Least and most affordable places in East Midlands to buy a home (2025)

Melton was the least affordable of East Midlands’s 35 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 8.5×).

Lincoln was the most affordable (5.3×). The middle council, East Lindsey, had 6.6×.

House price to pay for every council in East Midlands, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Melton ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	8.5×
2	Harborough	8.1×
3	Derbyshire Dales ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	7.9×
4	Blaby	7.7×
=5	South Kesteven ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	7.6×
=5	West Northamptonshire	7.6×
=7	Hinckley and Bosworth	7.3×
=7	North West Leicestershire	7.3×
=7	Rutland	7.3×
10	Rushcliffe	7.2×
=11	Charnwood	7.1×
=11	High Peak	7.1×
=13	Leicester	7.0×
=13	South Holland	7.0×
15	North East Derbyshire	6.9×
16	North Northamptonshire	6.7×
=17	Broxtowe ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	6.6×
=17	East Lindsey	6.6×
=19	Gedling	6.5×
=19	North Kesteven	6.5×
21	Newark and Sherwood	6.4×
=22	Oadby and Wigston ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	6.3×
=22	South Derbyshire	6.3×
24	Nottingham	6.2×
=25	Amber Valley	6.1×
=25	Bassetlaw	6.1×
=27	Boston	6.0×
=27	Erewash	6.0×
=29	Ashfield	5.8×
=29	Derby	5.8×
31	Mansfield	5.7×
=32	Bolsover	5.6×
=32	Chesterfield	5.6×
34	West Lindsey	5.5×
35	Lincoln	5.3×

Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Source and method · See it on the map