That is the middle of 141 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 5.8 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.
141 homes sold in three years: 24 detached houses, 41 semi-detached houses, 56 terraced houses and 20 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£571K
median sale · 24 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£475K–£740K
Semi-detached houses£324K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£390K
Last 12 months
£307K15 sold
Terraced houses£308K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£268K–£345K
Last 12 months
£305K15 sold
Flats and maisonettes£189K
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£205K
Last 12 months
£175K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses40%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Chartham’s homes sold for between £265K and £400K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £560K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £315,000, sits in the £300–400K band
141 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,000 in 1995 to £305,000 in the last 12 months (£295,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
39 sales in the last 12 months, against 149 in 2003, the busiest year, and 31 in 2023. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chartham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Chartham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£126K
£190K
£210K
£223K
£325K
£307K
Terraced houses
£53K
£87K
£180K
£185K
£230K
£248K
£305K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£152K
£135K
£162K
£173K
£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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
504 new homes have been sold in Chartham since 1995; the share peaked at 65% in 1999.
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% sold leasehold in Chartham. 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
Godfrey Gardens is Chartham’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
10 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
Godfrey Gardens
CT4
12
£215,000
Mixed
2
Shalmsford Street
CT4
11
£300,000
Mixed
3
Gardeners Place
CT4
10
£282,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Updown Way
CT4
8
£325,000
Mixed
5
The Downs
CT4
8
£294,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Bolts Hill
CT4
6
£308,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Magnolia Drive
CT4
5
£480,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Stour Road
CT4
5
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Laurel Way
CT4
5
£285,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Tower View
CT4
5
£205,000
Mostly 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
Chartham is the 64th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Chartham is in the middle of Kent’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 Chartham
What is the average house price in Chartham?
The median home in Chartham sold for £315,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 141 standard sales (£305,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £571,250, semi-detached houses £324,000, terraced houses £307,500 and flats and maisonettes £189,000.
Are house prices going up in Chartham?
The median was £312,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£330,000), 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 Chartham each year?
39 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 61 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chartham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Magnolia Drive (CT4, £480,000), Stour Road (CT4, £375,000) and Updown Way (CT4, £325,000).
Is Chartham expensive for Kent?
Chartham is the 62nd 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.