That is the middle of 688 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 6.4 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.
688 homes sold in three years: 282 detached houses, 272 semi-detached houses, 91 terraced houses and 43 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£440K
median sale · 282 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£365K–£500K
Last 12 months
£418K78 sold
New build
£457K
Semi-detached houses£315K
median sale · 272 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£282K–£355K
Last 12 months
£317K74 sold
New build
£342K
Terraced houses£270K
median sale · 91 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£248K–£308K
Last 12 months
£255K29 sold
Flats and maisonettes£188K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£236K
Last 12 months
£175K13 sold
New build
£250K
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses13%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Herne’s homes sold for between £280K and £425K
One sale in ten was under £235K and one in ten over £505K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £335,000, sits in the £300–400K band
688 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,375 in 1995 to £330,000 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
194 sales in the last 12 months, against 465 in 2002, the busiest year, and 177 in 2011. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Herne costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Herne, 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
£66K
£133K
£228K
£243K
£299K
£436K
£418K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£80K
£170K
£170K
£220K
£285K
£317K
Terraced houses
£45K
£71K
£145K
£155K
£184K
£256K
£255K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
—
£96K
£120K
£135K
£197K
£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
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 31% in 2023
1,236 new homes have been sold in Herne since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2023.
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 £425,000
against £320,000 for a home sold on, 33% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.7% sold leasehold in Herne. 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
Greenhill Road is Herne’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
53 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 13 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
Greenhill Road
CT6
27
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Ambrose Avenue
CT6
19
£475,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Mill Lane
CT6
19
£455,000
Mixed
4
Poplar Drive
CT6
18
£279,000
Mixed
5
Peartree Road
CT6
14
£267,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Putters Drive
CT6
11
£420,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
School Lane
CT6
10
£370,000
Mixed
8
Chestnut Drive
CT6
10
£338,750
Mixed
9
Hunters Forstal Road
CT6
10
£325,750
Mostly detached houses
10
Margate Road
CT6
10
£305,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Wrentham Avenue
CT6
10
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Cornwall Road
CT6
10
£295,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Talmead Road
CT6
10
£295,000
Mixed
14
Broomfield Road
CT6
9
£435,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Butterfly Avenue
CT6
9
£370,000
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Birdie Close: £608,500
Herne median£335K
Birdie Close£609K
Curtis Wood Park Road£555K
Ambrose Avenue£475K
Eagle Place£475K
Canterbury Road£455K
Cheapest streets
Heath Grove: £132,000
Herne median£335K
Heath Grove£132K
The Links£180K
Plough Court£193K
Rye Walk£220K
Steel Close£223K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.6 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
Herne is the 52nd most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Herne 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 Herne
What is the average house price in Herne?
The median home in Herne sold for £335,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 688 standard sales (£330,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £440,000, semi-detached houses £315,000, terraced houses £270,000 and flats and maisonettes £188,000.
Are house prices going up in Herne?
The median was £344,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£327,500), and £330,000 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 Herne each year?
194 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 253 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Herne?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Birdie Close (CT6, £608,500), Curtis Wood Park Road (CT6, £555,000) and Ambrose Avenue (CT6, £475,000).
How much does a new build cost in Herne?
New homes sold for a median £425,000 over three years, against £320,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
Is Herne expensive for Kent?
Herne is the 50th 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.