Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Meopham (DA13 0)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Meopham (DA13 0).


Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Meopham is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area
E.g. 2, Strand Close, Meopham, sold for £460,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 111 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,144.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £5,250-£5,500, £5,500-£5,750, £5,750-£6,000 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 180 sales in Meopham (DA13 0) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Meopham (DA13 0)
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Meopham

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Meopham (DA13 0). Of the 180 transactions, half were sold for between £4,180 and £5,510 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,510m2. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'DA13 0' is £4,770. The table below shows how 'DA13 0' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
DA13 0 Meopham £4,180m2 £4,770m2 £5,510m2
DA13 9 Istead Rise £4,440m2 £4,890m2 £5,640m2

Will Meopham house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for DA13 0 (Meopham). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for DA13 0 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Price per square metre in Meopham (DA13 0) over time
House price trends for Meopham

Hover on any blue dot to see details of specific sales

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Meopham and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Meopham data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Meopham

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Meopham. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

Property price heatmap for Meopham
House price heatmap for Meopham

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 Recent sales
Highview, Meopham, DA13 0U 69m2 £4,121 26
Timberbank, Meopham, DA13 0S 123m2 £4,126 19
Whitepost Lane, Meopham, DA13 0T 152m2 £4,560 19
Highview, Meopham, DA13 0T 73m2 £3,904 15
Beechwood Drive, Meopham, DA13 0T 123m2 £4,192 14
Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0Q 124m2 £4,844 12
Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0H 124m2 £4,333 12
Churchside, Meopham, DA13 0S 98m2 £3,596 12

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Meopham is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address Paid m2 £/m2
2, Strand Close, Meopham £460,000
Aug-2023
111 4,144
132, Highview, Meopham £322,000
Aug-2023
68 4,735
154, Highview, Meopham £325,000
Aug-2023
66 4,924

See the entire list of all sales in Meopham (DA13 0) here.

About

HouseMetric is a hobby, created out of a desire to see data and analysis not present on any free to use website. It is still a work in progress and I'll add more stuff in the near future.