UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/me

House prices in the ME postcode area, Rochester

Homes in the ME postcode area sold for a median of £330,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 16,957 standard sales.

That is 14% below the £383,000 median for the South East, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£330,00016,957 standard sales
Middle half of prices£264,000 to £423,000
Change since 2016+39%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was ME19 (West Malling), at £470,000, and the cheapest was ME4 (Chatham), at £250,000.

The next dearest were ME18 (Maidstone) and ME17 (Maidstone), and the next cheapest ME7 (Gillingham) and ME12 (Sheerness).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the ME area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the ME area, by number of sales: Maidstone (ME14, ME15, ME16, ME17, ME18), Rochester (ME1, ME2, ME3), Gillingham (ME7, ME8), Sittingbourne (ME9, ME10), Chatham (ME4, ME5), Sheerness (ME12), Faversham (ME13), West Malling (ME19), Aylesford (ME20), Snodland (ME6), Queenborough (ME11).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. ME19West Malling, 772 sales£470,000£4,870+4%
  2. ME18Maidstone, 157 sales£450,000Too fewToo few
  3. ME17Maidstone, 847 sales£400,000£4,2760%
  4. ME20Aylesford, 671 sales£382,000Too few+3%
  5. ME3Rochester, 789 sales£365,000£4,124−1%
  6. ME9Sittingbourne, 650 sales£360,000£3,766+1%
  7. ME16Maidstone, 995 sales£360,000£4,253−4%
  8. ME14Maidstone, 939 sales£351,000£4,071+12%
  9. ME13Faversham, 914 sales£350,000£4,206+4%
  10. ME15Maidstone, 1,150 sales£348,000£4,382+3%
  11. ME8Gillingham, 1,436 sales£345,000£3,958+4%
  12. ME2Rochester, 986 sales£324,500Too few0%
  13. ME1Rochester, 824 sales£310,000£3,817−1%
  14. ME6Snodland, 322 sales£310,000Too few+7%
  15. ME5Chatham, 1,315 sales£305,000£4,184+5%
  16. ME10Sittingbourne, 1,486 sales£295,000£3,8400%
  17. ME12Sheerness, 1,005 sales£280,000£3,2530%
  18. ME7Gillingham, 1,006 sales£272,500£3,309+3%
  19. ME4Chatham, 616 sales£250,000£3,055+2%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: ME11 £240k (77 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in ME14 (Maidstone), up 12%, and fell most in ME16 (Maidstone), down 4%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Roseacre Lane, Bearsted (ME14, £721,500), Edwin Road, Gillingham (ME8, detached houses, £692,500) and Timberland Rise, Cliffe Woods (ME3, detached houses, £610,000).

The cheapest were Hengist Court, Maidstone (ME14, flats, £72,000), Hopewell Drive, Chatham (ME5, flats, £75,500) and Union Street, Maidstone (ME14, flats, £100,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SS (Southend-on-Sea), TN (Tonbridge), CT (Canterbury) and DA (Dartford).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the ME area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached3,746£500,000£415,000 to £619,000£4,379/m²from 139 sales
Semi-detached5,504£358,000£310,000 to £410,000£4,211/m²from 273 sales
Terraced5,845£285,000£245,000 to £325,000£3,633/m²from 203 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,862£185,000£148,000 to £228,000£3,203/m²from 50 sales

Terraced houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in the ME area, at 34% and 32% of sales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 39%, from £238,500 in 2016 to £332,500 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the ME postcode area

Within ME, the median ran from £310,000 in Swale to £395,000 in Tonbridge and Malling, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the ME area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in MEMedian in MEWhole council area
Medway6,467£312,000£312,000
Maidstone4,155£365,000£367,500
Swale4,136£310,000£310,000
Tonbridge and Malling2,114£395,000£415,000
Gravesham84£392,500£361,500
1 other council area1Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The ME figures come from 16,957 standard sales in 20 postcode districts across 6 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was ME10 (Sittingbourne), with 1,486 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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