Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne house prices are built from 148 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 29 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £222,500. Across the 13 years from 2012 to 2025 the median moved +60.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +10.0%.
Median price paid
£222,500
Change in cash, 2012–2025
+60.8%
Change in real terms
+10.0%
HM Land Registry148 salesLatest sale 29 May 2026
Section 01
How Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne prices moved
The chart tracks the median Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2025. 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 | £101,500 | £225,378 |
| 2000s | 4 | £129,000 | £235,000 |
| 2010s | 1 | £220,000 | £310,200 |
| 2020s | 3 | £353,750 | £361,440 |
The highest yearly median on record for Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne is £395,000 in 2022; the lowest is £70,000 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £70,000 to £353,750.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £148,421, so the real change over the whole record is +143.5% — about +3.23% 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: +60.8% in cash against +10.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 24 | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| Brintonville | 22 Sep 2025 | Detached | £385,000 | £393,370 |
| 14 | 31 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 17 | 21 Jul 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 52 | 16 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £390,000 | £398,478 |
| 61 | 15 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £357,500 | £365,272 |
| 65 | 13 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £320,933 |
| The Wharry | 11 Mar 2024 | Detached | £650,000 | £683,955 |
| Cherrymere | 1 Dec 2023 | Detached | £500,000 | £540,230 |
| 42 | 5 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £410,000 | £442,989 |
| 33 | 10 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £200,000 | £216,092 |
| 2 Caroline Cottages | 2 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £246,000 | £285,012 |
| Clavis | 14 Nov 2022 | Detached | £600,000 | £695,152 |
| 44 | 10 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £463,435 |
| Crock Cottage | 4 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £637,223 |
| 16 | 30 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £301,233 |
| 19 | 23 Aug 2022 | Detached | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| 55 | 5 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £301,233 |
| Loustadu | 27 May 2022 | Detached | £452,500 | £524,260 |
| 1 Milton Cottages | 6 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £367,500 | £425,781 |
| 21 | 30 Mar 2022 | Detached | £395,000 | £457,642 |
| 35 | 3 Mar 2022 | Detached | £490,000 | £567,707 |
| 27 | 13 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £178,000 | £224,892 |
| 32 | 28 Oct 2021 | Detached | £460,000 | £581,183 |
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 Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Keycol Hill | £120,000 (1999) | £400,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 24 Keycol Hill | £138,000 (2013) | £300,000 (2025) | +6.7% | +3.6% |
| 14 Keycol Hill | £98,000 (1999) | £350,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 17 Keycol Hill | £116,000 (1997) | £350,000 (2025) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| 52 Keycol Hill | £197,500 (2012) | £390,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.3% |
| 42 Keycol Hill | £87,500 (2000) | £410,000 (2023) | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| 33 Keycol Hill | £95,000 (2006) | £200,000 (2023) | +4.5% | +1.5% |
| CLAVIS Keycol Hill | £97,000 (1995) | £600,000 (2022) | +7.0% | +4.4% |
| CROCK COTTAGE Keycol Hill | £115,000 (2007) | £550,000 (2022) | +11.0% | +8.0% |
| LOUSTADU Keycol Hill | £289,000 (2007) | £452,500 (2022) | +3.0% | +0.3% |
| 1 MILTON COTTAGES Keycol Hill | £84,000 (2001) | £367,500 (2022) | +7.3% | +4.6% |
| 21 Keycol Hill | £70,000 (1997) | £395,000 (2022) | +7.2% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne 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 | 70 | 47.3% | £249,950 | £39,500 – £650,000 |
| Semi-detached | 62 | 41.9% | £213,000 | £28,320 – £550,000 |
| Terraced | 16 | 10.8% | £105,000 | £35,000 – £390,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 148 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 148 | 100.0% | £222,500 |
| New build | 2 | 1.4% | £130,000 |
| Existing home | 146 | 98.6% | £226,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -42.5%. 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 9 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 Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Maidstone, 52.3% of 86,401 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 595 | 0.7% |
| B | 15,443 | 17.9% |
| C | 29,119 | 33.7% |
| D | 28,467 | 32.9% |
| E | 9,650 | 11.2% |
| F | 2,414 | 2.8% |
| G | 713 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Maidstone at £1,292 a month as of Jun 2026 — £915 for a one-bedroom home and £1,455 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £222,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.97% 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 ME9, 226 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 82 violent, 1 burglary, 12 vehicle-related and 63 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.4 times busier.
Against the 175,782 residents the 2021 census counted in Maidstone, that is 1.29 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 Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne
The 2021 census counted 175,782 residents in Maidstone across 71,208 households. 69.3% of those households own their home and 30.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a ME9 postcode: 13 primary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwade School | Primary | Academy converter | 591 |
| Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 252 |
| Newington Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 242 |
| Holywell Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 212 |
| Lower Halstow Primary School | Primary | Community school | 200 |
| Bobbing Village School | Primary | Academy converter | 192 |
| Borden Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 138 |
| Rodmersham School | Primary | Community school | 128 |
| Bredgar Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 106 |
| Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 104 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Kemsley Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Newington Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| Teynham Rail Station | Rail | 6.0 km |
Section 09
How Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne sits above that national figure — +41.3%.
Within Sittingbourne the street ranks 298 of 865 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £165,000 (+34.8%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £28,320 to £650,000. 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.
Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne sits in Maidstone, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Maidstone at 10.1 times median local earnings of £36,199 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
- The Street£216,000 median
- High Street£120,000 median
- Borden Lane£231,000 median
- School Lane£241,500 median
- Station Road£135,000 median
- Sanderling Way£195,000 median
- Wickham Close£110,000 median
- Honeyball Walk£128,500 median
- Stangate Drive£240,000 median
- Church Lane£163,000 median
- Randle Way£232,000 median
- Mansfield Drive£192,950 median
- Mallard Crescent£170,000 median
- Teal Way£175,000 median
- Cormorant Road£245,000 median
- Bull Lane£239,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 14 Keycol Hill5 sales
- 1, MILTON COTTAGES Keycol Hill5 sales
- 42 Keycol Hill4 sales
- CLAVIS Keycol Hill4 sales
- 59 Keycol Hill4 sales
- 29 Keycol Hill4 sales
- HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE Keycol Hill4 sales
- HILLCREST Keycol Hill4 sales
- 19 Keycol Hill3 sales
- 24 Keycol Hill3 sales
- 33 Keycol Hill3 sales
- 21 Keycol Hill3 sales
- PENNY CROSS Keycol Hill3 sales
- 6 Keycol Hill3 sales
- 8 Keycol Hill3 sales
- 9 Keycol Hill3 sales
- 54 Keycol Hill3 sales
- 13 Keycol Hill3 sales
- REDCOT Keycol Hill3 sales
- 17 Keycol Hill2 sales
- 52 Keycol Hill2 sales
- CROCK COTTAGE Keycol Hill2 sales
- LOUSTADU Keycol Hill2 sales
- 27 Keycol Hill2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne?
The median price paid in Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne across every sale on the register is £222,500. 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 Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne?
148 sales are on record for Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne, the most recent completing on 29 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +60.8% between 2012 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +10.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £395,000, set in 2022. 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 Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 29 May 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, “Keycol Hill, Sittingbourne 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.