The median home in Sittingbourne sells for £300,000
That is the middle of 2,371 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 Sittingbourne’s sales are terraced houses
2,371 homes sold in three years: 486 detached houses, 753 semi-detached houses, 860 terraced houses and 272 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£450K
median sale · 486 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£379K–£520K
Last 12 months
£439K108 sold
New build
£500K
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 753 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£370K
Last 12 months
£325K192 sold
New build
£390K
Terraced houses£265K
median sale · 860 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£300K
Last 12 months
£265K270 sold
New build
£380K
Flats and maisonettes£167K
median sale · 272 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£134K–£200K
Last 12 months
£167K75 sold
New build
£200K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses20%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses36%
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 Sittingbourne’s homes sold for between £245K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £188K and one in ten over £465K. 27% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £300,000, sits in the £300–400K band
2,371 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 (£242,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
645 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,545 in 2007, the busiest year, and 565 in 2009. Sales fell by 63% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 34% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sittingbourne costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Sittingbourne, 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
£75K
£133K
£228K
£239K
£288K
£375K
£439K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£85K
£163K
£165K
£215K
£270K
£325K
Terraced houses
£40K
£60K
£125K
£133K
£167K
£235K
£265K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£43K
£107K
£100K
£120K
£160K
£167K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
4,286 new homes have been sold in Sittingbourne since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 2006.
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 £441,750
against £290,000 for a home sold on, 52% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.3% sold leasehold in Sittingbourne. 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
Hill Farm View is Sittingbourne’s busiest street, with 32 sales in three years
187 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 61 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
Hill Farm View
ME9
32
£550,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
London Road
ME10
28
£278,460
Mixed
3
Rock Road
ME10
27
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Sterling Road
ME10
24
£366,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Chestnut Lane
ME10
21
£465,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Park Road
ME10
20
£336,500
Mixed
7
Shortlands Road
ME10
20
£207,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
Bantam Way
ME9
19
£515,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Canterbury Road
ME10
19
£295,000
Mostly flats
10
Applegarth Road
ME10
18
£497,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Peregrine Drive
ME10
18
£283,750
Mostly terraced houses
12
Henshaws Vale
ME10
18
£202,500
Mostly flats · new builds
13
Bell Road
ME10
18
£187,500
Mixed
14
Ufton Lane
ME10
16
£265,000
Mixed
15
Crown Road
ME10
16
£203,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Rooks View: £650,000
Sittingbourne median£300K
Rooks View£650K
Limelight Lane£560K
Highsted Road£555K
Hill Farm View£550K
Park Drive£545K
Cheapest streets
Cloisters: £115,000
Sittingbourne median£300K
Cloisters£115K
Barkers Court£126K
West Lane£128K
Wykeham Road£128K
Onyx Drive£130K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.7 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
Sittingbourne is the 70th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Sittingbourne 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 Sittingbourne
What is the average house price in Sittingbourne?
The median home in Sittingbourne sold for £300,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,371 standard sales (£290,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £450,000, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £265,000 and flats and maisonettes £167,000.
Are house prices going up in Sittingbourne?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£300,000), 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 Sittingbourne each year?
645 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 911 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sittingbourne?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Rooks View (ME9, £650,000), Limelight Lane (ME10, £560,495) and Highsted Road (ME10, £555,000).
How much does a new build cost in Sittingbourne?
New homes sold for a median £441,750 over three years, against £290,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Sittingbourne expensive for Kent?
Sittingbourne is the 70th 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.