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Rusthall market report TN4 8, Tunbridge Wells

The TN4 8 (Rusthall) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 5,688 sales registered with HM Land Registry in TN4 8 (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.

Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.

In short: 53 registered 2026 sales put the TN4 8 (Tunbridge Wells) median at £395,000, up 3% on five years earlier, with a mean of £463,000, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,000 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 5,688 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.

A postcode sector like TN4 8 is a single group of streets within TN4 (Tunbridge Wells), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where TN4 8 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.

£395,0002026 median sold price
£5,000/m²average price per m², last 5 years
+3%change over five years, cash
53homes sold, last 12 months
4.6%gross yield, estimated

What TN4 8 homes really sell for

53 sales were registered in TN4 8 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £395,000. The mean works out at £463,000, a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.

Price per square metre in TN4 8

Per square metre, TN4 8 homes have averaged around £5,000 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.

Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, TN4 8 sits 39% above the national market.

The price of a typical TN4 8 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.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £69,500 at the time · £151,082 in today's money · 134 sales1996: £66,600 at the time · £140,456 in today's money · 160 sales1997: £76,500 at the time · £156,886 in today's money · 191 sales1998: £76,500 at the time · £154,421 in today's money · 152 sales1999: £89,000 at the time · £177,372 in today's money · 211 sales2000: £111,900 at the time · £219,604 in today's money · 178 sales2001: £130,000 at the time · £249,918 in today's money · 231 sales2002: £151,500 at the time · £285,046 in today's money · 291 sales2003: £187,500 at the time · £345,420 in today's money · 229 sales2004: £190,000 at the time · £345,077 in today's money · 229 sales2005: £215,000 at the time · £382,613 in today's money · 226 sales2006: £200,000 at the time · £347,174 in today's money · 252 sales2007: £235,000 at the time · £398,625 in today's money · 247 sales2008: £235,000 at the time · £385,215 in today's money · 144 sales2009: £223,900 at the time · £359,921 in today's money · 130 sales2010: £228,000 at the time · £357,563 in today's money · 155 sales2011: £230,000 at the time · £347,212 in today's money · 168 sales2012: £240,000 at the time · £353,250 in today's money · 143 sales2013: £247,500 at the time · £356,128 in today's money · 168 sales2014: £250,000 at the time · £354,669 in today's money · 215 sales2015: £280,000 at the time · £395,640 in today's money · 187 sales2016: £325,000 at the time · £454,678 in today's money · 171 sales2017: £375,000 at the time · £511,462 in today's money · 176 sales2018: £375,000 at the time · £499,882 in today's money · 168 sales2019: £379,000 at the time · £496,778 in today's money · 180 sales2020: £364,000 at the time · £472,298 in today's money · 124 sales2021: £382,500 at the time · £484,294 in today's money · 203 sales2022: £397,800 at the time · £466,466 in today's money · 183 sales2023: £412,500 at the time · £453,237 in today's money · 120 sales2024: £425,000 at the time · £451,862 in today's money · 130 sales2025: £380,000 at the time · £389,087 in today's money · 139 sales2026: £395,000 at the time · £395,000 in today's money · 53 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£395,000£395,00053
2025£380,000£389,087139
2024£425,000£451,862130
2023£412,500£453,237120
2022£397,800£466,466183
2021£382,500£484,294203
2020£364,000£472,298124
2019£379,000£496,778180
2018£375,000£499,882168
2017£375,000£511,462176
2016£325,000£454,678171
2015£280,000£395,640187
2014£250,000£354,669215
2013£247,500£356,128168
2012£240,000£353,250143
2011£230,000£347,212168
2010£228,000£357,563155
2009£223,900£359,921130
2008£235,000£385,215144
2007£235,000£398,625247
2006£200,000£347,174252
2005£215,000£382,613226
2004£190,000£345,077229
2003£187,500£345,420229
2002£151,500£285,046291
2001£130,000£249,918231
2000£111,900£219,604178
1999£89,000£177,372211
1998£76,500£154,421152
1997£76,500£156,886191
1996£66,600£140,456160
1995£69,500£151,082134

In cash terms the typical TN4 8 home went from £69,500 in 1995 to £395,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 161%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2017. The market now sits about 23% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.

Year-on-year change in the TN4 8 median

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

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · −4.2% on the year before1997 · +14.9% on the year before1998 · +0.0% on the year before1999 · +16.3% on the year before2000 · +25.7% on the year before2001 · +16.2% on the year before2002 · +16.5% on the year before2003 · +23.8% on the year before2004 · +1.3% on the year before2005 · +13.2% on the year before2006 · −7.0% on the year before2007 · +17.5% on the year before2008 · +0.0% on the year before2009 · −4.7% on the year before2010 · +1.8% on the year before2011 · +0.9% on the year before2012 · +4.3% on the year before2013 · +3.1% on the year before2014 · +1.0% on the year before2015 · +12.0% on the year before2016 · +16.1% on the year before2017 · +15.4% on the year before2018 · +0.0% on the year before2019 · +1.1% on the year before2020 · −4.0% on the year before2021 · +5.1% on the year before2022 · +4.0% on the year before2023 · +3.7% on the year before2024 · +3.0% on the year before2025 · −10.6% on the year before2026 · +3.9% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+25.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2025 (−10.6%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

The long view: annualised growth

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+3.9%+1.5%
5 years (since 2021)+0.6%−4.0%
10 years (since 2016)+2.0%−1.4%
20 years (since 2006)+3.5%+0.6%

Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.

Sales activity in TN4 8

The year-by-year sales count

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

125250375500 1995: 134 sales1996: 160 sales1997: 191 sales1998: 152 sales1999: 211 sales2000: 178 sales2001: 231 sales2002: 291 sales2003: 229 sales2004: 229 sales2005: 226 sales2006: 252 sales2007: 247 sales2008: 144 sales2009: 130 sales2010: 155 sales2011: 168 sales2012: 143 sales2013: 168 sales2014: 215 sales2015: 187 sales2016: 171 sales2017: 176 sales2018: 168 sales2019: 180 sales2020: 124 sales2021: 203 sales2022: 183 sales2023: 120 sales2024: 130 sales2025: 139 sales2026: 53 sales1995200020052010201520202026

TN4 8 recorded 53 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 235 sales a year before the financial crisis and 125 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.

What kind of market TN4 8 is

Only 53 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes TN4 8 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint.

Rents around TN4 8

The local authority for TN4 8 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.

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

Against the £395,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,517 a month (£18,204 a year) works out at a 4.6% 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.

TN4 8 (Rusthall): the questions that come up

Are property prices falling in TN4 8 (Rusthall)?
In TN4 8 (Rusthall) the median moved up 4% year on year; over five years it is up 3%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is TN4 8 (Rusthall) a good place to buy a house?
TN4 8 (Rusthall) sold prices are up 3% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in TN4 8 (Rusthall)?
Land Registry recorded 53 sales in TN4 8 (Rusthall) in 2026, with a median sold price of £395,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.

What happens to TN4 8 prices now?

Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 3% over five years in cash but down 18% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.

What is for sale in TN4 right now

Turning to what is actually available: 65 homes on the market right now, from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole TN4 district, not just TN4 8: live asking prices are collected per district.

£495,000Typical asking price now (TN4 district)
13 below what sold nearby21 in line with nearby sales20 above nearby sales2 well above nearby sales

23% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.

See every TN4 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.

The price of an extra bedroom in TN

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the TN area. 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.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£375,000£520,000 (+39%)£789,950 (+52%)£1,140,000 (+44%)
Semi-detached£280,000£340,000 (+21%)£415,000 (+22%)£580,000 (+40%)£750,000 (+29%)
Terraced£265,000£310,000 (+17%)£358,115 (+16%)£463,497 (+29%)£703,750 (+52%)
Flat£175,000£240,000 (+37%)£350,000 (+46%)£570,000 (+63%)

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

Other sectors in TN4

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of TN4, one report each:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
TN4 0£430,00032
TN4 9£424,00083

Zoom out to the full TN4 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how TN4 compares with its neighbours.

Selling in TN4 8? Start from the sold record

Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in TN4 8, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from TN4 8's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded TN4 8 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.

Estate agents working TN4 8: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim TN4 8.

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The live map plots every individual TN4 8 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.

About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.