That is the middle of 374 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 5.5 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.
374 homes sold in three years: 122 detached houses, 105 semi-detached houses, 97 terraced houses and 50 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£403K
median sale · 122 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£520K
Last 12 months
£460K30 sold
Semi-detached houses£321K
median sale · 105 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£292K–£350K
Last 12 months
£305K23 sold
Terraced houses£289K
median sale · 97 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£310K
Last 12 months
£287K42 sold
Flats and maisonettes£195K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£173K–£210K
Last 12 months
£196K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Upton’s homes sold for between £270K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £480K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £317,500, sits in the £300–400K band
374 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,750 in 1995 to £305,000 in the last 12 months (£265,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
107 sales in the last 12 months, against 235 in 2007, the busiest year, and 91 in 2008. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Upton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Upton, 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
£72K
£133K
£247K
£231K
£300K
£344K
£460K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£91K
£176K
£205K
£235K
£271K
£305K
Terraced houses
£50K
£81K
£156K
£172K
£208K
£257K
£287K
Flats and maisonettes
£41K
£60K
£129K
£107K
£134K
£199K
£196K
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 17% in 2017
265 new homes have been sold in Upton since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Upton. 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
Blandford Road is Upton’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
23 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
Blandford Road
BH16
21
£325,000
Mixed
2
Beacon Park Road
BH16
19
£337,500
Mixed
3
Sandy Lane
BH16
16
£387,500
Mostly detached houses
4
Allens Road
BH16
16
£347,500
Mixed
5
Gorse Lane
BH16
16
£258,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Poole Road
BH16
15
£208,000
Mostly flats
7
Tree Hamlets
BH16
13
£233,500
Mostly flats
8
Douglas Close
BH16
12
£242,450
Mixed
9
Dorchester Road
BH16
11
£375,000
Mixed
10
Old Kiln Road
BH16
10
£307,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Heights Road
BH16
10
£296,750
Mostly terraced houses
12
Frenchs Farm Road
BH16
8
£357,500
Mixed
13
Hop Close
BH16
8
£325,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Border Road
BH16
8
£319,975
Mixed
15
Dacombe Drive
BH16
7
£295,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Kingfisher Drive: £548,000
Upton median£318K
Kingfisher Drive£548K
Osprey Close£490K
Birchwood Road£390K
Sandy Lane£388K
Dorchester Road£375K
Cheapest streets
Furzey Road: £195,000
Upton median£318K
Furzey Road£195K
Poole Road£208K
Tree Hamlets£234K
Douglas Close£242K
Upton Heath Estate£254K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.8 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
Upton is the 22nd most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Upton 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 Upton
What is the average house price in Upton?
The median home in Upton sold for £317,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 374 standard sales (£305,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £402,500, semi-detached houses £321,000, terraced houses £288,500 and flats and maisonettes £195,000.
Are house prices going up in Upton?
The median was £320,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£314,500), and £305,000 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 Upton each year?
107 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 145 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Upton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Kingfisher Drive (BH16, £548,000), Osprey Close (BH16, £490,000) and Birchwood Road (BH16, £390,000).
Is Upton expensive for Dorset?
Upton is the 22nd 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.