Cheapest Postcode Areas to buy Semi-Detached Property

It is a well-known fact that property prices vary greatly around the country. If you are looking to buy your first home and would like a semi-detached house, prices mean that this is only a pipe dream in many areas of the country, alas. So where should you buy?

Based on sales data from February to August 2019 (Land Registry data), we've looked at the data to see how prices for semi-detached properties vary in the UK during this time period, looking at postal areas where there have been 20 or more sales during this time.

There are various places around Northern England and Wales where the average price of a semi-detached house is well under £200,000. So if you have a reasonable deposit and are able to raise a mortgage to that level, then getting a semi-detached house in these places is not unrealistic.

The cheapest place to buy a semi-detached house in England based in the data is Doncaster, where there were 2,082 sales in the period with an average sale price of £145,045. Other value areas were Cleveland, Durham and Wigan. For anyone living in Wales, the Swansea post code area was the cheapest, with an average sale price of £156,030.

Of course, most postal areas cover a reasonable area geographically, so prices can vary greatly within that area, but looking at the average price of semi-detached houses across each area, it is clear to see where generally it is cheaper to buy.

Around mid-table are postal areas such as Worcester, Taunton, Ipswich and Coventry, with semi-detached prices around the £240,000 mark. As ever, the most expensive semi-detached properties are to be found in the London area. There are three areas of London: North West, South West and West, where the average semi-detached house sale was over one million pounds during this period - outside the budget of surely virtually every first-time buyer! Here is the table in full:

Rank	Postcode Area	Sales in period	Average Sale Value
1	Doncaster	2082	£145,045
2	Cleveland	1539	£150,657
3	Durham	609	£154,185
4	Wigan	783	£154,607
5	Swansea	1373	£156,030
6	Blackpool	948	£156,419
7	Llandudno	1112	£160,812
8	Wakefield	1508	£161,242
9	Sunderland	483	£164,767
10	Stoke-on-Trent	1765	£165,356
11	Telford	562	£167,228
12	Blackburn	870	£167,400
13	Carlisle	764	£168,063
14	Wolverhampton	958	£168,104
15	Oldham	915	£169,035
16	Bradford	1393	£170,049
17	Hull	1159	£170,762
18	Galashiels	33	£171,044
19	Sheffield	3480	£171,079
20	Lincoln	716	£171,090
21	Preston	1654	£171,119
22	Bolton	895	£171,811
23	Llandrindod Wells	67	£173,507
24	Nottingham	3254	£175,301
25	Darlington	692	£175,365
26	Walsall	1230	£176,662
27	Derby	2084	£179,010
28	Huddersfield	554	£179,792
29	Dudley	1045	£181,112
30	Newcastle upon Tyne	2409	£182,220
31	Crewe	1056	£184,552
32	Newport	994	£186,779
33	Halifax	335	£188,261
34	Chester	2021	£191,345
35	Liverpool	1917	£191,435
36	Shrewsbury	788	£192,840
37	Lancaster	947	£193,730
38	Cardiff	2092	£201,871
39	Peterborough	2248	£202,361
40	Leicester	2694	£206,865
41	York	1722	£206,940
42	Plymouth	1280	£210,992
43	Leeds	2432	£215,614
44	Warrington	1699	£216,391
45	Northampton	1880	£218,529
46	Hereford	369	£219,074
47	Manchester	3002	£224,338
48	Norwich	1691	£224,373
49	Birmingham	4608	£225,553
50	Worcester	720	£231,561
51	Taunton	843	£232,041
52	Ipswich	1495	£237,773
53	Coventry	2144	£240,785
54	Torquay	637	£246,194
55	Stockport	1800	£250,874
56	Truro	575	£253,856
57	Exeter	1198	£259,873
58	Swindon	1138	£260,534
59	Colchester	1143	£262,336
60	Gloucester	1701	£266,343
61	Portsmouth	1626	£276,984
62	Salisbury	457	£279,104
63	Dorchester	391	£282,373
64	Harrogate	338	£286,407
65	Canterbury	1081	£286,614
66	Bath	946	£289,328
67	Luton	884	£290,910
68	Milton Keynes	1274	£296,276
69	Rochester	1370	£302,992
70	Bristol	2166	£303,515
71	Bournemouth	755	£305,751
72	Southampton	1243	£318,890
73	Southend-on-Sea	1348	£331,806
74	Tunbridge Wells	1441	£347,853
75	Brighton	1566	£348,653
76	Oxford	1379	£361,932
77	Cambridge	796	£363,537
78	Chelmsford	1420	£378,179
79	Stevenage	751	£385,605
80	Reading	1551	£386,105
81	Dartford	1005	£395,054
82	Romford	914	£399,540
83	Hemel Hempstead	982	£402,890
84	Redhill	1218	£403,473
85	Guildford	1521	£415,528
86	Southall	455	£450,257
87	Croydon	566	£462,692
88	Slough	538	£486,135
89	Sutton	311	£507,351
90	Bromley	671	£509,940
91	Enfield	526	£510,469
92	Watford	436	£513,340
93	Ilford	322	£555,721
94	Kingston upon Thames	1037	£570,185
95	Harrow	598	£577,311
96	Twickenham	726	£588,522
97	St Albans	382	£598,745
98	East London	207	£632,430
99	South East London	546	£727,876
100	North London	337	£935,249
101	North West London	286	£1,084,254
102	South West London	368	£1,247,121
103	West London	201	£1,485,269