That is the middle of 229 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 5.4 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.
229 homes sold in three years: 67 detached houses, 56 semi-detached houses, 71 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£467K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£410K–£575K
Last 12 months
£440K21 sold
Semi-detached houses£349K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£319K–£400K
Last 12 months
£343K15 sold
Terraced houses£313K
median sale · 71 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£370K
Last 12 months
£305K29 sold
Flats and maisonettes£183K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£144K–£228K
Last 12 months
£175K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Wareham’s homes sold for between £280K and £430K
One sale in ten was under £203K and one in ten over £545K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £350,000, sits in the £300–400K band
229 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £64,500 in 1995 to £350,000 in the last 12 months (£287,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
74 sales in the last 12 months, against 130 in 2000, the busiest year, and 50 in 2008. Sales fell by 25% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 23% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wareham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wareham, 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
£78K
£144K
£257K
£310K
£355K
£408K
£440K
Semi-detached houses
£68K
£96K
£215K
£217K
£258K
£320K
£343K
Terraced houses
£59K
£93K
£184K
£185K
£260K
£300K
£305K
Flats and maisonettes
£47K
£66K
£134K
—
£158K
£204K
£175K
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 29% in 2016
181 new homes have been sold in Wareham since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Wareham. 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
Northmoor Way is Wareham’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
14 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Northmoor Way
BH20
15
£380,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
North Street
BH20
10
£307,500
Mixed
3
Mill Lane
BH20
10
£164,000
Mostly flats
4
Pound Lane
BH20
9
£240,000
Mostly flats
5
Westerman Way
BH20
8
£427,500
Mostly detached houses
6
Trent Drive
BH20
8
£330,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Northport Drive
BH20
8
£322,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Sandford Road
BH20
7
£500,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Cow Lane
BH20
7
£322,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Wessex Oval
BH20
6
£405,000
Mostly detached houses
11
West Mill Crescent
BH20
6
£397,500
Mostly detached houses
12
East Street
BH20
5
£675,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Baggs Lane
BH20
5
£435,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Stour Drive
BH20
5
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
East Street: £675,000
Wareham median£350K
East Street£675K
Sandford Road£500K
Baggs Lane£435K
Westerman Way£428K
Wessex Oval£405K
Cheapest streets
Mill Lane: £164,000
Wareham median£350K
Mill Lane£164K
Pound Lane£240K
North Street£308K
Stour Drive£315K
Cow Lane£322K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 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
Wareham is the 15th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Wareham 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 Wareham
What is the average house price in Wareham?
The median home in Wareham sold for £350,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 229 standard sales (£350,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £467,000, semi-detached houses £349,250, terraced houses £312,500 and flats and maisonettes £183,000.
Are house prices going up in Wareham?
The median was £340,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£345,000), and £350,000 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 Wareham each year?
74 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 97 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wareham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: East Street (BH20, £675,000), Sandford Road (BH20, £500,000) and Baggs Lane (BH20, £435,000).
Is Wareham expensive for Dorset?
Wareham is the 15th 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.