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TN2 5 local market report Tunbridge Wells

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 6,601 sales registered with HM Land Registry in TN2 5 (Tunbridge Wells) 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 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

TN2 5 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside TN2 (Tunbridge Wells). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.

Where TN2 5 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.

£450,000median sold price, 2026
-19%five-year change (cash)
35sales in the last 12 months
4.0%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in TN2 5 sells for

The 2026 median in TN2 5 is £450,000, from 35 registered sales; the mean, £509,300, sits modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £273,500, so TN2 5 trades 65% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical TN2 5 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)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £85,500 at the time · £181,523 in today's money · 143 sales1996: £95,000 at the time · £195,672 in today's money · 196 sales1997: £105,000 at the time · £210,305 in today's money · 220 sales1998: £116,000 at the time · £228,686 in today's money · 201 sales1999: £137,600 at the time · £267,825 in today's money · 258 sales2000: £168,000 at the time · £322,000 in today's money · 217 sales2001: £180,000 at the time · £337,959 in today's money · 225 sales2002: £210,000 at the time · £385,885 in today's money · 234 sales2003: £230,000 at the time · £413,820 in today's money · 189 sales2004: £249,500 at the time · £442,558 in today's money · 244 sales2005: £269,800 at the time · £468,922 in today's money · 201 sales2006: £285,500 at the time · £484,017 in today's money · 281 sales2007: £300,000 at the time · £496,999 in today's money · 336 sales2008: £269,000 at the time · £430,650 in today's money · 148 sales2009: £290,000 at the time · £455,290 in today's money · 160 sales2010: £333,800 at the time · £511,259 in today's money · 152 sales2011: £340,000 at the time · £501,282 in today's money · 155 sales2012: £350,000 at the time · £503,125 in today's money · 159 sales2013: £320,000 at the time · £449,695 in today's money · 200 sales2014: £309,000 at the time · £428,133 in today's money · 186 sales2015: £412,500 at the time · £569,250 in today's money · 175 sales2016: £417,500 at the time · £570,446 in today's money · 212 sales2017: £527,500 at the time · £702,654 in today's money · 160 sales2018: £444,900 at the time · £579,209 in today's money · 179 sales2019: £450,000 at the time · £576,067 in today's money · 200 sales2020: £575,000 at the time · £728,650 in today's money · 220 sales2021: £557,500 at the time · £689,382 in today's money · 430 sales2022: £575,000 at the time · £658,506 in today's money · 329 sales2023: £630,000 at the time · £676,050 in today's money · 221 sales2024: £500,000 at the time · £519,187 in today's money · 174 sales2025: £578,000 at the time · £578,000 in today's money · 161 sales2026: £450,000 at the time · £450,000 in today's money · 35 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£450,000£450,00035
2025£578,000£578,000161
2024£500,000£519,187174
2023£630,000£676,050221
2022£575,000£658,506329
2021£557,500£689,382430
2020£575,000£728,650220
2019£450,000£576,067200
2018£444,900£579,209179
2017£527,500£702,654160
2016£417,500£570,446212
2015£412,500£569,250175
2014£309,000£428,133186
2013£320,000£449,695200
2012£350,000£503,125159
2011£340,000£501,282155
2010£333,800£511,259152
2009£290,000£455,290160
2008£269,000£430,650148
2007£300,000£496,999336
2006£285,500£484,017281
2005£269,800£468,922201
2004£249,500£442,558244
2003£230,000£413,820189
2002£210,000£385,885234
2001£180,000£337,959225
2000£168,000£322,000217
1999£137,600£267,825258
1998£116,000£228,686201
1997£105,000£210,305220
1996£95,000£195,672196
1995£85,500£181,523143

In cash terms the typical TN2 5 home went from £85,500 in 1995 to £450,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 148%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2020; the current median sits about 38% below that. Someone who bought at the 2020 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the TN2 5 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 · +11.1% on the year before1997 · +10.5% on the year before1998 · +10.5% on the year before1999 · +18.6% on the year before2000 · +22.1% on the year before2001 · +7.1% on the year before2002 · +16.7% on the year before2003 · +9.5% on the year before2004 · +8.5% on the year before2005 · +8.1% on the year before2006 · +5.8% on the year before2007 · +5.1% on the year before2008 · −10.3% on the year before2009 · +7.8% on the year before2010 · +15.1% on the year before2011 · +1.9% on the year before2012 · +2.9% on the year before2013 · −8.6% on the year before2014 · −3.4% on the year before2015 · +33.5% on the year before2016 · +1.2% on the year before2017 · +26.3% on the year before2018 · −15.7% on the year before2019 · +1.1% on the year before2020 · +27.8% on the year before2021 · −3.0% on the year before2022 · +3.1% on the year before2023 · +9.6% on the year before2024 · −20.6% on the year before2025 · +15.6% on the year before2026 · −22.1% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2015 (+33.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−22.1%). 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)−22.1%−22.1%
5 years (since 2021)−4.2%−8.2%
10 years (since 2016)+0.8%−2.3%
20 years (since 2006)+2.3%−0.4%

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.

250500 1995: 143 sales1996: 196 sales1997: 220 sales1998: 201 sales1999: 258 sales2000: 217 sales2001: 225 sales2002: 234 sales2003: 189 sales2004: 244 sales2005: 201 sales2006: 281 sales2007: 336 sales2008: 148 sales2009: 160 sales2010: 152 sales2011: 155 sales2012: 159 sales2013: 200 sales2014: 186 sales2015: 175 sales2016: 212 sales2017: 160 sales2018: 179 sales2019: 200 sales2020: 220 sales2021: 430 sales2022: 329 sales2023: 221 sales2024: 174 sales2025: 161 sales2026: 35 sales1995200020052010201520202026

TN2 5 recorded 35 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 241 sales a year before the financial crisis and 184 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 TN2 5

TN2 5 falls under Tunbridge Wells, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,517 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £1,045 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,440, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Tunbridge Wells

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £1,045 a month£1,0451 bed2 bed: £1,391 a month£1,3912 bed3 bed: £1,682 a month£1,6823 bed4+ bed: £2,440 a month£2,4404+ bed

Set against the £450,000 median sold price, £1,517 a month is £18,204 a year, a gross yield of 4.0%: 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 TN2 5 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 19% over five years in cash but down 35% 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.

The risers and the fallers

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

Other street groups in TN2

Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of TN2, each linking to its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
TN2 3£382,50044
TN2 4£385,00031

Zoom out to the full TN2 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how TN2 compares with its neighbours.

Dig further

Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about TN2 5. Free, with a one click sign in.

See every individual TN2 5 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference TN2 5 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.

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