That is the middle of 354 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 5.7 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 Banstead’s sales are flats and maisonettes
354 homes sold in three years: 94 detached houses, 104 semi-detached houses, 38 terraced houses and 118 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£935K
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£740K–£1.2M
Last 12 months
£825K23 sold
New build
£1.4M
Semi-detached houses£660K
median sale · 104 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£580K–£750K
Last 12 months
£660K29 sold
Terraced houses£580K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£490K–£723K
Last 12 months
£585K18 sold
Flats and maisonettes£340K
median sale · 118 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£383K
Last 12 months
£337K34 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses11%
Flats and maisonettes33%
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 Banstead’s homes sold for between £380K and £785K
One sale in ten was under £315K and one in ten over £1M. 4% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £600,000, sits in the £500–750K band
354 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £105,000 in 1995 to £600,000 in the last 12 months (£480,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
104 sales in the last 12 months, against 310 in 2002, the busiest year, and 116 in 2008. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Banstead costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Banstead, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£158K
£258K
£441K
£575K
£642K
£705K
£825K
Semi-detached houses
£110K
£190K
£300K
£360K
£480K
£603K
£660K
Terraced houses
£111K
£175K
£239K
£320K
£380K
£431K
£585K
Flats and maisonettes
£60K
£104K
£250K
£218K
£270K
£315K
£337K
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
308 new homes have been sold in Banstead since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 1995.
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 £1,135,000
against £597,500 for a home sold on, 90% 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.
36% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.8% sold leasehold in Banstead. 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
Bolters Lane is Banstead’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
24 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
Bolters Lane
SM7
19
£520,000
Mostly flats
2
Courtlands Crescent
SM7
16
£422,500
Mostly flats
3
Winkworth Road
SM7
13
£695,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
High Street
SM7
12
£290,000
Mostly flats
5
Diceland Road
SM7
11
£405,000
Mixed
6
Greenhayes Avenue
SM7
10
£640,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Ferndale Road
SM7
10
£508,750
Mixed
8
Dunnymans Road
SM7
10
£302,500
Mostly flats
9
Wilmot Way
SM7
9
£825,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Roseacre Close
SM7
8
£1,147,500
Mixed · new builds
11
Commonfield Road
SM7
8
£747,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Sandersfield Road
SM7
8
£732,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Woodmansterne Lane
SM7
8
£377,500
Mostly flats
14
Garratts Lane
SM7
7
£705,000
Mixed
15
Park Road
SM7
7
£375,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Keystone Close: £1,255,000
Banstead median£600K
Keystone Close£1.3M
Longcroft Avenue£1.2M
Roseacre Close£1.1M
Wilmot Way£825K
Commonfield Road£748K
Cheapest streets
High Street: £290,000
Banstead median£600K
High Street£290K
Dunnymans Road£303K
Basing Road£308K
Pound Road£325K
Park Road£375K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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 Surrey
Banstead is the 20th most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Banstead is in the middle of Surrey’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 Banstead
What is the average house price in Banstead?
The median home in Banstead sold for £600,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 354 standard sales (£600,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £935,000, semi-detached houses £660,000, terraced houses £580,000 and flats and maisonettes £340,000.
Are house prices going up in Banstead?
The median was £630,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£610,000), and £600,000 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 Banstead each year?
104 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 143 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Banstead?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Keystone Close (SM7, £1,255,000), Longcroft Avenue (SM7, £1,150,000) and Roseacre Close (SM7, £1,147,500).
How much does a new build cost in Banstead?
New homes sold for a median £1,135,000 over three years, against £597,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.2% of sales.
Is Banstead expensive for Surrey?
Banstead is the 18th most expensive of 66 towns of 2,500 or more in Surrey 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.