The Home Index

Local authority diagnosis

Medway

E06000035vintage 2026-Q2#186 by retrofit gap

In Medway, 38,952 rated homes sit below EPC band C. That puts the area at #186 for the widest gap among local authority areas in England & Wales.

Direction of travel

On current pace, reaches band C by 2045

Projection from the 15-year rated-stock trend; not a forecast.

Retrofit gap

48.5%

of 80,395 rated domestic dwellings are below band C.

EPC Open Data · Open Government Licence · free to cite with attribution.

Homes below band C

38,952

League rank

#186

1 = widest gap.

Cost to reach band C

£313.2m(modelled estimate of the cost to reach band C)
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Position and trajectory

Is the gap closing?

The latest position for Medway, set against the recent direction of travel.

Fig.1Retrofit gap over time

Stock · year-end
Medway retrofit gap by year

Share of Medway's rated dwellings below band C at each year-end, ending at its headline 48.5%. Tracks every home by its latest certificate. EPC register.

Cold Homes Index

48 / 100

#177 of 296 English local authorities (hardest to heat & fix). How it's built →

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Land Registry × EPC — matched-sale signals

What is at stake in the local market

We match HM Land Registry sales to EPC certificates: price per m², below-C matched-sale exposure, the observed C-or-above price/m² spread, and transaction-rate signals. Modelled estimates, shown with match coverage; not valuations. Methodology

Matched-sale exposure

£6.1bn

estimate for below-C stock; not a valuation.

Median sale price

£296k

typical matched sale here.

Matched sale £/m²

£3,698/m²

median, from matched sales.

Spread vs cost

2.68×

observed C+ price/m² spread ÷ modelled cost-to-C.

45.2% coverageMatched-sale estimate from recent HM Land Registry sales. Not a valuation. Methodology.

Matched sale £/m²

£3,698/m²

Matched-sale exposure

£6.1bnmatched-sale estimate of below-C rated stock value; not a valuation

C+ sale-price premium — size/type/location controlled

+11.1%
Homes rated C or better sell for ~+11.1% more per m², holding size, type and location constant (95% CI +11.1%–+11.1%).

Below-C transaction rate

0.93×
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Local context

Fuel poverty & deprivation here

Current official local-authority data for gauging household hardship, grant-funding focus and where retrofit support is targeted.

Households in fuel poverty

8.9%

DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty (LILEE), England.

Neighbourhoods in the most-deprived 10%

8.9%

share of LSOAs in the most-deprived national decile · English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Retrofit funding available here

Retrofit grants concentrate in areas like this — schemes that may help fund work on below-C homes in Medway:

Schemes, eligibility rules and funding windows change. These are signposts, not an eligibility decision — confirm current rules via each scheme's official page. Eligibility usually depends on the household's income or benefits and the property.

Private rented sector

The rented-stock cut

57.5% (based on 86.7% tenure coverage)

Make it specific

Area averages cannot tell you what one home needs.

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Citation

The Home Index (2026-Q2): Medway has a retrofit gap of 48.5% — the share of rated homes below EPC band C. Source: EPC Open Data (Open Government Licence).

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