Price per square metre in England & Wales: the 2026 report
The median home sold in England & Wales over the last 12 months went for £3,380 per square metre (£291,000 at the median sale price), across 605,004 registered sales of which 479,016 were matched to an EPC floor area, in the 12 months to July 2026. Every figure on this page recomputes with each monthly dataset rebuild: cite it with its data month.
Every region, ranked
Median price per square metre over each region's last 12 months of matched sales, most expensive first. Bars share one scale: the most expensive region.
| Region | Median £/m² | Median sale price |
|---|---|---|
| London | £6,580/m² | £520,000 |
| South East | £4,360/m² | £380,000 |
| East of England | £3,960/m² | £345,000 |
| South West | £3,560/m² | £310,000 |
| West Midlands | £3,000/m² | £252,500 |
| East Midlands | £2,810/m² | £247,500 |
| North West | £2,650/m² | £225,000 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £2,540/m² | £215,000 |
| Wales | £2,530/m² | £218,000 |
| North East | £2,020/m² | £170,000 |
The ten most expensive districts
Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, among districts with at least 100 matched sales.
- 1. SW3 Chelsea, London · £15,500/m²
- 2. SW7 Kensington, London · £15,200/m²
- 3. W8 Kensington, London · £15,000/m²
- 4. W11 Notting Hill, London · £14,600/m²
- 5. SW10 London · £12,600/m²
- 6. NW3 Hampstead, London · £11,700/m²
- 7. W2 Bayswater, London · £11,500/m²
- 8. NW8 St Johns Wood, London · £11,000/m²
- 9. SW1V London · £10,900/m²
- 10. N1 Islington, London · £10,500/m²
Full table: the 50 most expensive districts.
The ten best value districts
The same rule at the other end: active markets of 100+ matched sales where a square metre costs least.
- 1. DL4 Old Eldon, Shildon · £940/m²
- 2. SR8 Horden, Peterlee · £1,080/m²
- 3. FY1 Blackpool · £1,170/m²
- 4. TS3 North Ormesby, Middlesbrough · £1,200/m²
- 5. DN32 Old Clee, Grimsby · £1,200/m²
- 6. DL17 Chilton, Ferryhill · £1,280/m²
- 7. DH9 Dipton, Stanley · £1,280/m²
- 8. TS24 Headland, Hartlepool · £1,290/m²
- 9. BD3 Thornbury, Bradford · £1,290/m²
- 10. DL15 Willington, Crook · £1,420/m²
Full table: the 50 best value districts.
How these figures are produced
Every sale registered with HM Land Registry is matched on address to the floor area on the property’s Energy Performance Certificate; each matched sale becomes a price per square metre; and the published figure is the median over a stated window, rounded to three significant figures. Sales without a matched floor area are still counted and listed; thin samples are suppressed rather than published. The methodology page documents every rule and every limitation, and the glossary defines every term used above.
Citing this report
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Cite the figure with its data month (currently July 2026) and link this page: it updates with every monthly rebuild, so a link keeps pointing at current numbers. The dataset page carries the full per-district CSV and JSON, and a ready-made citation with a copy button. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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