That is the middle of 39 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 5.2 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.
39 homes sold in three years: 10 detached houses, 14 semi-detached houses and 15 terraced houses.
Detached houses£588K
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£525K–£810K
Semi-detached houses£404K
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£435K
Last 12 months
£390K5 sold
Terraced houses£325K
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£425K
Last 12 months
£338K7 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses38%
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 Biddenden’s homes sold for between £325K and £575K
One sale in ten was under £240K and one in ten over £800K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £412,000, sits in the £400–500K band
39 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £80,500 in 1995 to £420,000 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
16 sales in the last 12 months, against 51 in 2021, the busiest year, and 7 in 2024. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 24%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 168% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Biddenden costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Biddenden, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Semi-detached houses
£77K
£130K
£205K
£234K
—
£315K
£390K
Terraced houses
£70K
£90K
£168K
£200K
—
—
£338K
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 57% in 2021
97 new homes have been sold in Biddenden since 1995; the share peaked at 57% in 2021.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 7.7% sold leasehold in Biddenden. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
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 Biddenden
What is the average house price in Biddenden?
The median home in Biddenden sold for £412,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 39 standard sales (£420,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £587,500, semi-detached houses £403,500 and terraced houses £325,000.
How many homes sell in Biddenden each year?
16 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 20 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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.