592 homes sold in ME8 in the last 12 months at a median of £331,000, down 5.4% on the year before. Detached homes typically sold for £520,000, flats for £175,000.
Covers Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Hempstead & Wigmore, Rainham North, Rainham South East, Rainham South West, Twydall, Watling, Upchurch.
Median sold price
Last 12 months
Change on year
From £350k
Homes sold
Last 12 months
New builds
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Prices
Detached
105 sales
Semi-detached
240 sales
Terraced
212 sales
Flat
35 sales
All home types
| 2016 | £242k (760 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £260k (805 sales) |
| 2018 | £270k (779 sales) |
| 2019 | £280k (769 sales) |
| 2020 | £285k (645 sales) |
| 2021 | £306k (1057 sales) |
| 2022 | £338k (699 sales) |
| 2023 | £332k (678 sales) |
| 2024 | £337k (784 sales) |
| 2025 | £350k (817 sales) |
| 2026 | £330k (386 sales, year so far) |
HM Land Registry price paid data, standard sales only, to September 2026. Sales take a few weeks to be registered.
Streets
Median sold price over five years, streets with four or more sales.
Sold recently
Floor area and rooms from each home's energy certificate. Rooms counts bedrooms and living rooms, not kitchens or bathrooms.
Living here
Latest Ofsted ratings. Schools inspected since late 2025 show their report-card Achievement grade.
Reported in August 2026
Within a mile of the district centre
data.police.uk, compared with the England average for a one-mile area.
No Environment Agency flood warning areas within 3 km of the district centre.
The median sold price in ME8 over the last 12 months was £331,000, across 592 sales recorded by HM Land Registry. By type: detached £520,000, semi-detached £355,000, terraced £300,000, flat £175,000.
The median sold price was down 5.4% on the previous 12 months (£350,000). Medians move with the mix of homes sold, so treat one year's change as a signal, not a forecast.
Woodruff Close has the highest median sold price in ME8 over the last five years: £642,500 across 8 sales.
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