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

Three Rivers was the least affordable of East of England’s 45 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 13.4×).

Great Yarmouth was the most affordable (5.9×). The middle council, Broadland, had 8.2×.

House price to pay for every council in East of England, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Three Rivers ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	13.4×
2	Hertsmere ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	12.6×
3	Epping Forest	11.6×
4	St Albans ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	11.4×
5	Brentwood ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	11.0×
6	Cambridge	10.8×
7	Dacorum	10.1×
8	Welwyn Hatfield	9.9×
9	Babergh ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	9.8×
10	Watford	9.5×
11	Uttlesford ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	9.3×
12	Basildon	9.2×
=13	Maldon ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	9.1×
=13	Rochford	9.1×
=15	Broxbourne	9.0×
=15	South Cambridgeshire	9.0×
17	East Hertfordshire	8.7×
=18	Castle Point	8.6×
=18	North Hertfordshire	8.6×
=20	Braintree	8.3×
=20	Harlow	8.3×
=20	North Norfolk	8.3×
=23	Broadland	8.2×
=23	Chelmsford	8.2×
=23	East Cambridgeshire ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	8.2×
=23	Luton	8.2×
=27	Central Bedfordshire	8.1×
=27	Huntingdonshire	8.1×
29	Bedford	8.0×
=30	Breckland	7.8×
=30	South Norfolk	7.8×
=30	Southend-on-Sea	7.8×
33	Mid Suffolk	7.7×
=34	East Suffolk	7.6×
=34	Thurrock	7.6×
=36	Colchester	7.5×
=36	West Suffolk	7.5×
38	Stevenage	7.3×
39	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	7.2×
=40	Fenland	6.6×
=40	Peterborough	6.6×
=42	Norwich	6.5×
=42	Tendring	6.5×
44	Ipswich	6.2×
45	Great Yarmouth	5.9×

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