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ME7 vs ME8: house prices per square metre compared

ME8 (Rainham) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £4,046 per against £3,334 in ME7 (Hempstead)ME7 is 18% cheaper per . The figures come from 559 and 402 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

ME7

Hempstead, Gillingham

High confidence

£3,334median per m²

Median sale price
£267,200
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,948 – £4,026
Sales (last 12 months)
427
With a matched floor area
402
Mean floor area (matched sales)
86 m²
Change over 10 years
+35.3%
All ME7 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.

ME7 compared with ME8
MeasureME7ME8Difference
Median price per m²£3,334£4,046+21%
Median sale price£267,200£340,000+27%
Sales (last 12 months)427580+153
Change over 10 years+35.3%+36.7%+1.4 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 typeME7ME8
Detached£4,256n = 40£4,363n = 113
Semi-detached£3,724n = 57£4,205n = 217
Terraced£3,281n = 273£3,858n = 207
Flat£3,166n = 32£3,146n = 22

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