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Cheapest places to buy a flat in the South East

Every council area in the South East ranked by its typical flat sale over the 12 months to August 2026, cheapest first.

typical flat in Isle of Wight, the cheapest place in the South East

Dearest place

£350,000

Elmbridge

Cheapest neighbourhood

£130,000

Thornhill, Southampton

All 64 places, cheapest first

Typical flat sale over the last 12 months, places with 50 or more flats sold. Open one for its streets, buildings and neighbourhoods.

1Isle of WightNewport · 399 flats sold
£140,000
2Gosport242 flats sold
£148,000
3Havant247 flats sold
£155,000
4Dover224 flats sold
£160,000
5Southampton938 flats sold
£160,000
6Hastings410 flats sold
£163,000
7Portsmouth602 flats sold
£163,000
8ThanetRamsgate · 474 flats sold
£165,000
9SwaleSittingbourne · 198 flats sold
£166,000
10ArunLittlehampton · 510 flats sold
£169,000
11MedwayRochester · 401 flats sold
£170,000
12Ashford203 flats sold
£173,000
13Fareham239 flats sold
£175,000
14CherwellBicester · 187 flats sold
£178,000
15Maidstone370 flats sold
£180,000
16Milton Keynes615 flats sold
£180,000
17Folkestone and HytheFolkestone · 363 flats sold
£180,000
18GraveshamGravesend · 167 flats sold
£180,000
19Eastleigh298 flats sold
£181,000
20WealdenHailsham · 250 flats sold
£182,000
21Test ValleyAndover · 247 flats sold
£185,000
22Eastbourne558 flats sold
£185,000
23Canterbury308 flats sold
£190,000
24Basingstoke and DeaneBasingstoke · 389 flats sold
£190,000
25RotherBexhill-On-Sea · 305 flats sold
£190,000
26East HampshirePetersfield · 248 flats sold
£195,000
27RushmoorAldershot · 317 flats sold
£199,000
28West OxfordshireWitney · 183 flats sold
£200,000
29New ForestSouthampton · 353 flats sold
£205,000
30Crawley239 flats sold
£205,000
31Slough304 flats sold
£208,000
32West BerkshireReading · 432 flats sold
£210,000
33Vale of White HorseAbingdon · 268 flats sold
£210,000
34Chichester250 flats sold
£210,000
35Worthing563 flats sold
£210,000
36Lewes272 flats sold
£214,000
37Dartford381 flats sold
£220,000
38Reading596 flats sold
£225,000
39Bracknell ForestBracknell · 337 flats sold
£227,000
40Horsham397 flats sold
£227,000
41AdurLancing · 153 flats sold
£228,000
42HartFleet · 255 flats sold
£230,000
43Surrey HeathCamberley · 250 flats sold
£230,000
44Mid SussexHaywards Heath · 448 flats sold
£238,000
45BuckinghamshireHigh Wycombe · 1,167 flats sold
£238,000
46Winchester256 flats sold
£238,000
47Tonbridge and MallingTonbridge · 253 flats sold
£240,000
48Tunbridge Wells388 flats sold
£245,000
49Woking381 flats sold
£250,000
50RunnymedeVirginia Water · 267 flats sold
£255,000
51Reigate and BansteadHorley · 528 flats sold
£258,000
52South OxfordshireOxford · 205 flats sold
£259,000
53WokinghamReading · 371 flats sold
£260,000
54Guildford343 flats sold
£260,000
55WaverleyGodalming · 337 flats sold
£265,000
56Mole ValleyDorking · 224 flats sold
£268,000
57Sevenoaks229 flats sold
£270,000
58SpelthorneStaines-Upon-Thames · 329 flats sold
£275,000
59TandridgeCaterham · 228 flats sold
£275,000
60Windsor and MaidenheadWindsor · 456 flats sold
£293,000
61Brighton and HoveBrighton · 1,544 flats sold
£295,000
62Epsom and EwellEpsom · 269 flats sold
£318,000
63Oxford312 flats sold
£330,000
64ElmbridgeWalton-On-Thames · 521 flats sold
£350,000

Cheapest neighbourhoods for a flat

Council wards in the South East with 20 or more flats sold over the last 12 months.

NeighbourhoodAreaTypical flat
ThornhillSouthampton£130,000
RedbridgeSouthampton£131,000
High StreetMaidstone£132,000
FrattonPortsmouth£135,000
WaterlooHavant£136,000
OrchardArun£137,000
ShirleySouthampton£138,000
Manor ParkRushmoor£138,000
HothamArun£145,000
RiverArun£145,000

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