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Which areas of the UK are best for moving up the property ladder?

The difficulties of getting onto the property ladder are well-documented, but less attention is given to those moving up. We take a look at how easy it is to take the next step to a bigger home.

It is taking UK homeowners longer to move up the property ladder than previously, with couples often putting their plans for the future on hold until they can afford a family home. comparethemarket.com looked at Land Registry data for the period from January 2017 to June 2019, collected at September 2019, to see which of the UK’s twenty biggest cities have the steepest property ladder and which are the most affordable.

Cities with the easiest property ladder to climb

Steps on the Manchester property ladder make for the easiest climb, with a starter flat costing £154,424 on average, followed by a terrace at £157,736 (a 2 percent increase), a semi at £207,315 (a 31 percent increase) and a detached home at £303,042 (a 46 percent increase).
Nottingham is second, rising from a terrace costing £277,194 to a detached house at £505,675, followed by London where a first-time buyer’s flat costs £420,037 and a detached property is £901,123.
Just below the top three are the City of Bristol, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester, Liverpool and Swansea.

Areas with the toughest property ladder to climb

The steepest property ladder is in the London Borough of Haringey where a flat costs £475,967, a terrace is £615,902 (29 percent more), a semi costs £943,607 (53 percent up) and on the final rung a detached home is £1,818,081 (93 percent more).

This is followed by Elmbridge in Surrey, the London Boroughs of Merton, Camden and Southwark, South Bucks, Merthyr Tydfil and Three Rivers in Hertfordshire.

Other areas with climbable property ladders

A list of areas with more accessible property ladders outside of the main UK cities is topped with the London Borough of Waltham Forest where a starter flat costs £354,576, a terrace is £473,747 (34 percent more), a semi is £644,688 (36 percent more) and a detached residence costs £761,707 (18 percent more than the previous rung).

Next on the list is South Yorkshire, followed by Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Anglesey, Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides), Hackney and the Shetland Islands.

Figures used relate to the average price jumps for each rung of the ladder and do not include expenses such as Stamp Duty Land Tax.

The full list can be viewed at https://www.comparethemarket.com/mortgages/content/longest-housing-ladders/

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