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Poundbury market report DT1, Dorchester
The standing DT1 (Poundbury) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 14,301 sales registered with HM Land Registry in DT1 (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 recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the typical home in DT1 (Dorchester) sold for £275,000 in 2026, the median of 146 registered sales, down 11% on five years earlier. The mean was £300,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,690 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 14,301 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
DT1 is the postcode district covering Dorchester, Poundbury in Dorchester. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where DT1 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
DT1 sold prices: where the market stands
In the DT1 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £275,000, from 146 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £300,200, sitting a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
House prices per square metre in DT1
Per square metre, DT1 homes have averaged around £3,690 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, DT1 runs 4% below it.
A typical DT1 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £275,000 | £275,000 | 146 |
| 2025 | £330,000 | £337,891 | 441 |
| 2024 | £325,000 | £345,542 | 414 |
| 2023 | £325,000 | £357,096 | 403 |
| 2022 | £325,000 | £381,100 | 520 |
| 2021 | £310,000 | £392,500 | 550 |
| 2020 | £295,000 | £382,769 | 348 |
| 2019 | £275,000 | £360,459 | 464 |
| 2018 | £259,800 | £346,318 | 494 |
| 2017 | £275,000 | £375,072 | 569 |
| 2016 | £260,000 | £363,743 | 593 |
| 2015 | £230,000 | £324,990 | 470 |
| 2014 | £225,000 | £319,202 | 475 |
| 2013 | £225,000 | £323,753 | 499 |
| 2012 | £221,200 | £325,579 | 358 |
| 2011 | £215,600 | £325,473 | 344 |
| 2010 | £205,000 | £321,493 | 390 |
| 2009 | £182,000 | £292,567 | 390 |
| 2008 | £205,000 | £336,038 | 329 |
| 2007 | £220,000 | £373,181 | 540 |
| 2006 | £195,000 | £338,495 | 543 |
| 2005 | £210,000 | £373,715 | 479 |
| 2004 | £185,000 | £335,996 | 412 |
| 2003 | £165,000 | £303,970 | 465 |
| 2002 | £139,200 | £261,904 | 602 |
| 2001 | £105,000 | £201,857 | 548 |
| 2000 | £90,000 | £176,625 | 417 |
| 1999 | £80,000 | £159,436 | 519 |
| 1998 | £69,000 | £139,281 | 447 |
| 1997 | £60,000 | £123,048 | 430 |
| 1996 | £56,600 | £119,367 | 416 |
| 1995 | £57,000 | £123,909 | 286 |
In cash terms the typical DT1 home went from £57,000 in 1995 to £275,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 122%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 30% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the DT1 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+32.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−16.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −16.7% | −18.6% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −2.4% | −6.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.6% | −2.8% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.7% | −1.0% |
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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 34% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £469,500 against £168,000 for a flat, 2.8 times the price.
Median by property type, DT1
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £469,500 | 16 | 2,521 |
| Semi-detached | £370,000 | 23 | 2,505 |
| Terraced | £290,000 | 53 | 4,910 |
| Flats | £168,000 | 54 | 4,365 |
Sales activity in DT1
How many homes change hands
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
Month by month, five years back
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
The register shows 332 DT1 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 501 sales a year before the financial crisis and 385 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around DT1
DT1 falls under Dorset, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,041 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £721 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,661 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Dorset
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £275,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,041 a month (£12,492 a year) works out at a 4.5% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
What people ask about DT1 (Poundbury)
Are property prices falling in DT1 (Poundbury)?
Is DT1 (Poundbury) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in DT1 (Poundbury)?
Are DT1 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is down 11% over five years in cash but down 30% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
On the market in DT1 today
Everything above is what homes in DT1 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 143 homes currently on the market from 12 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 9% below the DT1 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 25% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every DT1 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
What another bedroom costs in DT
What homes of each size actually sold for across the DT area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £350,000 | £455,000 (+30%) | £670,000 (+47%) | £870,000 (+30%) |
| Semi-detached | £236,000 | £285,000 (+21%) | £345,000 (+21%) | £457,000 (+32%) | £586,750 (+28%) |
| Terraced | £225,000 | £255,000 (+13%) | £300,000 (+18%) | £375,000 (+25%) | £553,750 (+48%) |
| Flat | £140,000 | £212,000 (+51%) | £307,500 (+45%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
DT1 ranks 11 of 11 in the DT area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
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.
Inside DT1, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| DT1 1 | £219,800 | 54 |
| DT1 2 | £322,200 | 50 |
| DT1 3 | £290,500 | 42 |
How DT1 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the DT area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| DT7 | £420,000 | +2% |
| DT6 | £345,000 | -1% |
| DT2 | £340,000 | -7% |
| DT11 | £340,000 | +11% |
| DT3 | £332,000 | +5% |
| DT10 | £330,000 | +5% |
| DT8 | £326,200 | -3% |
| DT9 | £305,000 | -5% |
| DT1 (this report) | £275,000 | -11% |
| DT4 | £250,000 | +7% |
| DT5 | £230,000 | +7% |
Selling in DT1? Start from the sold record
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in DT1, open the average prices map and zoom from the DT1 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded DT1 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Estate agents working DT1: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim DT1.
Dig further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to DT1. Free after a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every DT1 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices 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.