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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-30/london-s-commuter-towns-suffer-biggest-house-price-drop

Mind the House Price Gap


Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

If you live in High Wycombe, Brighton or Crawley, thousands of pounds have probably been wiped off the value of your home this year.

Parts of London’s “stockbroker belt” – affluent commuter towns around the capital – suffered the biggest house price declines in 2025. In Crawley, we’re talking about a roughly £35,000 drop in valuation for the average home, according to Lloyds Bank.

Low affordability, increases in stamp duty and Brexit are among factors that have been blamed for a lacklustre housing market in London and the South East over the last few years. Uncertainty in the run-up to last month’s budget and discouragingly high mortgage rates certainly didn’t help either.

The figures reveal a widening gap between the housing market in and around London — the most expensive in the country — and the rest of the UK. House price growth was strong in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire, while Plymouth in the South West and Stafford in the West Midlands topped the list, with around 12% growth.

Interestingly, the most commuter town of commuter towns, Woking, bucked the trend with 8% growth.