Kensington NH Real Estate & Homes for Sale

There are 11 active MLS listings for homes in Kensington right now. Asking prices currently run from $759,000 to $2,900,000. This page reads the live feed, so the count changes as homes come on the market and go under contract.

Active listings for homes in Kensington currently average $1,221,909 with a median asking price of $975,000. Averages move with the mix of homes on the market at any moment, so treat them as a snapshot rather than a valuation.

The homes for sale in Kensington right now break down as: single family homes (10), income properties (1). Use the filters on the listings on this page to narrow to the kind of property you want.

The active listings in Kensington have been on the market for an average of 46 days so far. Well-priced homes move faster than that average, so if you are watching this market it pays to see new listings the day they appear.

Use the Get Alerts button at the top of this page — it saves exactly this search and emails you when a matching listing hits the MLS. Or contact our local team and tell us what you're looking for; we watch this market every day.

Kensington, NH uses ZIP code 03833. The town is in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The post office ZIP is shared with Exeter, so check the town line on any listing.

Kensington's 2025 total property tax rate is $14.28 per $1,000 of assessed value (municipal, county, local and state education combined), per the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. Village or water districts can add to it, and the bill depends on the assessed value, not the sale price.

Kensington is in Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire. It is bordered by Exeter to the north, Hampton Falls to the east, Seabrook to the southeast, South Hampton to the south and East Kingston to the west. The town covers about 12 square miles and lies inland from the Hampton and Seabrook coast.

Kensington was once a parish of Hampton and was incorporated in 1737 by Governor Jonathan Belcher. Of the 27 towns Belcher granted, only three were given names, and Kensington was one, named for Baron Kensington, the owner of Kensington Palace in London.

Kensington has 16 named hills of glacial drumlin origin, giving it a rolling landscape. The highest, Indian Ground Hill on the South Hampton border, is 305 feet above sea level. The town has almost no open water, and its streams drain toward the Exeter River, Hampton Harbor and the Merrimack.