Monthly savings resulting from buying over renting in the United Kingdom 2017, by region

The data displays the difference in savings made by first time buyers regionally, when it came to buying a three bedroom home against renting a three bedroom home, in the UK as of 2017. Although London had the highest monthly costs for both buying (almost 1.37 thousand GBP) and renting first time property, it also saw the highest average monthly savings resulting from purchase over rental decisions, with 183 GBP in 2017.