Where homes cost least and most per square metre: September 2026
Homes in England and Wales sold for a median £3,360 per square metre in the two years to September 2026. Blackpool and Blaenau Gwent are lowest at £1,650 and Kensington and Chelsea highest at £14,210.
· figures to September 2026
What £250,000 buys
At each area's median price per square metre, £250,000 pays for about 150 m² of home in Blackpool, about 74 m² across England and Wales as a whole and about 18 m² in Kensington and Chelsea. The median in Kensington and Chelsea is about 8.6 times Blackpool's.
The ten council areas with the lowest price per square metre
| Council | Region | £ / m² | Sales, 24 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | North West | £1,650 | 5,140 |
| Blaenau Gwent | Wales | £1,650 | 1,813 |
| Hyndburn | North West | £1,660 | 2,700 |
| Burnley | North West | £1,690 | 3,555 |
| County Durham | North East | £1,750 | 19,035 |
| Pendle | North West | £1,770 | 3,120 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Wales | £1,800 | 1,446 |
| Hartlepool | North East | £1,820 | 3,699 |
| City of Kingston upon Hull | Yorkshire and The Humber | £1,820 | 7,730 |
| Sunderland | North East | £1,880 | 8,354 |
Median price per square metre of the sales we count over the 24 months to September 2026; sales are all those registered in the same months. HM Land Registry price paid data and MHCLG energy certificates.
Blackpool and Blaenau Gwent share the lowest figure, £1,650 a square metre. Four of the ten are in Lancashire (Blackpool, Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle), three are in the North East and two are in the south Wales valleys. County Durham is the busiest of them, with 19,035 sales in two years.
The ten with the highest
| Council | Region | £ / m² | Sales, 24 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea | London | £14,210 | 3,821 |
| Westminster | London | £11,600 | 5,374 |
| City of London | London | £11,500 | 401 |
| Camden | London | £10,620 | 4,598 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | London | £9,700 | 4,873 |
| Islington | London | £9,670 | 4,390 |
| Hackney | London | £8,820 | 5,140 |
| Wandsworth | London | £8,530 | 10,001 |
| Richmond upon Thames | London | £8,310 | 5,376 |
| Southwark | London | £7,860 | 6,475 |
Median price per square metre of the sales we count over the 24 months to September 2026; sales are all those registered in the same months. HM Land Registry price paid data and MHCLG energy certificates. The City of London's figure comes from 401 sales, far fewer than any other council here.
All ten are in London. Kensington and Chelsea, at £14,210, is about £2,600 a square metre above Westminster, the next highest.
Outside London
St Albans is the highest council area outside London at £6,570 a square metre, followed by Elmbridge in Surrey at £6,470. St Albans is above 14 of London's 33 council areas, from Barking and Dagenham (£4,900) to Lewisham (£6,480).
Barking and Dagenham is London's lowest, yet it is still above every council area in Wales, the North and the Midlands, where none passes £4,140.
The range within each region
| Region | Lowest | £ / m² | Highest | £ / m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West | Blackpool | £1,650 | Trafford | £4,140 |
| Wales | Blaenau Gwent | £1,650 | Monmouthshire | £3,380 |
| North East | County Durham | £1,750 | North Tyneside | £2,590 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | City of Kingston upon Hull | £1,820 | York | £3,800 |
| West Midlands | Stoke-on-Trent | £2,070 | Warwick | £4,140 |
| East Midlands | Boston | £2,230 | Rushcliffe | £3,490 |
| East of England | Fenland | £2,630 | St Albans | £6,570 |
| South West | Plymouth | £2,720 | Cotswold | £4,440 |
| South East | Isle of Wight | £3,080 | Elmbridge | £6,470 |
| London | Barking and Dagenham | £4,900 | Kensington and Chelsea | £14,210 |
Median price per square metre, 24 months to September 2026. The Isles of Scilly, at £5,300 from 50 sales, are left out of the South West row because the sample is small. HM Land Registry price paid data and MHCLG energy certificates.
Postcode districts at each end
Highest
Lowest
| District | £ / m² |
|---|---|
| SR8, Peterlee and Horden, County Durham | £1,110 |
| FY1, Blackpool, Blackpool | £1,180 |
| DN32, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire | £1,210 |
| TS3, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough | £1,220 |
| DL17, Ferryhill and Chilton, County Durham | £1,300 |
Districts with at least 300 counted sales over the 24 months to September 2026. HM Land Registry price paid data and MHCLG energy certificates.
Four of the five highest districts are in Kensington and Chelsea, led by SW3 at £16,680 a square metre, about 15 times SR8, around Peterlee and Horden in County Durham, at £1,110.
Why there are no yearly changes this month
This post leaves out the change on a year ago. New homes reach the Land Registry several months after they are sold, so the latest 12 months hold far fewer of them than the 12 months before, and new homes usually sell for more per square metre. That pulls the change down, most of all where a lot of new homes are being built. We are changing the comparison to leave new homes out, and rises and falls will be back once it does.
How the figures are worked out
Each figure is the median price per square metre of the sales we count over the 24 months to September 2026: the price paid divided by the floor area on the home's energy certificate. A median is the middle sale, so an area where mostly flats sold can differ from a neighbour where mostly houses did. How the figures are worked out has the details, and every council ranked and the heat map show the rest of the country.
Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.