That is the middle of 2,304 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 7 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.
2,304 homes sold in three years: 233 detached houses, 502 semi-detached houses, 825 terraced houses and 744 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£475K
median sale · 233 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£720K
Last 12 months
£493K65 sold
New build
£385K
Semi-detached houses£345K
median sale · 502 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£292K–£410K
Last 12 months
£360K133 sold
New build
£328K
Terraced houses£270K
median sale · 825 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£238K–£315K
Last 12 months
£277K218 sold
New build
£263K
Flats and maisonettes£190K
median sale · 744 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£255K
Last 12 months
£186K208 sold
New build
£216K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses10%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes32%
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 Folkestone’s homes sold for between £215K and £355K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £475K. 36% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £275,000, sits in the £250–300K band
2,304 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,000 in 1995 to £280,500 in the last 12 months (£210,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
624 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,464 in 2002, the busiest year, and 587 in 2008. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 60% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Folkestone costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Folkestone, 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
Detached houses
£75K
£130K
£355K
£323K
£360K
£460K
£493K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£75K
£170K
£185K
£220K
£294K
£360K
Terraced houses
£39K
£59K
£130K
£135K
£166K
£220K
£277K
Flats and maisonettes
£29K
£44K
£110K
£108K
£126K
£172K
£186K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,722 new homes have been sold in Folkestone since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2017.
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 £315,000
against £273,000 for a home sold on, 15% 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.
32% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Folkestone. 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
Sandgate Road is Folkestone’s busiest street, with 73 sales in three years
169 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 68 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
Sandgate Road
CT20
73
£134,500
Mostly flats
2
Bouverie Road West
CT20
36
£230,125
Mostly flats
3
Earls Avenue
CT20
35
£254,000
Mostly flats
4
Nearne Way
CT20
28
£319,872
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Grenadier Drive
CT20
27
£364,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
Lynwood
CT19
24
£298,710
Mostly terraced houses
7
Shorncliffe Road
CT20
24
£261,250
Mixed
8
Downs Road
CT19
23
£360,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Appleton Road
CT20
23
£289,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
Canterbury Road (CT19)
CT19
22
£269,000
Mixed
11
Ellis Grove
CT20
21
£220,000
Mostly flats · new builds
12
Stanley Road
CT19
21
£70,000
Mostly flats
13
Firs Lane
CT19
20
£252,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Dolphins Road
CT19
19
£430,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Clifton Crescent
CT20
19
£310,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Godwyn Road: £825,000
Folkestone median£275K
Godwyn Road£825K
Turketel Road£800K
Audley Road£770K
Cornwallis Avenue£720K
Cherry Garden Lane£651K
Cheapest streets
Stanley Road: £70,000
Folkestone median£275K
Stanley Road£70K
Court Place£70K
Pleydell Gardens£79K
The Bayle£92K
Radnor Bridge Road (CT20)£130K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.8 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
Folkestone is the 79th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Folkestone 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 Folkestone
What is the average house price in Folkestone?
The median home in Folkestone sold for £275,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,304 standard sales (£280,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £345,397, terraced houses £270,000 and flats and maisonettes £190,000.
Are house prices going up in Folkestone?
The median was £284,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£275,000), and £280,500 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 Folkestone each year?
624 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 925 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Folkestone?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Godwyn Road (CT20, £825,000), Turketel Road (CT20, £800,000) and Audley Road (CT20, £770,000).
How much does a new build cost in Folkestone?
New homes sold for a median £315,000 over three years, against £273,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8% of sales.
Is Folkestone expensive for Kent?
Folkestone is the 79th 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.