London boroughs ranked by affordability, transport links and green spaces

Affordable housing developer Pocket Living has ranked every London borough according to the availability of affordable housing, price growth, number of parks and transport facilities, to identify the best areas in the capital for first-time buyers. Hillingdon, with its parks and open spaces, came in top thanks to the five Crossrail stations it will have when the line opens next year. The average property in this west London borough costs just over £430,000. Number two was Havering, in east London. Its average price is just over £385,000, up 5% in the past year, and as well as a string of country parks it has three Crossrail stations. Croydon and Hounslow take third and fourth, with Greenwich and Lewisham tying for fifth position. 

Evening Standard (08/09/2021)