Sold £4,587/m² · Median sold £379,913 (1,160 sales) · Index -0.2% y/y · Turnover 2.2% · 12 months, sales to Jun 2026, listings to Sep 2026
What is Dartford?
Buildings
40,927
Mixed-use buildings
1.1%
HMO-shaped units
19%
EPC A or B
27%
EPC D or worse
39%
What does Dartford cost?
Dartford: sold price per m² £4,587/m² (12 months to Jun 2026, 1,160 sales). +1.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sold price per m²
£4,587/m² 12 months to Jun 2026
1,160 sales
+1.3% on the previous 12 months.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales per square metre (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 1,160 sales.
Sold price
£379,913 12 months to Jun 2026
1,160 sales
-3.6% on the previous 12 months.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 1,160 sales.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£347,016 12 months to Sep 2026
3,821 listings
-1.5% on the previous 12 months.
Median ASKING price of residential sale listings that came to market in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 3,821 listings.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Sold price per m²: £3,692/m² in Sep 2016 to £4,614/m² in Sep 2026.Sold price: £296,586 in Sep 2016 to £346,352 in Sep 2026.Asking price: £325,000 in Jan 2022 to £367,500 in Sep 2026.Asking price per m²: £4,604/m² in Aug 2025 to £4,730/m² in Sep 2026.Asking to sold: 100% in Jan 2022 to 98% in Dec 2024.
Settled months to Jul 2026; the dashed tail is the published projection of the index 8 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
Asking price index: 98 in Jan 2022 to 101.9 in Sep 2026.
Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 1,586 lets.
Gross yield, asking basis
5.6% 12 months to Sep 2026
2,917 lets
+5.3% on the previous 12 months.
Cell asking rent × 12 over the same cell's asking sale price, before costs, voids and finance (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built). 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,917 lets.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
Asking rent: £1,466/month in Aug 2025 to £1,654/month in Sep 2026.Gross yield, asking basis: 4.4% in Jan 2022 to 5.6% in Sep 2026.Asking rent index: 82.9 in Jan 2022 to 111.9 in Sep 2026.
How does Dartford vary by home size?
Asking price in Dartford runs from £203,169 for 1 bedroom to £747,052 for 5+ bedrooms.
Asking price by bedroom band in Dartford. Each band shows its own window and sample. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Homes
Asking price
Window
Change
Listings
1 bedroom
£203,169
12 months to Sep 2026
-1.8% on the previous 12 months
518
2 bedrooms
£295,722
12 months to Sep 2026
-0.5% on the previous 12 months
1427
3 bedrooms
£409,054
12 months to Sep 2026
+0.2% on the previous 12 months
1168
4 bedrooms
£542,271
12 months to Sep 2026
+2.6% on the previous 12 months
510
5+ bedrooms
£747,052
12 months to Sep 2026
+8.7% on the previous 12 months
134
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, within the last 12 calendar months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is Dartford?
Dartford: turnover 2.2% (12 months to Mar 2026, 1,112 sales). -29.5% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.2% 12 months to Mar 2026
1,112 sales
-29.5% on the previous 12 months.
Registered sales as a share of the dwelling stock, monthly; the 12-month figure adds the months. UPRN-matched sales, a floor on the registry count; the newest months fill in as registrations land. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Mar 2026, 1,112 sales.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Listings for sale
2,118 12 months to Sep 2026
2,118 listings
Residential sale listings observed in the month, from portal listings. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,118 listings.
New listings
2,510 12 months to Sep 2026
2,510 listings
+13.2% on the previous 12 months.
Listings first seen in the month and never reduced; undercounts new listings by the reduction share, by construction. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,510 listings.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Turnover: 0.4% in Sep 2016 to 0.1% in Sep 2026.Listings for sale: 126 in Aug 2025 to 255 in Sep 2026.New listings: 227 in Jan 2022 to 279 in Sep 2026.Price reductions: 11 in Jan 2022 to 103 in Sep 2026.Live listings: 923 in Sep 2026 to 2,616 in Nov 2026.Days to completion: 292 days in Jan 2022 to 198 days in Dec 2024.
Who is active in Dartford?
84 agents listed homes for sale in Dartford; the three largest took 24% of the listings.
Agents active
84
Top three agents’ share
24%
New homes among listings
3.9%
Days to completion is on the listings matched to a registered sale, not a sell-through rate.
Who owns Dartford?
Corporate landlords hold 73% of the 1,926 units in Dartford whose freeholder is classified; 97% of all units are not yet classified.
Corporate landlords73% of classified · 1,411 units
Individuals (not traceable in bulk)20% of classified · 393 units
Housing associations5.0% of classified · 97 units
RMC1.3% of classified · 25 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does Dartford rank?
Dartford ranks 4th of 12 local authorities in Kent for sold price per m², at £4,587/m².
Sold price per m² · local authorities in Kent
Dartford ranks 4th of 12 local authorities in Kent for sold price per m², at £4,587/m².
Sold price per m² across local authorities in Kent, 12 months to Jun 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
GraveshamNeighbouring local authority · Asking £4,402/m² · Sep 2026
MaidstoneNeighbouring local authority · Asking £3,739/m² · Sep 2026
SevenoaksNeighbouring local authority · Asking £5,847/m² · Sep 2026
SwaleNeighbouring local authority · Asking £3,577/m² · Sep 2026
Questions about Dartford
What is the median house price in Dartford?
Homes in Dartford sold for a median £379,913 over the 12 months to Jun 2026, 1,160 sales. Per square metre that is £4,587/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
How have house prices in Dartford changed?
+1.3% on the previous 12 months.
What is the average rent in Dartford?
Homes to let in Dartford asked a median £1,568/month over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 1,586 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
What is the gross rental yield in Dartford?
5.6% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,917 lets. +5.3% on the previous 12 months.
How quickly do homes sell in Dartford?
2.2% of the homes in Dartford changed hands over the 12 months to Mar 2026, 1,112 sales.
Construction costs Context for residential research
Sector and regional evidence. These figures are not a quote for an individual property.