House price to pay: every council in East of England

Three Rivers had the least affordable house price to pay of East of England’s 45 councils in 2025, at 13.4×.

Ipswich had the most affordable, at 6.0×. The middle council, Harlow, had 8.3×.

House price to pay for every council in East of England, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Three Rivers

use-with-caution

13.4×
2Hertsmere

use-with-caution

12.5×
3Epping Forest11.5×
4St Albans

use-with-caution

11.3×
5Cambridge10.9×
6Brentwood

use-with-caution

10.8×
7Dacorum10.3×
8Welwyn Hatfield9.9×
9Babergh

use-with-caution

9.7×
10Uttlesford

use-with-caution

9.5×
11Watford9.4×
=12Basildon9.2×
=12Rochford9.2×
=14Maldon

use-with-caution

9.0×
=14South Cambridgeshire9.0×
16Broxbourne8.9×
17East Hertfordshire8.8×
=18Castle Point8.5×
=18North Hertfordshire8.5×
=18North Norfolk8.5×
21East Cambridgeshire

use-with-caution

8.4×
=22Braintree8.3×
=22Harlow8.3×
=24Broadland8.2×
=24Central Bedfordshire8.2×
=24Chelmsford8.2×
=24Luton8.2×
=28Bedford8.1×
=28Huntingdonshire8.1×
=30South Norfolk7.9×
=30Southend-on-Sea7.9×
32Breckland7.8×
33Thurrock7.7×
=34Colchester7.6×
=34Mid Suffolk7.6×
=36East Suffolk7.5×
=36Stevenage7.5×
38West Suffolk7.4×
39King's Lynn and West Norfolk7.2×
40Peterborough6.7×
41Fenland6.6×
42Tendring6.5×
43Norwich6.4×
=44Great Yarmouth6.0×
=44Ipswich6.0×

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