That is the middle of 376 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 5.2 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.
376 homes sold in three years: 180 detached houses, 74 semi-detached houses, 49 terraced houses and 73 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£1.7M
median sale · 180 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£1.3M–£2.4M
Last 12 months
£1.8M43 sold
Semi-detached houses£993K
median sale · 74 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£725K–£1.2M
Last 12 months
£945K22 sold
New build
£993K
Terraced houses£608K
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£530K–£700K
Last 12 months
£602K14 sold
Flats and maisonettes£418K
median sale · 73 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£640K
Last 12 months
£415K22 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses48%
Semi-detached houses20%
Terraced houses13%
Flats and maisonettes19%
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 Esher’s homes sold for between £623K and £1.8M
One sale in ten was under £418K and one in ten over £2.7M. 2% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £1,167,500, sits in the £1M+ band
376 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £195,000 in 1995 to £1,012,500 in the last 12 months (£915,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
101 sales in the last 12 months, against 264 in 2006, the busiest year, and 118 in 2008. Sales fell by 34% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 26% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Esher costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Esher, 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
£280K
£500K
£726K
£1.1M
£1.5M
£1.5M
£1.8M
Semi-detached houses
£130K
£291K
£435K
£500K
£790K
£820K
£945K
Terraced houses
£91K
£212K
£297K
£380K
£532K
£468K
£602K
Flats and maisonettes
£115K
£123K
£206K
£250K
£393K
£380K
£415K
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
364 new homes have been sold in Esher since 1995; the share peaked at 22% 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 £990,000
against £1,190,000 for a home sold on, 17% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Esher. 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
Lower Green Road is Esher’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
32 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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
Lower Green Road
KT10
14
£615,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
High Street
KT10
14
£327,500
Mostly flats
3
Lambert Place
KT7
12
£992,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
West End Lane
KT10
12
£725,000
Mixed
5
Douglas Road
KT10
12
£530,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Esher Park Avenue
KT10
11
£1,230,000
Mostly flats
7
Grove Way
KT10
10
£1,650,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Ember Lane
KT10
10
£1,247,750
Mostly detached houses
9
Milbourne Lane
KT10
10
£965,000
Mixed
10
Parkwood Avenue
KT10
8
£1,566,250
Mostly detached houses
11
Portsmouth Road
KT10
8
£547,500
Mixed
12
Lammas Lane
KT10
7
£1,600,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Wolsey Road
KT10
7
£1,125,000
Mixed
14
Park Road
KT10
7
£685,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Farm Road
KT10
7
£472,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Clare Hill: £3,520,000
Esher median£1.2M
Clare Hill£3.5M
Meadway£2.9M
New Road£2.7M
Sandown Road£2.7M
Wayneflete Tower Avenue£2.5M
Cheapest streets
Sherriff Close: £284,000
Esher median£1.2M
Sherriff Close£284K
High Street£328K
Farm Road£473K
Douglas Road£530K
Portsmouth Road£548K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.4 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
Esher is the most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Esher is one of Surrey’s dearest 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 Esher
What is the average house price in Esher?
The median home in Esher sold for £1,167,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 376 standard sales (£1,012,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £1,690,000, semi-detached houses £992,500, terraced houses £608,000 and flats and maisonettes £417,500.
Are house prices going up in Esher?
The median was £1,225,000 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£1,125,000), and £1,012,500 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 Esher each year?
101 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 145 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Esher?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Clare Hill (KT10, £3,520,000), Meadway (KT10, £2,850,000) and New Road (KT10, £2,700,000).
How much does a new build cost in Esher?
New homes sold for a median £990,000 over three years, against £1,190,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.5% of sales.
Is Esher expensive for Surrey?
Esher is the 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.