That is the middle of 2,304 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 6.9 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.
2,304 homes sold in three years: 290 detached houses, 696 semi-detached houses, 975 terraced houses and 343 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£521K
median sale · 290 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£600K
Last 12 months
£528K80 sold
New build
£545K
Semi-detached houses£342K
median sale · 696 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£301K–£395K
Last 12 months
£346K194 sold
New build
£410K
Terraced houses£286K
median sale · 975 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£328K
Last 12 months
£290K278 sold
Flats and maisonettes£195K
median sale · 343 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£245K
Last 12 months
£180K88 sold
New build
£310K
The mix
A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses13%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses42%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Rochester’s homes sold for between £255K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £197K and one in ten over £500K. 22% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £310,000, sits in the £300–400K band
2,304 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,250 in 1995 to £310,000 in the last 12 months (£254,749 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
640 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,600 in 2001, the busiest year, and 747 in 2010. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Rochester costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Rochester, 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
£100K
£170K
£281K
£285K
£345K
£464K
£528K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£88K
£160K
£175K
£231K
£293K
£346K
Terraced houses
£40K
£65K
£132K
£135K
£181K
£245K
£290K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£71K
£115K
£121K
£142K
£175K
£180K
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
2,774 new homes have been sold in Rochester since 1995; the share peaked at 19% 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 £410,000
against £305,000 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Rochester. 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
Knights Templar Way is Rochester’s busiest street, with 47 sales in three years
175 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 58 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
Knights Templar Way
ME2
47
£455,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Glenway Road
ME1
35
£310,400
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Maidstone Road (ME1)
ME1
34
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
City Way
ME1
28
£465,000
Mixed
5
The Tideway
ME1
28
£300,000
Mixed
6
Carnation Road
ME2
23
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Hawthorn Road
ME2
22
£285,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
New Road
ME1
21
£195,000
Mostly flats
9
Brompton Farm Road
ME2
19
£475,000
Mixed
10
Wilson Avenue
ME1
19
£425,000
Mixed
11
Rochester Avenue
ME1
19
£278,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Corys Road
ME1
18
£234,750
Mostly flats
13
Weston Road
ME2
17
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Station Road
ME2
16
£192,000
Mixed
15
Erlington Way
ME2
15
£570,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
St Margarets Street: £800,000
Rochester median£310K
St Margarets Street£800K
Roebuck Road£625K
Hollywood Lane£605K
Common Creek Wharf£573K
Erlington Way£570K
Cheapest streets
Crusade Way: £80,000
Rochester median£310K
Crusade Way£80K
Corporation Street£84K
Rochester Gate£125K
Warblers Close£135K
Humber Crescent£150K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10 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
Rochester is the 65th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Rochester 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 Rochester
What is the average house price in Rochester?
The median home in Rochester sold for £310,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,304 standard sales (£310,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £521,325, semi-detached houses £342,000, terraced houses £286,000 and flats and maisonettes £195,000.
Are house prices going up in Rochester?
The median was £310,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£304,000), and £310,000 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 Rochester each year?
640 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 986 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Rochester?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: St Margarets Street (ME1, £800,000), Roebuck Road (ME1, £625,000) and Hollywood Lane (ME3, £605,000).
How much does a new build cost in Rochester?
New homes sold for a median £410,000 over three years, against £305,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.8% of sales.
Is Rochester expensive for Kent?
Rochester is the 65th 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.