Homes in Minster (Swale) sell for a median £315,000
That is the middle of 708 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.
Half of Minster (Swale)’s sales are detached houses
708 homes sold in three years: 361 detached houses, 204 semi-detached houses, 113 terraced houses and 30 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£385K
median sale · 361 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£448K
Last 12 months
£385K94 sold
New build
£405K
Semi-detached houses£290K
median sale · 204 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£325K
Last 12 months
£290K57 sold
New build
£315K
Terraced houses£265K
median sale · 113 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£236K–£300K
Last 12 months
£255K39 sold
New build
£305K
Flats and maisonettes£165K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£170K
Last 12 months
£165K13 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses51%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Minster (Swale)’s homes sold for between £270K and £390K
One sale in ten was under £207K and one in ten over £473K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £315,000, sits in the £300–400K band
708 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 £53,500 in 1995 to £307,500 in the last 12 months (£256,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
203 sales in the last 12 months, against 396 in 2002, the busiest year, and 178 in 2008. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Minster (Swale) costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Minster (Swale), 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
£68K
£104K
£210K
£220K
£256K
£340K
£385K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£74K
£163K
£151K
£192K
£235K
£290K
Terraced houses
£43K
£62K
£138K
£161K
£183K
£210K
£255K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£95K
£120K
£128K
£162K
£165K
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: 2.5% of sales in the last 12 months
1,431 new homes have been sold in Minster (Swale) since 1995; the share peaked at 37% in 2009.
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 £330,000
against £310,000 for a home sold on, 6% 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.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Minster (Swale). 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
Foxglove Way is Minster (Swale)’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
54 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 16 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
Foxglove Way
ME12
28
£322,181
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Minster Road
ME12
27
£355,000
Mostly detached houses
3
The Broadway
ME12
19
£300,000
Mixed
4
Scarborough Drive
ME12
18
£452,500
Mostly detached houses
5
Cliff Gardens
ME12
16
£300,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Barton Hill Drive
ME12
15
£235,000
Mixed
7
The Sidings
ME12
14
£372,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Curlew Rise
ME12
14
£350,000
Mixed · new builds
9
Sunflower Meadow
ME12
14
£282,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
Appleford Drive
ME12
13
£290,000
Mixed
11
Larch End
ME12
12
£353,250
Mixed
12
Nelson Avenue
ME12
12
£316,500
Mixed
13
Harps Avenue
ME12
12
£280,000
Mixed
14
Southsea Avenue
ME12
10
£421,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Wards Hill Road
ME12
10
£393,750
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Court Tree Drive: £552,500
Minster (Swale) median£315K
Court Tree Drive£553K
Chequers Road£540K
Elm Lane£475K
Scarborough Drive£453K
Imperial Avenue£448K
Cheapest streets
Thistle Hill Way: £165,000
Minster (Swale) median£315K
Thistle Hill Way£165K
Nettle Way£165K
Laurel Road£167K
Lovell Road£215K
Barton Hill Drive£235K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.3 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
Minster (Swale) is the 62nd most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Minster (Swale) 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 Minster (Swale)
What is the average house price in Minster (Swale)?
The median home in Minster (Swale) sold for £315,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 708 standard sales (£307,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £385,000, semi-detached houses £290,000, terraced houses £265,000 and flats and maisonettes £165,000.
Are house prices going up in Minster (Swale)?
The median was £315,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£312,500), and £307,500 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 Minster (Swale) each year?
203 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 278 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Minster (Swale)?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Court Tree Drive (ME12, £552,500), Chequers Road (ME12, £540,000) and Elm Lane (ME12, £475,000).
How much does a new build cost in Minster (Swale)?
New homes sold for a median £330,000 over three years, against £310,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Minster (Swale) expensive for Kent?
Minster (Swale) is the 62nd 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.