West Lea, Deal house prices are built from 105 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 9 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £129,950. Across the 10 years from 2005 to 2015 the median moved +24.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.9%.
Median price paid
£129,950
Change in cash, 2005–2015
+24.1%
Change in real terms
-3.9%
Median per m²
£2,040
HM Land Registry105 sales24 with floor areaLatest sale 9 Jan 2026
Section 01
How West Lea, Deal prices moved
The chart tracks the median West Lea, Deal house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2015. 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 | £50,500 | £112,134 |
| 2000s | 6 | £120,000 | £218,605 |
| 2010s | 1 | £180,000 | £253,800 |
The highest yearly median on record for West Lea, Deal is £180,000 in 2015; the lowest is £46,000 in 1995. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £46,000 to £180,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £102,142, so the real change over the whole record is +148.5% — about +4.66% 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: +24.1% in cash against -3.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 9 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 28 | 19 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| 39 | 15 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £255,000 | £275,517 |
| 9 | 14 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 29 | 19 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 43 | 12 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 52 | 28 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £185,000 | £233,737 |
| 35 | 6 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £237,500 | £307,507 |
| 55 | 5 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £310,744 |
| 24 | 13 Aug 2019 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £307,375 |
| 63 | 8 Mar 2019 | Terraced | £210,000 | £274,675 |
| 29 | 18 Jul 2018 | Semi-detached | £254,000 | £338,507 |
| 12 | 19 May 2017 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £319,836 |
| 33 | 14 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached | £194,000 | £270,832 |
| 59 | 1 Aug 2016 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £293,168 |
| 61 | 31 Mar 2016 | Terraced | £195,000 | £272,228 |
| 45 | 30 Oct 2015 | Semi-detached | £179,950 | £253,730 |
| 38 | 25 Aug 2015 | Terraced | £167,000 | £235,470 |
| 18 | 24 Jun 2015 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £253,800 |
| 14 | 19 Jun 2015 | Semi-detached | £181,000 | £255,210 |
| 42 | 31 Mar 2015 | Terraced | £180,000 | £253,800 |
| 47 | 8 Apr 2014 | Semi-detached | £159,000 | £228,067 |
| 41 | 29 Nov 2013 | Terraced | £147,000 | £214,343 |
| 18 | 23 Jul 2013 | Semi-detached | £163,500 | £238,402 |
| 24 | 1 May 2013 | Semi-detached | £156,000 | £227,466 |
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 West Lea, Deal values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 West Lea | £53,995 (1997) | £375,000 (2026) | +6.9% | +4.2% |
| 39 West Lea | £129,950 (2004) | £255,000 (2023) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| 9 West Lea | £73,000 (2001) | £250,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +2.9% |
| 29 West Lea | £87,500 (2002) | £320,000 (2022) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 43 West Lea | £49,000 (1997) | £300,000 (2022) | +7.5% | +4.9% |
| 52 West Lea | £47,000 (1997) | £185,000 (2021) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 55 West Lea | £135,000 (2006) | £240,000 (2020) | +4.2% | +1.9% |
| 24 West Lea | £150,000 (2007) | £235,000 (2019) | +3.8% | +1.4% |
| 63 West Lea | £47,995 (1999) | £210,000 (2019) | +7.7% | +5.3% |
| 12 West Lea | £79,000 (2000) | £235,000 (2017) | +6.6% | +4.2% |
| 33 West Lea | £73,000 (1999) | £194,000 (2016) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 59 West Lea | £46,000 (1995) | £210,000 (2016) | +7.5% | +5.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. West Lea, Deal 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 | 67 | 63.8% | £139,500 | £29,000 – £375,000 |
| Terraced | 34 | 32.4% | £110,000 | £45,000 – £300,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2 | 1.9% | £59,000 | £59,000 – £96,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 1.9% | £55,000 | £55,000 – £150,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in West Lea, Deal
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 104 freehold — 1.0% 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 £96,000 and the median freehold sale £131,225 — a gap of +36.7%. 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 | 1.0% | £96,000 |
| Freehold | 104 | 99.0% | £131,225 |
A further 5 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 West Lea, Deal
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Dover, 44.4% of 61,218 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 | 222 | 0.4% |
| B | 7,283 | 11.9% |
| C | 19,672 | 32.1% |
| D | 22,734 | 37.1% |
| E | 8,350 | 13.6% |
| F | 2,250 | 3.7% |
| G | 707 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Dover at £1,029 a month as of Jun 2026 — £734 for a one-bedroom home and £1,175 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £129,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.50% 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 CT14, 103 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 40 violent, 1 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 22 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.6 times quieter.
Against the 116,410 residents the 2021 census counted in Dover, that is 0.88 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 West Lea, Deal
The 2021 census counted 116,410 residents in Dover across 50,552 households. 67.0% of those households own their home and 32.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a CT14 postcode: 10 primary, 1 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 780 |
| Warden House Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 380 |
| Sandown School | Primary | Academy converter | 348 |
| The Downs Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 316 |
| Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 211 |
| Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 207 |
| Hornbeam Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 207 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 182 |
| Northbourne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 136 |
| Sholden Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 91 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Deal Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Walmer Rail Station | Rail | 1.5 km |
| Martin Mill Rail Station | Rail | 5.7 km |
| Sandwich Rail Station | Rail | 6.6 km |
Section 09
How West Lea, Deal compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. West Lea, Deal sits below that national figure — -17.5%.
Within Deal the street ranks 408 of 486 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £167,000 (-22.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,040 per square metre, across 24 of the 105 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 £29,000 to £375,000. 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.
West Lea, Deal sits in Dover, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Dover at 7.8 times median local earnings of £37,968 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
- Dover Road£155,000 median
- Mill Road£130,000 median
- London Road£205,000 median
- Middle Deal Road£160,000 median
- Downs Road£150,000 median
- College Road£143,500 median
- St Richards Road£154,000 median
- High Street£98,500 median
- The Street£240,000 median
- Mongeham Road£158,250 median
- Middle Street£240,000 median
- Lord Warden Avenue£140,000 median
- Sandown Road£164,000 median
- Church Path£175,750 median
- Blenheim Road£180,000 median
- Gladstone Road£155,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 59 West Lea6 sales
- 29 West Lea4 sales
- 43 West Lea4 sales
- 12 West Lea4 sales
- 42 West Lea4 sales
- 9 West Lea3 sales
- 52 West Lea3 sales
- 24 West Lea3 sales
- 33 West Lea3 sales
- 14 West Lea3 sales
- 47 West Lea3 sales
- 53 West Lea3 sales
- 23 West Lea2 sales
- 39 West Lea2 sales
- 55 West Lea2 sales
- 63 West Lea2 sales
- 61 West Lea2 sales
- 45 West Lea2 sales
- 38 West Lea2 sales
- 18 West Lea2 sales
- 41 West Lea2 sales
- 31 West Lea2 sales
- 16 West Lea2 sales
- 6 West Lea2 sales
Back to Deal house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in West Lea, Deal?
The median price paid in West Lea, Deal across every sale on the register is £129,950. 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 West Lea, Deal?
105 sales are on record for West Lea, Deal, the most recent completing on 9 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have West Lea, Deal house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +24.1% between 2005 and 2015. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were West Lea, Deal house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £180,000, set in 2015. 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 West Lea, Deal?
£2,040 per square metre, from the 24 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 9 Jan 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, “West Lea, Deal 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.