Counties and upper-tier areas
111 supported administrative, metropolitan-county and unitary comparators in England and Wales. London is shown in the regional view. Ranks use a single measure and its own observation period; they are not forecasts.
Highest annual price change
United Kingdom
£273,037
Aug 2026 · +0.9% annual change
- Existing-home average
- £267,217
- Existing-home period
- Jun 2026
- Recorded sales
- 55,159
- Sales period
- Jun 2026
Compare the complete supported cohort
City of Kingston upon Hull | English unitary authority | £136,593 | Aug 2026 | +6.6% | £132,063 | 193 | Jun 2026 | 105.8 |
Blackpool | English unitary authority | £138,065 | Aug 2026 | +5.5% | £133,735 | 119 | Jun 2026 | 106.7 |
Denbighshire | Welsh unitary authority | £207,130 | Aug 2026 | +5.2% | £198,147 | 70 | Jun 2026 | 158 |
Westmorland and Furness | English unitary authority | £231,161 | Aug 2026 | +5.1% | £223,447 | 254 | Jun 2026 | 158.9 |
County Durham | English unitary authority | £140,788 | Aug 2026 | +4.9% | £134,566 | 456 | Jun 2026 | 104.1 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf | Welsh unitary authority | £165,213 | Aug 2026 | +4.9% | £163,520 | 185 | Jun 2026 | 118.3 |
Hartlepool | English unitary authority | £136,625 | Aug 2026 | +4.7% | £127,297 | 69 | Jun 2026 | 97.2 |
Cheshire East | English unitary authority | £311,897 | Aug 2026 | +4.5% | £294,039 | 399 | Jun 2026 | 184.3 |
United Kingdom: average house price
Mix-adjusted UK HPI, all property types. The comparison uses price levels, not investment returns.
Resale medians by recorded county: Jan 2026–Jun 2026
Price Paid Data geography is the recorded county label, not a modern boundary match. Medians below 30 recorded resales are suppressed. Compare within this table; do not treat it as the HPI county cohort.
| WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD | £514,250 | 650 | 1 | No |
| GREATER LONDON | £510,000 | 27,007 | 2 | No |
| SURREY | £495,000 | 5,998 | 3 | No |
| WOKINGHAM | £465,000 | 869 | 4 | No |
| BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | £462,000 | 2,453 | 5 | No |
| HERTFORDSHIRE | £450,000 | 5,323 | 6 | No |
| BRIGHTON AND HOVE | £420,000 | 1,303 | 7 | No |
| BRACKNELL FOREST | £415,000 | 604 | 8 | No |