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ME5 vs ME8: house prices per square metre compared

ME5 (Walderslade) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £4,061 per against £4,046 in ME8 (Rainham)ME8 is 0% cheaper per . The figures come from 556 and 559 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

ME5

Walderslade, Chatham

High confidence

£4,061median per m²

Median sale price
£309,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,398 – £4,679
Sales (last 12 months)
574
With a matched floor area
556
Mean floor area (matched sales)
83 m²
Change over 10 years
+33.5%
All ME5 sold prices

ME8

Rainham, Gillingham

High confidence

£4,046median per m²

Median sale price
£340,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,447 – £4,664
Sales (last 12 months)
580
With a matched floor area
559
Mean floor area (matched sales)
91 m²
Change over 10 years
+36.7%
All ME8 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

ME5 compared with ME8
MeasureME5ME8Difference
Median price per m²£4,061£4,046−0%
Median sale price£309,000£340,000+10%
Sales (last 12 months)574580+6
Change over 10 years+33.5%+36.7%+3.2 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeME5ME8
Detached£3,976n = 107£4,363n = 113
Semi-detached£4,200n = 219£4,205n = 217
Terraced£3,984n = 205£3,858n = 207
Flat£3,267n = 25£3,146n = 22

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