That is the middle of 172 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 5.7 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.
172 homes sold in three years: 68 detached houses, 51 semi-detached houses, 36 terraced houses and 17 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£500K
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£425K–£560K
Last 12 months
£501K24 sold
New build
£521K
Semi-detached houses£380K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£410K
Last 12 months
£366K15 sold
New build
£390K
Terraced houses£310K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£360K
Last 12 months
£319K8 sold
Flats and maisonettes£205K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£245K
Last 12 months
£170K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses40%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses21%
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 Headcorn’s homes sold for between £305K and £490K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £580K. 15% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £390,000, sits in the £300–400K band
172 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £70,750 in 1995 to £400,000 in the last 12 months (£330,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
52 sales in the last 12 months, against 110 in 2021, the busiest year, and 29 in 2008. Sales fell by 29% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Headcorn costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Headcorn, 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
£115K
£160K
£322K
£313K
£363K
£475K
£501K
Semi-detached houses
£66K
£116K
£218K
£250K
£275K
£344K
£366K
Terraced houses
£62K
£98K
£184K
£210K
£265K
£298K
£319K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£58K
£128K
—
—
£250K
£170K
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
380 new homes have been sold in Headcorn since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 2012.
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 £450,000
against £379,500 for a home sold on, 19% 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, 5.2% sold leasehold in Headcorn. 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
North Street is Headcorn’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
14 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
North Street
TN27
11
£245,000
Mostly flats
2
Ash Way
TN27
10
£417,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Wheeler Street
TN27
9
£200,000
Mixed
4
Orchard Glade
TN27
8
£470,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Knaves Acre
TN27
8
£363,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Mill Bank
TN27
7
£507,500
Mixed
7
Chaplin Drive
TN27
7
£350,000
Mixed
8
Locks Yard
TN27
6
£387,500
Mixed
9
New Road
TN27
5
£700,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Forge Lane
TN27
5
£410,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Rowan Place
TN27
5
£410,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Oak Lane
TN27
5
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Grigg Lane
TN27
5
£390,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Downs Close
TN27
5
£320,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
New Road: £700,000
Headcorn median£390K
New Road£700K
Mill Bank£508K
Orchard Glade£470K
Ash Way£418K
Forge Lane£410K
Cheapest streets
Wheeler Street: £200,000
Headcorn median£390K
Wheeler Street£200K
North Street£245K
Downs Close£320K
Chaplin Drive£350K
Knaves Acre£363K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.5 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
Headcorn is the 30th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Headcorn 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 Headcorn
What is the average house price in Headcorn?
The median home in Headcorn sold for £390,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 172 standard sales (£400,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £500,000, semi-detached houses £380,000, terraced houses £310,000 and flats and maisonettes £205,000.
Are house prices going up in Headcorn?
The median was £385,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£379,750), and £400,000 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 Headcorn each year?
52 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 72 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Headcorn?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: New Road (TN27, £700,000), Mill Bank (TN27, £507,500) and Orchard Glade (TN27, £470,000).
How much does a new build cost in Headcorn?
New homes sold for a median £450,000 over three years, against £379,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.9% of sales.
Is Headcorn expensive for Kent?
Headcorn 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.