How house prices are moving across Dorset, from all UK property sales, median-based.
Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.
Across Dorset, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £338,000 — it fell 1.3% on the year before. That reflects 5,509 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £475,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £172,000. Over the past year, other homes moved the most (+10.2%). Within Dorset, the BH19 district saw the strongest recent growth (+21%) and SP6 the softest (-18%).
New-build homes were 0.5% of recent sales, a share that is falling.
These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.
| Type | Median | 12-month change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £475,000 | +0% | 2,062 |
| Terraced | £265,000 | -3.6% | 1,379 |
| Semi-detached | £330,000 | +1.5% | 1,050 |
| Flat/Maisonette | £172,000 | -6% | 797 |
| Other | £360,000 | +10.2% | 221 |
Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
| District | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH16 | +16.4% | -7.4% | -5.8% | +4.9% | -4.7% | £325,000 |
| BH19 | +11.4% | +1.9% | -4.4% | -7.4% | +20.7% | £425,000 |
| BH20 | +2.7% | +4.8% | -3.5% | +2.9% | +1.3% | £377,500 |
| BH21 | +9% | -2.9% | -3% | -0.6% | -3.1% | £385,000 |
| BH22 | +7.6% | -3.5% | -4.9% | +3.8% | -5.9% | £381,250 |
| BH24 | +4.5% | +0.4% | +1.3% | +0.3% | -2.1% | £648,750 |
| BH31 | +5.1% | +0% | -3.3% | -0.4% | -0.6% | £392,500 |
| DT1 | +8.5% | -3.1% | +1.6% | +3.2% | -15.4% | £275,000 |
| DT2 | +2.2% | +12.6% | -10.7% | +1.7% | -10.7% | £340,500 |
| DT3 | +11.4% | +3.7% | -5.5% | +0% | -4.1% | £331,000 |
| DT4 | +10.9% | +0% | +2% | -3.8% | -2% | £245,000 |
| DT5 | +12.2% | -0.5% | -1.4% | +2.1% | -0.9% | £230,000 |
| DT6 | +7.1% | -1.7% | +3.1% | -5.3% | -4.2% | £345,000 |
| DT7 | +16.4% | -1.8% | +8.8% | -8% | -15% | £340,000 |
| DT8 | +12.5% | -1.8% | -9.6% | +2.7% | -5.1% | £327,500 |
| DT9 | +6.1% | +2.9% | -9.7% | +6.2% | -5.8% | £325,000 |
| DT10 | +18.2% | -5% | -1.2% | -8.2% | +1.6% | £325,000 |
| DT11 | +18% | -11.1% | +5.1% | +2.6% | -1.4% | £340,000 |
| SP6 | +11.3% | +4.8% | -14% | +17.8% | -17.6% | £370,000 |
| SP7 | +11.8% | -4.7% | -3.1% | -7.9% | +1.7% | £295,000 |
Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.
New-build homes were 0.5% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.
How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.
| Town | 12-mo change | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Swanage | +20% | £422,500 |
| Wareham | +2% | £377,500 |
| Shaftesbury | +1.7% | £295,000 |
| Sturminster Newton | +1.6% | £325,000 |
| Verwood | -0.6% | £392,500 |
| Gillingham | -0.7% | £278,000 |
| Portland | -0.9% | £230,000 |
| Blandford Forum | -1.4% | £340,000 |
| Ringwood | -2.1% | £648,750 |
| Wimborne | -3.1% | £385,000 |
| Weymouth | -3.6% | £270,000 |
| Poole | -4.7% | £325,000 |
| Bridport | -4.8% | £345,000 |
| Beaminster | -5.1% | £327,500 |
| Sherborne | -5.8% | £325,000 |
| Ferndown | -5.9% | £381,250 |
| Dorchester | -10.9% | £312,000 |
Median sold price over the last 12 months and its change on the year before. Tap a town for its full breakdown.
Councils across Dorset received 2,827 planning applications in the year to 2026 Q1, -11% on the year before — a marker of how much development is in the pipeline, not a price forecast.
Source: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1), Open Government Licence.
Source: sold prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (updated monthly; the most recent 1–2 months are provisional). Median-based; figures track the mix of what sold, not a like-for-like index.