Row of houses

The property market pockets driving price growth in each county

James Carter
Authored by James Carter
Posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 15:27

Research from national UK estate agent, Keller Williams UK, has revealed which areas of the property market in England are currently Best in Show, when it comes to price appreciation across each county since the start of the stamp duty holiday.

Keller Williams analysed house price growth since last July across all local authorities in England before highlighting which area was leading the property market boom across each of the 48 ceremonial counties.

Across England as a whole, house prices have climbed 8% since the stamp duty holiday was introduced, but the highest rate of growth has been in Oadby and Wigston. At 22%, house prices in the area have boomed and not only has Oadsby and Wigston seen the highest rate of growth of all areas of Leicestershire, but it currently leads the national property market.

In Lincolnshire, stamp duty house price growth has been highest in South Kesteven at 21%, placing it second in the list of county property market frontrunners.

Stratford-upon-Avon (19%) in Warwickshire, South Derbyshire (19%) in Derbyshire and Redcar and Cleveland (17%) in North Yorkshire also sit amongst the highest levels of house price growth, having driven the market in their respective counties since last July.

However, breaking the market down based on the best performing area of each county reveals that not all areas of the UK market are seeing prices boom to the same extent.

At the other end of the table, the unitary authority of Wiltshire has beaten Swindon to claim the highest rate of house price growth in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire. However, at just 7%, it’s the worst performing county frontrunner in England.

Check out the full table below to see which area is driving house price growth in your county.

CEO of Keller Williams UK, Ben Taylor, commented:

“The property market is booming since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday and we’ve highlighted the cream of the crop leading the house price charge in each county across England.

While each area is home to the highest house price growth in its respective county, some are performing far better than others. This is down to the drastically different DNA of the market from one area to the next and it’s interesting to see how the rate of house price growth differs across the best performing areas in each county.

That’s not to say that an increase of seven per cent should be sniffed at and, in fact, this would be considered a very healthy level of growth in ‘normal’ market conditions.”

House prices sourced from the Gov.uk UK House Price Index from the start of the stamp duty holiday (July 2020) to March 2021 - latest available data

Ceremonial County

Best in Show

AveHP - July 2020

AveHP - March 2021

Change %

Leicestershire

Oadby and Wigston

£225,960

£275,165

22%

Lincolnshire

South Kesteven

£216,588

£262,362

21%

Warwickshire

Stratford-on-Avon

£297,163

£353,840

19%

Derbyshire

South Derbyshire

£193,910

£230,370

19%

North Yorkshire

Redcar and Cleveland

£118,879

£139,039

17%

West Yorkshire

Calderdale

£148,843

£173,977

17%

Nottinghamshire

Bassetlaw

£159,965

£186,025

16%

Greater Manchester

Manchester

£181,586

£211,107

16%

Devon

Exeter

£255,309

£296,636

16%

Staffordshire

Stafford

£208,621

£242,091

16%

Cheshire

Cheshire East

£226,915

£262,936

16%

Lancashire

West Lancashire

£192,606

£221,023

15%

Rutland

Rutland

£316,357

£361,762

14%

Cumbria

South Lakeland

£237,022

£270,956

14%

Durham

Hartlepool

£105,201

£120,141

14%

Kent

Folkestone and Hythe

£256,667

£293,076

14%

Cornwall

Cornwall

£239,392

£273,153

14%

Suffolk

East Suffolk

£247,168

£281,854

14%

Norfolk

North Norfolk

£246,695

£280,966

14%

South Yorkshire

Rotherham

£144,461

£164,470

14%

Northumberland

Northumberland

£155,942

£177,536

14%

Worcestershire

Wyre Forest

£194,858

£221,782

14%

Merseyside

Wirral

£158,879

£180,350

14%

Surrey

Elmbridge

£583,670

£661,964

13%

Essex

Uttlesford

£393,775

£445,155

13%

Oxfordshire

Oxford

£400,436

£452,297

13%

West Sussex

Adur

£311,122

£351,112

13%

Shropshire

Telford and Wrekin

£168,999

£190,055

12%

Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

£225,868

£253,711

12%

Gloucestershire

Tewkesbury

£279,079

£313,288

12%

Greater London

Haringey

£541,961

£607,029

12%

West Midlands county

Solihull

£278,629

£311,404

12%

East Sussex

Lewes

£319,679

£356,976

12%

Northamptonshire

Kettering

£200,608

£223,178

11%

East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire (UA)

£184,113

£204,200

11%

Hampshire

New Forest

£336,932

£373,274

11%

City of London

City of London

£785,810

£864,354

10%

Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire

£368,422

£403,254

9%

Somerset

Somerset West and Taunton

£239,259

£261,639

9%

Herefordshire

Herefordshire

£238,620

£260,597

9%

Bristol

City of Bristol

£290,945

£317,210

9%

Berkshire

West Berkshire

£334,894

£364,933

9%

Dorset

Dorset (UA)

£289,358

£315,051

9%

Bedfordshire

Bedford

£280,588

£305,419

9%

Tyne and Wear

Sunderland

£119,350

£129,838

9%

Hertfordshire

Hertsmere

£464,826

£503,429

8%

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (UA)

£393,605

£425,849

8%

Wiltshire

Wiltshire (UA)

£276,438

£297,154

7%

England

-

£253,460

£274,615

8%

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