That is the middle of 1,711 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 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.
1,711 homes sold in three years: 273 detached houses, 448 semi-detached houses, 528 terraced houses and 462 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£525K
median sale · 273 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£450K–£650K
Last 12 months
£526K76 sold
New build
£508K
Semi-detached houses£335K
median sale · 448 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£400K
Last 12 months
£321K129 sold
New build
£369K
Terraced houses£288K
median sale · 528 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£252K–£355K
Last 12 months
£289K158 sold
Flats and maisonettes£206K
median sale · 462 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£265K
Last 12 months
£197K116 sold
New build
£460K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes27%
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 Canterbury’s homes sold for between £240K and £420K
One sale in ten was under £175K and one in ten over £545K. 28% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £300,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,711 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 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,500 in 1995 to £293,000 in the last 12 months (£275,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
479 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,219 in 2007, the busiest year, and 496 in 2020. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 78% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Canterbury costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Canterbury, 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
Detached houses
£114K
£170K
£285K
£373K
£414K
£428K
£526K
Semi-detached houses
£59K
£90K
£183K
£210K
£243K
£323K
£321K
Terraced houses
£55K
£88K
£172K
£200K
£235K
£271K
£289K
Flats and maisonettes
£48K
£71K
£155K
£161K
£191K
£195K
£197K
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: 1.7% of sales in the last 12 months
2,823 new homes have been sold in Canterbury since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2007.
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 £450,692
against £290,000 for a home sold on, 55% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.3% sold leasehold in Canterbury. 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
New Dover Road is Canterbury’s busiest street, with 61 sales in three years
112 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 34 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
New Dover Road
CT1
61
£397,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Station Road West
CT2
38
£183,500
Mostly flats
3
Roper Road
CT2
25
£160,000
Mostly flats
4
George Roche Road
CT1
24
£230,000
Mostly flats
5
Ledger Way
CT1
20
£484,923
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Basing Avenue
CT1
20
£387,020
Mixed · new builds
7
Wincheap
CT1
20
£263,750
Mostly terraced houses
8
Knotts Lane
CT1
20
£182,500
Mostly flats
9
Whitstable Road
CT2
18
£472,500
Mixed
10
Old Dover Road
CT1
18
£278,750
Mixed
11
Westwood Drive
CT2
17
£280,000
Mostly flats
12
St Stephens Road
CT2
15
£325,000
Mixed
13
St Peters Grove
CT1
15
£273,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Heaton Road
CT1
14
£402,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Miles Way
CT1
14
£381,495
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Stodmarsh Road: £759,100
Canterbury median£300K
Stodmarsh Road£759K
The Foreland£555K
New House Lane£520K
Cherry Drive£485K
Ledger Way£485K
Cheapest streets
The Causeway: £95,000
Canterbury median£300K
The Causeway£95K
Ashford Road£125K
Rhodaus Close£150K
High Street£158K
St Stephens Close£160K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 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 Kent
Canterbury is the 71st most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Canterbury is one of Kent’s cheapest 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 Canterbury
What is the average house price in Canterbury?
The median home in Canterbury sold for £300,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,711 standard sales (£293,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £525,000, semi-detached houses £335,000, terraced houses £287,500 and flats and maisonettes £205,500.
Are house prices going up in Canterbury?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£300,000), and £293,000 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 Canterbury each year?
479 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 678 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Canterbury?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Stodmarsh Road (CT3, £759,100), The Foreland (CT1, £555,000) and New House Lane (CT4, £520,000).
How much does a new build cost in Canterbury?
New homes sold for a median £450,692 over three years, against £290,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.5% of sales.
Is Canterbury expensive for Kent?
Canterbury is the 70th most expensive of 87 towns of 2,500 or more in Kent 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.