Gravesend Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Gravesend: Thames-side town with Ebbsfleet Garden City creating significant development demand nearby.

The Gravesend property market recorded 1,367 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £350,000. This places Gravesend £5k above the Kent county median of £345,000, and £65k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Gravesend have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +2.9%. Within Kent, Gravesend ranks 6th by price out of 12 principal towns, and 12th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Gravesend median prices moved from £332,500 in Q3 2024 to £362,500 in Q4 2025, a change of +9.0% over 5 quarters. Gravesend has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Gravesham Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Gravesend, approved 44 residential planning applications and refused 36 in the last 12 months, with 33 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 55%.

Those applications propose around 1,127 homes, an estimated £378.3m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Gravesend vary significantly by type. The table below compares Gravesend prices with Kent county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Gravesend command £580,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £185,000. The £395k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 50 new-build sales in Gravesend for the past 12 months, 3.7% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Gravesend sold at a discount of 44.4% to existing stock.

Across the wider Kent market, 753 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Kent property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Gravesend, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £147,500 to £715,000 illustrates the breadth of the Gravesend market.

For developers considering Gravesend, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £350,000 and detached homes at £580,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Gravesend with a GDV of £580,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £377,000 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 2.9% year-on-year, Gravesend presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Gravesend's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Kent:

For the full Kent town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Kent property market report.