That is the middle of 650 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 7 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 third of Petersfield’s sales are detached houses
650 homes sold in three years: 196 detached houses, 140 semi-detached houses, 168 terraced houses and 146 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£745K
median sale · 196 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£613K–£909K
Last 12 months
£690K62 sold
New build
£694K
Semi-detached houses£463K
median sale · 140 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£585K
Last 12 months
£450K36 sold
Terraced houses£391K
median sale · 168 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£480K
Last 12 months
£440K45 sold
Flats and maisonettes£233K
median sale · 146 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£183K–£298K
Last 12 months
£210K47 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes22%
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 Petersfield’s homes sold for between £317K and £641K
One sale in ten was under £210K and one in ten over £875K. 15% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £445,000, sits in the £400–500K band
650 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £67,500 in 1995 to £470,000 in the last 12 months (£399,975 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
190 sales in the last 12 months, against 405 in 2005, the busiest year, and 181 in 2023. Sales fell by 25% 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
Petersfield costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Petersfield, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£115K
£245K
£330K
£431K
£542K
£615K
£690K
Semi-detached houses
£68K
£130K
£235K
£280K
£374K
£450K
£450K
Terraced houses
£60K
£120K
£208K
£228K
£292K
£348K
£440K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£68K
£149K
£170K
£172K
£211K
£210K
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: 2.6% of sales in the last 12 months
825 new homes have been sold in Petersfield since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2005.
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 £631,000
against £433,750 for a home sold on, 45% 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.
24% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Petersfield. 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
Sussex Road is Petersfield’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
43 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 14 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
Sussex Road
GU31
20
£332,500
Mostly flats
2
Swan Street
GU32
20
£249,750
Mostly flats
3
Charles Street
GU32
18
£182,500
Mostly flats
4
Brookwood Road
GU31
14
£688,997
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Grenehurst Way
GU31
14
£567,500
Mixed
6
Old Farm Close
GU31
13
£625,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Heath Road
GU31
12
£922,500
Mixed
8
The Causeway
GU31
12
£567,500
Mixed
9
Cremorne Place
GU32
12
£208,750
Mostly flats
10
Moggs Mead
GU31
11
£465,000
Mixed
11
Rushes Road
GU32
11
£450,000
Mixed
12
North Road
GU32
11
£420,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Borough Road
GU32
11
£380,000
Mixed
14
Hylton Road
GU32
10
£242,500
Mostly flats
15
Bell Hill
GU32
9
£720,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Heath Road: £922,500
Petersfield median£445K
Heath Road£923K
Woodbury Avenue£875K
Buckmore Avenue£835K
Barnfield Road£760K
Bell Hill£720K
Cheapest streets
Meon Close: £167,000
Petersfield median£445K
Meon Close£167K
High Street£180K
Charles Street£183K
Cremorne Place£209K
Hoadlands£210K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.5 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
Petersfield is the 22nd most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Petersfield 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 Petersfield
What is the average house price in Petersfield?
The median home in Petersfield sold for £445,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 650 standard sales (£470,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £745,000, semi-detached houses £462,500, terraced houses £390,500 and flats and maisonettes £232,500.
Are house prices going up in Petersfield?
The median was £400,000 in 2025, down 11% on 2024 (£450,000), and £470,000 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 Petersfield each year?
190 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 246 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Petersfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Heath Road (GU31, £922,500), Woodbury Avenue (GU32, £875,000) and Buckmore Avenue (GU32, £835,000).
How much does a new build cost in Petersfield?
New homes sold for a median £631,000 over three years, against £433,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.6% of sales.
Is Petersfield expensive for Hampshire?
Petersfield is the 22nd 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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