Rent vs buy calculator
Rent vs buy in every UK local authority
Verdicts use a 2-bed home and a 7 years stay. Pick an area for monthly costs, stamp duty and results by home size.
Regions and nations
- North EastBuy £50,562
- North WestBuy £63,545
- Yorkshire and The HumberBuy £43,262
- East MidlandsBuy £33,502
- West MidlandsBuy £45,510
- EastBuy £30,462
- LondonBuy £32,967
- South EastBuy £30,697
- South WestBuy £45,841
- WalesBuy £39,867
- ScotlandBuy £17,819
- Northern IrelandRent £24,274
England: rent vs buy by local authority
- AdurBuy £26,476
- Amber ValleyBuy £32,384
- ArunBuy £29,953
- AshfieldBuy £43,302
- AshfordBuy £30,608
- BaberghBuy £19,795
- Barking and DagenhamBuy £45,157
- BarnetRent £33,429
- BarnsleyBuy £52,594
- BasildonBuy £63,713
- Basingstoke and DeaneBuy £9,041
- BassetlawBuy £20,384
- Bath and North East SomersetBuy £114,395
- BedfordBuy £16,216
- BexleyClose £1,059
- BirminghamBuy £37,462
- BlabyBuy £50,667
- Blackburn with DarwenBuy £38,523
- BlackpoolBuy £55,024
- BolsoverBuy £36,288
- BoltonBuy £99,019
- BostonBuy £35,614
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleBuy £27,785
- Bracknell ForestClose £3,015
- BradfordBuy £19,108
- BraintreeBuy £12,384
- BrecklandBuy £33,414
- BrentRent £39,244
- BrentwoodClose £2,710
- Brighton and HoveRent £94,854
- Bristol, City ofBuy £88,925
- BroadlandBuy £29,193
- BromleyRent £20,120
- BromsgroveClose £2,881
- BroxbourneBuy £9,100
- BroxtoweRent £6,503
- BuckinghamshireBuy £45,089
- BurnleyBuy £31,979
- BuryBuy £15,907
- CalderdaleBuy £17,630
- CambridgeRent £26,892
- CamdenRent £587,170
- Cannock ChaseBuy £58,439
- CanterburyBuy £56,075
- Castle PointBuy £48,081
- Central BedfordshireBuy £26,539
- CharnwoodBuy £31,144
- ChelmsfordBuy £10,033
- CheltenhamBuy £41,504
- CherwellBuy £29,285
- Cheshire EastBuy £61,178
- Cheshire West and ChesterBuy £61,123
- ChesterfieldBuy £25,933
- ChichesterBuy £15,506
- ChorleyBuy £56,855
- City of LondonRent £28,787
- ColchesterBuy £16,201
- CornwallBuy £7,674
- CotswoldBuy £47,328
- County DurhamBuy £44,862
- CoventryBuy £23,013
- CrawleyBuy £34,345
- CroydonBuy £22,729
- CumberlandBuy £51,632
- DacorumRent £23,179
- DarlingtonBuy £46,428
- DartfordBuy £34,036
- DerbyBuy £30,889
- Derbyshire DalesBuy £64,300
- DoncasterBuy £41,609
- DorsetBuy £36,776
- DoverBuy £83,727
- DudleyBuy £18,683
- EalingRent £35,489
- East CambridgeshireRent £14,760
- East DevonBuy £44,015
- East HampshireClose £4,177
- East HertfordshireBuy £14,437
- East LindseyBuy £48,056
- East Riding of YorkshireBuy £27,519
- East StaffordshireBuy £57,607
- East SuffolkBuy £33,869
- EastbourneBuy £5,968
- EastleighBuy £30,782
- ElmbridgeRent £49,073
- EnfieldBuy £58,907
- Epping ForestBuy £50,090
- Epsom and EwellRent £46,303
- ErewashBuy £26,821
- ExeterClose £4,489
- FarehamClose £3,194
- FenlandBuy £35,891
- Folkestone and HytheBuy £114,900
- Forest of DeanRent £9,205
- FyldeBuy £43,720
- GatesheadBuy £49,039
- GedlingBuy £29,416
- GloucesterBuy £74,649
- GosportBuy £52,711
- GraveshamBuy £56,672
- Great YarmouthBuy £64,693
- GreenwichBuy £102,627
- GuildfordBuy £74,414
- HackneyRent £209,076
- HaltonBuy £54,530
- Hammersmith and FulhamRent £313,714
- HarboroughBuy £28,382
- HaringeyRent £124,758
- HarlowBuy £49,417
- HarrowRent £27,959
- HartBuy £9,339
- HartlepoolBuy £13,312
- HastingsRent £8,097
- HavantBuy £29,566
- HaveringRent £10,238
- Herefordshire, County ofBuy £12,797
- HertsmereBuy £20,524
- High PeakBuy £56,758
- HillingdonRent £25,408
- Hinckley and BosworthBuy £29,999
- HorshamBuy £35,691
- HounslowBuy £18,617
- HuntingdonshireBuy £28,494
- HyndburnBuy £35,021
- IpswichBuy £43,342
- Isle of WightBuy £62,862
- Isles of ScillyBuy £28,254
- IslingtonRent £143,449
- Kensington and ChelseaRent £1,281,869
- King's Lynn and West NorfolkBuy £35,284
- Kingston upon Hull, City ofBuy £51,500
- Kingston upon ThamesRent £124,851
- KirkleesBuy £98,797
- KnowsleyBuy £95,681
- LambethRent £60,570
- LancasterBuy £52,758
- LeedsBuy £52,484
- LeicesterBuy £11,278
- LewesBuy £56,653
- LewishamRent £83,041
- LichfieldBuy £73,334
- LincolnBuy £47,985
- LiverpoolBuy £57,721
- LutonBuy £27,175
- MaidstoneBuy £31,370
- MaldonBuy £21,210
- Malvern HillsBuy £76,917
- ManchesterBuy £66,898
- MansfieldBuy £44,008
- MedwayBuy £16,715
- MeltonBuy £51,478
- MertonBuy £30,069
- Mid DevonClose £2,556
- Mid SuffolkBuy £57,090
- Mid SussexBuy £20,365
- MiddlesbroughBuy £42,835
- Milton KeynesBuy £48,723
- Mole ValleyRent £11,385
- New ForestBuy £12,857
- Newark and SherwoodBuy £42,782
- Newcastle upon TyneBuy £105,707
- Newcastle-under-LymeBuy £66,140
- NewhamBuy £50,160
- North DevonRent £20,265
- North East DerbyshireBuy £31,175
- North East LincolnshireBuy £46,409
- North HertfordshireBuy £52,524
- North KestevenBuy £46,253
- North LincolnshireBuy £43,246
- North NorfolkBuy £25,685
- North NorthamptonshireBuy £47,346
- North SomersetBuy £32,545
- North TynesideBuy £46,712
- North WarwickshireBuy £46,573
- North West LeicestershireBuy £86,821
- North YorkshireBuy £8,919
- NorthumberlandBuy £44,078
- NorwichClose £2,526
- NottinghamBuy £32,212
- Nuneaton and BedworthBuy £34,878
- Oadby and WigstonBuy £30,980
- OldhamBuy £119,320
- OxfordBuy £27,180
- PendleBuy £47,100
- PeterboroughBuy £50,686
- PlymouthBuy £42,431
- PortsmouthBuy £29,925
- PrestonBuy £54,041
- ReadingBuy £13,943
- RedbridgeRent £46,328
- Redcar and ClevelandBuy £20,330
- RedditchBuy £104,460
- Reigate and BansteadClose £3,770
- Ribble ValleyBuy £40,969
- Richmond upon ThamesRent £53,494
- RochdaleBuy £74,685
- RochfordBuy £46,184
- RossendaleBuy £41,155
- RotherRent £9,976
- RotherhamBuy £23,019
- RugbyBuy £51,450
- RunnymedeRent £55,363
- RushcliffeBuy £9,779
- RushmoorBuy £39,658
- RutlandClose £2,151
- SalfordBuy £50,883
- SandwellBuy £70,367
- SeftonBuy £49,266
- SevenoaksBuy £78,242
- SheffieldBuy £39,028
- ShropshireBuy £25,620
- SloughClose £4,010
- SolihullBuy £32,606
- SomersetBuy £54,729
- South CambridgeshireBuy £33,916
- South DerbyshireBuy £37,952
- South GloucestershireBuy £63,226
- South HamsBuy £7,122
- South HollandBuy £36,284
- South KestevenBuy £6,433
- South NorfolkBuy £22,375
- South OxfordshireBuy £25,153
- South RibbleBuy £44,374
- South StaffordshireBuy £45,354
- South TynesideBuy £52,164
- SouthamptonBuy £40,133
- Southend-on-SeaBuy £32,589
- SouthwarkClose £1,885
- SpelthorneBuy £65,036
- St AlbansRent £42,685
- St. HelensBuy £57,478
- StaffordBuy £51,011
- Staffordshire MoorlandsBuy £54,135
- StevenageBuy £51,413
- StockportBuy £58,756
- Stockton-on-TeesBuy £35,678
- Stoke-on-TrentBuy £46,479
- Stratford-on-AvonBuy £53,519
- StroudBuy £50,679
- SunderlandBuy £39,461
- Surrey HeathRent £11,480
- SuttonRent £20,248
- SwaleClose £901
- SwindonBuy £42,473
- TamesideBuy £53,699
- TamworthClose £3,758
- TandridgeBuy £33,074
- TeignbridgeBuy £20,783
- Telford and WrekinBuy £54,256
- TendringBuy £47,156
- Test ValleyBuy £74,760
- TewkesburyBuy £144,639
- ThanetBuy £30,687
- Three RiversClose £1,266
- ThurrockBuy £42,071
- Tonbridge and MallingBuy £34,408
- TorbayBuy £24,290
- TorridgeClose £3,646
- Tower HamletsRent £39,620
- TraffordBuy £13,390
- Tunbridge WellsBuy £48,930
- UttlesfordRent £35,501
- Vale of White HorseBuy £27,257
- WakefieldBuy £47,863
- WalsallBuy £81,434
- Waltham ForestRent £114,232
- WandsworthRent £126,868
- WarringtonBuy £46,799
- WarwickClose £1,456
- WatfordBuy £20,504
- WaverleyRent £82,429
- WealdenClose £5,997
- Welwyn HatfieldBuy £15,092
- West BerkshireBuy £47,404
- West DevonBuy £8,273
- West LancashireBuy £45,223
- West LindseyBuy £73,229
- West NorthamptonshireBuy £29,312
- West OxfordshireClose £4,654
- West SuffolkBuy £48,980
- WestminsterRent £926,762
- Westmorland and FurnessBuy £54,422
- WiganBuy £51,384
- WiltshireBuy £51,661
- WinchesterBuy £30,379
- Windsor and MaidenheadRent £36,900
- WirralBuy £56,280
- WokingRent £56,026
- WokinghamClose £7,215
- WolverhamptonBuy £100,826
- WorcesterBuy £44,812
- WorthingRent £43,015
- WychavonBuy £24,184
- WyreBuy £58,940
- Wyre ForestRent £25,287
- YorkBuy £69,180
Scotland: rent vs buy by local authority
- Aberdeen CityBuy £14,758
- AberdeenshireBuy £11,771
- AngusBuy £14,448
- Argyll and ButeRent £7,249
- City of EdinburghRent £20,180
- ClackmannanshireBuy £39,445
- Dumfries and GallowayBuy £36,724
- Dundee CityBuy £13,857
- East AyrshireBuy £18,807
- East DunbartonshireBuy £51,569
- East LothianBuy £42,762
- East RenfrewshireBuy £11,431
- FalkirkBuy £32,178
- FifeBuy £15,425
- Glasgow CityBuy £16,233
- HighlandBuy £29,185
- InverclydeClose £4,445
- MidlothianBuy £50,822
- MorayBuy £33,167
- Na h-Eileanan SiarBuy £55,492
- North AyrshireBuy £14,602
- North LanarkshireRent £15,379
- Orkney IslandsBuy £29,994
- Perth and KinrossRent £9,203
- RenfrewshireRent £12,176
- Scottish BordersRent £34,580
- Shetland IslandsBuy £45,586
- South AyrshireBuy £6,585
- South LanarkshireBuy £13,699
- StirlingBuy £9,569
- West DunbartonshireBuy £38,905
- West LothianBuy £80,713
Wales: rent vs buy by local authority
- Blaenau GwentBuy £46,300
- BridgendBuy £58,331
- CaerphillyBuy £58,050
- CardiffBuy £32,619
- CarmarthenshireBuy £46,281
- CeredigionBuy £23,202
- ConwyBuy £22,562
- DenbighshireBuy £48,119
- FlintshireBuy £60,062
- GwyneddBuy £49,492
- Isle of AngleseyBuy £39,728
- Merthyr TydfilClose £3,569
- MonmouthshireBuy £8,313
- Neath Port TalbotBuy £43,929
- NewportBuy £30,900
- PembrokeshireBuy £27,410
- PowysBuy £49,479
- Rhondda Cynon TafBuy £21,535
- SwanseaBuy £58,367
- TorfaenBuy £17,427
- Vale of GlamorganBuy £18,913
- WrexhamBuy £27,858
Northern Ireland: rent vs buy by local authority
- Antrim and NewtownabbeyClose £1,925
- Ards and North DownClose £2,476
- Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonBuy £22,681
- BelfastBuy £44,000
- Causeway Coast and GlensClose £3,990
- Derry City and StrabaneBuy £9,846
- Fermanagh and OmaghRent £22,839
- Lisburn and CastlereaghBuy £24,212
- Mid and East AntrimBuy £9,195
- Mid UlsterRent £6,102
- Newry, Mourne and DownBuy £12,345