marketcodeSold price per m²
£4,053/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
15,968 sales
-0.3% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
County or region
Kent property market
Sold £4,053/m² · Median sold £374,333 (15,968 sales) · Index -0.3% y/y · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026
What does Kent cost?
Kent: sold price per m² £4,053/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 15,968 sales). -0.3% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£374,333 12 months to Apr 2026
15,968 sales
-0.3% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
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
£357,405 12 months to Aug 2026
64,803 listings
-2.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's 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
How does Kent vary by home size?
Asking price in Kent runs from £167,096 for 1 bedroom to £800,641 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £167,096 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -4.1% on the previous 12 months | 4656 |
| 2 bedrooms | £262,776 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -4.2% on the previous 12 months | 18241 |
| 3 bedrooms | £366,200 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.5% on the previous 12 months | 22447 |
| 4 bedrooms | £525,342 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -3.3% on the previous 12 months | 13394 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £800,641 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.3% on the previous 12 months | 5616 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is Kent?
Kent: new listings 38,735 (12 months to Aug 2026, 38,735 listings). +7.8% on the previous 12 months.
New listings
38,735 12 months to Aug 2026
38,735 listings
+7.8% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Price reductions
26,068 12 months to Aug 2026
26,068 listings
+9.5% on the previous 12 months.
Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.
Days to completion
203 days 12 months to Nov 2024
2,548 matched sales
-3% on the previous 12 months.
Who is active in Kent?
537 agents listed homes for sale in Kent; the three largest took 10% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 537
- Top three agents’ share
- 10%
- New homes among listings
- 8.4%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Where does Kent rank?
Kent ranks 7th of 21 counties and regions in England for sold price per m², at £4,053/m².
Sold price per m² · counties and regions in England
Kent ranks 7th of 21 counties and regions in England for sold price per m², at £4,053/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | £5,496/m² | 11,759 | measured |
| 2 | Hertfordshire | £5,337/m² | 10,790 | measured |
| 3 | West Sussex | £4,485/m² | 9,317 | measured |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | £4,477/m² | 6,963 | measured |
| 5 | Essex | £4,262/m² | 15,867 | measured |
| 7 | Kent | £4,053/m² | 15,968 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across counties and regions in England →
Sold price per m² · local authorities within Kent
Sevenoaks leads the 12 local authorities within Kent for sold price per m², at £5,247/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sevenoaks | £5,247/m² | 1,099 | measured |
| 2 | Tunbridge Wells | £4,894/m² | 1,196 | measured |
| 3 | Tonbridge and Malling | £4,620/m² | 1,391 | measured |
| 4 | Dartford | £4,573/m² | 1,142 | measured |
| 5 | Gravesham | £4,289/m² | 838 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across local authorities within Kent →
Gross yield, asking basis · local authorities within Kent
Dartford leads the 12 local authorities within Kent for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.5%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dartford | 5.5% | 2,763 | measured |
| 2 | Gravesham | 4.7% | 1,790 | measured |
| 3 | Swale | 4.6% | 1,547 | measured |
| 4 | Tonbridge and Malling | 4.6% | 1,447 | measured |
| 5 | Folkestone and Hythe | 4.4% | 1,451 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across local authorities within Kent →
Turnover · local authorities within Kent
Tonbridge and Malling leads the 12 local authorities within Kent for turnover, at 2.9%.
| # | Area | Turnover | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonbridge and Malling | 2.9% | 1,692 | measured |
| 2 | Folkestone and Hythe | 2.7% | 1,476 | measured |
| 3 | Swale | 2.7% | 1,887 | measured |
| 4 | Tunbridge Wells | 2.6% | 1,406 | measured |
| 5 | Dartford | 2.6% | 1,325 | measured |
Where next from Kent?
- EnglandThe wider market this area sits in.
- AshfordLocal authority · £3,881/m²
- CanterburyLocal authority · £4,107/m²
- DartfordLocal authority · £4,433/m²
- DoverLocal authority · £3,459/m²
- Folkestone and HytheLocal authority · £3,713/m²
- GraveshamLocal authority · £4,122/m²
- MaidstoneLocal authority · £4,221/m²
- SevenoaksLocal authority · £6,081/m²
- SwaleLocal authority · £3,453/m²
- ThanetLocal authority · £3,670/m²
- Tonbridge and MallingLocal authority · £4,530/m²
- Tunbridge WellsLocal authority · £5,262/m²
- CambridgeshireNeighbouring county or region · £3,791/m²
- DerbyshireNeighbouring county or region · £3,036/m²
- DevonNeighbouring county or region · £3,741/m²
- East SussexNeighbouring county or region · £3,947/m²
- EssexNeighbouring county or region · £4,374/m²
- GloucestershireNeighbouring county or region · £3,836/m²
- HampshireNeighbouring county or region · £4,398/m²
- HertfordshireNeighbouring county or region · £5,618/m²
Questions about Kent
- What is the median house price in Kent?
- Homes in Kent sold for a median £374,333 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 15,968 sales. Per square metre that is £4,053/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in Kent changed?
- -0.3% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- How quickly do homes sell in Kent?
- Homes that were listed and then registered as sold took a median 203 days from first listing to completion, over the 12 months to Nov 2024, 2,548 matched sales.
Everything else about Kent
- Properties in KentEvery addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in KentFootprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in KentRegistered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in KentWhat is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in KentWhat is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in KentRegistered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in KentWhat was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in KentWho actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 15,968 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 15,968 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 64,803 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 2,548 matched sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 38,735 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 26,068 listings |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 2,548 matched sales |
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