That is the middle of 2,378 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
2,378 homes sold in three years: 1,004 detached houses, 353 semi-detached houses, 427 terraced houses and 594 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£545K
median sale · 1,004 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£469K–£700K
Last 12 months
£526K316 sold
Semi-detached houses£391K
median sale · 353 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£445K
Last 12 months
£393K112 sold
Terraced houses£330K
median sale · 427 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£400K
Last 12 months
£330K137 sold
Flats and maisonettes£230K
median sale · 594 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£177K–£295K
Last 12 months
£220K166 sold
New build
£358K
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses15%
Terraced houses18%
Flats and maisonettes25%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Christchurch’s homes sold for between £298K and £537K
One sale in ten was under £204K and one in ten over £730K. 16% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £410,000, sits in the £400–500K band
2,378 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £69,000 in 1995 to £405,000 in the last 12 months (£350,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
731 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,548 in 1999, the busiest year, and 657 in 2008. Sales fell by 34% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Christchurch costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Christchurch, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£90K
£165K
£267K
£320K
£390K
£465K
£526K
Semi-detached houses
£64K
£115K
£216K
£237K
£278K
£335K
£393K
Terraced houses
£57K
£100K
£185K
£210K
£255K
£294K
£330K
Flats and maisonettes
£50K
£75K
£158K
£150K
£188K
£214K
£220K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0.1% of sales in the last 12 months
2,188 new homes have been sold in Christchurch since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 1997.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £357,500
against £415,000 for a home sold on, 14% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
26% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Christchurch. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Lymington Road is Christchurch’s busiest street, with 97 sales in three years
171 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 48 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Lymington Road
BH23
97
£235,000
Mostly flats
2
Wortley Road
BH23
40
£279,500
Mostly flats
3
Wharncliffe Road
BH23
28
£518,750
Mostly flats
4
Stour Road
BH23
24
£218,500
Mixed
5
Regency Crescent
BH23
23
£178,000
Mostly flats
6
Mudeford Lane
BH23
22
£430,000
Mixed
7
Barrack Road
BH23
22
£180,000
Mostly flats
8
Purewell
BH23
20
£215,000
Mostly flats
9
Fairmile Road
BH23
19
£345,000
Mixed
10
Montagu Road
BH23
18
£222,500
Mostly flats
11
Salisbury Road
BH23
17
£492,500
Mixed
12
Ringwood Road
BH23
17
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Stuart Road
BH23
17
£389,950
Mostly flats
14
Rodney Drive
BH23
16
£271,750
Mixed
15
Mudeford
BH23
15
£728,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Seaway Avenue: £1,202,500
Christchurch median£410K
Seaway Avenue£1.2M
Glengarry Way£1.1M
East Cliff Way£995K
Hinton Wood Avenue£993K
Rothesay Drive£975K
Cheapest streets
Royal Close: £100,000
Christchurch median£410K
Royal Close£100K
Bargates£168K
Bridge Street£169K
Somerford Way£170K
Catherine Wheel Gardens£175K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Dorset
Christchurch is the 7th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Christchurch is in the middle of Dorset’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Christchurch
What is the average house price in Christchurch?
The median home in Christchurch sold for £410,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,378 standard sales (£405,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £545,000, semi-detached houses £391,000, terraced houses £330,000 and flats and maisonettes £230,000.
Are house prices going up in Christchurch?
The median was £415,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£415,000), and £405,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Christchurch each year?
731 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 956 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Christchurch?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Seaway Avenue (BH23, £1,202,500), Glengarry Way (BH23, £1,100,000) and East Cliff Way (BH23, £995,000).
How much does a new build cost in Christchurch?
New homes sold for a median £357,500 over three years, against £415,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.7% of sales.
Is Christchurch expensive for Dorset?
Christchurch is the 6th most expensive of 32 towns of 2,500 or more in Dorset by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.