Official statistical benchmark + rule-based calculation · not a lending decision
Can we afford to buy in Canterbury?
The area’s official average price and residents’ median pay first, then plain arithmetic for your household: deposit, loan, monthly repayment at a rate you choose, and the multiple of your gross income the loan would be. Lenders apply their own tests; none is modelled here.
The area
- Average house price
- £338,030 · Canterbury, June 2026 · HM Land Registry
- Median full-time pay of residents
- £37,682 a year · 2025, provisional · ONS ASHE
- Price to pay
- 9.0 times one median full-time salary (Civometry ratio)
Rule-based calculation · £338,030 at 10% deposit, 5% over 25 years
£1,778 a month
Deposit £33,803 · loan £304,227 · 8.7 times gross household pay of £35,000
That is 74% of net household pay of £2,393 a month under the 2026/27 rules. The 5% rate is a placeholder you should replace with a real quote: no official average mortgage rate is loaded on this site. Repayment mortgage, fixed rate for the whole term, no fees, no stamp duty.