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House price calculator: Where can I afford to rent or buy?

Where can you afford to live in the UK - and is it cheaper to rent or buy? Try our calculator to see where in the country suits your finances.

Choose rent or buy, how many rooms you want the property to have and how much you'd like to pay each month. If you're buying, you also need to enter your deposit, as you won't get a mortgage without one.

Where can you afford to live? Try our housing calculator to see where you could rent or buy

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View affordability data by UK region

View affordability data by local authority area

The map also shows which end of the local market matches your budget - so you might only be able to afford something towards the lower end of the market in Bath but your budget could stretch to property at the higher end of the market in Shropshire, for example.

If you are struggling to find a property you can afford, you may have to increase your deposit. The average deposit for first-time buyers in the UK is £54,770, according to March 2020 data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

First-time buyers in London are looking at an average deposit of around £150,762, almost three times the national average. Whereas, in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, first-time buyers need to find deposits of around £25,000-£30,000.

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