Buying a house is becoming more and more difficult – and if you live in south east London, you’ll have to earn quite a lot to do so.

We asked Zoopla for the current prices of houses in each borough on our patch, and how much house hunters will need to earn to buy one.

It comes as the average price tag on a home across Britain rocketed by nearly £8,000 in the space of a month.

The £7,785 jump in February is the biggest month-on-month increase in cash terms recorded by Rightmove in more than 20 years of its reporting.

The sharp increase comes at a time when households are being squeezed by surging living costs, including for energy, food and fuel.

The average asking price for a home is 9.5 per cent higher than a year ago, marking the highest annual rate of growth since September 2014, Rightmove said.

According to Zoopla, the average sold price for a property in London in the last 12 months is £705,783.

This includes detached homes at £1,187,854, semi-detached at £802,694, terraced houses at £798,428 and flats at £519,834.

Here we can reveal the figures for Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham – according to Zoopla.

Bexley

Current house price (rounded): £377,200.000

Annual price change: 6 per cent

Income to buy £62,900.000

Bromley

Current house price (rounded): £501,100.000

Annual price change: 6.3 per cent

Income to buy: £83,600

Greenwich

Current house price (rounded): £400,600.00

Annual price change: 1 per cent

Income to buy: £66,800.00

Lewisham

Current house price (rounded): £432,800.00

Annual price change: 0.9 per cent

Income to buy: £72,200.000

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