That is the middle of 364 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 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 Southborough’s sales are semi-detached houses
364 homes sold in three years: 77 detached houses, 121 semi-detached houses, 102 terraced houses and 64 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£785K
median sale · 77 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£650K–£912K
Last 12 months
£824K18 sold
Semi-detached houses£445K
median sale · 121 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£378K–£550K
Last 12 months
£409K24 sold
New build
£525K
Terraced houses£383K
median sale · 102 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£323K–£450K
Last 12 months
£388K26 sold
Flats and maisonettes£225K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£280K
Last 12 months
£220K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Southborough’s homes sold for between £323K and £619K
One sale in ten was under £225K and one in ten over £830K. 14% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £422,500, sits in the £400–500K band
364 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 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £68,400 in 1995 to £410,000 in the last 12 months (£350,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
78 sales in the last 12 months, against 248 in 1997, the busiest year, and 103 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Southborough costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Southborough, 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
£145K
£228K
£345K
£459K
£492K
£630K
£824K
Semi-detached houses
£69K
£110K
£195K
£225K
£306K
£363K
£409K
Terraced houses
£55K
£92K
£174K
£185K
£256K
£300K
£388K
Flats and maisonettes
£41K
£80K
£147K
£138K
£179K
£196K
£220K
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
165 new homes have been sold in Southborough since 1995; the share peaked at 13% in 1997.
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 £525,000
against £415,000 for a home sold on, 27% 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.
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Southborough. 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
Speldhurst Road is Southborough’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Speldhurst Road
TN4
17
£240,000
Mixed
2
Prospect Road
TN4
16
£666,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Edward Street
TN4
16
£437,500
Mixed
4
Park Road
TN4
14
£235,000
Mostly flats
5
Springfield Road
TN4
13
£365,000
Mixed
6
Holly Tree Close
TN4
11
£525,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Meadow Road
TN4
11
£372,750
Mostly terraced houses
8
Yew Tree Road
TN4
9
£750,000
Mixed
9
Barnetts Way
TN4
9
£375,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Salomons Grove
TN4
9
£158,750
Mostly flats
11
Pennington Place
TN4
8
£862,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Forge Road
TN4
8
£330,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
London Road
TN4
8
£227,500
Mostly flats
14
Doric Avenue
TN4
7
£680,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Fernhurst Crescent
TN4
7
£485,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Pennington Road: £895,000
Southborough median£423K
Pennington Road£895K
Pennington Place£863K
Garlinge Road£840K
Yew Tree Road£750K
Doric Avenue£680K
Cheapest streets
Salomons Grove: £158,750
Southborough median£423K
Salomons Grove£159K
Holden Park Road£179K
London Road£228K
Park Road£235K
Speldhurst Road£240K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.6 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
Southborough is the 18th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Southborough 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 Southborough
What is the average house price in Southborough?
The median home in Southborough sold for £422,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 364 standard sales (£410,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £785,000, semi-detached houses £445,000, terraced houses £382,500 and flats and maisonettes £225,000.
Are house prices going up in Southborough?
The median was £442,500 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£423,000), and £410,000 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 Southborough each year?
78 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 153 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Southborough?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Pennington Road (TN4, £895,000), Pennington Place (TN4, £862,500) and Garlinge Road (TN4, £840,000).
How much does a new build cost in Southborough?
New homes sold for a median £525,000 over three years, against £415,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.7% of sales.
Is Southborough expensive for Kent?
Southborough is the 18th 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.
Photo: Nigel Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0