20.8%49Gwynedd£190,000+9.3%50North Tyneside£190,000+11.9%

Median sold price over the last three years from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; 5-year change is on a mix-robust median index. Only local authoritys with a meaningful number of recent sales are ranked.

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