That is the middle of 4,292 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 5.6 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.
A third of Maidstone’s sales are semi-detached houses
4,292 homes sold in three years: 738 detached houses, 1,461 semi-detached houses, 1,192 terraced houses and 901 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£514K
median sale · 738 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£440K–£605K
Last 12 months
£520K212 sold
New build
£525K
Semi-detached houses£380K
median sale · 1,461 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£425K
Last 12 months
£375K398 sold
New build
£406K
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 1,192 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£340K
Last 12 months
£300K359 sold
New build
£375K
Flats and maisonettes£195K
median sale · 901 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£235K
Last 12 months
£182K235 sold
New build
£271K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes21%
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 Maidstone’s homes sold for between £258K and £417K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £525K. 22% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £335,000, sits in the £300–400K band
4,292 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,500 in 1995 to £330,000 in the last 12 months (£285,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,204 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,559 in 2007, the busiest year, and 1,260 in 2010. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Maidstone costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Maidstone, 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
£106K
£174K
£274K
£294K
£365K
£440K
£520K
Semi-detached houses
£65K
£108K
£195K
£207K
£260K
£320K
£375K
Terraced houses
£50K
£80K
£150K
£168K
£205K
£255K
£300K
Flats and maisonettes
£41K
£63K
£150K
£125K
£145K
£190K
£182K
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: 2.8% of sales in the last 12 months
8,061 new homes have been sold in Maidstone since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2005.
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 £400,000
against £327,500 for a home sold on, 22% 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.
22% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Maidstone. 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
Mill Wood is Maidstone’s busiest street, with 75 sales in three years
305 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 92 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
Mill Wood
ME14
75
£259,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Tonbridge Road
ME16
71
£250,000
Mixed
3
Mill Lane
ME14
59
£279,995
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Sutton Road
ME15
46
£382,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Loose Road
ME15
45
£335,000
Mixed
6
Rosalind Drive
ME14
40
£260,000
Mostly flats
7
The Stirrups
ME16
39
£423,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
8
St Peters Street
ME16
38
£190,000
Mostly flats
9
Upper Fant Road
ME16
32
£295,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Union Street
ME14
28
£101,250
Mostly flats
11
Wallis Place
ME16
23
£193,000
Mostly flats
12
Kingfisher Meadow
ME16
23
£180,000
Mostly flats
13
Hendley Way
ME15
22
£414,995
Mixed · new builds
14
St Nicholas Way
ME15
22
£336,995
Mixed · new builds
15
Peafield Rise
ME16
21
£422,000
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Lombardy Drive: £745,000
Maidstone median£335K
Lombardy Drive£745K
Pickering Street£715K
Henley Fields£655K
Weavering Street£643K
Clarence Court£640K
Cheapest streets
Lynley Close: £51,250
Maidstone median£335K
Lynley Close£51K
Hengist Court£80K
Friars Court£82K
Hughenden Reach£85K
Lower Stone Street£100K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 14.5 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
Maidstone is the 54th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Maidstone 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 Maidstone
What is the average house price in Maidstone?
The median home in Maidstone sold for £335,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 4,292 standard sales (£330,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £514,000, semi-detached houses £380,000, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £195,000.
Are house prices going up in Maidstone?
The median was £343,747 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£334,000), 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 Maidstone each year?
1,204 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,788 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Maidstone?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lombardy Drive (ME14, £745,000), Pickering Street (ME15, £715,000) and Henley Fields (ME14, £655,000).
How much does a new build cost in Maidstone?
New homes sold for a median £400,000 over three years, against £327,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Maidstone expensive for Kent?
Maidstone 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.