Prospect Road, Hythe house prices are built from 67 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2000 and the most recent on 1 Aug 2022. The median price paid across the whole record is £215,000. Across the 20 years from 2001 to 2021 the median moved +166.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +71.6%.
Median price paid
£215,000
Change in cash, 2001–2021
+166.3%
Change in real terms
+71.6%
Median per m²
£2,219
HM Land Registry67 sales4 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Aug 2022
Section 01
How Prospect Road, Hythe prices moved
The chart tracks the median Prospect Road, Hythe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2000 to 2021. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | £144,450 | £263,145 |
| 2020s | 1 | £399,300 | £407,980 |
The highest yearly median on record for Prospect Road, Hythe is £399,300 in 2021; the lowest is £144,450 in 2000. Across the full 22-year record the cash median has moved from £144,450 to £399,300.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £288,900, so the real change over the whole record is +74.6% — about +2.69% 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: +166.3% in cash against +71.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £372,500 | £431,574 |
| 12 | 30 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £745,000 | £863,147 |
| 6 the Paddocks, 27 | 30 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £415,000 | £480,813 |
| 7 the Paddocks, 27 | 18 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 3 the Paddocks, 27 | 15 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £397,984 |
| 4 the Paddocks, 27 | 30 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £435,000 | £549,597 |
| 1 the Paddocks, 27 | 25 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £413,600 | £522,559 |
| 5 the Paddocks, 27 | 25 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £385,000 | £486,425 |
| 2 the Paddocks, 27 | 26 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £465,000 | £587,500 |
| 10 the Paddocks, 27 | 14 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £750,000 | £947,581 |
| Wellington House 39 | 12 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £345,000 | £435,887 |
| 8 the Paddocks, 27 | 1 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £620,000 | £783,333 |
| Faith Cottage, 8 | 1 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £267,000 | £337,339 |
| 18 | 16 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| 6 | 4 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £267,000 | £345,702 |
| 31 | 15 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £240,000 | £310,744 |
| 9 the Paddocks, 27 | 18 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £640,000 | £828,650 |
| Ivy Cottage, 51 | 7 Jun 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £320,455 |
| Ground Floor Flat 24 | 28 Feb 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £183,117 |
| 37 | 12 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £485,000 | £646,361 |
| 45 | 16 Feb 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £193,242 |
| 24a | 18 Aug 2015 | Terraced | £95,000 | £133,950 |
| 37 | 29 Jun 2015 | Terraced | £397,635 | £560,665 |
| 18b | 22 May 2015 | Terraced | £300,000 | £423,000 |
| 59 | 7 Aug 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £358,596 |
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 Prospect Road, Hythe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 Prospect Road | £146,950 (2000) | £372,500 (2022) | +4.3% | +1.8% |
| WELLINGTON HOUSE 39 Prospect Road | £236,000 (2003) | £345,000 (2021) | +2.1% | -0.1% |
| 31 Prospect Road | £49,000 (1997) | £240,000 (2020) | +7.2% | +4.9% |
| 37 Prospect Road | £104,000 (1999) | £485,000 (2018) | +8.4% | +6.0% |
| 45 Prospect Road | £72,950 (2000) | £145,000 (2018) | +3.9% | +1.6% |
| 24A Prospect Road | £44,250 (2001) | £95,000 (2015) | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| 59 Prospect Road | £144,950 (2000) | £250,000 (2014) | +4.0% | +1.5% |
| 22 Prospect Road | £185,000 (2008) | £237,500 (2014) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 43 Prospect Road | £149,950 (2000) | £220,000 (2010) | +3.9% | +1.6% |
| 3 WELLINGTON APARTMENTS Prospect Road | £99,950 (2000) | £178,950 (2007) | +8.7% | +6.5% |
| 14 Prospect Road | £93,500 (1995) | £325,000 (2006) | +12.0% | +9.8% |
| 41 Prospect Road | £149,950 (2001) | £192,000 (2005) | +6.4% | +4.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Prospect Road, Hythe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 31 | 46.3% | £162,500 | £44,250 – £750,000 |
| Terraced | 16 | 23.9% | £240,000 | £49,000 – £485,000 |
| Semi-detached | 12 | 17.9% | £236,000 | £20,000 – £745,000 |
| Detached | 8 | 11.9% | £104,000 | £80,000 – £380,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Prospect Road, Hythe
41 of the sales on record are leasehold and 26 freehold — 61.2% 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 £220,000 and the median freehold sale £207,000 — a gap of -5.9%. 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 | 41 | 61.2% | £220,000 |
| Freehold | 26 | 38.8% | £207,000 |
| New build | 10 | 14.9% | £144,450 |
| Existing home | 57 | 85.1% | £236,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -38.8%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 10 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 Prospect Road, Hythe
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Folkestone and Hythe, 43.8% of 63,526 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 288 | 0.5% |
| B | 6,476 | 10.2% |
| C | 21,079 | 33.2% |
| D | 22,910 | 36.1% |
| E | 9,418 | 14.8% |
| F | 2,479 | 3.9% |
| G | 876 | 1.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Folkestone and Hythe at £1,172 a month as of Jun 2026 — £801 for a one-bedroom home and £1,278 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £215,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.54% 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 CT21, 66 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 21 violent, 4 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 21 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.5 times quieter.
Against the 109,758 residents the 2021 census counted in Folkestone and Hythe, that is 0.60 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 Prospect Road, Hythe
The 2021 census counted 109,758 residents in Folkestone and Hythe across 48,337 households. 66.6% of those households own their home and 33.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a CT21 postcode: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockhill Park Performing Arts College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,314 |
| Hythe Bay CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 220 |
| Palmarsh Primary School | Primary | Community school | 204 |
| Saltwood CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 202 |
| Lympne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 195 |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 179 |
| Seabrook Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 104 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Tram | 0.2 km |
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Sandling Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
Section 09
How Prospect Road, Hythe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Prospect Road, Hythe sits above that national figure — +36.5%.
Within Hythe the street ranks 139 of 279 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £207,000 (+3.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,219 per square metre, across 4 of the 67 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 £20,000 to £750,000. 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.
Prospect Road, Hythe sits in Folkestone and Hythe, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Folkestone and Hythe at 8.1 times median local earnings of £38,755 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
- Seabrook Road£215,000 median
- Stade Street£165,000 median
- Dymchurch Road£148,250 median
- North Road£275,000 median
- Stone Street£235,000 median
- Bartholomew Street£95,000 median
- St Leonards Road£184,000 median
- South Road£185,000 median
- Shepherds Walk£169,500 median
- Marine Parade£156,250 median
- Cliff Road£430,000 median
- Ormonde Road£170,000 median
- Romney Way£143,725 median
- Albert Road£186,250 median
- West Parade£265,000 median
- East Street£181,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- WELLINGTON HOUSE, 39 Prospect Road6 sales
- 49 Prospect Road3 sales
- 31 Prospect Road3 sales
- 37 Prospect Road3 sales
- 45 Prospect Road3 sales
- 24A Prospect Road3 sales
- 3, WELLINGTON APARTMENTS Prospect Road3 sales
- 14 Prospect Road3 sales
- 59 Prospect Road2 sales
- 22 Prospect Road2 sales
- 43 Prospect Road2 sales
- 41 Prospect Road2 sales
- GROVE COTTAGE, 47 Prospect Road2 sales
- 1 WELLINGTON APARTMENTS, WELLINGTON GATE, 55 Prospect Road2 sales
- KESWICK Prospect Road2 sales
Back to Hythe house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Prospect Road, Hythe?
The median price paid in Prospect Road, Hythe across every sale on the register is £215,000. 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 Prospect Road, Hythe?
67 sales are on record for Prospect Road, Hythe, the most recent completing on 1 Aug 2022. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Prospect Road, Hythe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +166.3% between 2001 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +71.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Prospect Road, Hythe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £399,300, set in 2021. 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 Prospect Road, Hythe?
£2,219 per square metre, from the 4 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 1 Aug 2022. 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, “Prospect Road, Hythe 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.