That is the middle of 104 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 5.1 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.
104 homes sold in three years: 28 detached houses, 24 semi-detached houses, 41 terraced houses and 11 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£473K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£385K–£575K
Last 12 months
£505K11 sold
Semi-detached houses£363K
median sale · 24 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£430K
Last 12 months
£363K10 sold
Terraced houses£283K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£300K
Last 12 months
£295K12 sold
Flats and maisonettes£152K
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£155K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses39%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Newington’s homes sold for between £260K and £418K
One sale in ten was under £165K and one in ten over £548K. 18% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £305,000, sits in the £300–400K band
104 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,475 in 1995 to £332,500 in the last 12 months (£287,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
36 sales in the last 12 months, against 85 in 2021, the busiest year, and 14 in 2009. Sales fell by 65% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Newington costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Newington, 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
£102K
£153K
£247K
—
£305K
£368K
£505K
Semi-detached houses
£67K
£92K
£152K
£165K
—
£320K
£363K
Terraced houses
£51K
£75K
£142K
£141K
£188K
£245K
£295K
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
8% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
143 new homes have been sold in Newington since 1995; the share peaked at 44% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.2% sold leasehold in Newington. 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
Church Lane is Newington’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
7 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Church Lane
ME9
11
£315,000
Mixed
2
Wickham Close
ME9
11
£155,000
Mostly flats
3
Bull Lane
ME9
9
£548,000
Mostly detached houses
4
High Street
ME9
9
£350,000
Mixed
5
Watling Drive
ME9
9
£287,000
Mixed
6
The Willows
ME9
8
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Pear Tree Walk
ME9
8
£266,000
Mostly terraced houses
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
Newington is the 68th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Newington 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 Newington
What is the average house price in Newington?
The median home in Newington sold for £305,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 104 standard sales (£332,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £472,500, semi-detached houses £362,500, terraced houses £282,500 and flats and maisonettes £152,000.
Are house prices going up in Newington?
The median was £325,000 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£300,000), and £332,500 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 Newington each year?
36 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 46 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Newington expensive for Kent?
Newington is the 68th 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.