England & Wales · 19952026

What a home really costs.

Prices always look like they only rise. Adjust for inflation and the story changes — we show both, from the official record, street by street.

Median today
£0
In real terms vs 2007 peak
2%
£82,350£164,700£247,0502007 peak, in real terms£298,00019952026
Cash priceToday's money (real)

01 — Price per m²

The same price. Half the home.

A headline price hides how much you actually get. We divide sold price by floor area — from EPC records — so you compare like for like. Portals don't.

A flat in a prime postcode£450,000
£6,618
per square metre
68 m² of floor space
A terrace one town over£450,000
£4,018
per square metre
112 m² of floor space

Same money, 65% more space — and a third off the price you pay per square metre.

02 — Budget explorer

What will your budget buy?

Drag the slider. Places where the median home is within reach light up — the rest fade. Discovery, not just search.

Your budget
£275,000
13
of 24 areas within reach
£100,000£700,000+
  • Burnley £95,000
  • Hull £120,000
  • Sunderland £130,000
  • Stoke-on-Trent £135,000
  • Bradford £145,000
  • Doncaster £152,000
  • Liverpool £168,000
  • Sheffield £188,000
  • Leeds £208,000
  • Nottingham £212,000
  • Manchester £235,000
  • Leicester £242,000
  • Birmingham £248,000
  • York £322,000
  • Harrogate £342,000
  • Bristol £358,000
  • Reading £378,000
  • Brighton £428,000
  • Bath £482,000
  • Cambridge £505,000
  • Oxford £528,000
  • Guildford £565,000
  • London £572,000
  • St Albans £625,000

03 — Compare

Two places, side by side.

Pick any two areas and see where your money goes further — price, space, and how fast each has grown.

04 — Repeat sales

Did this house beat the market?

When a home sells more than once, the record shows exactly what it earned — and whether it genuinely grew, merely kept pace with inflation, or lagged its own street. No portal tells you this.

2013
£248,000
+42% in cash
2021
£352,000
Cash gain
+42%
After inflation (real)
+18%
The local market did
+25%

After inflation, this home gained +18% — real growth, not just a bigger number. But its street did +25%, so it lagged the local market by 7 points.

05 — Trust

Built on public data. Nothing hidden.

No estimates, no listings, no black box. Every figure traces back to an official source — and every page shows how many sales it's built on, and when it last changed.

Read the full method
  • 01HM Land Registry — Price Paid DataEvery recorded sale, 1995 to now
  • 02Energy Performance CertificatesFloor area, for honest £/m²
  • 03ONS Postcode DirectoryStreet and area geography
  • 04ONS CPIHInflation, for real-terms prices