Dorset
DT2 house prices in Dorset
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Dorset, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£360,000
Range £210,000–£751,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Oct 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DT2: the typical (median) sold price is £360,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). DT2 is an active market, with about 26 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were detached homes (typically £530,000) and 30% were terraced homes (typically £280,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,765 a year: Dorset's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dorset, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on DT2: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
DT2 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 26 sales a month, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
When selling here, £360,000 is only the middle of a market that runs from £210,000 to £751,000, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in DT2 sit well above the UK average, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (135 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,765 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free DT2 OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
DT2 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£360,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
25.9
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,765
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in DT2
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in DT2 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £530,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £182,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 96 | £530,000 | £327,500–£850,000 |
| Semi-detached | 54 | £343,000 | £271,000–£480,500 |
| Terraced | 72 | £280,000 | £157,000–£398,150 |
| Flat / maisonette | 15 | £182,500 | £149,940–£275,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Oct 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DT2
The quarterly typical price fell 14.4%, from £414,500 in Q4 2025 (68 sales) to £355,000 in Q3 2026 (31 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £414,500 | 68 |
| Q1 2026 | £332,500 | 74 |
| Q2 2026 | £350,000 | 77 |
| Q3 2026 | £355,000 | 31 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Oct 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of DT2 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DT2 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £210,000 and £751,000, around a typical £360,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Oct 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DT2
Detached homes were 41% of recorded sales (96 of 237). 91% of sales were freehold and 9% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached41%
- Semi-detached23%
- Terraced30%
- Flat / maisonette6%
Tenure
- Freehold91%
- Leasehold9%
See the figures
228 freehold (91%) and 22 leasehold (9%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DT2, including 6 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Oct 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
HERRISON HOUSE, HAWTHORN ROAD, DORCHESTER
£216,500 (2025)£182,500 (2026)-15.7% over 0.5 yrs (-28.9%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where DT2 sits in Dorset
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in DT2
8, FIELDS BARN, DORCHESTER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£355,000
4, WESTLEAZE CLOSE, DORCHESTER
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£634,000
3, BELS COURT, DORCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£317,500
10, ABBOTS WALK, DORCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£235,000
CARTREF, DORCHESTER
Detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£565,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DT2 includes the Blackmore Vale ward.
In plain English
What the Dorset (DT2) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £530,000 against £182,500 for flats: about 2.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £210,000 and £751,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (91%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 26 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 30 October 2025 and 20 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on DT2
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in DT2
£2,765
Band D a year in Dorset, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,843 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,151 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,458 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,765 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,379 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,994 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,608 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,530 |
These are Dorset's charges for 2026-27, the authority DT2 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Dorset · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near DT2
1
open school within 3 km, nearest St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster.
All schools
St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster
Primary · Academies · DT2 9RD
1.9 km
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the DT2 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 1 open school within 3 km, 0 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near DT2
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around DT2
135
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 31 August 2026.
Recent applications
DorsetCouncil/P/TRC/2026/03939Permitted
396 m
T1 & T3 Sycamore - Remove to ground level T2 Ash - Remove to ground level
Received 2026-07-20 · decided 2026-08-18
DorsetCouncil/P/FUL/2026/02466Undecided
476 m
Retain InPost Locker
Received 2026-05-20
DorsetCouncil/P/TRT/2025/05391Permitted
409 m
T1 Horse Chestnut – Fell
Received 2025-09-16 · decided 2025-11-06
DorsetCouncil/P/TRC/2025/05037Permitted
470 m
G1 - 3 x Cherry - Reduce entirely by up to 1.5m & shape, remove deadwood G2 - 3 x Cherry - Reduce entirely by up to 1.5m, balance, shape & remove deadwood
Received 2025-08-27 · decided 2025-09-18
DorsetCouncil/P/TRT/2025/04583Permitted
471 m
T2 Silver Lime - Reduce the whole canopy back to the previous pruning points & reduce the southern side of the crown (beside No.17) by an additional 1m further from the knuckles to produce a clearance of no less than 3m
Received 2025-08-04 · decided 2025-09-05
DorsetCouncil/P/TRT/2025/02369Rejected
408 m
T1 Horse Chestnut - Fell
Received 2025-05-20 · decided 2025-07-15
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DT2 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for DT2 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 135 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 31 August 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DT2
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled DT2 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 7, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DT2 8HB, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so DT2 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DT2: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in DT2, band by band
Dorset's council tax for 2026-27 set against the DT2 median sold price of £360,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearDorset | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £360,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,843 | £154 | 0.51% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,151 | £179 | 0.60% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,458 | £205 | 0.68% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,765 | £230 | 0.77% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,379 | £282 | 0.94% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,994 | £333 | 1.11% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,608 | £384 | 1.28% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,530 | £461 | 1.54% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the DT2 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dorset, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in DT2 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 241 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DT2. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
8, FIELDS BARN, DORCHESTER
DT2 8HB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-08-20
4, WESTLEAZE CLOSE, DORCHESTER
DT2 9QA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£634,000
2026-08-19
3, BELS COURT, DORCHESTER
DT2 7BY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£317,500
2026-08-14
10, ABBOTS WALK, DORCHESTER
DT2 7JN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-08-11
CARTREF, DORCHESTER
DT2 7PR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£565,000
2026-08-10
60, MAIN ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT2 7EZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£488,000
2026-08-07
5, FIELDS BARN, DORCHESTER
DT2 8HB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-08-06
16, BAGLAKE, DORCHESTER
DT2 9DP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£448,000
2026-08-05
10, LONG STREET, DORCHESTER
DT2 7JF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£258,000
2026-08-04
SCHOOL HOUSE, SUMMER LANE, DORCHESTER
DT2 0JP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-08-03
32, YALBURY LANE, DORCHESTER
DT2 8XR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-31
PEACEFIELD, LOOKE LANE, DORCHESTER
DT2 9BB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-07-31
87, BLACKNOLL LANE, DORCHESTER
DT2 8LW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£655,000
2026-07-31
WREN COTTAGE, 10, LYDDEN MEADOW, DORCHESTER
DT2 7FA · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£104,000
2026-07-31
MUSTON MANOR, DORCHESTER
DT2 7SY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,850,000
2026-07-30
4, GREYSTONES CLOSE, DORCHESTER
DT2 8FB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£460,000
2026-07-29
7, BEECH TREE CLOSE, DORCHESTER
DT2 0JN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£732,000
2026-07-27
THE OLD EUROPEAN, DORCHESTER
DT2 7QT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£860,000
2026-07-23
46, BUTT CLOSE, DORCHESTER
DT2 8SU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£268,000
2026-07-22
MONTANA, DORCHESTER
DT2 9EL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£685,000
2026-07-21
JESMOND DENE, HARTFOOT LANE, DORCHESTER
DT2 7PF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-07-20
26, HIGH STREET, DORCHESTER
DT2 8RU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-17
29, WHITEHILL, DORCHESTER
DT2 8SB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-17
HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE, 14A, KIT LANE, DORCHESTER
DT2 8HP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£356,000
2026-07-17
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near DT2
The closest districts to DT2 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in DT1 (Dorchester) 2.6 miles
- House prices in DT3 (Weymouth) 7.5 miles
- House prices in DT4 (Weymouth) 9.7 miles
- House prices in DT9 (Sherborne) 14 miles
- House prices in DT5 (Portland) 14 miles
- House prices in BH20 (Wareham) 14 miles
- House prices in DT10 (Sturminster Newton) 14 miles
- House prices in DT11 (Blandford Forum) 14 miles
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Data sources
Every DT2 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.