Cheapest and most expensive places in South East to buy a house (August 2026)
Elmbridge was the most expensive of South East’s 64 councils in August 2026 (average house price £735,548).
Southampton was the cheapest (£235,729). The middle council, Wealden, had £380,679.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elmbridge | £735,548 |
| 2 | Windsor and Maidenhead | £583,688 |
| 3 | Epsom and Ewell | £566,163 |
| 4 | Waverley | £559,306 |
| 5 | Mole Valley | £552,344 |
| 6 | Guildford | £537,660 |
| 7 | Sevenoaks | £535,810 |
| 8 | Tandridge | £506,774 |
| 9 | Wokingham | £491,944 |
| 10 | Reigate and Banstead | £485,856 |
| 11 | Oxford | £478,080 |
| 12 | Buckinghamshire | £477,450 |
| 13 | Hart | £472,755 |
| 14 | Runnymede | £472,507 |
| 15 | South Oxfordshire | £471,427 |
| 16 | Surrey Heath | £457,981 |
| 17 | Winchester | £453,188 |
| 18 | Tunbridge Wells | £452,845 |
| 19 | Horsham | £441,491 |
| 20 | Spelthorne | £440,812 |
| 21 | East Hampshire | £440,599 |
| 22 | Woking | £437,628 |
| 23 | Mid Sussex | £431,904 |
| 24 | Chichester | £428,364 |
| 25 | West Oxfordshire | £416,123 |
| 26 | Vale of White Horse | £411,712 |
| 27 | Brighton and Hove | £408,240 |
| 28 | Tonbridge and Malling | £405,507 |
| 29 | West Berkshire | £401,830 |
| 30 | Bracknell Forest | £391,521 |
| 31 | New Forest | £384,564 |
| 32 | Wealden | £380,679 |
| 33 | Adur | £378,990 |
| 34 | Lewes | £374,305 |
| 35 | Basingstoke and Deane | £373,551 |
| 36 | Test Valley | £372,289 |
| 37 | Cherwell | £355,981 |
| 38 | Maidstone | £352,878 |
| 39 | Reading | £350,501 |
| 40 | Slough | £349,397 |
| 41 | Gravesham | £342,498 |
| 42 | Dartford | £342,167 |
| 43 | Ashford | £340,991 |
| 44 | Canterbury | £336,427 |
| 45 | Rother | £335,680 |
| 46 | Fareham | £334,303 |
| 47 | Crawley | £332,097 |
| 48 | Rushmoor | £326,799 |
| 49 | Milton Keynes | £323,868 |
| 50 | Arun | £320,505 |
| 51 | Havant | £319,869 |
| 52 | Eastleigh | £312,753 |
| 53 | Folkestone and Hythe | £302,106 |
| 54 | Worthing | £299,075 |
| 55 | Medway | £297,757 |
| 56 | Swale | £296,578 |
| 57 | Dover | £282,945 |
| 58 | Thanet | £268,549 |
| 59 | Eastbourne | £255,642 |
| 60 | Portsmouth | £245,954 |
| 61 | Isle of Wight | £245,670 |
| 62 | Gosport | £240,093 |
| 63 | Hastings | £238,780 |
| 64 | Southampton | £235,729 |