The median home in Fortuneswell sells for £205,000
That is the middle of 185 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 7 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.
185 homes sold in three years: 19 detached houses, 21 semi-detached houses, 103 terraced houses and 42 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£181K–£443K
Last 12 months
£318K8 sold
Semi-detached houses£188K
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£153K–£250K
Last 12 months
£220K8 sold
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 103 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£270K
Last 12 months
£232K44 sold
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£105K–£138K
Last 12 months
£125K13 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 56% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses10%
Semi-detached houses11%
Terraced houses56%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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 Fortuneswell’s homes sold for between £150K and £256K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £320K. 71% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £205,000, sits in the £200–250K band
185 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £32,250 in 1995 to £225,000 in the last 12 months (£175,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
73 sales in the last 12 months, against 111 in 2021, the busiest year, and 26 in 2010. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Fortuneswell costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Fortuneswell, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
—
£88K
£205K
—
£203K
£315K
£318K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£60K
£153K
—
£164K
£235K
£220K
Terraced houses
£33K
£68K
£155K
£146K
£178K
£188K
£232K
Flats and maisonettes
£19K
£41K
£104K
—
£114K
£102K
£125K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
178 new homes have been sold in Fortuneswell since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
22% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Fortuneswell. 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
Fortuneswell is Fortuneswell’s busiest street, with 24 sales in three years
15 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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
Fortuneswell
DT5
24
£141,000
Mostly flats
2
Mallams
DT5
9
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Chiswell
DT5
9
£165,000
Mixed
4
Belle Vue Terrace
DT5
8
£185,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
East Weare Road
DT5
8
£92,500
Mostly flats
6
Pauls Mead
DT5
6
£266,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Brymers Avenue
DT5
6
£212,250
Mostly terraced houses
8
Tillycombe Road
DT5
6
£187,000
Mixed
9
Verne Common Road
DT5
6
£142,500
Mixed
10
Ventnor Road
DT5
5
£385,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
King Street
DT5
5
£256,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Artist Row
DT5
5
£205,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Clements Lane
DT5
5
£181,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Harbour View Road
DT5
5
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Victoria Square
DT5
5
£161,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Ventnor Road: £385,000
Fortuneswell median£205K
Ventnor Road£385K
Pauls Mead£266K
King Street£256K
Mallams£245K
Brymers Avenue£212K
Cheapest streets
East Weare Road: £92,500
Fortuneswell median£205K
East Weare Road£93K
Fortuneswell£141K
Verne Common Road£143K
Victoria Square£161K
Chiswell£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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
Fortuneswell is the 32nd most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Fortuneswell is one of Dorset’s cheapest 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 Fortuneswell
What is the average house price in Fortuneswell?
The median home in Fortuneswell sold for £205,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 185 standard sales (£225,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £188,000, terraced houses £230,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Fortuneswell?
The median was £205,000 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£188,500), and £225,000 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 Fortuneswell each year?
73 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 73 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Fortuneswell?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ventnor Road (DT5, £385,000), Pauls Mead (DT5, £266,000) and King Street (DT5, £256,000).
Is Fortuneswell expensive for Dorset?
Fortuneswell is the 32nd 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.