Westgate-on-sea house prices are built from 5,463 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £142,950. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +31.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -5.5%.
Median price paid
£142,950
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+31.9%
Change in real terms
-5.5%
Median per m²
£1,905
HM Land Registry5,463 sales1,220 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Westgate-on-sea prices moved
The chart tracks the median Westgate-on-sea 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 | £50,000 | £111,024 |
| 2000s | 10 | £135,000 | £245,930 |
| 2010s | 10 | £170,000 | £239,700 |
| 2020s | 7 | £267,500 | £273,315 |
The highest yearly median on record for Westgate-on-sea is £285,000 in 2022; the lowest is £42,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £42,000 to £273,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £93,260, so the real change over the whole record is +192.7% — about +3.53% 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: +31.9% in cash against -5.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 4 11 Sea Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 43 Beach Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 6 Rowena Road | 11 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| FLAT 36 PALM COURT Rowena Road | 26 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 21 the Warren Drive | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| FLAT 20 KIMBERLEY COURT 21-23 Sea Road | 22 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 30 Lymington Road | 21 May 2026 | Terraced | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| FLAT 1 BAYVIEW MANOR, 163 Sea Road | 6 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| FLAT 1 ROWENA COURT, 16 Sea Road | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 10 Hundreds Close | 24 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £266,000 | £266,000 |
| FLAT 29 ST MILDREDS COURT Beach Road | 23 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £108,000 | £108,000 |
| 10 Domneva Road | 15 Apr 2026 | Detached | £690,000 | £690,000 |
| FLAT 1 ROWENA COURT, 14 Sea Road | 15 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 14 Chilham Avenue | 13 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 4 Streete Court Road | 10 Apr 2026 | Detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 6 Jacksons Stables | 9 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| FLAT 51 PALM COURT Rowena Road | 2 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 37 Quex Road | 27 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 23 Streete Court | 27 Mar 2026 | Detached | £312,000 | £312,000 |
| 12 Ursuline Drive | 25 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| FLAT 3 RANDOLPH COURT, 77 Sea Road | 18 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 22 Linden Road | 16 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 159 Canterbury Road | 13 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 20 Cuthbert Road | 6 Mar 2026 | Detached | £287,500 | £287,500 |
| FLAT 4 61 Westgate Bay Avenue | 6 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £193,000 | £193,000 |
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 Westgate-on-sea values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 4 11 Sea Road | £34,000 (1995) | £220,000 (2026) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 43 Beach Road | £134,000 (2007) | £195,000 (2026) | +2.0% | -0.9% |
| FLAT 36 PALM COURT Rowena Road | £65,950 (2000) | £130,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.1% |
| FLAT 20 KIMBERLEY COURT 21-23 Sea Road | £143,000 (2003) | £280,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
| 21 the Warren Drive | £122,500 (2012) | £290,000 (2026) | +6.3% | +3.3% |
| FLAT 1 BAYVIEW MANOR, 163 Sea Road | £89,000 (1998) | £305,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.8% |
| FLAT 1 ROWENA COURT, 16 Sea Road | £55,500 (1998) | £235,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 10 Hundreds Close | £125,000 (2003) | £266,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
| FLAT 29 ST MILDREDS COURT Beach Road | £20,000 (1996) | £108,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| FLAT 1 ROWENA COURT, 14 Sea Road | £52,000 (1999) | £250,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 10 Domneva Road | £128,000 (2000) | £690,000 (2026) | +6.7% | +3.9% |
| 14 Chilham Avenue | £84,995 (2002) | £255,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Westgate-on-sea 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 | 2,118 | 38.8% | £116,000 | £10,000 – £740,000 |
| Terraced | 1,763 | 32.3% | £162,000 | £12,000 – £812,666 |
| Semi-detached | 992 | 18.2% | £158,000 | £15,000 – £655,000 |
| Detached | 590 | 10.8% | £235,000 | £32,000 – £1,164,999 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Westgate-on-sea
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,135 certificates cover Westgate-on-sea, and their median floor area is 76 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are about the same size than average — 0.0%. 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 | 76 m² | about 818 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 59 m² | about 635 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 93 m² | about 1,001 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 25.6% | 290 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 5.8% | 66 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Westgate-on-sea
2,124 of the sales on record are leasehold and 3,339 freehold — 38.9% 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 £116,000 and the median freehold sale £168,000 — a gap of +44.8%. 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 | 2,124 | 38.9% | £116,000 |
| Freehold | 3,339 | 61.1% | £168,000 |
| New build | 457 | 8.4% | £140,000 |
| Existing home | 5,006 | 91.6% | £143,300 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -2.3%. 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 338 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 Westgate-on-sea compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Westgate-on-sea sits below that national figure — -9.2%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,905 per square metre, across 1,220 of the 5,463 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 £10,000 to £1,164,999. 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 Westgate-on-sea
- Sea Road351 sales
- Westgate Bay Avenue336 sales
- Linksfield Road270 sales
- Rowena Road207 sales
- Belmont Road201 sales
- Adrian Square186 sales
- Canterbury Road184 sales
- Victoria Avenue179 sales
- St Mildreds Road162 sales
- Beach Road149 sales
- Ethelbert Square131 sales
- Cuthbert Road128 sales
- Minster Road104 sales
- Roxburgh Road92 sales
- St Augustines Park87 sales
- The Grove84 sales
- Sussex Gardens83 sales
- Abbey Court82 sales
- St Benets Road80 sales
- College Square67 sales
- Elm Grove63 sales
- Cedric Road62 sales
- Nelson Villas57 sales
- St Mildreds Gardens57 sales
- Harold Avenue54 sales
- Lymington Road54 sales
- Westbury Road51 sales
- Essex Road49 sales
- St Lukes Close49 sales
- Chester Road47 sales
- Ethelred Road47 sales
- Richborough Road47 sales
- Station Road47 sales
- Wellington Road46 sales
- Dunstan Avenue45 sales
- Norman Road45 sales
- Quex Road43 sales
- Guildford Avenue42 sales
- St Crispins Road42 sales
- Wellesley Road39 sales
- Danehurst38 sales
- Streete Court37 sales
- College Gardens36 sales
- The Boulevard35 sales
- The Warren Drive35 sales
- Reculvers Road34 sales
- Carlton Road West33 sales
- Linden Road33 sales
- Edith Road32 sales
- Ethelbert Terrace32 sales
- Saxon Road32 sales
- Cambourne Avenue31 sales
- Charing Crescent31 sales
- Ryders Avenue30 sales
- Ursuline Drive30 sales
- Waterside Drive30 sales
- Hockeredge Gardens29 sales
- Streete Court Road29 sales
- Thanet Road29 sales
- Beach Rise28 sales
Postcode districts covering Westgate-on-sea
- CT8£142,950 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Westgate-on-sea?
The median price paid in Westgate-on-sea across every sale on the register is £142,950. 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 Westgate-on-sea?
5,463 sales are on record for Westgate-on-sea, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Westgate-on-sea house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +31.9% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -5.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Westgate-on-sea house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £285,000, 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 Westgate-on-sea?
£1,905 per square metre, from the 1,220 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 12 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, “Westgate-on-sea 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.