Ackers Drive, Swanscombe house prices are built from 104 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2018 and the most recent on 18 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £319,995. Across the 5 years from 2018 to 2023 the median moved +19.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.3%.
Median price paid
£319,995
Change in cash, 2018–2023
+19.3%
Change in real terms
-3.3%
Median per m²
£3,539
HM Land Registry104 sales3 with floor areaLatest sale 18 May 2026
Section 01
How Ackers Drive, Swanscombe prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ackers Drive, Swanscombe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2018 to 2023. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 | £427,495 | £602,768 |
| 2020s | 4 | £319,995 | £326,951 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ackers Drive, Swanscombe is £509,995 in 2023; the lowest is £294,995 in 2020. Across the full 6-year record the cash median has moved from £427,495 to £509,995.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £569,724, so the real change over the whole record is -3.3% — about -0.67% 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: +19.3% in cash against -3.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286 | 18 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £232,000 | £232,000 |
| 398 | 17 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 3 | 31 Jan 2025 | Detached | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| 21 | 12 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| 19 | 21 Jun 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £309,995 | £326,189 |
| 406 | 8 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £71,250 | £74,972 |
| 246 | 27 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £509,995 | £551,029 |
| 380 | 12 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £340,345 |
| 248 | 28 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £519,995 | £561,834 |
| 250 | 30 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £574,995 | £621,259 |
| 272 | 30 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £550,000 | £594,253 |
| 25 | 28 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £314,995 | £340,339 |
| 252 | 16 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £549,995 | £594,247 |
| 266 | 2 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £564,995 | £610,454 |
| 308 | 23 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £318,736 |
| 268 | 17 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £566,995 | £612,615 |
| 292 | 24 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £252,995 | £273,351 |
| 270 | 17 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £539,995 | £583,443 |
| 286 | 14 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £247,995 | £267,949 |
| 326 | 29 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £264,713 |
| 310 | 24 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £315,995 | £341,420 |
| 302 | 22 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £329,995 | £382,328 |
| 274 | 16 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £494,995 | £573,495 |
| 278 | 16 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £484,995 | £561,909 |
| 276 | 16 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £484,994 | £561,908 |
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 Ackers Drive, Swanscombe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286 Ackers Drive | £247,995 (2023) | £232,000 (2026) | -2.2% | -4.7% |
| 398 Ackers Drive | £299,995 (2020) | £300,000 (2025) | +0.0% | -4.6% |
| 3 Ackers Drive | £599,995 (2019) | £650,000 (2025) | +1.3% | -2.7% |
| 380 Ackers Drive | £294,995 (2020) | £315,000 (2023) | +2.2% | -3.8% |
| 456 Ackers Drive | £70,000 (2019) | £91,000 (2021) | +14.0% | +12.1% |
| 424 Ackers Drive | £429,995 (2018) | £465,000 (2021) | +2.6% | +0.8% |
| 426 Ackers Drive | £454,995 (2018) | £462,500 (2021) | +0.5% | -1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ackers Drive, Swanscombe 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 | 68 | 65.4% | £299,995 | £70,000 – £341,495 |
| Terraced | 23 | 22.1% | £464,995 | £419,995 – £566,995 |
| Detached | 7 | 6.7% | £599,995 | £504,950 – £784,995 |
| Semi-detached | 6 | 5.8% | £509,995 | £434,995 – £574,995 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ackers Drive, Swanscombe
68 of the sales on record are leasehold and 36 freehold — 65.4% 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 £299,998 and the median freehold sale £484,995 — a gap of +61.7%. 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 | 68 | 65.4% | £299,998 |
| Freehold | 36 | 34.6% | £484,995 |
| New build | 91 | 87.5% | £324,995 |
| Existing home | 13 | 12.5% | £299,995 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +8.3%. 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 12 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 Ackers Drive, Swanscombe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ackers Drive, Swanscombe sits above that national figure — +103.2%.
Within Swanscombe the street ranks 70 of 142 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £260,000 (+23.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,539 per square metre, across 3 of the 104 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 £70,000 to £784,995. 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 nearby
- Milton Road£117,000 median
- Church Road£134,000 median
- Pentstemon Drive£200,000 median
- Stanhope Road£128,500 median
- Castle Hill Drive£285,000 median
- Lett Lane£275,000 median
- Caspian Way£206,995 median
- Swanscombe Street£131,000 median
- Sun Road£115,000 median
- Broomfield Road£131,000 median
- High Street£90,000 median
- Manor Road£165,000 median
- Castle Street£146,500 median
- Milton Street£150,000 median
- Eastern Avenue£314,719 median
- Mortimer Square£288,495 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 286 Ackers Drive2 sales
- 398 Ackers Drive2 sales
- 3 Ackers Drive2 sales
- 380 Ackers Drive2 sales
- 456 Ackers Drive2 sales
- 424 Ackers Drive2 sales
- 426 Ackers Drive2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ackers Drive, Swanscombe?
The median price paid in Ackers Drive, Swanscombe across every sale on the register is £319,995. 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 Ackers Drive, Swanscombe?
104 sales are on record for Ackers Drive, Swanscombe, the most recent completing on 18 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ackers Drive, Swanscombe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +19.3% between 2018 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ackers Drive, Swanscombe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £509,995, 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 Ackers Drive, Swanscombe?
£3,539 per square metre, from the 3 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 18 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, “Ackers Drive, Swanscombe 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.