That is the middle of 601 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 6.4 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.
601 homes sold in three years: 51 detached houses, 257 semi-detached houses, 183 terraced houses and 110 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£520K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£475K–£660K
Last 12 months
£510K7 sold
New build
£709K
Semi-detached houses£430K
median sale · 257 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£475K
Last 12 months
£450K79 sold
New build
£504K
Terraced houses£360K
median sale · 183 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£328K–£407K
Last 12 months
£368K54 sold
Flats and maisonettes£220K
median sale · 110 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£163K–£280K
Last 12 months
£183K36 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 43% of sales
Detached houses8%
Semi-detached houses43%
Terraced houses30%
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 Swanley’s homes sold for between £328K and £450K
One sale in ten was under £220K and one in ten over £520K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £396,500, sits in the £300–400K band
601 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £62,500 in 1995 to £398,000 in the last 12 months (£322,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
176 sales in the last 12 months, against 318 in 2006, the busiest year, and 116 in 2009. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 27% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Swanley costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Swanley, 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
£104K
£149K
£270K
£250K
£345K
£560K
£510K
Semi-detached houses
£73K
£115K
£190K
£193K
£283K
£381K
£450K
Terraced houses
£58K
£88K
£165K
£174K
£240K
£330K
£368K
Flats and maisonettes
£43K
£64K
£118K
£123K
£144K
£238K
£183K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 28% in 2020
510 new homes have been sold in Swanley since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2020.
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 £548,000
against £394,000 for a home sold on, 39% 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.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Swanley. 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
Swanley Lane is Swanley’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
42 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 18 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
Swanley Lane
BR8
22
£360,000
Mixed
2
Oakleigh Close
BR8
21
£194,995
Mostly flats
3
Pinks Hill
BR8
19
£450,000
Mixed
4
Inglewood
BR8
18
£97,500
Mostly flats
5
Glendale
BR8
17
£455,000
Mixed
6
Discovery Drive
BR8
17
£285,500
Mostly flats
7
St Marys Road
BR8
14
£365,000
Mixed
8
Birchwood Park Avenue
BR8
14
£352,611
Mostly flats
9
Dale Road
BR8
13
£434,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Azalea Drive
BR8
13
£263,000
Mixed
11
Cranleigh Drive
BR8
12
£505,000
Mixed
12
Archer Way
BR8
12
£442,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
St Georges Road
BR8
12
£412,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Willow Avenue
BR8
12
£407,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
London Road
BR8
11
£360,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Daisy Drive: £705,995
Swanley median£397K
Daisy Drive£706K
Beechenlea Lane£640K
Heathwood Gardens£548K
Manse Way£513K
Cranleigh Drive£505K
Cheapest streets
Inglewood: £97,500
Swanley median£397K
Inglewood£98K
Oakleigh Close£195K
Nightingale Way£200K
The Oaks£250K
Goldsel Road£255K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.2 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
Swanley is the 27th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Swanley 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 Swanley
What is the average house price in Swanley?
The median home in Swanley sold for £396,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 601 standard sales (£398,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £520,000, semi-detached houses £430,000, terraced houses £360,000 and flats and maisonettes £220,000.
Are house prices going up in Swanley?
The median was £411,500 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£380,000), and £398,000 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 Swanley each year?
176 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 226 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Swanley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Daisy Drive (BR8, £705,995), Beechenlea Lane (BR8, £640,000) and Heathwood Gardens (BR8, £547,500).
How much does a new build cost in Swanley?
New homes sold for a median £548,000 over three years, against £394,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.5% of sales.
Is Swanley expensive for Kent?
Swanley is the 27th 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.