Shaftesbury house prices are built from 9,220 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 25 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £197,250. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +43.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +3.1%.
Median price paid
£197,250
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+43.9%
Change in real terms
+3.1%
Median per m²
£2,353
HM Land Registry9,220 sales1,748 with floor areaLatest sale 25 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Shaftesbury prices moved
The chart tracks the median Shaftesbury house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £71,750 | £159,319 |
| 2000s | 10 | £180,000 | £327,907 |
| 2010s | 10 | £217,995 | £307,373 |
| 2020s | 7 | £330,000 | £337,174 |
The highest yearly median on record for Shaftesbury is £362,500 in 2023; the lowest is £61,500 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £61,500 to £330,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £136,559, so the real change over the whole record is +141.7% — about +2.89% 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: +43.9% in cash against +3.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sutton View | 25 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| JUNIPER Littledown | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 8 Church Walk | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| HOLLY LODGE Bleke Street | 26 May 2026 | Detached | £555,000 | £555,000 |
| 13 Jeanneau Close | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 5 Horsehill Place | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £141,916 | £141,916 |
| 10 Willow Way | 19 May 2026 | Detached | £507,500 | £507,500 |
| 7 Station Road | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 4 Kings Hill | 14 May 2026 | Detached | £570,000 | £570,000 |
| KINGFISHER Littledown | 14 May 2026 | Detached | £399,950 | £399,950 |
| 38 Vale View | 11 May 2026 | Detached | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 36 Ten Acres | 8 May 2026 | Terraced | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 48 Linden Park | 7 May 2026 | Detached | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 3 the Rickyard | 7 May 2026 | Detached | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 22 Hunters Mead | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £382,500 | £382,500 |
| 34 Nettlecombe | 1 May 2026 | Terraced | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 5 Melbury Beacon View | 29 Apr 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 92 Linden Park | 23 Apr 2026 | Detached | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 3 Old Mill View | 23 Apr 2026 | Detached | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 11 St Andrews View | 22 Apr 2026 | Detached | £725,000 | £725,000 |
| 2 Yeatmans Lane | 14 Apr 2026 | Detached | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| FOUR WINDS Lower Blandford Road | 10 Apr 2026 | Detached | £785,000 | £785,000 |
| 8 Hoeller Close | 10 Apr 2026 | Detached | £329,950 | £329,950 |
| 53 Maple Road | 10 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| Pepperpot Cottage | 2 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £230,000 | £230,000 |
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 Shaftesbury values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sutton View | £450,000 (2023) | £400,000 (2026) | -3.9% | -6.3% |
| 8 Church Walk | £229,999 (2002) | £350,000 (2026) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| JUNIPER Littledown | £410,000 (2023) | £390,000 (2026) | -1.7% | -4.2% |
| HOLLY LODGE Bleke Street | £130,000 (1995) | £555,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 13 Jeanneau Close | £70,000 (2000) | £200,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 5 Horsehill Place | £67,000 (2000) | £141,916 (2026) | +2.9% | +0.2% |
| 10 Willow Way | £127,000 (1996) | £507,500 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
| 7 Station Road | £48,000 (1995) | £320,000 (2026) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 4 Kings Hill | £400,000 (2004) | £570,000 (2026) | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| KINGFISHER Littledown | £434,950 (2023) | £399,950 (2026) | -2.8% | -5.2% |
| 38 Vale View | £324,950 (2021) | £365,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -2.3% |
| 36 Ten Acres | £40,500 (1996) | £125,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Shaftesbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 3,697 | 40.1% | £290,000 | £20,000 – £7,270,000 |
| Terraced | 2,592 | 28.1% | £155,000 | £17,000 – £867,500 |
| Semi-detached | 2,003 | 21.7% | £197,950 | £15,000 – £960,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 928 | 10.1% | £100,000 | £13,000 – £499,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Shaftesbury
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 2,274 certificates cover Shaftesbury, and their median floor area is 86 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +13.2%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 86 m² | about 926 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 67 m² | about 721 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 119 m² | about 1,281 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 19.0% | 432 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 13.5% | 308 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Shaftesbury
929 of the sales on record are leasehold and 8,291 freehold — 10.1% 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 £210,000 — a gap of +118.8%. 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 | 929 | 10.1% | £96,000 |
| Freehold | 8,291 | 89.9% | £210,000 |
| New build | 1,222 | 13.3% | £199,950 |
| Existing home | 7,998 | 86.7% | £196,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +2.0%. 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 438 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 Shaftesbury compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Shaftesbury sits above that national figure — +25.2%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,353 per square metre, across 1,748 of the 9,220 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 £13,000 to £7,270,000. 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 in Shaftesbury
- Blackmore Road299 sales
- The Street187 sales
- St James Street157 sales
- Linden Park152 sales
- Thomas Hardy Drive140 sales
- Bleke Street134 sales
- Great Ground128 sales
- Sweetmans Road126 sales
- Salisbury Street119 sales
- Jeanneau Close117 sales
- Pound Lane113 sales
- Maple Road109 sales
- Beaufoy Close105 sales
- Coppice Street101 sales
- Willow Way99 sales
- Imber Road98 sales
- Vale View95 sales
- Fairlane86 sales
- Bell Street85 sales
- Salisbury Road85 sales
- The Limes82 sales
- Mampitts Lane77 sales
- Bimport74 sales
- Layton Lane74 sales
- Win Green View74 sales
- High Street73 sales
- Barton Hill71 sales
- Shorts Green Lane69 sales
- Burton Close66 sales
- Wincombe Lane63 sales
- Nettlecombe62 sales
- Anstee Road61 sales
- Bittles Green60 sales
- New Road59 sales
- The Venn59 sales
- Deansleigh Park58 sales
- Homefield58 sales
- Savoy Court58 sales
- Greenacre Way57 sales
- Ten Acres57 sales
- Victoria Street56 sales
- Trinity Road52 sales
- Breach Lane51 sales
- Brionne Way51 sales
- West Street51 sales
- Barkers Hill48 sales
- Mampitts Road48 sales
- St Lawrence Crescent48 sales
- Elm Hill47 sales
- Maple Close47 sales
- Badger Walk46 sales
- Lower Blandford Road46 sales
- Greenstone Road45 sales
- The Knapp45 sales
- Gower Road44 sales
- Christys Lane43 sales
- Grosvenor Road43 sales
- Well Lane43 sales
- St Georges Road42 sales
- Tanyard Lane42 sales
Postcode districts covering Shaftesbury
- SP7£197,500 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Shaftesbury?
The median price paid in Shaftesbury across every sale on the register is £197,250. 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 Shaftesbury?
9,220 sales are on record for Shaftesbury, the most recent completing on 25 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Shaftesbury house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +43.9% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +3.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Shaftesbury house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £362,500, set in 2023. 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 Shaftesbury?
£2,353 per square metre, from the 1,748 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 25 Jun 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, “Shaftesbury 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.