That is the middle of 928 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 6.3 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 Caterham’s sales are semi-detached houses
928 homes sold in three years: 204 detached houses, 302 semi-detached houses, 129 terraced houses and 293 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£790K
median sale · 204 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£615K–£945K
Last 12 months
£798K62 sold
Semi-detached houses£475K
median sale · 302 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£425K–£560K
Last 12 months
£466K92 sold
New build
£689K
Terraced houses£450K
median sale · 129 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£409K–£520K
Last 12 months
£450K43 sold
New build
£615K
Flats and maisonettes£285K
median sale · 293 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£320K
Last 12 months
£275K74 sold
New build
£380K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses14%
Flats and maisonettes32%
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 Caterham’s homes sold for between £320K and £595K
One sale in ten was under £246K and one in ten over £815K. 10% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £445,000, sits in the £400–500K band
928 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £72,000 in 1995 to £450,000 in the last 12 months (£385,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
271 sales in the last 12 months, against 747 in 2007, the busiest year, and 299 in 2023. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Caterham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Caterham, 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
£153K
£250K
£320K
£453K
£593K
£665K
£798K
Semi-detached houses
£74K
£135K
£225K
£253K
£378K
£425K
£466K
Terraced houses
£68K
£130K
£209K
£245K
£340K
£376K
£450K
Flats and maisonettes
£52K
£88K
£160K
£180K
£230K
£260K
£275K
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
1,786 new homes have been sold in Caterham since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 1998.
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 £583,750
against £445,000 for a home sold on, 31% 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.
31% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Caterham. 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
Croydon Road is Caterham’s busiest street, with 56 sales in three years
58 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 25 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
Croydon Road
CR3
56
£304,500
Mostly flats
2
Stafford Road
CR3
52
£365,000
Mixed
3
Chaldon Road
CR3
24
£221,000
Mostly flats
4
Harestone Valley Road
CR3
22
£322,500
Mostly flats
5
Coulsdon Road
CR3
21
£315,000
Mixed
6
Whyteleafe Road
CR3
19
£780,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Addison Road
CR3
19
£410,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Harestone Hill
CR3
18
£837,500
Mixed
9
Church Hill
CR3
18
£290,000
Mostly flats
10
Farningham Road
CR3
15
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Burntwood Lane
CR3
14
£774,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Broadleaf Place
CR3
14
£622,500
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
13
Banstead Road
CR3
14
£428,500
Mixed
14
Buxton Lane
CR3
13
£625,000
Mixed
15
Park Road
CR3
13
£425,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Dome Hill: £910,000
Caterham median£445K
Dome Hill£910K
Essendene Road£847K
Harestone Hill£838K
Whyteleafe Road£780K
Burntwood Lane£775K
Cheapest streets
Stafford Rise: £138,000
Caterham median£445K
Stafford Rise£138K
Chaldon Road£221K
Nicholls Close£245K
Furrows Place£280K
Tupwood Lane£290K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.6 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
Caterham is the 49th most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Caterham 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 Caterham
What is the average house price in Caterham?
The median home in Caterham sold for £445,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 928 standard sales (£450,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £789,500, semi-detached houses £475,000, terraced houses £450,000 and flats and maisonettes £285,000.
Are house prices going up in Caterham?
The median was £460,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£440,000), and £450,000 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 Caterham each year?
271 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 391 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Caterham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dome Hill (CR3, £910,000), Essendene Road (CR3, £846,500) and Harestone Hill (CR3, £837,500).
How much does a new build cost in Caterham?
New homes sold for a median £583,750 over three years, against £445,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.4% of sales.
Is Caterham expensive for Surrey?
Caterham is the 49th 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.