England · Postcode district · Medway
ME5 house prices, sales and rents
September 2026. Read daily from the MarketCode API. Part of Medway.
- Homes sold, 12 months
- 789
- registered, to January 2026
- Asking prices, 12 months
- −0.1%
- to April 2026
- Asking rents, 12 months
- +5.6%
- to April 2026
- Homes for sale
- 287
- 7 September 2026
- Median asking price
- £300,000
- live listings
- Listings reduced
- 75%
- August 2026
Summary
The ME5 market in September 2026
789 sales were registered in ME5 in the twelve months to January 2026, +9% on the twelve months before, at a median of £310,000. Counts are from HM Land Registry directly; months from February 2026 are still filling and are left out of the total.
On the portals, asking prices moved −0.1% and asking rents +5.6% over twelve months. Asking leads sold by months and includes what never sells. The pipeline publishes these quarterly for this area because the monthly move is too noisy to resolve.
In August 2026, 2 homes came to market in ME5 and 75% of listings were reduced. The median asking price was £287,500, £2,140 per square metre. New builds were 0% of listings.
7 agents listed a home for sale that month; the three busiest held 50% of listings.
287 homes were live for sale in ME5 on 7 September 2026, at a median asking price of £300,000, with a median listing age of 153 days. The stock count is observed daily from 5 September 2026 and settles as the portal sweep completes.
6 residential lots went to auction in ME5 over the last 6 quarters with results; in Q2 2026, 1 was offered and 0 sold. Guide and hammer averages are computed on different lots, so the table shows both with their counts rather than a difference.
Registered sales
Homes sold in ME5, month by month
Every registered sale, not the cube's matched sample. Months from February 2026 are still filling and will rise. Tool: market_volume_series.
Listings
Asking prices and rents in ME5
Asking-price index
Asking-rent index
From portal listings; the level is an index, never a price. Shaded points are provisional. Tools: asking_price_index_series, asking_rent_index_series.
Listing statistics
New to market in ME5
- Came to market
- 2
- never-reduced cohort
- Reduced
- 75%
- of listings
- Median asking
- £287,500
- £165,000 to £346,250 interquartile
- Asking £/m²
- £2,140
- where floor area is stated
- New build
- 0%
- of listings
- Agents active
- 7
- top three hold 50%
- Median asking rent
- £1,250 pcm
- May 2026
August 2026. Listings later reduced lose their listing date, so the count of new listings undercounts by the reduction share. Tool: listing_market_series.
Live stock
Homes on the market in ME5
Observed daily from 5 September 2026; the portals keep no exit dates, so it cannot be reconstructed for the past. Tool: listing_stock_series.
Auctions
Auction results in ME5
| Quarter | Offered | Sold | Sale rate | Avg guide (lots) | Avg hammer (lots) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0% | £1,450,000 (1) | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | 1 | 100% | £60,000 (1) | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | 1 | 100% | £1,500,000 (1) | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | £20,000 (1) | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | £80,000 (1) | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | 1 | 100% | £120,000 (1) | — |
Residential lots from five auction houses. Guide and hammer averages are over different lots, so a difference between them is not a discount. Tools: auction_stats, auction_discount.
Do it today
Get the ME5 figures yourself
Every number on this page is a free call. In Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor with the MarketCode MCP connected, ask: “Give me the house price index, asking indices and current listing stock for ME5, and say whether the index is local or national.” In code, call the REST twins with area_code="ME5" and area_type="district".
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ME5 is one of 7 postcode districts on the Medway page, which carries the authority-wide index, cohort prices, agents and energy profile.
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FAQ
Questions about the ME5 market
How many homes sold in ME5 last year?
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789 sales were registered in the twelve months to January 2026, against 725 in the twelve months before. The registry fills the most recent months late, so the trailing months are excluded until they settle.
How many homes are for sale in ME5?
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287 on 7 September 2026, at a median asking price of £300,000. The count is read from live portal listings each day.
Where does the ME5 data come from?
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HM Land Registry Price Paid Data for the sold-price index, the sale counts and the cube prices; portal listings for the asking indices, listing statistics, live stock and agents; the EPC register for the energy profile; five auction houses for the auction results; the ONS rent index as the check on the rent series. The methodology page explains each; the sources page lists licences and refresh.
Can I get the ME5 figures in my own assistant or code?
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Yes, and every one is free: market_index_series, market_volume_series, asking_price_index_series, asking_rent_index_series, market_facts, listing_market_series, listing_stock_series, auction_stats, energy_profile and agent_activity with area_code "ME5" and area_type "district". Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor with the MCP server connected, or call the REST twins with an API key.
Is this a valuation of a property in ME5?
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No. This page is the area's market. A property is valued from its own record: the valuation tools return an estimate, a range and a trust score for any address in ME5 with a floor area on record.
Value an address in ME5.
Thirty minutes: the estimate, the range, the comparables and the market behind it, live.