# Least and most affordable London boroughs to buy a home (2025)

Kensington and Chelsea was the least affordable of London’s 32 boroughs in 2025 (house price to pay 22.9×).

Tower Hamlets was the most affordable (8.6×). The middle borough, Harrow, had 11.8×.

1 borough has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey.

| Rank | Area | House price to pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | 22.9× | – |
| 2 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | 16.9× | – |
| 3 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | 16.0× | – |
| 4 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | 15.0× | – |
| =5 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | 14.4× | – |
| =5 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | 14.4× | – |
| 7 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | 14.2× | – |
| 8 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | 13.9× | – |
| =9 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | 12.9× | – |
| =9 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | 12.9× | – |
| =11 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | 12.7× | – |
| =11 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | 12.7× | – |
| 13 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | 12.6× | – |
| 14 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | 12.5× | – |
| 15 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | 12.3× | – |
| 16 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | 11.8× | – |
| =17 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | 11.7× | – |
| =17 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | 11.7× | – |
| 19 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | 11.4× | – |
| 20 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | 11.0× | – |
| =21 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | 10.8× | – |
| =21 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | 10.8× | – |
| 23 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | 10.6× | – |
| 24 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | 10.3× | – |
| =25 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | 10.2× | – |
| =25 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | 10.2× | – |
| 27 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | 9.7× | – |
| 28 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | 9.6× | – |
| 29 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | 9.4× | – |
| 30 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | 9.1× | – |
| 31 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | 9.0× | – |
| 32 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | 8.6× | – |
| – | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | No figure | No matching pay figure. |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Covers Great Britain. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [Great Britain](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/price-against-pay)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/price-against-pay)
- [The two measures side by side](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices#vs=median-pay&mode=blend)

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