The median home in Dunston sells for £367,375
That is the middle of 34 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 5.9 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.
Two thirds of Dunston’s sales are detached houses
34 homes sold in three years: 24 detached houses, 4 semi-detached houses and 6 terraced houses.
median sale · 24 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £335K–£548K
- Last 12 months
- £498K6 sold
- New build
- £565K
Semi-detached houses: 4 sold
Terraced houses: 6 sold, median £183K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: two thirds of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
Half of Dunston’s homes sold for between £213K and £495K
One sale in ten was under £170K and one in ten over £565K. 26% sold for under £250K.
The median, £367,375, sits in the £300–400K band
34 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £69,900 in 1995 to £413,000 in the last 12 months.
Fewer homes sell than in most years
10 sales in the last 12 months, against 28 in 2021, the busiest year, and 3 in 2024. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%.
Dunston costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Dunston, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £96K | £80K | £240K | £178K | £275K | — | £498K |
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.
10% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
40 new homes have been sold in Dunston since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 1999.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £565,000
against £335,000 for a home sold on, 69% 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.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Dunston. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Dunston’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Metheringham, Branston and Washingborough and Heighington.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunston | — | £367K | 10 | +79% |
| Metheringham | 1 | £240K | 63 | +45% |
| Branston | 3.9 | £250K | 79 | +35% |
| Washingborough and Heighington | 4.9 | £248K | 80 | +34% |
| Bardney | 5.2 | £207K | 31 | +58% |
| Fiskerton | 5.6 | £239K | 7 | +59% |
| Bracebridge Heath | 5.7 | £230K | 91 | +37% |
| Navenby | 6 | £325K | 50 | +57% |
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 Dunston
What is the average house price in Dunston?
The median home in Dunston sold for £367,375 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 34 standard sales (£413,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £459,000 and terraced houses £182,500.
How many homes sell in Dunston each year?
10 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 13 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Dunston?
New homes sold for a median £565,000 over three years, against £335,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
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.
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