That is the middle of 1,446 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 7.1 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.
1,446 homes sold in three years: 519 detached houses, 480 semi-detached houses, 240 terraced houses and 207 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£529K
median sale · 519 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£675K
Last 12 months
£500K147 sold
New build
£567K
Semi-detached houses£370K
median sale · 480 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£425K
Last 12 months
£370K146 sold
New build
£375K
Terraced houses£378K
median sale · 240 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£475K
Last 12 months
£365K74 sold
Flats and maisonettes£215K
median sale · 207 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£183K–£250K
Last 12 months
£225K55 sold
New build
£180K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses36%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses17%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Whitstable’s homes sold for between £315K and £525K
One sale in ten was under £225K and one in ten over £700K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £400,000, sits in the £400–500K band
1,446 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 7.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £56,000 in 1995 to £400,000 in the last 12 months (£344,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
422 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,052 in 2007, the busiest year, and 402 in 2023. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Whitstable costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Whitstable, 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
£76K
£137K
£241K
£295K
£377K
£475K
£500K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£90K
£182K
£215K
£265K
£332K
£370K
Terraced houses
£45K
£76K
£165K
£210K
£269K
£345K
£365K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£55K
£140K
£145K
£155K
£200K
£225K
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: 0.7% of sales in the last 12 months
1,764 new homes have been sold in Whitstable since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2005.
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 £350,000
against £400,000 for a home sold on, 13% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1% sold leasehold in Whitstable. 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
Olympia Way is Whitstable’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
108 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 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
Olympia Way
CT5
33
£205,000
Mostly flats
2
Wraik Hill
CT5
26
£181,250
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Faversham Road
CT5
24
£377,500
Mixed
4
Northwood Road
CT5
21
£595,000
Mixed
5
Tankerton Road
CT5
19
£240,000
Mostly flats
6
Marine Parade
CT5
17
£880,000
Mixed
7
Graystone Road
CT5
17
£585,000
Mixed
8
Clover Rise
CT5
17
£390,000
Mixed
9
Pier Avenue
CT5
15
£515,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Regent Street
CT5
15
£375,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Kingsdown Park
CT5
14
£587,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Goodwin Avenue
CT5
14
£313,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Island Wall
CT5
13
£640,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Cromwell Road
CT5
13
£535,000
Mixed
15
Castle Road
CT5
13
£475,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Marine Parade: £880,000
Whitstable median£400K
Marine Parade£880K
Joy Lane£873K
West Cliff£750K
Martindown Road£713K
Gloucester Road£665K
Cheapest streets
Wraik Hill: £181,250
Whitstable median£400K
Wraik Hill£181K
Olympia Way£205K
Oxford Street£210K
Wheatley Road£220K
Maugham Court£220K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.9 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
Whitstable is the 25th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Whitstable 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 Whitstable
What is the average house price in Whitstable?
The median home in Whitstable sold for £400,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,446 standard sales (£400,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £528,500, semi-detached houses £370,000, terraced houses £377,500 and flats and maisonettes £215,000.
Are house prices going up in Whitstable?
The median was £393,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£401,150), and £400,000 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 Whitstable each year?
422 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 579 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Whitstable?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Marine Parade (CT5, £880,000), Joy Lane (CT5, £872,500) and West Cliff (CT5, £750,000).
How much does a new build cost in Whitstable?
New homes sold for a median £350,000 over three years, against £400,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4% of sales.
Is Whitstable expensive for Kent?
Whitstable is the 25th 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.