ME1 vs ME5: house prices per square metre compared

ME5 (Walderslade) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £4,061 per against £3,919 in ME1 (Wouldham)ME1 is 3% cheaper per . The figures come from 556 and 321 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

ME1

Wouldham, Rochester

High confidence

£3,919median per

Median sale price
£310,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,388 – £4,559
Sales (last 12 months)
352
With a matched floor area
321
Mean floor area (matched sales)
89 m²
Change over 10 years
+25.5%
All ME1 sold prices

ME5

Walderslade, Chatham

High confidence

£4,061median per

Median sale price
£309,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,398 – £4,679
Sales (last 12 months)
574
With a matched floor area
556
Mean floor area (matched sales)
83 m²
Change over 10 years
+33.5%
All ME5 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

ME1 compared with ME5
MeasureME1ME5Difference
Median price per m²£3,919£4,061+4%
Median sale price£310,000£309,000−0%
Sales (last 12 months)352574+222
Change over 10 years+25.5%+33.5%+8.0 pts

By property type

Median price per for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Property typeME1ME5
Detached£4,404n = 33£3,976n = 107
Semi-detached£4,133n = 85£4,200n = 219
Terraced£3,829n = 148£3,984n = 205
Flat£3,750n = 55£3,267n = 25

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