House price growth: fastest and slowest places in South East (August 2026)

Vale of White Horse had the strongest annual price change of South East’s 64 councils in August 2026, at 4.6%.

Worthing had the weakest, at −5.0%. The middle council, New Forest, had −0.2%.

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Annual price change for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Vale of White Horse4.6%
2Epsom and Ewell3.2%
3Eastleigh2.9%
4Cherwell2.6%
=5Basingstoke and Deane2.2%
=5South Oxfordshire2.2%
7Gosport1.6%
=8Crawley1.5%
=8Lewes1.5%
=8Surrey Heath1.5%
11Mole Valley1.4%
12Southampton0.8%
=13Elmbridge0.7%
=13Hart0.7%
=15Guildford0.6%
=15Swale0.6%
=17Fareham0.5%
=17Medway0.5%
=17Milton Keynes0.5%
=20Dover0.4%
=20Sevenoaks0.4%
=20Slough0.4%
=23Gravesham0.3%
=23Reigate and Banstead0.3%
=25Portsmouth0.1%
=25Winchester0.1%
=27Adur0.0%
=27Buckinghamshire0.0%
=27Rushmoor0.0%
=30Tonbridge and Malling−0.1%
=30Tunbridge Wells−0.1%
=32New Forest−0.2%
=32Windsor and Maidenhead−0.2%
=34Canterbury−0.3%
=34Havant−0.3%
=36Reading−0.4%
=36West Berkshire−0.4%
38Horsham−0.5%
=39Eastbourne−0.7%
=39Folkestone and Hythe−0.7%
=41Ashford−0.8%
=41Mid Sussex−0.8%
=41Test Valley−0.8%
=41Thanet−0.8%
=45Isle of Wight−1.1%
=45Maidstone−1.1%
=45Tandridge−1.1%
=48Arun−1.2%
=48Runnymede−1.2%
=50Spelthorne−1.6%
=50Wealden−1.6%
52East Hampshire−1.7%
53Rother−1.9%
54Waverley−2.0%
55Brighton and Hove−2.1%
=56Bracknell Forest−2.3%
=56West Oxfordshire−2.3%
=58Hastings−2.5%
=58Wokingham−2.5%
=60Chichester−2.7%
=60Woking−2.7%
62Oxford−2.9%
63Dartford−4.9%
64Worthing−5.0%

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