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

Derbyshire Dales and Melton were the joint least affordable of East Midlands’s 35 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 8.3×).

West Lindsey was the most affordable (5.3×). The middle council, Broxtowe, had 6.6×.

House price to pay for every council in East Midlands, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
=1	Derbyshire Dales ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	8.3×
=1	Melton ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	8.3×
3	Harborough	8.2×
4	West Northamptonshire	7.7×
5	Blaby	7.6×
6	South Kesteven ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	7.5×
7	Hinckley and Bosworth	7.3×
=8	Charnwood	7.2×
=8	North West Leicestershire	7.2×
10	Rutland	7.1×
=11	High Peak	7.0×
=11	Leicester	7.0×
=11	North East Derbyshire	7.0×
=11	Rushcliffe	7.0×
=11	South Holland	7.0×
=16	East Lindsey	6.8×
=16	North Northamptonshire	6.8×
18	Broxtowe ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	6.6×
19	North Kesteven	6.5×
20	Gedling	6.4×
=21	Newark and Sherwood	6.3×
=21	South Derbyshire	6.3×
=23	Amber Valley	6.2×
=23	Bassetlaw	6.2×
=23	Nottingham	6.2×
=23	Oadby and Wigston ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	6.2×
=27	Boston	6.0×
=27	Erewash	6.0×
29	Ashfield	5.8×
=30	Chesterfield	5.7×
=30	Derby	5.7×
=30	Mansfield	5.7×
33	Bolsover	5.6×
34	Lincoln	5.5×
35	West Lindsey	5.3×

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