Story Highlights

• Dorset had total property sales of £2.64 Billions in 2015
• Across its districts East Dorset has maximum sales of £653 millions and minimum for Purbeck at £273 millions.
• The total number of properties sold in 2015 was 8,834
• The average sales price in Dorset was £299 K, whereas the median was £260 K
• Across its districts average sales price in Dorset  was maximum for East Dorset at £346 K and was minimum for Weymouth and Portland at £225 K
• Similarly the median sales price in Dorset was maximum for East Dorset at £307 K and was minimum for Weymouth and Portland at £195 K
• New Property sales were 6.84% by sales value, whereas Not New Property contributed 93.16%

Dorset is one of the counties of South West England. The districts of Dorset are East Dorset, West Dorset, Christchurch, North Dorset, Weymouth and Portland, Purbeck. Let us look at Dorset Property Market 2015 in detail. 

Total Value of Sales By Property Types

Dorset had total property sales of £2.64 Billions which was 8.91%% of the total South West property Market in 2015 and was fifth highest across all the counties in South West England.

The split across the different property types in Dorset are:

• Terraced £472 millions (17.89%)
• Semi-Detached £386 millions (14.64%)
• Other £110 millions (4.18%)
• Flat/Maisonette £287 millions (10.89%)
• Detached £1.38 billions (52.39%)

Total Sales By Districts

The split of the  £2.64 Billions sales in Dorset across the different districts is as above.

• It was maximum for East Dorset £653 millions (24.77%)
• West Dorset £630 millions (23.88%)
• Christchurch £418 millions (15.86%)
• North Dorset £369 millions (14%)
• Weymouth and Portland £294 millions (11.14%)
• with minimum for Purbeck at £273 millions (10.34%)

Total Number of Sales By Property Types

Dorset had total number property sales of 8,834.  The split across the different property types are:

• Detached 3,536 (40.03%)
• Flat/Maisonette 1,573 (17.81%)
• Other 130 (1.47%)
• Semi-Detached 1,505 (17.04%)
• Terraced 2,090 (23.66%)

Average & Median Sales Price

The average sales price in Dorset was £299 K and for the different property types it was:

• Detached £391 K
• Semi-Detached £257 K
• Terraced £226 K
• Flat/Maisonette £183 K
• Other it is £849 K

Similarly median sales price in Dorset was £260 K and for the different property types are:

• Detached £350 K
• Semi-Detached £240 K
• Terraced £207 K
• Flat/Maisonette £165 K
• Other it is £310 K

Average & Median Sales Price By District

Across districts the average sales price is as above.

• It was maximum for East Dorset £346 K
• followed by Christchurch £342 K
• Purbeck £324 K
• West Dorset £294 K
• North Dorset £258 K
• with minimum for Weymouth and Portland at £225 K

Across districts the median sales price is as above.

• It was maximum for East Dorset at £307 K
• followed by Christchurch £302 K
• Purbeck £275 K
• West Dorset £250 K
• North Dorset £225 K
• with minimum for Weymouth and Portland at £195 K

New Vs Not New Property Statistics

By Sales Values the split is as follows:

• New Property contributed £180 millions (6.84%)
• Not New Property contributed £2.46 billions (93.16%)

By Total Number the split is as follows:

• New properties sold were 659 (7.46%)
• Not new property sold were 8,175(92.54%)

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