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DT local market report Dorchester

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 140,939 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the DT postcode area (Dorchester) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to May 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

DT is the postcode area centred on Dorchester, taking in 11 districts. Figures this wide smooth over big local differences, so use the district reports below for anywhere specific.

Where DT sits

Click the map to open DT on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

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£303,000median sold price, 2026
+3%five-year change (cash)
3,254sales in the last 12 months
4.1%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in DT sells for

The 2026 median in DT is £303,000, from 987 registered sales; the mean, £349,200, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so DT trades 11% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical DT home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £58,500 at the time · £124,200 in today's money · 3,457 sales1996: £60,000 at the time · £123,582 in today's money · 4,487 sales1997: £67,000 at the time · £134,194 in today's money · 5,171 sales1998: £71,500 at the time · £140,957 in today's money · 4,995 sales1999: £83,000 at the time · £161,551 in today's money · 5,783 sales2000: £94,500 at the time · £181,125 in today's money · 4,905 sales2001: £110,000 at the time · £206,531 in today's money · 5,504 sales2002: £138,000 at the time · £253,582 in today's money · 5,892 sales2003: £168,000 at the time · £302,269 in today's money · 5,007 sales2004: £185,000 at the time · £328,149 in today's money · 5,267 sales2005: £192,000 at the time · £333,703 in today's money · 4,772 sales2006: £202,000 at the time · £342,457 in today's money · 5,895 sales2007: £222,000 at the time · £367,779 in today's money · 5,271 sales2008: £217,500 at the time · £348,202 in today's money · 2,752 sales2009: £194,000 at the time · £304,573 in today's money · 3,429 sales2010: £219,000 at the time · £335,427 in today's money · 3,241 sales2011: £212,500 at the time · £313,301 in today's money · 3,084 sales2012: £215,000 at the time · £309,063 in today's money · 3,124 sales2013: £216,000 at the time · £303,544 in today's money · 3,847 sales2014: £225,000 at the time · £311,747 in today's money · 4,442 sales2015: £234,000 at the time · £322,920 in today's money · 4,354 sales2016: £245,000 at the time · £334,752 in today's money · 4,821 sales2017: £255,000 at the time · £339,672 in today's money · 4,928 sales2018: £264,000 at the time · £343,698 in today's money · 4,639 sales2019: £260,000 at the time · £332,839 in today's money · 4,412 sales2020: £278,000 at the time · £352,287 in today's money · 4,017 sales2021: £295,000 at the time · £364,785 in today's money · 5,763 sales2022: £325,000 at the time · £372,199 in today's money · 4,697 sales2023: £315,000 at the time · £338,025 in today's money · 3,883 sales2024: £320,000 at the time · £332,280 in today's money · 4,043 sales2025: £317,000 at the time · £317,000 in today's money · 4,070 sales2026: £303,000 at the time · £303,000 in today's money · 987 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£303,000£303,000987
2025£317,000£317,0004,070
2024£320,000£332,2804,043
2023£315,000£338,0253,883
2022£325,000£372,1994,697
2021£295,000£364,7855,763
2020£278,000£352,2874,017
2019£260,000£332,8394,412
2018£264,000£343,6984,639
2017£255,000£339,6724,928
2016£245,000£334,7524,821
2015£234,000£322,9204,354
2014£225,000£311,7474,442
2013£216,000£303,5443,847
2012£215,000£309,0633,124
2011£212,500£313,3013,084
2010£219,000£335,4273,241
2009£194,000£304,5733,429
2008£217,500£348,2022,752
2007£222,000£367,7795,271
2006£202,000£342,4575,895
2005£192,000£333,7034,772
2004£185,000£328,1495,267
2003£168,000£302,2695,007
2002£138,000£253,5825,892
2001£110,000£206,5315,504
2000£94,500£181,1254,905
1999£83,000£161,5515,783
1998£71,500£140,9574,995
1997£67,000£134,1945,171
1996£60,000£123,5824,487
1995£58,500£124,2003,457

In cash terms the typical DT home went from £58,500 in 1995 to £303,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 144%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 19% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the DT median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · +2.6% on the year before1997 · +11.7% on the year before1998 · +6.7% on the year before1999 · +16.1% on the year before2000 · +13.9% on the year before2001 · +16.4% on the year before2002 · +25.5% on the year before2003 · +21.7% on the year before2004 · +10.1% on the year before2005 · +3.8% on the year before2006 · +5.2% on the year before2007 · +9.9% on the year before2008 · −2.0% on the year before2009 · −10.8% on the year before2010 · +12.9% on the year before2011 · −3.0% on the year before2012 · +1.2% on the year before2013 · +0.5% on the year before2014 · +4.2% on the year before2015 · +4.0% on the year before2016 · +4.7% on the year before2017 · +4.1% on the year before2018 · +3.5% on the year before2019 · −1.5% on the year before2020 · +6.9% on the year before2021 · +6.1% on the year before2022 · +10.2% on the year before2023 · −3.1% on the year before2024 · +1.6% on the year before2025 · −0.9% on the year before2026 · −4.4% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+25.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−10.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−4.4%−4.4%
5 years (since 2021)+0.5%−3.6%
10 years (since 2016)+2.1%−1.0%
20 years (since 2006)+2.0%−0.6%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

5,00010k 1995: 3,457 sales1996: 4,487 sales1997: 5,171 sales1998: 4,995 sales1999: 5,783 sales2000: 4,905 sales2001: 5,504 sales2002: 5,892 sales2003: 5,007 sales2004: 5,267 sales2005: 4,772 sales2006: 5,895 sales2007: 5,271 sales2008: 2,752 sales2009: 3,429 sales2010: 3,241 sales2011: 3,084 sales2012: 3,124 sales2013: 3,847 sales2014: 4,442 sales2015: 4,354 sales2016: 4,821 sales2017: 4,928 sales2018: 4,639 sales2019: 4,412 sales2020: 4,017 sales2021: 5,763 sales2022: 4,697 sales2023: 3,883 sales2024: 4,043 sales2025: 4,070 sales2026: 987 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

5001,000 June 2021 · 896 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 216 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 349 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 719 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 266 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 410 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 426 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 319 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 374 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 406 sales registeredApril 2022 · 343 sales registeredMay 2022 · 366 sales registeredJune 2022 · 372 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 369 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 472 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 402 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 445 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 443 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 386 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 303 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 278 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 324 sales registeredApril 2023 · 256 sales registeredMay 2023 · 254 sales registeredJune 2023 · 307 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 360 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 368 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 376 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 371 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 369 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 317 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 268 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 246 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 310 sales registeredApril 2024 · 330 sales registeredMay 2024 · 303 sales registeredJune 2024 · 303 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 365 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 389 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 353 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 430 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 408 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 338 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 321 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 316 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 714 sales registeredApril 2025 · 192 sales registeredMay 2025 · 260 sales registeredJune 2025 · 286 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 388 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 313 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 322 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 384 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 303 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 271 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 220 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 229 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 220 sales registeredApril 2026 · 199 sales registeredMay 2026 · 119 sales registered

DT recorded 3,254 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 5,314 sales a year before the financial crisis and 3,536 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around DT

DT falls under Dorset, the local authority covering most of the DT area, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,041 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £721 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,661, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Dorset

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £721 a month£7211 bed2 bed: £953 a month£9532 bed3 bed: £1,172 a month£1,1723 bed4+ bed: £1,661 a month£1,6614+ bed

Set against the £303,000 median sold price, £1,041 a month is £12,492 a year, a gross yield of 4.1%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will DT prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 3% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

The spread across the DT area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Five-year change in the median, DT area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

DT11DT11 · +11% over five years · median £340,000+11%DT5DT5 · +11% over five years · median £230,000+11%DT9DT9 · +8% over five years · median £345,000+8%DT6DT6 · +6% over five years · median £370,000+6%DT3DT3 · +6% over five years · median £333,500+6%DT10DT10 · +3% over five years · median £325,000+3%DT7DT7 · +3% over five years · median £400,000+3%DT4DT4 · +2% over five years · median £234,000+2%DT2DT2 · −7% over five years · median £340,000−7%DT1DT1 · −7% over five years · median £274,500−7%

District by district

The area medians above hide a lot. Here is every DT district with enough sales to measure, dearest first; each links to its own full report.

DistrictMedian (2026)5-yearSales
DT7 Lyme Regis, Uplyme£400,000+3%22
DT6 Bridport, Melplash£370,000+6%107
DT8 Beaminster, Broadwindsor£348,800+4%28
DT9 Sherborne, Milborne Port£345,000+8%98
DT2 Athelhampton, Puddletown£340,000-7%100
DT11 Blandford Forum, Blandford Camp£340,000+11%119
DT3 Chickerell, Broadwey£333,500+6%116
DT10 Sturminster Newton, Stalbridge£325,000+3%47
DT1 Dorchester, Poundbury£274,500-7%101
DT4 Weymouth town centre, Melcombe Regis£234,000+2%177
DT5 Fortuneswell, Easton£230,000+11%72

Dig further

See every individual DT sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference DT price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.