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Dorset

Council area · 13,247 sales in the last 24 months, 11,161 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£3,78011,161 sales · £351 per sq ft · down 0.8% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in Dorset are down 0.8% on a year ago, at a median of £3,780 (£351 per sq ft).

Half of the 11,161 counted sales were between £3,140 and £4,440 per square metre, and the median price paid was £345,000. HM Land Registry records 246,366 sales in this council area since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£345,000
£ per m², middle half£3,140 to £4,440
Sales, 24 months13,24711,161 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area89 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached4,491£4,160£3,600–4,780£475,000
Flat or maisonette1,571£3,020£2,390–3,610£180,000
Semi-detached2,327£3,790£3,250–4,350£329,900
Terraced2,772£3,530£2,940–4,130£270,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in Dorset by quarter, down 0.8% on a year ago
3,6903,7703,850£3,7502024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
7402,3253,910£3,72019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in Dorset

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Ringwood Road54£2,350
Dorchester Road52£3,020
Dorchester Road48£3,050
Chickerell Road42£3,230
High Street40£3,810
Markham Avenue36£3,680
Abbotsbury Road33£2,820
St Andrews Road31£2,950
Foxglove Crescent30£3,390
Station Road27£2,560
Furrow Place26£5,070
Preston Road26£3,490
South Walks Road26£2,630
Clarence Place25£4,870
Bramble Road24—
High West Street24£1,890
Lakeside Drive24£3,480
Fortuneswell23£2,660
Glenmoor Road22£2,840
High Street22£3,850
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
20263,131£335,000£3,720
20256,362£349,000£3,790
20245,611£346,500£3,810
20235,384£350,000£3,880
20226,517£355,000£3,910
20218,125£330,000£3,480
20205,720£310,000£3,250
20195,921£285,000£3,150
20186,421£285,000£3,130
20176,765£282,000£3,040
20166,886£267,500£2,890
20156,695£252,000£2,740
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Postcode districts in Dorset

19 · median £ / m² where there are 12 counted sales
BH16£4,020BH19£4,340BH20£3,960BH21£4,440BH22£4,280BH31£4,310DT1£3,650DT10£3,470DT11£3,770DT2£3,670DT3£3,730DT4£3,250DT5£2,750DT6£4,020DT7£4,510DT8£3,550DT9£3,550SP7£3,450SP8£3,290

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 89 m² · change on a year ago −0.8% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.