That is the middle of 1,232 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 5.5 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.
1,232 homes sold in three years: 131 detached houses, 269 semi-detached houses, 649 terraced houses and 183 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£405K
median sale · 131 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£495K
Last 12 months
£408K46 sold
Semi-detached houses£275K
median sale · 269 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£310K
Last 12 months
£280K91 sold
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 649 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£230K
Last 12 months
£200K201 sold
Flats and maisonettes£160K
median sale · 183 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£122K–£212K
Last 12 months
£137K54 sold
New build
£220K
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses11%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses53%
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 Dover’s homes sold for between £180K and £285K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £372K. 64% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £218,950, sits in the £200–250K band
1,232 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,975 in 1995 to £220,000 in the last 12 months (£178,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
392 sales in the last 12 months, against 987 in 2006, the busiest year, and 333 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Dover costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Dover, 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
£79K
£115K
£228K
£246K
£250K
£350K
£408K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£62K
£136K
£154K
£175K
£239K
£280K
Terraced houses
£36K
£48K
£110K
£106K
£128K
£170K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£42K
£85K
£95K
£96K
£138K
£137K
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
564 new homes have been sold in Dover since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 2006.
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 £327,500
against £217,500 for a home sold on, 51% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Dover. 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
Heathfield Avenue is Dover’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
94 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 26 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
Heathfield Avenue
CT16
27
£196,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
The Gateway
CT16
25
£250,000
Mostly flats
3
London Road (CT17)
CT17
25
£182,500
Mixed
4
Elms Vale Road
CT17
23
£260,000
Mixed
5
Lewisham Road
CT17
22
£327,500
Mixed
6
Folkestone Road (CT17)
CT17
22
£207,500
Mixed
7
Coombe Valley Road
CT17
20
£150,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
Markland Road
CT17
18
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Clarendon Place
CT17
17
£163,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Mayfield Avenue
CT16
16
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Clarendon Street
CT17
16
£169,500
Mostly terraced houses
12
Minnis Lane (CT17)
CT17
14
£311,612
Mixed
13
Crabble Hill
CT17
14
£211,500
Mixed
14
London Road (CT16)
CT16
13
£335,000
Mixed
15
Alfred Road
CT16
13
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Lower Road (CT16): £615,000
Dover median£219K
Lower Road (CT16)£615K
Castle Avenue£450K
Common Lane£418K
Riverdale£395K
Coxhill Gardens£391K
Cheapest streets
Churchill Road: £122,500
Dover median£219K
Churchill Road£123K
Maison Dieu Road£143K
Tower Hamlets Street£147K
Coombe Valley Road£151K
Primrose Road£153K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5 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
Dover is the 85th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Dover 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 Dover
What is the average house price in Dover?
The median home in Dover sold for £218,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,232 standard sales (£220,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £405,000, semi-detached houses £275,000, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £160,000.
Are house prices going up in Dover?
The median was £217,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£216,750), and £220,000 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 Dover each year?
392 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 528 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dover?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lower Road (CT16, £615,000), Castle Avenue (CT16, £450,000) and Common Lane (CT17, £417,500).
How much does a new build cost in Dover?
New homes sold for a median £327,500 over three years, against £217,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.1% of sales.
Is Dover expensive for Kent?
Dover is the 85th 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.