HouseMarketBook

DT1, Dorchester and Poundbury, Dorset

Postcode district in Dorset · 866 sales in the last 24 months, 741 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£3,650741 sales · £339 per sq ft · down 4.6% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in DT1 are down 4.6% on a year ago, at a median of £3,650 (£339 per sq ft).

Half of the 741 counted sales were between £3,040 and £4,290 per square metre, and the median price paid was £320,000. HM Land Registry records 15,050 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£320,000
£ per m², middle half£3,040 to £4,290
Sales, 24 months866741 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area86 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached147£4,320£3,900–4,900£515,000
Flat or maisonette229£3,120£2,470–3,630£190,000
Semi-detached120£3,930£3,280–4,210£352,500
Terraced245£3,650£3,060–4,240£305,000
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 DT1 by quarter, down 4.6% on a year ago
3,2903,5203,750£3,6502024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
7302,2753,820£3,39019952026
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 DT1

By sales in the last 24 months
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
2026187£280,000£3,390
2025429£335,000£3,690
2024390£327,800£3,820
2023367£325,000£3,670
2022470£325,000£3,740
2021515£310,000£3,440
2020332£295,000£3,280
2019443£275,000£3,220
2018471£260,000£3,180
2017530£270,000£3,090
2016553£265,000£3,130
2015435£235,000£2,790
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

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 86 m² · change on a year ago −4.6% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.