That is the middle of 185 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 5.1 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.
A third of Cranbrook’s sales are semi-detached houses
185 homes sold in three years: 61 detached houses, 62 semi-detached houses, 43 terraced houses and 19 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£580K
median sale · 61 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£482K–£720K
Last 12 months
£620K10 sold
New build
£632K
Semi-detached houses£393K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£485K
Last 12 months
£400K11 sold
New build
£518K
Terraced houses£300K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£256K–£340K
Last 12 months
£320K13 sold
Flats and maisonettes£300K
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£237K–£370K
Last 12 months
£338K8 sold
New build
£338K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Cranbrook’s homes sold for between £305K and £550K
One sale in ten was under £240K and one in ten over £720K. 11% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £390,000, sits in the £300–400K band
185 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 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 £368,780 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
42 sales in the last 12 months, against 116 in 1997, the busiest year, and 35 in 2008. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 22% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Cranbrook costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Cranbrook, 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
£114K
£196K
£305K
£316K
£380K
£700K
£620K
Semi-detached houses
£72K
£137K
£203K
£239K
£289K
£348K
£400K
Terraced houses
£53K
£120K
£190K
£210K
£240K
£270K
£320K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£87K
£115K
—
£370K
£178K
£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
12% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
137 new homes have been sold in Cranbrook since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 1997.
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 £569,475
against £360,000 for a home sold on, 58% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Cranbrook. 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
Farmstead Way is Cranbrook’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
13 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.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Farmstead Way
TN17
20
£625,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Wheatfield Way
TN17
12
£380,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Brick Kiln Avenue
TN17
11
£520,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Angley Road
TN17
7
£660,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Dorothy Avenue
TN17
7
£387,000
Mixed
6
The Hill
TN17
7
£295,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Waterloo Road
TN17
6
£702,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Hartley Road
TN17
6
£497,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Horsley Place
TN17
6
£368,780
Mostly flats
10
Frythe Way
TN17
6
£307,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
High Street
TN17
5
£325,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Joyce Close
TN17
5
£310,000
Mixed
13
Rectory Fields
TN17
5
£291,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Waterloo Road: £702,500
Cranbrook median£390K
Waterloo Road£703K
Angley Road£660K
Farmstead Way£625K
Brick Kiln Avenue£520K
Hartley Road£498K
Cheapest streets
Rectory Fields: £291,000
Cranbrook median£390K
Rectory Fields£291K
The Hill£296K
Frythe Way£308K
Joyce Close£310K
High Street£325K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.4 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
Cranbrook is the 31st most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook
What is the average house price in Cranbrook?
The median home in Cranbrook sold for £390,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 185 standard sales (£368,780 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £580,000, semi-detached houses £392,500, terraced houses £300,000 and flats and maisonettes £300,000.
Are house prices going up in Cranbrook?
The median was £400,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£392,500), and £368,780 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 Cranbrook each year?
42 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 62 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cranbrook?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Waterloo Road (TN17, £702,500), Angley Road (TN17, £660,000) and Farmstead Way (TN17, £625,000).
How much does a new build cost in Cranbrook?
New homes sold for a median £569,475 over three years, against £360,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 23% of sales.
Is Cranbrook expensive for Kent?
Cranbrook is the 30th 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.