Reading Street, Broadstairs house prices are built from 89 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 5 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £200,000. Across the 16 years from 2002 to 2018 the median moved +132.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +60.5%.
Median price paid
£200,000
Change in cash, 2002–2018
+132.3%
Change in real terms
+60.5%
Median per m²
£2,045
HM Land Registry89 sales21 with floor areaLatest sale 5 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Reading Street, Broadstairs prices moved
The chart tracks the median Reading Street, Broadstairs house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2018. 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 | 1 | £96,000 | £213,165 |
| 2000s | 2 | £95,000 | £173,062 |
| 2010s | 2 | £155,000 | £218,550 |
The highest yearly median on record for Reading Street, Broadstairs is £453,000 in 2018; the lowest is £95,000 in 2001. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £96,000 to £453,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £199,059, so the real change over the whole record is +203.3% — about +5.70% 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: +132.3% in cash against +60.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 5 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| Flat 1 Elmwood, 54 | 20 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 12 | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £580,000 | £592,609 |
| Seascape | 11 Nov 2024 | Detached | £1,360,000 | £1,431,045 |
| 2 | 25 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £389,328 |
| 38 | 12 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £370,000 | £389,328 |
| 3 | 18 Dec 2023 | Detached | £500,000 | £540,230 |
| Seascape | 4 Jan 2023 | Detached | £1,267,000 | £1,368,943 |
| 37 | 2 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £239,000 | £276,902 |
| 1 | 2 Aug 2021 | Detached | £735,000 | £928,629 |
| 47 | 21 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £360,081 |
| 15 | 18 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £475,000 | £600,134 |
| 39 | 28 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £285,000 | £369,008 |
| 1 | 8 Nov 2019 | Detached | £550,000 | £719,388 |
| 30a | 4 Jul 2019 | Terraced | £260,000 | £340,074 |
| 32 | 27 Mar 2019 | Terraced | £318,000 | £415,937 |
| Green Oak | 29 Oct 2018 | Detached | £690,000 | £919,565 |
| 31 | 19 Oct 2018 | Detached | £453,000 | £603,715 |
| Flat 5 Rimpton Court, 10 | 29 Jun 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £179,915 |
| 38 | 21 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £263,000 | £350,501 |
| 9 | 5 Jun 2018 | Detached | £530,000 | £706,333 |
| 41 | 7 Dec 2017 | Detached | £475,000 | £646,477 |
| 33 | 7 Jul 2017 | Detached | £490,000 | £666,892 |
| 34 | 19 Apr 2017 | Terraced | £232,000 | £315,753 |
| 46 | 31 Mar 2017 | Detached | £480,000 | £653,282 |
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 Reading Street, Broadstairs values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 Reading Street | £82,000 (2001) | £325,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| FLAT 1 ELMWOOD, 54 Reading Street | £200,000 (2016) | £370,000 (2025) | +7.1% | +3.4% |
| 12 Reading Street | £195,000 (2002) | £580,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
| SEASCAPE Reading Street | £480,000 (2012) | £1,360,000 (2024) | +9.1% | +5.9% |
| 2 Reading Street | £66,500 (1998) | £370,000 (2024) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 38 Reading Street | £72,000 (2001) | £370,000 (2024) | +7.4% | +4.5% |
| 3 Reading Street | £245,000 (2003) | £500,000 (2023) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| 1 Reading Street | £145,000 (2001) | £735,000 (2021) | +8.5% | +6.1% |
| 47 Reading Street | £25,000 (1995) | £285,000 (2021) | +9.8% | +7.5% |
| 15 Reading Street | £290,000 (2012) | £475,000 (2021) | +5.6% | +3.7% |
| 39 Reading Street | £228,000 (2016) | £285,000 (2020) | +5.7% | +3.8% |
| 30A Reading Street | £120,000 (2000) | £260,000 (2019) | +4.2% | +1.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Reading Street, Broadstairs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 33 | 37.1% | £210,000 | £55,000 – £580,000 |
| Detached | 27 | 30.3% | £360,000 | £95,000 – £1,360,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 23.6% | £173,000 | £25,000 – £580,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 8 | 9.0% | £110,000 | £47,500 – £370,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Reading Street, Broadstairs
8 of the sales on record are leasehold and 81 freehold — 9.0% 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 £115,000 and the median freehold sale £210,000 — a gap of +82.6%. 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 | 8 | 9.0% | £115,000 |
| Freehold | 81 | 91.0% | £210,000 |
A further 4 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 07
Living in Reading Street, Broadstairs
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Thanet, 43.0% of 87,184 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 435 | 0.5% |
| B | 7,615 | 8.7% |
| C | 29,399 | 33.7% |
| D | 33,353 | 38.3% |
| E | 12,165 | 14.0% |
| F | 3,134 | 3.6% |
| G | 1,083 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Thanet at £1,110 a month as of Jun 2026 — £767 for a one-bedroom home and £1,219 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £200,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.66% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of CT10, 127 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 58 violent, 2 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 24 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.3 times quieter.
Against the 140,587 residents the 2021 census counted in Thanet, that is 0.90 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Reading Street, Broadstairs
The 2021 census counted 140,587 residents in Thanet across 62,200 households. 61.8% of those households own their home and 38.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a CT10 postcode: 7 primary, 2 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 16 plus. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George's Church of England Foundation School | All-through | Foundation school | 1,590 |
| Dane Court Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,152 |
| The Charles Dickens School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,117 |
| Upton Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 515 |
| Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs | Primary | Foundation school | 407 |
| St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 360 |
| Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 291 |
| St Mildred's Primary Infant School | Primary | Foundation school | 269 |
| Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 210 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs | Primary | Academy converter | 151 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Broadstairs Rail Station | Rail | 0.4 km |
| Dumpton Park Rail Station | Rail | 2.0 km |
| Ramsgate Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Ramsgate Ferry Terminal | Ferry | 4.2 km |
Section 09
How Reading Street, Broadstairs compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Reading Street, Broadstairs sits above that national figure — +27.0%.
Within Broadstairs the street ranks 175 of 354 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £183,000 (+9.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,045 per square metre, across 21 of the 89 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 £25,000 to £1,360,000. 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.
Reading Street, Broadstairs sits in Thanet, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Thanet at 8.3 times median local earnings of £34,891 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- West Cliff Road£138,725 median
- Ramsgate Road£204,750 median
- Dumpton Park Drive£249,950 median
- Percy Avenue£201,000 median
- Beacon Road£147,000 median
- Botany Road£232,000 median
- Bradstow Way£204,250 median
- St Peters Road£144,750 median
- Kingsgate Avenue£249,950 median
- Albion Road£133,975 median
- High Street£119,000 median
- Fairfield Road£92,000 median
- Salisbury Avenue£228,998 median
- Stone Road£255,000 median
- Gladstone Road£244,500 median
- Granville Road£140,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 38 Reading Street7 sales
- 1 Reading Street4 sales
- 32 Reading Street4 sales
- 36 Reading Street4 sales
- 45 Reading Street4 sales
- 42 Reading Street3 sales
- 12 Reading Street3 sales
- SEASCAPE Reading Street3 sales
- 2 Reading Street3 sales
- 30A Reading Street3 sales
- 35 Reading Street3 sales
- 11 Reading Street3 sales
- FLAT 1, ELMWOOD, 54 Reading Street2 sales
- 3 Reading Street2 sales
- 47 Reading Street2 sales
- 15 Reading Street2 sales
- 39 Reading Street2 sales
- 9 Reading Street2 sales
- 41 Reading Street2 sales
- 46 Reading Street2 sales
- 4 Reading Street2 sales
- 27 Reading Street2 sales
- 22 Reading Street2 sales
- 5 Reading Street2 sales
Back to Broadstairs house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Reading Street, Broadstairs?
The median price paid in Reading Street, Broadstairs across every sale on the register is £200,000. 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 Reading Street, Broadstairs?
89 sales are on record for Reading Street, Broadstairs, the most recent completing on 5 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Reading Street, Broadstairs house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +132.3% between 2002 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +60.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Reading Street, Broadstairs house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £453,000, set in 2018. 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 Reading Street, Broadstairs?
£2,045 per square metre, from the 21 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 5 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, “Reading Street, Broadstairs 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.