King Edward Road, Birchington house prices are built from 131 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 2 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £172,495. Across the 11 years from 2009 to 2020 the median moved +68.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +32.7%.
Median price paid
£172,495
Change in cash, 2009–2020
+68.4%
Change in real terms
+32.7%
Median per m²
£2,906
HM Land Registry131 sales26 with floor areaLatest sale 2 Mar 2026
Section 01
How King Edward Road, Birchington prices moved
The chart tracks the median King Edward Road, Birchington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2020. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £58,000 | £128,787 |
| 2000s | 3 | £171,000 | £311,512 |
| 2010s | 3 | £233,750 | £329,588 |
| 2020s | 1 | £288,000 | £294,261 |
The highest yearly median on record for King Edward Road, Birchington is £288,000 in 2020; the lowest is £47,000 in 1996. Across the full 25-year record the cash median has moved from £47,000 to £288,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £101,954, so the real change over the whole record is +265.7% — about +5.55% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +68.4% in cash against +32.7% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 2 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 12 | 16 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £262,000 | £267,696 |
| 42 | 28 Mar 2025 | Detached | £355,000 | £362,717 |
| 60 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £311,630 |
| 73 | 25 Sep 2024 | Detached | £360,000 | £378,806 |
| 16 | 3 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £247,000 | £259,903 |
| 77 | 2 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| 42 | 7 Dec 2023 | Detached | £325,000 | £351,149 |
| 82 | 5 Dec 2023 | Detached | £490,000 | £529,425 |
| 74 | 8 Nov 2023 | Detached | £251,000 | £271,195 |
| 73 | 5 Jul 2023 | Detached | £475,000 | £513,218 |
| 67 | 29 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £417,091 |
| 45 | 10 Mar 2022 | Detached | £380,000 | £440,263 |
| 25 | 17 Sep 2021 | Detached | £380,000 | £480,108 |
| 17 | 17 Aug 2021 | Detached | £280,000 | £353,763 |
| 80 | 24 Jun 2021 | Detached | £470,000 | £593,817 |
| 83 | 9 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £277,000 | £358,650 |
| 63 | 8 Dec 2020 | Detached | £360,000 | £466,116 |
| 7 | 25 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £388,430 |
| 50 | 25 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £288,000 | £372,893 |
| 5 | 11 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £362,534 |
| 38 | 27 Sep 2019 | Detached | £360,000 | £470,872 |
| 59 | 9 Sep 2019 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £385,853 |
| 44 | 9 Aug 2019 | Detached | £255,000 | £333,534 |
| 34 | 17 Dec 2018 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £386,484 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to King Edward Road, Birchington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 King Edward Road | £277,000 (2020) | £350,000 (2026) | +4.0% | -0.4% |
| 60 King Edward Road | £89,995 (2001) | £305,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 42 King Edward Road | £325,000 (2023) | £355,000 (2025) | +4.5% | +1.6% |
| 73 King Edward Road | £79,995 (2000) | £360,000 (2024) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 77 King Edward Road | £62,500 (1999) | £300,000 (2024) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 82 King Edward Road | £255,000 (2018) | £490,000 (2023) | +14.0% | +9.3% |
| 74 King Edward Road | £167,500 (2004) | £251,000 (2023) | +2.2% | -0.7% |
| 67 King Edward Road | £149,000 (2003) | £360,000 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 45 King Edward Road | £74,000 (1999) | £380,000 (2022) | +7.4% | +4.8% |
| 25 King Edward Road | £170,000 (2003) | £380,000 (2021) | +4.6% | +2.3% |
| 17 King Edward Road | £235,000 (2017) | £280,000 (2021) | +4.5% | +2.6% |
| 80 King Edward Road | £107,000 (1998) | £470,000 (2021) | +6.6% | +4.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. King Edward Road, Birchington is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 66 | 50.4% | £165,000 | £47,000 – £360,000 |
| Detached | 62 | 47.3% | £185,000 | £41,000 – £490,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 2.3% | £170,000 | £76,000 – £186,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in King Edward Road, Birchington
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 130 freehold — 0.8% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £251,000 and the median freehold sale £172,248 — a gap of -31.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.8% | £251,000 |
| Freehold | 130 | 99.2% | £172,248 |
A further 2 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How King Edward Road, Birchington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. King Edward Road, Birchington sits above that national figure — +9.5%.
Within Birchington the street ranks 124 of 200 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £170,000 (+1.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,906 per square metre, across 26 of the 131 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £41,000 to £490,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Canterbury Road£158,000 median
- Minnis Road£131,250 median
- Hunting Gate£94,250 median
- Albion Road£111,250 median
- Ingoldsby Road£147,998 median
- Alpha Road£189,500 median
- Lyell Road£140,750 median
- Park Avenue£190,000 median
- Quex View Road£170,500 median
- Beach Avenue£156,750 median
- Park Lane£147,500 median
- Barrows Close£79,000 median
- Birch Hill Court£105,000 median
- Epple Bay Road£195,000 median
- Woodford Court£103,500 median
- Dane Road£245,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 73 King Edward Road5 sales
- 77 King Edward Road4 sales
- 74 King Edward Road4 sales
- 7 King Edward Road4 sales
- 59 King Edward Road4 sales
- 34 King Edward Road4 sales
- 50 King Edward Road3 sales
- 38 King Edward Road3 sales
- 39 King Edward Road3 sales
- 54 King Edward Road3 sales
- 92 King Edward Road3 sales
- 83 King Edward Road2 sales
- 42 King Edward Road2 sales
- 60 King Edward Road2 sales
- 82 King Edward Road2 sales
- 67 King Edward Road2 sales
- 45 King Edward Road2 sales
- 25 King Edward Road2 sales
- 17 King Edward Road2 sales
- 80 King Edward Road2 sales
- 63 King Edward Road2 sales
- 1 King Edward Road2 sales
- 42A King Edward Road2 sales
- 76 King Edward Road2 sales
Back to Birchington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in King Edward Road, Birchington?
The median price paid in King Edward Road, Birchington across every sale on the register is £172,495. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in King Edward Road, Birchington?
131 sales are on record for King Edward Road, Birchington, the most recent completing on 2 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have King Edward Road, Birchington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +68.4% between 2009 and 2020. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +32.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were King Edward Road, Birchington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £288,000, set in 2020. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in King Edward Road, Birchington?
£2,906 per square metre, from the 26 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 2 Mar 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “King Edward Road, Birchington house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.