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Goudhurst market report TN17, Cranbrook
The TN17 (Goudhurst) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 5,850 HM Land Registry entries for TN17 (Cranbrook), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales recorded to August 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the 2026 median for TN17 (Cranbrook) is £437,500, from 68 registered sales, down 9% on five years earlier; the mean is £556,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,580 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 5,850 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
TN17 is a postcode district covering Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Sissinghurst in Cranbrook. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where TN17 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.
The going rate for a home in TN17
The 2026 median for TN17 is £437,500, taken from 68 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £556,300, well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
House prices per square metre in TN17
By floor space, homes in TN17 have sold for about £4,580 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, TN17 runs 54% above it.
The price of a typical TN17 home, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £437,500 | £437,500 | 68 |
| 2025 | £447,500 | £458,201 | 198 |
| 2024 | £430,000 | £457,178 | 171 |
| 2023 | £490,000 | £538,390 | 168 |
| 2022 | £435,500 | £510,673 | 141 |
| 2021 | £480,000 | £607,742 | 261 |
| 2020 | £432,500 | £561,178 | 206 |
| 2019 | £405,000 | £530,858 | 165 |
| 2018 | £427,500 | £569,866 | 128 |
| 2017 | £400,000 | £545,560 | 178 |
| 2016 | £462,500 | £647,042 | 173 |
| 2015 | £385,000 | £544,005 | 207 |
| 2014 | £300,000 | £425,602 | 187 |
| 2013 | £325,000 | £467,643 | 144 |
| 2012 | £305,000 | £448,922 | 151 |
| 2011 | £300,000 | £452,885 | 144 |
| 2010 | £292,500 | £458,715 | 140 |
| 2009 | £280,000 | £450,102 | 123 |
| 2008 | £320,000 | £524,548 | 119 |
| 2007 | £322,500 | £547,050 | 229 |
| 2006 | £285,000 | £494,724 | 271 |
| 2005 | £267,800 | £476,576 | 164 |
| 2004 | £250,000 | £454,049 | 208 |
| 2003 | £244,500 | £450,428 | 205 |
| 2002 | £190,000 | £357,483 | 215 |
| 2001 | £176,000 | £338,351 | 203 |
| 2000 | £156,000 | £306,150 | 203 |
| 1999 | £151,400 | £301,732 | 238 |
| 1998 | £135,500 | £273,516 | 208 |
| 1997 | £107,200 | £219,846 | 272 |
| 1996 | £86,200 | £181,792 | 197 |
| 1995 | £89,500 | £194,559 | 165 |
In cash terms the typical TN17 home went from £89,500 in 1995 to £437,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 125%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2016, and today's median remains roughly 32% under it: a 2016 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the TN17 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 (+28.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2017 (−13.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 42% of the typed total. In 2025, the last year both were recorded here, a detached home traded at £709,200 against £320,000 for a flat, 2.2 times the price.
Median by property type, TN17
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 | £650,000 | 25 | 2,424 |
| Semi-detached | £447,500 | 22 | 1,815 |
| Terraced | £310,000 | 18 | 1,268 |
| Flats | £320,000 (2025) | – | 328 |
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −2.2% | −4.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −1.8% | −6.4% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +0.2% | −4.1% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | −0.6% | −3.8% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.2% | −0.6% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
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.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
TN17 recorded 132 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 212 sales a year before the financial crisis and 149 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 tenants pay around TN17
The local authority for TN17 is Tunbridge Wells, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,517 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £1,045 a month here against £2,440 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Tunbridge Wells
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £437,500 median sold price, £1,517 a month is £18,204 a year, a gross yield of 4.2%: 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.
How TN17 trades
Only 132 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes TN17 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.
What people ask about TN17 (Goudhurst)
How much did a house sell for in TN17 (Goudhurst)?
Are property prices falling in TN17 (Goudhurst)?
Is TN17 (Goudhurst) a good place to buy a house?
Are TN17 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is down 9% over five years in cash but down 28% 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.
TN17's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in TN17 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 15 homes currently on the market from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 1% above the TN17 median sold price.
TN17 registered 132 sales in the last twelve months; the 15 homes listed now would take about 6 weeks to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger. That is a thin shelf: buyers here are choosing from little, and a well priced home is unlikely to wait long.
Of everything listed here, 0% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
See every TN17 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
Month by month: when TN17 sells
March is when TN17 changes hands most (13.6% of the 939 sales dated 2021 to 2025); February is the quiet end at 6.1%. The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 58 | 6.2% |
| February | 57 | 6.1% |
| March | 128 | 13.6% |
| April | 57 | 6.1% |
| May | 72 | 7.7% |
| June | 116 | 12.4% |
| July | 67 | 7.1% |
| August | 65 | 6.9% |
| September | 94 | 10.0% |
| October | 83 | 8.8% |
| November | 81 | 8.6% |
| December | 61 | 6.5% |
What another bedroom costs in TN
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the TN area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £356,000 | £412,500 (+16%) | £480,000 (+16%) | £610,000 (+27%) | £841,000 (+38%) |
| Semi-detached | £285,250 | £335,000 (+17%) | £387,500 (+16%) | £500,000 (+29%) | £649,000 (+30%) |
| Terraced | £255,000 | £300,000 (+18%) | £335,000 (+12%) | £430,000 (+28%) | £567,500 (+32%) |
| Flat | £165,000 | £220,000 (+33%) | £299,225 (+36%) | £397,475 (+33%) | £550,000 (+38%) |
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. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
TN17 ranks 37 of 40 in the TN 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.
Winners and losers across the TN area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside TN17, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TN17 1 | £607,500 | 12 |
| TN17 2 | £525,000 | 18 |
| TN17 3 | £330,000 | 19 |
| TN17 4 | £460,000 | 19 |
How TN17 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the TN area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| TN3 | £691,500 | +5% |
| TN7 | £650,000 | -13% |
| TN13 | £612,500 | +4% |
| TN14 | £594,000 | +13% |
| TN11 | £575,000 | +10% |
| TN20 | £530,000 | -9% |
| TN32 | £515,000 | +24% |
| TN15 | £500,000 | +5% |
| TN19 | £500,000 | +22% |
| TN5 | £490,000 | +0% |
| TN26 | £472,500 | +11% |
| TN10 | £456,000 | +3% |
| TN16 | £455,000 | +6% |
| TN18 | £452,500 | +4% |
| TN6 | £450,000 | +10% |
| TN27 | £450,000 | -2% |
| TN17 (this report) | £437,500 | -9% |
| TN2 | £430,000 | -10% |
| TN8 | £430,000 | -2% |
| TN36 | £421,200 | +12% |
| TN12 | £420,000 | +1% |
| TN22 | £405,000 | +0% |
| TN25 | £405,000 | +15% |
| TN4 | £401,200 | +5% |
Thinking of selling in TN17? Get a rough value first
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in TN17, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from TN17's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded TN17 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Go deeper
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to TN17. Free after a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual TN17 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.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.