That is the middle of 901 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 6.1 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 Farnham’s sales are flats and maisonettes
901 homes sold in three years: 278 detached houses, 165 semi-detached houses, 160 terraced houses and 298 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£1M
median sale · 278 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£795K–£1.4M
Last 12 months
£1.1M76 sold
Semi-detached houses£565K
median sale · 165 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£460K–£735K
Last 12 months
£565K49 sold
Terraced houses£443K
median sale · 160 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£560K
Last 12 months
£440K51 sold
New build
£725K
Flats and maisonettes£343K
median sale · 298 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£253K–£418K
Last 12 months
£318K68 sold
New build
£370K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses18%
Terraced houses18%
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 Farnham’s homes sold for between £360K and £870K
One sale in ten was under £260K and one in ten over £1.3M. 8% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £525,000, sits in the £500–750K band
901 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £85,000 in 1995 to £517,000 in the last 12 months (£495,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
244 sales in the last 12 months, against 546 in 2006, the busiest year, and 274 in 2008. Sales fell by 26% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 28% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Farnham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Farnham, 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
£137K
£277K
£441K
£620K
£788K
£830K
£1.1M
Semi-detached houses
£85K
£160K
£253K
£302K
£440K
£528K
£565K
Terraced houses
£76K
£125K
£226K
£295K
£330K
£416K
£440K
Flats and maisonettes
£62K
£100K
£170K
£190K
£245K
£285K
£318K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
932 new homes have been sold in Farnham since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 1996.
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 £375,950
against £555,000 for a home sold on, 32% 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.
33% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Farnham. 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
Nightingale Walk is Farnham’s busiest street, with 51 sales in three years
62 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 19 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
Nightingale Walk
GU9
51
£356,950
Mostly flats · new builds
2
West Street
GU9
31
£425,000
Mostly flats
3
Old Market Place
GU9
23
£414,950
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Weydon Hill Road
GU9
15
£825,000
Mixed
5
Middle Bourne Lane
GU10
15
£780,000
Mostly detached houses
6
South Street
GU9
14
£146,250
Mostly flats
7
Shortheath Road
GU9
13
£848,000
Mixed
8
Longbridge
GU9
13
£371,750
Mostly flats
9
Ridgway Road
GU9
12
£878,750
Mixed
10
Castle Hill
GU9
11
£1,525,000
Mostly flats
11
Broomleaf Road
GU9
11
£1,250,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Tilford Road
GU9
11
£1,195,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Waverley Lane
GU9
11
£450,000
Mostly flats
14
Great Austins
GU9
11
£390,000
Mostly flats
15
Roman Way
GU9
11
£355,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Lynch Road: £1,650,000
Farnham median£525K
Lynch Road£1.7M
Castle Hill£1.5M
Abbots Ride£1.4M
Old Compton Lane£1.3M
Dene Lane£1.3M
Cheapest streets
South Street: £146,250
Farnham median£525K
South Street£146K
Abbey Street£210K
The Chantrys£215K
The Hart£216K
Middlefield£230K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.3 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
Farnham is the 33rd most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Farnham 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 Farnham
What is the average house price in Farnham?
The median home in Farnham sold for £525,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 901 standard sales (£517,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £1,035,000, semi-detached houses £565,000, terraced houses £442,500 and flats and maisonettes £342,500.
Are house prices going up in Farnham?
The median was £533,500 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£500,000), and £517,000 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 Farnham each year?
244 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 334 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Farnham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lynch Road (GU9, £1,650,000), Castle Hill (GU9, £1,525,000) and Abbots Ride (GU9, £1,400,000).
How much does a new build cost in Farnham?
New homes sold for a median £375,950 over three years, against £555,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 11% of sales.
Is Farnham expensive for Surrey?
Farnham is the 33rd 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.