That is the middle of 2,423 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 6.3 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 Margate’s sales are flats and maisonettes
2,423 homes sold in three years: 452 detached houses, 582 semi-detached houses, 652 terraced houses and 737 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£435K
median sale · 452 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£553K
Last 12 months
£435K139 sold
Semi-detached houses£320K
median sale · 582 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£380K
Last 12 months
£315K202 sold
Terraced houses£280K
median sale · 652 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£350K
Last 12 months
£268K199 sold
Flats and maisonettes£165K
median sale · 737 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£126K–£219K
Last 12 months
£170K191 sold
New build
£267K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses27%
Flats and maisonettes30%
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 Margate’s homes sold for between £207K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £490K. 36% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £288,500, sits in the £250–300K band
2,423 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,000 in 1995 to £290,000 in the last 12 months (£229,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
731 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,174 in 2007, the busiest year, and 744 in 2023. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Margate costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Margate, 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
£73K
£120K
£224K
£225K
£288K
£375K
£435K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£78K
£168K
£173K
£200K
£280K
£315K
Terraced houses
£39K
£57K
£131K
£130K
£163K
£225K
£268K
Flats and maisonettes
£26K
£35K
£92K
£95K
£105K
£140K
£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
1,560 new homes have been sold in Margate since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 2007.
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 £267,300
against £290,000 for a home sold on, 8% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
31% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Margate. 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
Sea Road is Margate’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
179 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 57 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
Sea Road
CT8
30
£286,500
Mostly flats
2
All Saints Avenue
CT9
25
£288,500
Mixed
3
Harold Road (CT9)
CT9
25
£97,000
Mostly flats
4
Canterbury Road (CT9)
CT9
24
£257,500
Mixed
5
Eastern Esplanade
CT9
22
£204,000
Mostly flats
6
Westgate Bay Avenue
CT8
22
£188,250
Mostly flats
7
Linksfield Road
CT8
21
£280,000
Mixed
8
Norfolk Road
CT9
21
£165,000
Mostly flats
9
Rowena Road
CT8
21
£135,000
Mostly flats
10
Ramsgate Road
CT9
20
£269,000
Mixed
11
Canterbury Road (CT7)
CT7
19
£275,000
Mixed
12
Trinity Square
CT9
19
£195,500
Mostly flats
13
Hunting Gate
CT7
19
£86,500
Mostly flats
14
Northdown Park Road
CT9
18
£385,000
Mixed
15
Hawley Square
CT9
18
£276,250
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Cliff Road: £760,000
Margate median£289K
Cliff Road£760K
Westcliff Gardens£730K
Shakespeare Road (CT7)£700K
The Ridings£645K
Royal Esplanade£640K
Cheapest streets
Cobbs Place: £51,750
Margate median£289K
Cobbs Place£52K
The Grove£85K
Hunting Gate£87K
Queens Parade£88K
Harold Road (CT9)£97K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 14.7 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
Margate is the 77th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Margate 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 Margate
What is the average house price in Margate?
The median home in Margate sold for £288,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,423 standard sales (£290,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £435,000, semi-detached houses £320,000, terraced houses £280,000 and flats and maisonettes £165,000.
Are house prices going up in Margate?
The median was £287,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£285,000), and £290,000 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 Margate each year?
731 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,110 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Margate?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cliff Road (CT7, £760,000), Westcliff Gardens (CT9, £730,000) and Shakespeare Road (CT7, £699,995).
How much does a new build cost in Margate?
New homes sold for a median £267,300 over three years, against £290,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.5% of sales.
Is Margate expensive for Kent?
Margate is the 77th 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.