Report · updated June 2026
The new build premium by council
How much more a new build costs than a second-hand home in every local authority in the UK, from the UK House Price Index.
The headline
A new build home in the UK sold for 32.1% more than a second-hand home on average: £351,135 against £265,852. In 70 of 349 council areas, new builds sold for less.
- UK new build premium
- +32.1%
- Extra paid for a new build, UK average
- £85,283
- Highest premium: Hastings
- +142.2%
- Council areas where new builds cost 50% or more extra
- 115
Covers July 2025 to June 2026.
Key findings
- 1Buying new costs about £85,000 more than buying second-hand across the UK on average, a premium of 32.1%.
- 2The premium is highest in the north of England. In the North East new builds sold for 83.3% more than second-hand homes, nearly 3 times the premium in the South West (29.5%). The gap is widest where second-hand homes are cheapest.
- 3London is the only English region where new builds sold for less (-10.4%), and in 21 of its 33 boroughs new builds were cheaper. Most new homes in London are flats, while the second-hand market includes many large houses.
- 4In 70 of 349 council areas new builds sold for less than second-hand homes, while in 115 they sold for at least 50% more. Hastings has the highest premium, at +142.2%.
- 5Of the four nations, Scotland has the biggest gap: new builds there sold for 73.7% more than second-hand homes.
- 6Part of the premium is the home, not just the newness. New builds are more often detached and larger than the average home sold, and come with a warranty and lower running costs. Compare a new build with similar second-hand homes nearby, not with the area average.
The premium by region
London is the exception: new builds there sold for less than second-hand homes on average, largely because so many London new builds are flats.
- North East+83.3%
- East Midlands+50.4%
- Yorkshire and The Humber+49.1%
- West Midlands+36.1%
- North West+31.7%
- East of England+31.2%
- South East+29.8%
- South West+29.5%
- London-10.4%
The four nations
| Area | New build | Second-hand | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | £378,915 | £287,630 | +31.7% |
| Wales | £325,928 | £209,969 | +55.2% |
| Scotland | £312,835 | £180,080 | +73.7% |
| Northern Ireland | £252,377 | £192,094 | +31.4% |
Highest and lowest premiums
15 highest
| Area | New build | Second-hand | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | £584,685 | £241,405 | +142.2% |
| Hartlepool | £295,900 | £128,332 | +130.6% |
| Chesterfield | £436,952 | £191,396 | +128.3% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £328,823 | £147,952 | +122.2% |
| East Ayrshire | £257,450 | £121,405 | +112.1% |
| Broxbourne | £822,982 | £397,078 | +107.3% |
| North Ayrshire | £259,356 | £128,346 | +102.1% |
| Darlington | £305,523 | £154,067 | +98.3% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £296,579 | £149,675 | +98.1% |
| Redditch | £484,669 | £246,626 | +96.5% |
| Ceredigion | £473,619 | £241,767 | +95.9% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £499,426 | £256,297 | +94.9% |
| Warrington | £482,604 | £249,998 | +93% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £297,669 | £154,876 | +92.2% |
| Wyre | £343,955 | £183,858 | +87.1% |
15 lowest
| Area | New build | Second-hand | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trafford | £214,120 | £381,423 | -43.9% |
| Sevenoaks | £305,897 | £544,220 | -43.8% |
| Redbridge | £303,350 | £498,498 | -39.1% |
| Three Rivers | £376,450 | £589,917 | -36.2% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £211,897 | £326,763 | -35.2% |
| Bromley | £337,057 | £519,971 | -35.2% |
| Hounslow | £340,366 | £518,725 | -34.4% |
| Stevenage | £212,372 | £316,357 | -32.9% |
| Tandridge | £345,672 | £500,970 | -31% |
| Barnet | £429,789 | £614,132 | -30% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £404,475 | £576,098 | -29.8% |
| Sutton | £320,829 | £450,759 | -28.8% |
| Ealing | £420,767 | £589,932 | -28.7% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £428,705 | £585,333 | -26.8% |
| Southampton | £172,594 | £234,365 | -26.4% |
Every council area (349)
Sorted from the highest premium to the lowest. Thinking of buying? Compare homes for sale in new homes by region.
Showing 349 of 349 councils
| Council | New build | Second-hand | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | £584,685 | £241,405 | +142.2% |
| Hartlepool | £295,900 | £128,332 | +130.6% |
| Chesterfield | £436,952 | £191,396 | +128.3% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £328,823 | £147,952 | +122.2% |
| East Ayrshire | £257,450 | £121,405 | +112.1% |
| Broxbourne | £822,982 | £397,078 | +107.3% |
| North Ayrshire | £259,356 | £128,346 | +102.1% |
| Darlington | £305,523 | £154,067 | +98.3% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £296,579 | £149,675 | +98.1% |
| Redditch | £484,669 | £246,626 | +96.5% |
| Ceredigion | £473,619 | £241,767 | +95.9% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £499,426 | £256,297 | +94.9% |
| Warrington | £482,604 | £249,998 | +93% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £297,669 | £154,876 | +92.2% |
| Wyre | £343,955 | £183,858 | +87.1% |
| Middlesbrough | £250,672 | £134,275 | +86.7% |
| South Ayrshire | £294,650 | £158,117 | +86.3% |
| South Lanarkshire | £301,156 | £161,687 | +86.3% |
| Renfrewshire | £274,825 | £148,588 | +85% |
| Neath Port Talbot | £296,076 | £161,388 | +83.5% |
| North Lanarkshire | £264,058 | £143,897 | +83.5% |
| Hyndburn | £246,573 | £135,389 | +82.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £352,577 | £194,504 | +81.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £287,933 | £158,968 | +81.1% |
| Sunderland | £251,144 | £138,914 | +80.8% |
| City of Dundee | £245,494 | £136,225 | +80.2% |
| North Tyneside | £345,833 | £193,497 | +78.7% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £293,543 | £164,351 | +78.6% |
| Shetland Islands | £335,618 | £188,369 | +78.2% |
| Kirklees | £354,117 | £199,048 | +77.9% |
| East Renfrewshire | £461,628 | £261,835 | +76.3% |
| Rochford | £678,389 | £386,301 | +75.6% |
| Cannock Chase | £389,726 | £224,582 | +73.5% |
| Dover | £465,973 | £270,860 | +72% |
| County Durham | £230,416 | £134,040 | +71.9% |
| Oxford | £813,529 | £473,866 | +71.7% |
| Perth and Kinross | £359,660 | £209,698 | +71.5% |
| Rossendale | £331,114 | £193,035 | +71.5% |
| Newport | £380,190 | £222,395 | +71% |
| Gedling | £408,071 | £239,412 | +70.4% |
| Portsmouth | £417,606 | £245,907 | +69.8% |
| Ashfield | £316,688 | £186,628 | +69.7% |
| Clackmannanshire | £270,021 | £159,294 | +69.5% |
| Angus | £279,644 | £165,335 | +69.1% |
| Wirral | £363,373 | £214,982 | +69% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £274,041 | £162,561 | +68.6% |
| Arun | £528,026 | £313,327 | +68.5% |
| Maldon | £647,348 | £385,163 | +68.1% |
| St Albans | £1,042,357 | £620,827 | +67.9% |
| Fife | £281,039 | £167,452 | +67.8% |
| Midlothian | £401,191 | £239,977 | +67.2% |
| City of Glasgow | £303,898 | £182,061 | +66.9% |
| Burnley | £214,002 | £128,295 | +66.8% |
| North Warwickshire | £426,786 | £256,317 | +66.5% |
| City of Kingston upon Hull | £214,867 | £129,137 | +66.4% |
| Torfaen | £324,807 | £196,260 | +65.5% |
| Knowsley | £302,968 | £183,176 | +65.4% |
| Milton Keynes | £501,536 | £303,969 | +65% |
| Barnsley | £279,749 | £169,675 | +64.9% |
| Swale | £469,737 | £284,848 | +64.9% |
| St Helens | £293,116 | £178,082 | +64.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire | £558,750 | £339,659 | +64.5% |
| Conwy | £347,748 | £212,060 | +64% |
| Northumberland | £322,850 | £197,192 | +63.7% |
| Tamworth | £376,606 | £230,303 | +63.5% |
| Falkirk | £264,690 | £162,016 | +63.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £323,241 | £198,716 | +62.7% |
| East Hampshire | £704,476 | £433,914 | +62.4% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | £419,788 | £259,147 | +62% |
| East Hertfordshire | £718,547 | £443,833 | +61.9% |
| Mansfield | £296,294 | £183,181 | +61.7% |
| Pendle | £232,734 | £144,178 | +61.4% |
| North West Leicestershire | £420,829 | £261,724 | +60.8% |
| Bracknell Forest | £618,076 | £385,498 | +60.3% |
| Amber Valley | £361,823 | £225,791 | +60.2% |
| City of Aberdeen | £204,739 | £127,883 | +60.1% |
| Dartford | £550,324 | £343,673 | +60.1% |
| Halton | £307,657 | £192,201 | +60.1% |
| West Lothian | £320,955 | £200,646 | +60% |
| South Tyneside | £248,988 | £156,055 | +59.6% |
| Argyll and Bute | £289,275 | £181,600 | +59.3% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £331,714 | £208,250 | +59.3% |
| Preston | £278,180 | £174,892 | +59.1% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £346,123 | £217,641 | +59% |
| South Kesteven | £401,835 | £253,088 | +58.8% |
| Braintree | £495,256 | £312,058 | +58.7% |
| Flintshire | £332,906 | £210,171 | +58.4% |
| Bolton | £310,704 | £196,851 | +57.8% |
| Bradford | £286,435 | £181,774 | +57.6% |
| Castle Point | £578,079 | £367,884 | +57.1% |
| Bedford | £500,356 | £319,493 | +56.6% |
| Leeds | £373,908 | £239,888 | +55.9% |
| Fylde | £345,095 | £221,662 | +55.7% |
| Worcester | £386,228 | £248,375 | +55.5% |
| Test Valley | £563,859 | £363,878 | +55% |
| North Yorkshire | £406,302 | £262,792 | +54.6% |
| Caerphilly | £296,428 | £191,824 | +54.5% |
| North Somerset | £460,534 | £298,489 | +54.3% |
| City of Derby | £312,336 | £202,702 | +54.1% |
| Tendring | £383,588 | £249,691 | +53.6% |
| Wigan | £285,130 | £185,706 | +53.5% |
| Thurrock | £499,208 | £325,515 | +53.4% |
| City of London | £1,157,941 | £755,650 | +53.2% |
| Canterbury | £507,451 | £331,344 | +53.1% |
| Tewkesbury | £483,846 | £316,065 | +53.1% |
| Mid Devon | £439,687 | £288,044 | +52.6% |
| Oldham | £321,328 | £210,771 | +52.5% |
| Maidstone | £521,016 | £341,863 | +52.4% |
| Powys | £352,680 | £232,969 | +51.4% |
| Aberdeenshire | £290,362 | £192,144 | +51.1% |
| Wyre Forest | £349,465 | £231,212 | +51.1% |
| East Dunbartonshire | £388,481 | £257,786 | +50.7% |
| Cardiff | £400,831 | £266,385 | +50.5% |
| Eastleigh | £453,663 | £301,405 | +50.5% |
| Rugby | £402,708 | £268,550 | +50% |
| Stafford | £376,810 | £251,392 | +49.9% |
| Scottish Borders | £273,880 | £182,979 | +49.7% |
| East Lothian | £375,438 | £251,546 | +49.3% |
| City of Edinburgh | £418,466 | £281,186 | +48.8% |
| Derbyshire Dales | £498,325 | £334,944 | +48.8% |
| Cherwell | £493,683 | £332,317 | +48.6% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £426,884 | £287,195 | +48.6% |
| Dudley | £339,521 | £228,926 | +48.3% |
| City of Peterborough | £340,809 | £229,921 | +48.2% |
| Vale of White Horse | £589,309 | £397,749 | +48.2% |
| West Northamptonshire | £419,483 | £284,206 | +47.6% |
| Ribble Valley | £395,150 | £267,935 | +47.5% |
| Wolverhampton | £310,505 | £210,527 | +47.5% |
| Wrexham | £308,400 | £209,066 | +47.5% |
| Bolsover | £263,079 | £178,579 | +47.3% |
| Wakefield | £279,626 | £189,987 | +47.2% |
| Ashford | £492,186 | £334,540 | +47.1% |
| Westmorland and Furness | £322,159 | £219,334 | +46.9% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £380,351 | £259,455 | +46.6% |
| South Norfolk | £440,387 | £300,386 | +46.6% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £322,087 | £219,919 | +46.5% |
| North Lincolnshire | £257,396 | £175,970 | +46.3% |
| North Northamptonshire | £364,138 | £248,944 | +46.3% |
| Bromsgrove | £483,630 | £331,647 | +45.8% |
| Lancaster | £285,973 | £196,152 | +45.8% |
| Leicester | £333,944 | £229,046 | +45.8% |
| High Peak | £367,063 | £252,147 | +45.6% |
| South Ribble | £300,428 | £207,053 | +45.1% |
| Melton | £401,342 | £277,206 | +44.8% |
| West Suffolk | £417,743 | £288,654 | +44.7% |
| Cumberland | £240,281 | £166,404 | +44.4% |
| North Norfolk | £420,313 | £291,104 | +44.4% |
| Stirling | £322,124 | £223,357 | +44.2% |
| Rochdale | £292,067 | £202,687 | +44.1% |
| East Staffordshire | £317,518 | £221,146 | +43.6% |
| Harlow | £438,377 | £305,541 | +43.5% |
| Ipswich | £311,531 | £217,227 | +43.4% |
| North East Lincolnshire | £206,403 | £143,942 | +43.4% |
| Exeter | £407,113 | £284,404 | +43.1% |
| West Oxfordshire | £586,468 | £410,112 | +43% |
| South Derbyshire | £350,010 | £244,910 | +42.9% |
| Gravesham | £477,720 | £334,560 | +42.8% |
| Cheshire East | £412,870 | £290,310 | +42.2% |
| Rotherham | £263,883 | £185,620 | +42.2% |
| North Hertfordshire | £581,770 | £409,590 | +42% |
| Walsall | £303,867 | £213,942 | +42% |
| Orkney Islands | £315,274 | £222,498 | +41.7% |
| Medway | £412,411 | £291,429 | +41.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire | £594,403 | £420,162 | +41.5% |
| Blackpool | £185,409 | £132,124 | +40.3% |
| Newark and Sherwood | £324,740 | £231,409 | +40.3% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £362,296 | £258,547 | +40.1% |
| Charnwood | £372,979 | £267,797 | +39.3% |
| Lewes | £506,070 | £363,576 | +39.2% |
| Warwick | £498,582 | £358,433 | +39.1% |
| Bassetlaw | £282,065 | £202,913 | +39% |
| Torridge | £365,103 | £262,626 | +39% |
| Chorley | £293,028 | £210,946 | +38.9% |
| Somerset | £379,100 | £272,898 | +38.9% |
| Swansea | £285,351 | £205,944 | +38.6% |
| Sefton | £299,656 | £216,358 | +38.5% |
| Cotswold | £578,958 | £419,744 | +37.9% |
| Great Yarmouth | £285,456 | £207,164 | +37.8% |
| Huntingdonshire | £412,328 | £299,698 | +37.6% |
| Erewash | £300,941 | £219,030 | +37.4% |
| Breckland | £365,185 | £267,685 | +36.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £290,366 | £213,220 | +36.2% |
| Swindon | £344,446 | £253,346 | +36% |
| North East Derbyshire | £327,024 | £240,566 | +35.9% |
| Blaenau Gwent | £187,695 | £138,189 | +35.8% |
| Torbay | £304,349 | £224,232 | +35.7% |
| Wiltshire | £432,087 | £318,460 | +35.7% |
| Herefordshire | £385,768 | £284,444 | +35.6% |
| Moray | £260,338 | £192,235 | +35.4% |
| North Devon | £381,756 | £283,011 | +34.9% |
| Wychavon | £433,494 | £321,838 | +34.7% |
| Blaby | £379,432 | £282,182 | +34.5% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £592,757 | £440,918 | +34.4% |
| Carmarthenshire | £258,855 | £192,882 | +34.2% |
| East Suffolk | £372,159 | £277,750 | +34% |
| Inverclyde | £147,815 | £110,485 | +33.8% |
| Calderdale | £249,743 | £186,910 | +33.6% |
| Doncaster | £225,669 | £169,192 | +33.4% |
| Boston | £240,850 | £181,282 | +32.9% |
| Broadland | £397,755 | £299,940 | +32.6% |
| Bury | £314,537 | £237,589 | +32.4% |
| Colchester | £389,838 | £294,391 | +32.4% |
| Harborough | £428,017 | £323,278 | +32.4% |
| East Lindsey | £276,792 | £209,276 | +32.3% |
| Mid Sussex | £563,802 | £426,438 | +32.2% |
| Havant | £412,789 | £312,930 | +31.9% |
| Highland | £272,603 | £207,200 | +31.6% |
| Wokingham | £635,503 | £484,876 | +31.1% |
| West Lindsey | £269,590 | £206,209 | +30.7% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £395,265 | £302,936 | +30.5% |
| Gateshead | £197,167 | £151,298 | +30.3% |
| East Devon | £434,126 | £333,379 | +30.2% |
| Runnymede | £613,483 | £471,538 | +30.1% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £530,636 | £408,777 | +29.8% |
| Chichester | £555,893 | £429,543 | +29.4% |
| Cornwall | £357,609 | £276,606 | +29.3% |
| West Devon | £376,920 | £292,063 | +29.1% |
| Monmouthshire | £419,111 | £324,889 | +29% |
| Mid Suffolk | £385,300 | £300,804 | +28.1% |
| Rushcliffe | £421,590 | £329,005 | +28.1% |
| Fenland | £281,348 | £220,091 | +27.8% |
| Epping Forest | £676,476 | £529,803 | +27.7% |
| Isle of Wight | £309,791 | £243,300 | +27.3% |
| North Kesteven | £304,698 | £239,505 | +27.2% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £510,719 | £402,284 | +27% |
| South Oxfordshire | £581,226 | £458,715 | +26.7% |
| Bridgend | £259,630 | £206,308 | +25.8% |
| Coventry | £273,554 | £218,264 | +25.3% |
| East Cambridgeshire | £420,437 | £335,772 | +25.2% |
| Islington | £880,889 | £703,392 | +25.2% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £478,910 | £383,089 | +25% |
| Stroud | £424,968 | £341,638 | +24.4% |
| Forest of Dean | £356,658 | £287,864 | +23.9% |
| Uttlesford | £578,297 | £467,366 | +23.7% |
| West Dunbartonshire | £153,188 | £124,369 | +23.2% |
| City of Nottingham | £236,528 | £192,158 | +23.1% |
| Lichfield | £404,405 | £329,144 | +22.9% |
| West Lancashire | £283,843 | £231,163 | +22.8% |
| Shropshire | £338,750 | £276,100 | +22.7% |
| Lewisham | £603,990 | £493,278 | +22.4% |
| Wealden | £470,644 | £384,689 | +22.3% |
| Babergh | £395,063 | £324,756 | +21.6% |
| Tameside | £256,702 | £212,147 | +21% |
| Teignbridge | £356,520 | £295,758 | +20.5% |
| Rother | £411,684 | £341,893 | +20.4% |
| South Staffordshire | £361,466 | £300,790 | +20.2% |
| Broxtowe | £305,731 | £255,398 | +19.7% |
| Winchester | £541,921 | £455,620 | +18.9% |
| South Holland | £265,173 | £223,277 | +18.8% |
| Dorset | £383,996 | £325,777 | +17.9% |
| Buckinghamshire | £560,924 | £477,063 | +17.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £175,254 | £149,715 | +17.1% |
| Thanet | £311,404 | £267,332 | +16.5% |
| Hart | £543,534 | £472,509 | +15% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £420,201 | £367,117 | +14.5% |
| South Hams | £408,902 | £360,694 | +13.4% |
| Sandwell | £234,088 | £208,102 | +12.5% |
| Stockport | £346,372 | £309,605 | +11.9% |
| York | £340,819 | £305,642 | +11.5% |
| Tunbridge Wells | £500,265 | £448,928 | +11.4% |
| Southwark | £644,875 | £582,069 | +10.8% |
| Malvern Hills | £372,521 | £337,534 | +10.4% |
| Reigate and Banstead | £528,407 | £478,903 | +10.3% |
| Solihull | £363,781 | £330,063 | +10.2% |
| Gloucester | £255,092 | £234,560 | +8.8% |
| Camden | £915,085 | £846,631 | +8.1% |
| South Gloucestershire | £358,754 | £332,586 | +7.9% |
| Rushmoor | £346,946 | £325,084 | +6.7% |
| Hackney | £663,901 | £623,059 | +6.6% |
| Tower Hamlets | £502,518 | £471,804 | +6.5% |
| Hertsmere | £583,684 | £549,479 | +6.2% |
| City of Westminster | £992,196 | £959,524 | +3.4% |
| Lambeth | £568,672 | £554,515 | +2.6% |
| Greenwich | £481,120 | £470,336 | +2.3% |
| Denbighshire | £201,426 | £197,976 | +1.7% |
| Croydon | £400,273 | £395,158 | +1.3% |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | £140,053 | £138,591 | +1.1% |
| Newham | £407,714 | £403,636 | +1% |
| Pembrokeshire | £218,936 | £218,123 | +0.4% |
| Dacorum | £453,941 | £455,497 | -0.3% |
| City of Plymouth | £214,030 | £216,268 | -1% |
| Sheffield | £214,978 | £218,946 | -1.8% |
| Gwynedd | £196,046 | £199,820 | -1.9% |
| Bexley | £397,606 | £408,605 | -2.7% |
| Enfield | £454,261 | £469,947 | -3.3% |
| Lincoln | £176,642 | £183,666 | -3.8% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £729,807 | £760,914 | -4.1% |
| City of Bristol | £333,366 | £349,742 | -4.7% |
| Adur | £354,766 | £375,523 | -5.5% |
| Rutland | £289,284 | £310,515 | -6.8% |
| Crawley | £312,064 | £335,598 | -7% |
| Eastbourne | £236,733 | £255,327 | -7.3% |
| Manchester | £235,302 | £254,786 | -7.6% |
| Wandsworth | £644,696 | £703,591 | -8.4% |
| Basildon | £328,877 | £360,856 | -8.9% |
| Horsham | £404,920 | £445,601 | -9.1% |
| Waverley | £509,395 | £561,445 | -9.3% |
| Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole | £282,968 | £312,384 | -9.4% |
| Isle of Anglesey | £214,147 | £236,433 | -9.4% |
| Luton | £255,111 | £285,623 | -10.7% |
| Reading | £316,827 | £355,297 | -10.8% |
| Gosport | £208,643 | £236,113 | -11.6% |
| Havering | £391,904 | £446,578 | -12.2% |
| Liverpool | £157,684 | £181,832 | -13.3% |
| Brentwood | £447,321 | £518,342 | -13.7% |
| Fareham | £280,846 | £328,312 | -14.5% |
| Salford | £198,006 | £233,263 | -15.1% |
| Norwich | £193,074 | £228,020 | -15.3% |
| Brent | £466,460 | £554,010 | -15.8% |
| Birmingham | £194,215 | £233,500 | -16.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £1,131,863 | £1,360,913 | -16.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham | £299,376 | £360,710 | -17% |
| Elmbridge | £605,288 | £729,960 | -17.1% |
| Mole Valley | £456,777 | £551,698 | -17.2% |
| Surrey Heath | £375,640 | £456,560 | -17.7% |
| Guildford | £437,781 | £534,329 | -18.1% |
| Waltham Forest | £432,176 | £527,862 | -18.1% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £655,855 | £803,580 | -18.4% |
| Chelmsford | £312,194 | £384,243 | -18.8% |
| West Berkshire | £327,463 | £403,764 | -18.9% |
| Woking | £359,672 | £443,539 | -18.9% |
| Worthing | £245,421 | £306,268 | -19.9% |
| Brighton and Hove | £323,503 | £408,477 | -20.8% |
| Cambridge | £378,795 | £480,334 | -21.1% |
| Epsom and Ewell | £431,225 | £552,682 | -22% |
| Merton | £481,286 | £618,866 | -22.2% |
| Spelthorne | £343,374 | £442,110 | -22.3% |
| Haringey | £486,093 | £638,063 | -23.8% |
| Cheltenham | £248,907 | £328,414 | -24.2% |
| Hillingdon | £360,702 | £477,721 | -24.5% |
| New Forest | £288,096 | £382,741 | -24.7% |
| Watford | £302,870 | £402,322 | -24.7% |
| Slough | £258,700 | £345,784 | -25.2% |
| Harrow | £398,759 | £536,083 | -25.6% |
| Southampton | £172,594 | £234,365 | -26.4% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £428,705 | £585,333 | -26.8% |
| Ealing | £420,767 | £589,932 | -28.7% |
| Sutton | £320,829 | £450,759 | -28.8% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £404,475 | £576,098 | -29.8% |
| Barnet | £429,789 | £614,132 | -30% |
| Tandridge | £345,672 | £500,970 | -31% |
| Stevenage | £212,372 | £316,357 | -32.9% |
| Hounslow | £340,366 | £518,725 | -34.4% |
| Bromley | £337,057 | £519,971 | -35.2% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £211,897 | £326,763 | -35.2% |
| Three Rivers | £376,450 | £589,917 | -36.2% |
| Redbridge | £303,350 | £498,498 | -39.1% |
| Sevenoaks | £305,897 | £544,220 | -43.8% |
| Trafford | £214,120 | £381,423 | -43.9% |
How this report is made
- For every local authority, region and nation, the new build and second-hand (existing home) average prices are averaged over the 12 months from July 2025 to June 2026, the latest year with new build prices in the UK House Price Index. The premium is the difference as a share of the second-hand price.
- A 12-month average is used because a single month can swing a long way in a small council area. The CSV also has the latest single month.
- The UK House Price Index adjusts for the mix of homes sold, but new builds and second-hand homes still differ in size, type and location within a council. The premium is not the price difference for the same home, and a high figure can mean new homes there are larger.
- New build prices are revised for several months after first publication, because many new homes are registered with HM Land Registry some time after they are sold. Recent months may change.
- Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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