That is the middle of 493 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 6.4 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.
493 homes sold in three years: 153 detached houses, 67 semi-detached houses, 79 terraced houses and 194 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£590K
median sale · 153 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£475K–£740K
Last 12 months
£560K58 sold
Semi-detached houses£368K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£460K
Last 12 months
£373K26 sold
Terraced houses£347K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£308K–£400K
Last 12 months
£342K24 sold
Flats and maisonettes£259K
median sale · 194 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£330K
Last 12 months
£252K55 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses14%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes39%
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 Swanage’s homes sold for between £265K and £520K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £720K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £365,000, sits in the £300–400K band
493 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,000 in 1995 to £380,000 in the last 12 months (£310,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
163 sales in the last 12 months, against 404 in 1999, the busiest year, and 154 in 2024. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Swanage costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Swanage, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£155K
£285K
£352K
£415K
£510K
£560K
Semi-detached houses
£61K
£123K
£200K
£239K
£247K
£334K
£373K
Terraced houses
£54K
£95K
£199K
£205K
£260K
£270K
£342K
Flats and maisonettes
£45K
£75K
£175K
£191K
£228K
£247K
£252K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 18% in 2020
643 new homes have been sold in Swanage since 1995; the share peaked at 18% in 2020.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
40% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Swanage. 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
High Street is Swanage’s busiest street, with 38 sales in three years
35 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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
High Street
BH19
38
£318,500
Mixed
2
De Moulham Road
BH19
27
£260,000
Mostly flats
3
Victoria Avenue
BH19
22
£307,500
Mostly flats
4
Kings Road West
BH19
13
£345,000
Mixed
5
Rempstone Road
BH19
12
£265,000
Mostly flats
6
Park Road
BH19
12
£239,500
Mostly flats
7
Rabling Road
BH19
11
£425,000
Mostly flats
8
Ulwell Road
BH19
11
£275,000
Mostly flats
9
Priests Road
BH19
10
£387,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Burlington Road
BH19
9
£275,000
Mostly flats
11
Durberville Drive
BH19
8
£580,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Greensands Way
BH19
8
£437,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Peveril Road
BH19
8
£315,000
Mostly flats
14
Cauldron Barn Road
BH19
7
£730,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Bay Crescent
BH19
6
£637,500
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Cauldron Barn Road: £730,000
Swanage median£365K
Cauldron Barn Road£730K
Newton Road£725K
Queens Road£690K
Bay Crescent£638K
Bonfields Avenue£601K
Cheapest streets
Findlay Place: £168,000
Swanage median£365K
Findlay Place£168K
Cranborne Road£187K
Park Road£240K
Ilminster Road£248K
Northbrook Road£253K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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
Swanage is the 14th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Swanage 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 Swanage
What is the average house price in Swanage?
The median home in Swanage sold for £365,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 493 standard sales (£380,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £590,000, semi-detached houses £367,500, terraced houses £347,000 and flats and maisonettes £259,000.
Are house prices going up in Swanage?
The median was £350,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£366,700), and £380,000 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 Swanage each year?
163 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 213 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Swanage?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cauldron Barn Road (BH19, £730,000), Newton Road (BH19, £725,000) and Queens Road (BH19, £690,000).
Is Swanage expensive for Dorset?
Swanage is the 14th 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.