Local authority · data to August 2026
House prices in Dorset
Homes in Dorset sold for an average £328,589, down 0.4% on a year ago. That is more than in 65% of UK councils. Over the last six months prices moved at +0.3% a year, about the same as the −0.1% a year of the past two years.
- Average sale price
- £328,589
- Change in a year
- −0.4%
- −3.8% after inflation
- Pricier than
- 65%
- of UK councils
Dorset: +8.3% in 5 years
Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path
- Dorset
- South West
- United Kingdom
- Expected path
- 80% range
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| Month | Dorset | South West | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2027 · Expected path | £328,753 (£309,686–£347,820) | £308,828 | £280,154 |
| Jul 2027 · Expected path | £328,739 (£310,699–£346,780) | £308,437 | £279,560 |
| Jun 2027 · Expected path | £328,726 (£311,732–£345,719) | £308,046 | £278,967 |
| May 2027 · Expected path | £328,712 (£312,790–£344,634) | £307,656 | £278,374 |
| Apr 2027 · Expected path | £328,698 (£313,877–£343,520) | £307,265 | £277,781 |
| Mar 2027 · Expected path | £328,685 (£315,001–£342,369) | £306,874 | £277,188 |
| Feb 2027 · Expected path | £328,671 (£316,171–£341,171) | £306,483 | £276,595 |
| Jan 2027 · Expected path | £328,657 (£317,403–£339,911) | £306,093 | £276,002 |
| Dec 2026 · Expected path | £328,644 (£318,720–£338,568) | £305,702 | £275,409 |
| Nov 2026 · Expected path | £328,630 (£320,160–£337,100) | £305,311 | £274,816 |
| Oct 2026 · Expected path | £328,616 (£321,804–£335,429) | £304,920 | £274,223 |
| Sep 2026 · Expected path | £328,603 (£323,860–£333,345) | £304,530 | £273,630 |
| Aug 2026 | £328,589 | £304,139 | £273,037 |
| Jul 2026 | £325,590 | £302,027 | £272,146 |
| Jun 2026 | £324,089 | £303,232 | £270,690 |
| May 2026 | £327,069 | £302,533 | £272,221 |
| Apr 2026 | £325,838 | £303,427 | £270,966 |
| Mar 2026 | £329,269 | £301,647 | £268,631 |
| Feb 2026 | £328,095 | £301,220 | £269,423 |
| Jan 2026 | £327,235 | £300,664 | £268,814 |
| Dec 2025 | £326,129 | £298,687 | £268,002 |
| Nov 2025 | £326,042 | £302,921 | £270,472 |
| Oct 2025 | £329,044 | £300,893 | £269,819 |
| Sep 2025 | £331,374 | £301,093 | £269,556 |
| Aug 2025 | £329,989 | £304,262 | £270,575 |
| Jul 2025 | £325,443 | £302,826 | £268,843 |
| Jun 2025 | £320,223 | £298,838 | £266,796 |
| May 2025 | £321,826 | £297,421 | £264,078 |
| Apr 2025 | £327,552 | £292,255 | £260,162 |
| Mar 2025 | £332,328 | £303,287 | £268,019 |
| Feb 2025 | £330,719 | £301,560 | £264,771 |
| Jan 2025 | £328,561 | £301,828 | £264,936 |
| Dec 2024 | £330,986 | £300,210 | £263,991 |
| Nov 2024 | £332,240 | £300,240 | £264,515 |
| Oct 2024 | £331,246 | £306,423 | £265,252 |
| Sep 2024 | £328,356 | £304,305 | £264,750 |
| Aug 2024 | £329,181 | £303,164 | £265,085 |
| Jul 2024 | £330,213 | £301,845 | £262,479 |
| Jun 2024 | £327,355 | £297,239 | £259,585 |
| May 2024 | £325,624 | £298,492 | £258,565 |
| Apr 2024 | £324,500 | £297,850 | £256,478 |
| Mar 2024 | £326,319 | £295,240 | £255,082 |
| Feb 2024 | £324,083 | £296,587 | £254,633 |
| Jan 2024 | £327,741 | £299,150 | £255,972 |
| Dec 2023 | £331,650 | £294,676 | £256,177 |
| Nov 2023 | £338,299 | £299,952 | £258,368 |
| Oct 2023 | £337,702 | £305,147 | £260,129 |
| Sep 2023 | £337,145 | £304,837 | £261,318 |
| Aug 2023 | £333,213 | £307,132 | £262,602 |
| Jul 2023 | £334,351 | £306,036 | £261,182 |
| Jun 2023 | £333,988 | £300,808 | £258,275 |
| May 2023 | £338,022 | £302,199 | £257,330 |
| Apr 2023 | £339,616 | £302,791 | £256,479 |
| Mar 2023 | £341,897 | £303,206 | £255,885 |
| Feb 2023 | £342,117 | £306,826 | £258,788 |
| Jan 2023 | £342,170 | £309,102 | £260,941 |
| Dec 2022 | £344,488 | £308,957 | £263,190 |
| Nov 2022 | £348,478 | £313,892 | £265,299 |
| Oct 2022 | £352,127 | £313,800 | £265,693 |
| Sep 2022 | £349,949 | £314,370 | £265,727 |
| Aug 2022 | £344,688 | £314,238 | £265,124 |
| Jul 2022 | £339,496 | £309,032 | £262,904 |
| Jun 2022 | £337,512 | £299,771 | £258,118 |
| May 2022 | £334,835 | £301,875 | £255,040 |
| Apr 2022 | £332,344 | £296,983 | £252,167 |
| Mar 2022 | £327,807 | £291,647 | £249,232 |
| Feb 2022 | £324,440 | £291,034 | £248,309 |
| Jan 2022 | £321,064 | £291,018 | £248,031 |
| Dec 2021 | £315,029 | £285,237 | £245,189 |
| Nov 2021 | £315,665 | £284,105 | £243,930 |
| Oct 2021 | £311,081 | £276,090 | £239,236 |
| Sep 2021 | £303,448 | £283,935 | £245,371 |
Reports for Dorset
Each report opens the full series and the assumptions behind these figures.
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £309,686 and £347,820 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £328,753
- Chance of a rise
- 50%
At the average sale price, a home costs £328,589. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,516 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 49%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- £1,059
- Owning per month
- £1,547
7.7% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 1,200
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.1
Figures for United Kingdom: Dorset has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.8%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −20.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 66 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,632 while 930 homes were finished: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.8
- Population change, 2025
- +1,632
6.2% of the 183,571 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 6.2%
- Empty homes
- 11,435
In 2025, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Other councils in South West
Average price
- £400,000 and over
- £300,000 to £400,000
- £250,000 to £300,000
- £200,000 to £250,000
- £150,000 to £200,000
- Under £150,000
- No published price
| Local authority | Average price | In a year |
|---|---|---|
| Cotswold | £426,296 | −2.3% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £406,084 | −1.8% |
| South Hams | £360,616 | +0.8% |
| Bristol | £353,596 | +0.9% |
| Stroud | £353,416 | +2.2% |
| East Devon | £345,256 | +2.1% |
| South Gloucestershire | £335,572 | +1.0% |
| Dorset | £328,589 | −0.4% |
| Cheltenham | £328,178 | +0.9% |
| Wiltshire | £328,102 | +1.5% |
| North Gloucestershire | £323,497 | +0.2% |
| North Somerset | £314,307 | +3.6% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £310,176 | −1.9% |
| Teignbridge | £298,159 | −0.5% |
| Forest of Dean | £296,807 | +1.1% |
| Exeter | £289,403 | −0.7% |
| West Devon | £286,921 | −1.5% |
| Mid Devon | £285,982 | +0.2% |
| Somerset | £282,498 | +2.8% |
| North Devon | £280,441 | −4.2% |
| Cornwall | £274,570 | −2.9% |
| Torridge | £267,174 | +0.3% |
| Swindon | £263,685 | +2.8% |
| Gloucester | £237,705 | +2.2% |
| Plymouth | £223,229 | +3.2% |
| Torbay | £221,469 | −3.1% |