That is the middle of 929 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A quarter of Alton’s sales are semi-detached houses
929 homes sold in three years: 229 detached houses, 260 semi-detached houses, 196 terraced houses and 244 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£588K
median sale · 229 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£520K–£675K
Last 12 months
£615K65 sold
New build
£625K
Semi-detached houses£405K
median sale · 260 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£475K
Last 12 months
£400K76 sold
New build
£526K
Terraced houses£344K
median sale · 196 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£380K
Last 12 months
£335K53 sold
New build
£465K
Flats and maisonettes£217K
median sale · 244 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£171K–£260K
Last 12 months
£215K53 sold
New build
£285K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 28% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes26%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Alton’s homes sold for between £285K and £500K
One sale in ten was under £195K and one in ten over £640K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £377,500, sits in the £300–400K band
929 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,500 in 1995 to £385,000 in the last 12 months (£340,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
247 sales in the last 12 months, against 513 in 2003, the busiest year, and 228 in 2008. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 85% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Alton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Alton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£105K
£230K
£344K
£409K
£425K
£522K
£615K
Semi-detached houses
£71K
£130K
£208K
£243K
£308K
£365K
£400K
Terraced houses
£62K
£115K
£179K
£220K
£269K
£297K
£335K
Flats and maisonettes
£49K
£80K
£140K
£160K
£165K
£203K
£215K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,372 new homes have been sold in Alton since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £518,500
against £367,500 for a home sold on, 41% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
27% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Alton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Harp Avenue is Alton’s busiest street, with 39 sales in three years
67 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 20 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Harp Avenue
GU34
39
£296,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Andrews Way
GU34
35
£569,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Ackender Road
GU34
34
£180,000
Mostly flats
4
Porter Street
GU34
22
£322,500
Mixed · new builds
5
Stout Grove
GU34
19
£285,000
Mostly flats · new builds
6
Wooteys Way
GU34
16
£259,000
Mixed
7
Adams Way
GU34
16
£150,000
Mostly flats
8
High Street
GU34
15
£175,000
Mostly flats
9
Victoria Road
GU34
13
£347,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Copper Lane
GU34
12
£567,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
11
Southview Rise
GU34
12
£364,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Greenfields Avenue
GU34
12
£355,000
Mixed
13
Goswell Square
GU34
11
£460,000
Mixed
14
Anstey Road
GU34
11
£320,000
Mixed
15
Barclay Gardens
GU34
10
£470,226
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Langrish Grove: £770,000
Alton median£378K
Langrish Grove£770K
Minstrel Close£640K
Warren Road£640K
Walton Close£615K
Anstey Lane£580K
Cheapest streets
Adams Way: £150,000
Alton median£378K
Adams Way£150K
Waterside Court£175K
High Street£175K
Ackender Road£180K
Draymans Way£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.1 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Hampshire
Alton is the 41st most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Alton is in the middle of Hampshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Alton
What is the average house price in Alton?
The median home in Alton sold for £377,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 929 standard sales (£385,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £587,500, semi-detached houses £405,000, terraced houses £343,750 and flats and maisonettes £216,500.
Are house prices going up in Alton?
The median was £380,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£378,500), and £385,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Alton each year?
247 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 354 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Alton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Langrish Grove (GU34, £770,000), Minstrel Close (GU34, £640,000) and Warren Road (GU34, £639,950).
How much does a new build cost in Alton?
New homes sold for a median £518,500 over three years, against £367,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 19% of sales.
Is Alton expensive for Hampshire?
Alton is the 41st most expensive of 77 towns of 2,500 or more in Hampshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.