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Fortuneswell market report DT5 1, Portland
The standing DT5 1 (Fortuneswell) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 3,823 registered sales in DT5 1 (Portland) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: a typical DT5 1 (Portland) home changed hands for £225,000 in 2026 (median of 57 registered sales, up 0% on five years earlier), with the mean at £228,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,710 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 3,823 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
DT5 1 is one sector of DT5 (Portland): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where DT5 1 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.
Today's DT5 1 prices, from the sold record
Across 57 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) DT5 1 home went for £225,000. The mean is £228,500, almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
DT5 1 prices by floor area
Measured by floor area, the last five years of DT5 1 sales average about £2,710 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, DT5 1 runs 21% below it.
The price of a typical DT5 1 home, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £225,000 | £225,000 | 57 |
| 2025 | £230,000 | £235,500 | 111 |
| 2024 | £227,500 | £241,879 | 85 |
| 2023 | £225,000 | £247,220 | 83 |
| 2022 | £217,500 | £255,044 | 137 |
| 2021 | £225,000 | £284,879 | 205 |
| 2020 | £213,000 | £276,372 | 139 |
| 2019 | £185,000 | £242,491 | 102 |
| 2018 | £192,000 | £255,940 | 127 |
| 2017 | £168,000 | £229,135 | 115 |
| 2016 | £160,000 | £223,842 | 103 |
| 2015 | £170,200 | £240,493 | 110 |
| 2014 | £175,000 | £248,268 | 120 |
| 2013 | £154,000 | £221,591 | 127 |
| 2012 | £154,800 | £227,846 | 82 |
| 2011 | £150,000 | £226,442 | 62 |
| 2010 | £154,500 | £242,296 | 46 |
| 2009 | £152,800 | £245,627 | 82 |
| 2008 | £200,000 | £327,842 | 79 |
| 2007 | £175,000 | £296,849 | 123 |
| 2006 | £167,500 | £290,759 | 173 |
| 2005 | £151,000 | £268,719 | 139 |
| 2004 | £134,000 | £243,370 | 144 |
| 2003 | £126,000 | £232,123 | 130 |
| 2002 | £91,000 | £171,216 | 161 |
| 2001 | £75,000 | £144,184 | 157 |
| 2000 | £70,000 | £137,375 | 135 |
| 1999 | £53,000 | £105,626 | 158 |
| 1998 | £47,200 | £95,277 | 154 |
| 1997 | £42,000 | £86,134 | 152 |
| 1996 | £38,000 | £80,140 | 123 |
| 1995 | £34,000 | £73,911 | 102 |
In cash terms the typical DT5 1 home went from £34,000 in 1995 to £225,000 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 204%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2008. The market now sits about 31% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the DT5 1 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 2003 (+38.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−23.6%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What DT5 1 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −2.2% | −4.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | 0.0% | −4.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.5% | +0.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.5% | −1.3% |
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.
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
DT5 1 recorded 57 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 145 sales a year before the financial crisis and 95 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 DT5 1
For renting purposes DT5 1 sits in Dorset. The ONS average private rent there is £1,041 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £721 a month here against £1,661 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Dorset
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £225,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,041 a month (£12,492 a year) works out at a 5.6% 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.
How DT5 1 trades
Only 57 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes DT5 1 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint.
Common questions on DT5 1 (Fortuneswell)
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Are DT5 1 prices heading up or down?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 21% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
On the market in DT5 today
The live side of the market holds 136 homes at the moment, listed by 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole DT5 district, not just DT5 1: live asking prices are collected per district.
24% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Verne Common Road, Portland, Portland
- Ayton Drive, Portland, Portland
- Verne Common Road, Portland, Portland
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every DT5 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
Moving up a bedroom in DT: the cost
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%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the 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
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in DT5
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of DT5, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| DT5 2 | £245,000 | 37 |
Zoom out to the full DT5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how DT5 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in DT5 1: what the record supports
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at DT5 1's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Estate agents working DT5 1: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim DT5 1.
Go deeper
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about DT5 1. Free, with a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual DT5 1 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator 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.