That is the middle of 494 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 4.1 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.
494 homes sold in three years: 225 detached houses, 112 semi-detached houses, 95 terraced houses and 62 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 1.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£640K
median sale · 225 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£550K–£770K
Last 12 months
£730K57 sold
New build
£620K
Semi-detached houses£457K
median sale · 112 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£425K–£525K
Last 12 months
£441K31 sold
New build
£471K
Terraced houses£442K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£525K
Last 12 months
£453K24 sold
New build
£507K
Flats and maisonettes£338K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£244K–£460K
Last 12 months
£265K19 sold
New build
£467K
The mix
Mostly detached: 46% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses46%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Kings Hill’s homes sold for between £430K and £640K
One sale in ten was under £340K and one in ten over £796K. 5% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £520,000, sits in the £500–750K band
494 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £127,950 in 1995 to £525,000 in the last 12 months (£440,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
131 sales in the last 12 months, against 362 in 2007, the busiest year, and 129 in 2023. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 80% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kings Hill costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Kings Hill, 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
£133K
£285K
£360K
£410K
£497K
£600K
£730K
Semi-detached houses
£83K
£166K
£270K
£285K
£355K
£410K
£441K
Terraced houses
£66K
£170K
£273K
£317K
£320K
£425K
£453K
Flats and maisonettes
£60K
£160K
£250K
£182K
£243K
£293K
£265K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,810 new homes have been sold in Kings Hill since 1995; the share peaked at 93% in 1995.
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 £550,000
against £510,000 for a home sold on, 8% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Kings Hill. 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
Hazen Road is Kings Hill’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years
38 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Hazen Road
ME19
25
£440,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Pickett Walk
ME19
17
£614,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Beacon Avenue
ME19
13
£510,000
Mixed
4
Park Drive
ME19
12
£504,995
Mixed · new builds
5
Discovery Drive
ME19
11
£585,000
Mixed
6
Shoesmith Lane
ME19
10
£560,000
Mixed
7
Arthur Blunden Road
ME19
10
£537,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Waterloo Walk
ME19
9
£610,000
Mixed
9
Ruton Square
ME19
9
£535,000
Mixed
10
Orchard Way
ME19
9
£534,995
Mixed · new builds
11
Fortune Way
ME19
9
£430,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Forty Acres Lane
ME19
8
£597,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Atlas Close
ME19
7
£550,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Regent Way
ME19
7
£512,500
Mixed
15
Laxton Walk
ME19
7
£480,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Townsend Square: £950,000
Kings Hill median£520K
Townsend Square£950K
Quindell Place£828K
Alfriston Grove£758K
Cornfields£757K
Mitchell Road£705K
Cheapest streets
Tower View: £168,750
Kings Hill median£520K
Tower View£169K
Winston Avenue£295K
Garden Way£345K
Queen Street£369K
Amber Lane£385K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.6 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
Kings Hill is the 6th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Kings Hill is one of Kent’s dearest 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 Kings Hill
What is the average house price in Kings Hill?
The median home in Kings Hill sold for £520,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 494 standard sales (£525,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £640,000, semi-detached houses £456,500, terraced houses £442,000 and flats and maisonettes £338,006.
Are house prices going up in Kings Hill?
The median was £545,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£519,995), and £525,000 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 Kings Hill each year?
131 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 211 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kings Hill?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Townsend Square (ME19, £950,000), Quindell Place (ME19, £827,500) and Alfriston Grove (ME19, £758,000).
How much does a new build cost in Kings Hill?
New homes sold for a median £550,000 over three years, against £510,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 19% of sales.
Is Kings Hill expensive for Kent?
Kings Hill is the 6th 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.