Areas on the move: East of England

East of England local authorities ranked by how their average price moved in the year to July 2026, on the official UK House Price Index

In the year to July 2026 the average price in the East of England rose 0.5% to £337,518. Of the 45 local authorities ranked in the East of England, 32 rose, 12 fell and 1 was unchanged. The biggest rise was in East Cambridgeshire, up 5.8%, and the biggest fall in Castle Point, down 4.3%.

Rising fastest over the year

  1. East Cambridgeshire: +5.8%, average price £346,413
  2. North Hertfordshire: +5.3%, average price £418,857
  3. Harlow: +4.4%, average price £319,860
  4. Bedford: +3.9%, average price £333,824
  5. East Hertfordshire: +3.7%, average price £457,417
  6. Mid Suffolk: +3.2%, average price £315,898
  7. Fenland: +3.1%, average price £225,613
  8. Huntingdonshire: +3.1%, average price £308,374
  9. Dacorum: +3.0%, average price £459,235
  10. King's Lynn and West Norfolk: +3.0%, average price £265,715
  11. Welwyn Hatfield: +3.0%, average price £448,681
  12. Broadland: +2.9%, average price £313,407
  13. Rochford: +2.9%, average price £412,543
  14. Broxbourne: +2.5%, average price £411,689
  15. St Albans: +2.3%, average price £646,781
  16. Three Rivers: +2.3%, average price £590,816
  17. South Cambridgeshire: +2.2%, average price £439,573
  18. Stevenage: +1.8%, average price £316,210
  19. Uttlesford: +1.7%, average price £476,329
  20. Braintree: +1.6%, average price £328,477
  21. Southend-on-Sea: +1.6%, average price £328,383
  22. South Norfolk: +1.5%, average price £311,587
  23. Hertsmere: +1.3%, average price £548,704
  24. Ipswich: +1.3%, average price £221,445
  25. Central Bedfordshire: +1.2%, average price £356,758

Falling fastest over the year

  1. Castle Point: −4.3%, average price £356,579
  2. North Norfolk: −3.1%, average price £292,563
  3. Brentwood: −2.4%, average price £514,480
  4. Chelmsford: −2.3%, average price £378,080
  5. Norwich: −2.3%, average price £224,323
  6. Epping Forest: −1.6%, average price £525,719
  7. Tendring: −1.4%, average price £259,568
  8. East Suffolk: −1.0%, average price £276,301
  9. Thurrock: −0.9%, average price £321,941
  10. Watford: −0.7%, average price £404,299
  11. Colchester: −0.5%, average price £297,824
  12. Peterborough: −0.2%, average price £234,690

Figures are HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index for July 2026. For a local authority the index is a three-month average (May to July 2026), and the annual change compares it with May to July 2025. The average price is the index's standardised average, a mix-adjusted geometric mean, not the mean or median of sales, so it will not match a list of sold prices.

July 2026 is a first estimate: HM Land Registry make it from around 40% of the sales they expect to register, and revise it and the 11 months before it every month. This page updates with each monthly release. HM Land Registry warn that figures for local authorities with few sales are volatile, so read a small gap between two authorities as no gap.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, and Office for National Statistics data, both licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.