The most expensive cities outside London

The capital tops the list, followed by university cities Cambridge and Oxford

King’s College Chapel and King’s Parade in Cambridge
King’s College Chapel and King’s Parade in Cambridge
(Image credit: Julian Eales/Alamy Stock Photo)

London is still, unsurprisingly, the most expensive place to buy a home in the UK, with the average property price in the city now £534,600.

In a composite of UK cities for January 2024, the Zoopla House Price Index revealed that, after London, Cambridge is the second most expensive city to buy property, with an average price of £468,100, with Oxford (£446,700), Bristol (£335,900) and Bournemouth (£328,500) and Portsmouth (£278,600) making up the rest of the top five.

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