That is the middle of 632 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.
632 homes sold in three years: 387 detached houses, 87 semi-detached houses, 100 terraced houses and 58 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£475K
median sale · 387 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£410K–£550K
Last 12 months
£470K117 sold
Semi-detached houses£350K
median sale · 87 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£298K–£393K
Last 12 months
£350K25 sold
New build
£450K
Terraced houses£281K
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£251K–£315K
Last 12 months
£275K28 sold
Flats and maisonettes£199K
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£243K
Last 12 months
£195K17 sold
New build
£245K
The mix
Mostly detached: 61% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses61%
Semi-detached houses14%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Verwood’s homes sold for between £310K and £498K
One sale in ten was under £230K and one in ten over £615K. 12% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £400,000, sits in the £400–500K band
632 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 £72,000 in 1995 to £395,000 in the last 12 months (£341,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
187 sales in the last 12 months, against 580 in 2002, the busiest year, and 163 in 2008. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 34% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Verwood costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Verwood, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£88K
£166K
£270K
£292K
£335K
£401K
£470K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£106K
£183K
£194K
£247K
£305K
£350K
Terraced houses
£54K
£90K
£162K
£170K
£201K
£233K
£275K
Flats and maisonettes
£28K
£75K
£165K
£146K
£162K
£182K
£195K
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: 1.6% of sales in the last 12 months
1,499 new homes have been sold in Verwood since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 1998.
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 £300,500
against £401,250 for a home sold on, 25% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Verwood. 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
Albion Way is Verwood’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
48 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 13 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
Albion Way
BH31
23
£440,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Buzzard Close
BH31
18
£300,500
Mixed · new builds
3
Heathpoult Road
BH31
17
£455,000
Mixed
4
Owls Road
BH31
17
£295,000
Mixed
5
Lake Road
BH31
16
£517,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Ringwood Road
BH31
16
£317,500
Mixed
7
Peel Close
BH31
15
£190,000
Mostly flats
8
Manor Road
BH31
13
£480,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Newtown Road
BH31
13
£450,500
Mostly detached houses
10
The Chase
BH31
13
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Hazelwood Drive
BH31
12
£392,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Woodlinken Drive
BH31
10
£587,500
Mostly detached houses
13
Holm Oak Close
BH31
10
£371,500
Mixed
14
Hainault Drive
BH31
9
£375,000
Mixed
15
Nightingale Close
BH31
9
£325,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Eastworth Road: £648,000
Verwood median£400K
Eastworth Road£648K
Woodlinken Drive£588K
Old Sawmill Close£553K
Howe Lane£535K
Hayward Way£530K
Cheapest streets
Heather Gardens: £126,000
Verwood median£400K
Heather Gardens£126K
Jenner Close£189K
Peel Close£190K
Cotswold Close£254K
Belmont Close£256K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.1 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
Verwood is the 8th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Verwood 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 Verwood
What is the average house price in Verwood?
The median home in Verwood sold for £400,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 632 standard sales (£395,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £350,000, terraced houses £281,000 and flats and maisonettes £198,750.
Are house prices going up in Verwood?
The median was £400,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£403,750), and £395,000 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 Verwood each year?
187 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 271 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Verwood?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Eastworth Road (BH31, £648,000), Woodlinken Drive (BH31, £587,500) and Old Sawmill Close (BH31, £552,500).
How much does a new build cost in Verwood?
New homes sold for a median £300,500 over three years, against £401,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.2% of sales.
Is Verwood expensive for Dorset?
Verwood is the 8th 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.