Motte Lane, Swanscombe house prices are built from 40 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2017 and the most recent on 9 Apr 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £387,475. Across the 5 years from 2017 to 2022 the median moved +2.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -12.8%.
Median price paid
£387,475
Change in cash, 2017–2022
+2.5%
Change in real terms
-12.8%
HM Land Registry40 salesLatest sale 9 Apr 2025
Section 01
How Motte Lane, Swanscombe prices moved
The chart tracks the median Motte Lane, Swanscombe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2017 to 2022. 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 | £359,450 | £506,825 |
| 2020s | 1 | £415,000 | £424,022 |
The highest yearly median on record for Motte Lane, Swanscombe is £415,000 in 2022; the lowest is £359,450 in 2018. Across the full 6-year record the cash median has moved from £404,950 to £415,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £551,139, so the real change over the whole record is -12.8% — 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: +2.5% in cash against -12.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 9 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £94,500 | £96,554 |
| 35 | 27 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £354,950 | £362,666 |
| 14 | 26 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 117 | 10 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £92,750 | £94,766 |
| 2 | 19 Dec 2024 | Detached | £590,000 | £620,821 |
| 123 | 26 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £132,500 | £139,422 |
| 19 | 30 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £198,000 | £213,931 |
| 16 | 30 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £370,000 | £399,770 |
| 17 | 2 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £190,000 | £220,131 |
| 7 | 18 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £495,000 | £573,500 |
| 18 | 11 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £480,813 |
| 3 | 18 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £445,000 | £515,571 |
| 23 | 12 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £187,500 | £217,235 |
| 7 | 14 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £445,000 | £576,171 |
| 1 | 12 Jun 2020 | Detached | £525,000 | £679,752 |
| 109 | 27 Mar 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £82,500 | £107,908 |
| 31 | 15 Mar 2019 | Terraced | £324,950 | £425,027 |
| 35 | 28 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £324,950 | £425,027 |
| 4 | 21 Dec 2018 | Detached | £459,950 | £612,977 |
| 2 | 20 Dec 2018 | Detached | £499,999 | £666,350 |
| 25 | 13 Dec 2018 | Detached | £375,000 | £499,764 |
| 107 | 8 Nov 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £192,500 | £256,545 |
| 33 | 31 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £319,000 | £425,132 |
| 20 | 28 Sep 2018 | Semi-detached | £359,950 | £479,707 |
| 18 | 28 Sep 2018 | Semi-detached | £358,950 | £478,374 |
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 Motte Lane, Swanscombe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 Motte Lane | £324,950 (2019) | £354,950 (2025) | +1.5% | -2.6% |
| 14 Motte Lane | £329,950 (2018) | £370,000 (2025) | +1.7% | -2.1% |
| 2 Motte Lane | £499,999 (2018) | £590,000 (2024) | +2.8% | -1.2% |
| 16 Motte Lane | £334,950 (2018) | £370,000 (2023) | +2.0% | -2.2% |
| 7 Motte Lane | £404,950 (2017) | £495,000 (2022) | +4.1% | +0.8% |
| 18 Motte Lane | £358,950 (2018) | £415,000 (2022) | +3.7% | +0.1% |
| 3 Motte Lane | £399,950 (2017) | £445,000 (2022) | +2.2% | -1.1% |
| 1 Motte Lane | £476,950 (2017) | £525,000 (2020) | +3.3% | +1.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Motte Lane, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 17 | 42.5% | £400,950 | £187,500 – £495,000 |
| Detached | 9 | 22.5% | £472,500 | £375,000 – £590,000 |
| Terraced | 9 | 22.5% | £334,950 | £319,000 – £370,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 5 | 12.5% | £94,500 | £82,500 – £192,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Motte Lane, Swanscombe
8 of the sales on record are leasehold and 32 freehold — 20.0% 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 £160,000 and the median freehold sale £402,950 — a gap of +151.8%. 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 | 8 | 20.0% | £160,000 |
| Freehold | 32 | 80.0% | £402,950 |
| New build | 25 | 62.5% | £399,950 |
| Existing home | 15 | 37.5% | £370,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +8.1%. 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 3 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 Motte Lane, Swanscombe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Motte Lane, Swanscombe sits above that national figure — +146.0%.
Within Swanscombe the street ranks 57 of 142 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £260,000 (+49.0%).
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 £82,500 to £590,000. 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 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
- Ackers Drive£319,995 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
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 7 Motte Lane3 sales
- 35 Motte Lane2 sales
- 14 Motte Lane2 sales
- 2 Motte Lane2 sales
- 16 Motte Lane2 sales
- 18 Motte Lane2 sales
- 3 Motte Lane2 sales
- 1 Motte Lane2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Motte Lane, Swanscombe?
The median price paid in Motte Lane, Swanscombe across every sale on the register is £387,475. 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 Motte Lane, Swanscombe?
40 sales are on record for Motte Lane, Swanscombe, the most recent completing on 9 Apr 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Motte Lane, Swanscombe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +2.5% between 2017 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -12.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Motte Lane, Swanscombe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £415,000, 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 Motte Lane, Swanscombe?
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 9 Apr 2025. 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, “Motte Lane, 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.