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

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

The Gravesend property market recorded 1,397 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 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%. 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 £368,500 in Q1 2025 to £350,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -5.0% over 5 quarters.

Gravesham, the local planning authority covering Gravesend, approved 11 residential planning applications and refused 8 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 40 still awaiting a decision. Too few decisions were captured in the period to state a reliable approval rate. A further 1 residential decision in the period has no recorded outcome in the source data and is not counted above. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 2,038 homes, an estimated £700.3m 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 £592,500, while flat properties are most accessible at £182,000. The £411k 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 44 new-build sales in Gravesend for the past 12 months, 3.1% 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 44.3% to existing stock.

Across the wider Kent market, 646 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 £269,000 to £750,000 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 £592,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Gravesend with a GDV of £592,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £385,125 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% 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.