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Cheapest places to buy a house in the South East

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

typical house in Gosport, the cheapest place in the South East

Dearest place

£790,000

Elmbridge

Cheapest neighbourhood

£175,000

Tower Hamlets, Dover

All 64 places, cheapest first

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

1Gosport890 houses sold
£270,000
2Portsmouth1,919 houses sold
£270,000
3Isle of WightNewport · 1,691 houses sold
£275,000
4Dover1,499 houses sold
£290,000
5Southampton1,871 houses sold
£290,000
6SwaleSittingbourne · 1,928 houses sold
£305,000
7Eastbourne888 houses sold
£307,000
8MedwayRochester · 3,171 houses sold
£310,000
9ThanetRamsgate · 1,627 houses sold
£310,000
10Hastings904 houses sold
£312,000
11Folkestone and HytheFolkestone · 1,307 houses sold
£335,000
12Havant1,381 houses sold
£342,000
13Milton Keynes2,931 houses sold
£353,000
14Ashford1,525 houses sold
£355,000
15CherwellBicester · 1,886 houses sold
£359,000
16Fareham1,522 houses sold
£360,000
17Canterbury1,695 houses sold
£360,000
18Eastleigh1,721 houses sold
£360,000
19ArunLittlehampton · 2,155 houses sold
£365,000
20Crawley891 houses sold
£368,000
21Test ValleyAndover · 1,496 houses sold
£375,000
22Maidstone2,049 houses sold
£375,000
23GraveshamGravesend · 973 houses sold
£375,000
24Reading1,385 houses sold
£380,000
25RotherBexhill-On-Sea · 1,080 houses sold
£390,000
26WealdenHailsham · 2,080 houses sold
£390,000
27Worthing998 houses sold
£396,000
28Vale of White HorseAbingdon · 1,666 houses sold
£400,000
29RushmoorAldershot · 888 houses sold
£400,000
30Basingstoke and DeaneBasingstoke · 2,068 houses sold
£400,000
31Lewes1,179 houses sold
£402,000
32Dartford1,145 houses sold
£405,000
33New ForestSouthampton · 2,121 houses sold
£410,000
34West OxfordshireWitney · 1,293 houses sold
£410,000
35AdurLancing · 675 houses sold
£413,000
36West BerkshireReading · 1,653 houses sold
£420,000
37Tonbridge and MallingTonbridge · 1,516 houses sold
£422,000
38Slough693 houses sold
£430,000
39Bracknell ForestBracknell · 1,344 houses sold
£450,000
40East HampshirePetersfield · 1,482 houses sold
£450,000
41Chichester1,391 houses sold
£460,000
42South OxfordshireOxford · 1,648 houses sold
£460,000
43Horsham1,647 houses sold
£475,000
44Mid SussexHaywards Heath · 1,776 houses sold
£480,000
45Tunbridge Wells1,147 houses sold
£485,000
46Oxford1,003 houses sold
£485,000
47Winchester1,471 houses sold
£490,000
48HartFleet · 1,124 houses sold
£495,000
49BuckinghamshireHigh Wycombe · 5,528 houses sold
£500,000
50SpelthorneStaines-Upon-Thames · 869 houses sold
£500,000
51Woking1,072 houses sold
£500,000
52RunnymedeVirginia Water · 842 houses sold
£505,000
53WokinghamReading · 1,898 houses sold
£515,000
54Sevenoaks1,282 houses sold
£515,000
55Brighton and HoveBrighton · 2,020 houses sold
£520,000
56Surrey HeathCamberley · 990 houses sold
£530,000
57TandridgeCaterham · 835 houses sold
£545,000
58Guildford1,412 houses sold
£550,000
59Reigate and BansteadHorley · 1,419 houses sold
£565,000
60WaverleyGodalming · 1,382 houses sold
£604,000
61Windsor and MaidenheadWindsor · 1,303 houses sold
£605,000
62Epsom and EwellEpsom · 687 houses sold
£630,000
63Mole ValleyDorking · 797 houses sold
£650,000
64ElmbridgeWalton-On-Thames · 1,345 houses sold
£790,000

Cheapest neighbourhoods for a house

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

NeighbourhoodAreaTypical house
Tower HamletsDover£175,000
SheernessSwale£200,000
FortonGosport£200,000
FrattonPortsmouth£214,000
BucklandDover£220,000
OsborneIsle of Wight£228,000
NewingtonThanet£240,000
PaulsgrovePortsmouth£255,000
DevonshireEastbourne£255,000
NorthgateCanterbury£256,000

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