Before you make a move.
Dated, sourced figures for every UK area: what homes actually sold for, rents, affordability, and what owning one has really cost.
Key: Latest average completed-sale priceHM Land Registry UK House Price Index · July 2026
Lightest tint £166,943, darkest £550,037.
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Key: Time to find a buyer (days)Rightmove House Price Index, September 2026 · September 2026 report; time-to-buyer figures from August 2026
Lightest tint 33 days, darkest 78 days.
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Key: House price to workplace earnings ratio (times earnings)ONS house price to workplace-based earnings ratio · 2025
Lightest tint 5.0 times earnings, darkest 10.6 times earnings.
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England's 9 regions plus Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Evidence, with its limits. Completed-sale prices to July 2026 (published 16 September 2026) · private rents to August 2026 · inflation to August 2026 · figures as of 9 October 2026.
What would you walk away with?
Buy 1 to 10 years ago in any UK area and sell now: mortgage, tax, fees and running costs, with every assumption shown.
Did pay and prices keep up?
- Wage-linked fair priceAn asking price re-scaled by wage growth instead of house-price growth since 1998.
- What if wages had followed house prices?Observed earnings beside the pay that would have grown with house prices.
- What if food prices had followed house prices?Milk, chicken and potatoes had they followed house prices.