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South West · 10,686 sales registered so far in the 12 months to May 2026 · HM Land Registry data
The average (median) house price in Dorset, South West was £340,000 in the 12 months to May 2026, from 10,686 sales registered so far — 1.4% down on the year before and 5.9% up on five years ago. Detached homes were the most common sale at a median £475,000; semi-detached £335,000; terraced £280,000; flats £200,600. Homes with a recorded floor area sold for about £364 per square foot (£3,918/m²), based on 20,887 of 23,376 sales over two years.
Sales completed to July 2026, as registered by 29 Aug 2026 · headline figures cover the 12 months to May 2026 (later months are still being registered) Dorset = the ceremonial county (Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in HM Land Registry's records)
| vs parent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth Dorset | £308,000 | £354 | −2.2% | 2,367 | 91% |
| Poole Dorset | £330,250 | £377 | −0.8% | 1,888 | 97% |
| Weymouth Dorset | £282,000 | £316 | −4.4% | 989 | 83% |
| Christchurch Dorset | £415,000 | £417 | −2.4% | 860 | 122% |
| Dorchester Dorset | £335,000 | £337 | −2.9% | 676 | 99% |
| Wimborne Dorset | £410,000 | £408 | −1.6% | 527 | 121% |
| Ferndown Dorset | £400,000 | £400 | −1.2% | 491 | 118% |
| Blandford Forum Dorset | £345,000 | £350 | −1.4% | 368 | 101% |
| Bridport Dorset | £370,000 | £370 | −1.3% | 339 | 109% |
| Sherborne Dorset | £345,000 | £347 | +7.8% | 321 | 101% |
| Gillingham Dorset | £288,000 | £308 | +5.9% | 273 | 85% |
| Shaftesbury Dorset | £297,500 | £321 | −8.5% | 238 | 88% |
| Wareham Dorset | £380,000 | £370 | +3.1% | 228 | 112% |
| Portland Dorset | £230,000 | £252 | −4.6% | 211 | 68% |
| Verwood Dorset | £404,000 | £402 | −0.2% | 194 | 119% |
| Sturminster Newton Dorset | £330,000 | £318 | −2.9% | 187 | 97% |
| Swanage Dorset | £380,000 | £404 | +1.3% | 181 | 112% |
| Broadstone Dorset | £501,000 | £412 | +3.3% | 165 | 147% |
| Beaminster Dorset | £342,500 | £345 | +5.4% | 102 | 101% |
| Type | Sales | Median price | £/sq ft | Typical size | Change (1y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 4,194 | £475,000 | £401 | 1,173 sq ft | +0.4% |
| Semi-detached | 1,981 | £335,000 | £366 | 915 sq ft | 0.0% |
| Terraced | 2,025 | £280,000 | £345 | 840 sq ft | −2.6% |
| Flats | 2,486 | £200,600 | £302 | 678 sq ft | −5.4% |
| Period | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | £310,000 | 3083 |
| Q1 2022 | £329,250 | 3260 |
| Q2 2022 | £345,000 | 3230 |
| Q3 2022 | £355,000 | 3761 |
| Q4 2022 | £350,000 | 3768 |
| Q1 2023 | £335,000 | 2544 |
| Q2 2023 | £340,000 | 2439 |
| Q3 2023 | £345,000 | 3185 |
| Q4 2023 | £340,000 | 2942 |
| Q1 2024 | £325,000 | 2353 |
| Q2 2024 | £339,998 | 2718 |
| Q3 2024 | £345,000 | 3222 |
| Q4 2024 | £345,000 | 3405 |
| Q1 2025 | £350,000 | 4009 |
| Q2 2025 | £320,000 | 1981 |
| Q3 2025 | £350,000 | 3247 |
| Q4 2025 | £335,000 | 3034 |
| Q1 2026 | £340,000 | 2292 |
| Q2 2026 | £330,000 | 1912 |
| Q3 2026 | £335,000 | 426 |
Median of completed sales per period, not seasonally adjusted; the latest months are still being registered.
UK House Price Index (mix-adjusted) for Dorset: £325,410, +1.6% on the year (June 2026) — why this differs from our median.
Most homes in Dorset sold for £215k–£440k (55% of sales).
| Sold | Address | Type | Price | Floor area | £/sq ft | vs last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2026 | 18, Teeling Road DT3 5JT | Detached | £422,000 | 883 sq ft | £478 | — |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 100, Pound Lane BH15 3RS | Detached | £345,000 | 700 sq ft | £493 | — |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 14, Sunnylands Avenue BH6 4HH | Detached | £900,000 | 1,916 sq ft | £470 | — |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 14, Albion Way BH31 7LR | Detached | £525,000 | 1,238 sq ft | £424 | — |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 68, Higher Days Road BH19 2LB | Detached | £565,000 | 1,033 sq ft | £547 | — |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 5, Primrose Fields SP8 5JR | Detached | £375,000 | 969 sq ft | £387 | +2% (2020) |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 15, Church Street DT6 3PS | Terraced | £295,000 | 667 sq ft | £442 | −9% (2023) |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 29, Wicket Road BH10 5LT | Detached | £260,000 | 926 sq ft | £281 | −15% (2020) |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 5, Glenavon Road BH23 5PN | Detached | £615,000 | 1,582 sq ft | £389 | — |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 28, Charminster Avenue BH9 1RZ | Detached | £370,000 | 1,087 sq ft | £340 | — |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Flat 2, Carbery Court, 89, Southbourne Road BH6 3QL | Flats · Leasehold | £316,000 | 700 sq ft | £452 | — |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 27, Thomas Hardy Drive SP7 8SP | Terraced | £200,000 | 624 sq ft | £320 | — |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Flat 8, Homewest House, 35, Poole Road BH4 9DJ | Flats · Leasehold | £77,000 | 452 sq ft | £170 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 3, Solent View, Solent Road BH6 4BS | Detached | £840,000 | 1,561 sq ft | £538 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 25, Talbot Drive BH23 5RX | Detached | £835,000 | 1,098 sq ft | £761 | +70% (2025) |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Birch House, Birch Close DT11 9AJ | Detached | £700,000 | — | — | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 121, Heathfield Road BH22 0DE | Semi-detached | £485,000 | 1,378 sq ft | £352 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 66, Clayford Avenue BH22 9PG | Detached | £475,000 | 1,055 sq ft | £450 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 12, Hennings Park Road BH15 3QU | Detached | £475,000 | 1,324 sq ft | £359 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 39, Livingstone Road BH5 2AS | Semi-detached | £465,000 | 1,206 sq ft | £386 | +98% (2021) |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 22, Trinity Street DT4 8TW | Terraced | £427,500 | 1,087 sq ft | £393 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 8, Yarrow Court SP8 4XD | Detached | £380,000 | 1,098 sq ft | £346 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 1, the Deans, Daggons Road SP6 3FB | Detached | £365,000 | 1,033 sq ft | £353 | — |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 20, Northfield DT9 6EZ | Detached | £360,000 | 1,012 sq ft | £356 | +14% (2020) |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 11, Bradford Road BH9 3PJ | Semi-detached | £355,000 | 764 sq ft | £465 | — |
Medians over five years for streets with at least five sales; "most active" counts the last 12 months.
Homes for sale in Dorset today ask a median £340,000 (n = 445) vs £340,000 sold — asking is 0% above recent sold prices; £308 vs £364 per sq ft. 1% of Homello's listings here are under offer. Asking ≠ achieved; sold prices reflect deals agreed 4–6 months ago.






New-build sales register 6–12 months after completion; "resale" means a later sale at an address whose first recorded sale was a new build.
Part of South West
A 90 m² (970 sq ft) home in Dorset is worth roughly £297k–£415k at the area's typical £306–£428 per square foot — a range, not a valuation.
Check your addressThe median sold price in Dorset, South West was £340,000 in the 12 months to May 2026 (10,686 sales registered so far); the mean was £387,741. We quote medians because a few very expensive or very cheap sales pull a mean around. The South West median over the same period was £310,000. Portals and the ONS publish different figures because they use different boundaries, windows and adjustments.
Homes sold in Dorset, South West over the two years to May 2026 with a recorded floor area achieved a median £364 per square foot (interquartile range £306–£428), from 20,887 sales matched to an Energy Performance Certificate floor area.
In the 12 months to May 2026, the median was 1.4% down on the previous 12 months and 5.9% up on five years earlier. These compare completed sales registered so far; the most recent months are still being registered, so the latest figures move as late registrations arrive.
Of streets with at least five sales in the last five years, Mornish Road (BH13) has the highest median sold price at £3,700,000 across 5 sales.
Every sale is from HM Land Registry's Price Paid Data for England and Wales, which we re-import monthly. Sales completed to July 2026, as registered by 29 Aug 2026 · headline figures cover the 12 months to May 2026 (later months are still being registered). Floor areas come from Energy Performance Certificates matched by address.
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Sources and method. Sales completed to July 2026, as registered by 29 Aug 2026 · headline figures cover the 12 months to May 2026 (later months are still being registered).Next HM Land Registry release ~28 Sept 2026. Medians unless stated; averages only where 30 or more sales. Category A sales only (standard price-paid transactions), houses and flats.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Floor areas derived from Energy Performance Certificate data © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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