That is the middle of 501 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 5.6 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.
501 homes sold in three years: 197 detached houses, 122 semi-detached houses, 125 terraced houses and 57 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£600K
median sale · 197 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£455K–£815K
Last 12 months
£585K58 sold
Semi-detached houses£403K
median sale · 122 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£365K–£460K
Last 12 months
£400K39 sold
New build
£465K
Terraced houses£350K
median sale · 125 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£305K–£425K
Last 12 months
£345K41 sold
Flats and maisonettes£185K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£167K–£240K
Last 12 months
£220K21 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Emsworth’s homes sold for between £325K and £585K
One sale in ten was under £220K and one in ten over £835K. 12% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £415,000, sits in the £400–500K band
501 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £71,000 in 1995 to £400,000 in the last 12 months (£335,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
159 sales in the last 12 months, against 333 in 1997, the busiest year, and 124 in 2008. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 33% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Emsworth costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Emsworth, 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
£91K
£170K
£320K
£350K
£399K
£475K
£585K
Semi-detached houses
£70K
£125K
£213K
£250K
£285K
£334K
£400K
Terraced houses
£60K
£93K
£195K
£210K
£275K
£296K
£345K
Flats and maisonettes
£46K
£74K
£118K
£205K
£178K
£228K
£220K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
607 new homes have been sold in Emsworth since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2014.
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 £474,975
against £411,000 for a home sold on, 16% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.2% sold leasehold in Emsworth. 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
Horndean Road is Emsworth’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
39 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Horndean Road
PO10
20
£315,000
Mixed
2
New Brighton Road
PO10
18
£335,000
Mixed
3
Brook Gardens
PO10
15
£400,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Selangor Avenue
PO10
14
£407,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Victoria Road
PO10
14
£320,500
Mixed
6
North Street
PO10
14
£279,750
Mostly terraced houses
7
Southleigh Road
PO10
10
£451,696
Mostly detached houses
8
Main Road
PO10
10
£400,000
Mixed
9
Christopher Way
PO10
9
£599,950
Mostly detached houses
10
School Lane
PO10
9
£525,000
Mixed
11
Gordon Road
PO10
9
£425,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Oaktree Drive
PO10
9
£425,000
Mixed
13
Cornflower Meadow
PO10
8
£474,975
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
14
Bosmere Gardens
PO10
8
£409,500
Mixed
15
Wraysbury Park Drive
PO10
8
£373,750
Mixed
Dearest streets
Beacon Square: £1,075,000
Emsworth median£415K
Beacon Square£1.1M
Warblington Road£970K
Beach Road£920K
Brent Court£860K
Westbourne Avenue£765K
Cheapest streets
Havant Road: £205,000
Emsworth median£415K
Havant Road£205K
North Street£280K
Horndean Road£315K
Mill End£320K
Victoria Road£321K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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
Emsworth is the 31st most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Emsworth 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 Emsworth
What is the average house price in Emsworth?
The median home in Emsworth sold for £415,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 501 standard sales (£400,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £600,000, semi-detached houses £402,500, terraced houses £350,000 and flats and maisonettes £185,000.
Are house prices going up in Emsworth?
The median was £400,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£422,500), and £400,000 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 Emsworth each year?
159 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 205 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Emsworth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Beacon Square (PO10, £1,075,000), Warblington Road (PO10, £970,000) and Beach Road (PO10, £920,000).
How much does a new build cost in Emsworth?
New homes sold for a median £474,975 over three years, against £411,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.6% of sales.
Is Emsworth expensive for Hampshire?
Emsworth is the 31st 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.
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