That is the middle of 602 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 5.9 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 quarter of Godalming’s sales are detached houses
602 homes sold in three years: 170 detached houses, 147 semi-detached houses, 131 terraced houses and 154 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£765K
median sale · 170 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£665K–£950K
Last 12 months
£1M35 sold
New build
£780K
Semi-detached houses£585K
median sale · 147 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£485K–£700K
Last 12 months
£593K44 sold
New build
£577K
Terraced houses£450K
median sale · 131 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£402K–£550K
Last 12 months
£471K33 sold
Flats and maisonettes£290K
median sale · 154 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£364K
Last 12 months
£301K42 sold
New build
£350K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 28% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes26%
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 Godalming’s homes sold for between £375K and £705K
One sale in ten was under £263K and one in ten over £917K. 7% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £515,000, sits in the £500–750K band
602 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 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 £505,000 in the last 12 months (£405,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
154 sales in the last 12 months, against 287 in 2022, the busiest year, and 134 in 2008. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Godalming costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Godalming, 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
£149K
£259K
£410K
£480K
£595K
£645K
£1M
Semi-detached houses
£93K
£160K
£264K
£301K
£459K
£548K
£593K
Terraced houses
£73K
£140K
£217K
£282K
£373K
£410K
£471K
Flats and maisonettes
£58K
£100K
£238K
£232K
£248K
£255K
£301K
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
New builds have slowed: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 45% in 2017
884 new homes have been sold in Godalming since 1995; the share peaked at 45% in 2017.
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 £665,000
against £492,500 for a home sold on, 35% 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.
27% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.2% sold leasehold in Godalming. 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
Brighton Road is Godalming’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
39 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
Brighton Road
GU7
29
£425,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Flambard Way
GU7
29
£315,000
Mostly flats
3
Hornbeam Way
GU7
27
£785,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Otterhound Drive
GU7
27
£665,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Electric Close
GU7
24
£356,500
Mostly flats · new builds
6
Ockford Road
GU7
20
£462,500
Mostly flats
7
Croft Road
GU7
18
£523,750
Mixed
8
Town End Street
GU7
15
£600,000
Mixed
9
Catteshall Lane
GU7
15
£550,000
Mixed
10
Eashing Lane
GU7
13
£434,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Alderbank Drive
GU7
12
£590,250
Mixed
12
Latimer Road
GU7
12
£545,000
Mixed
13
Coopers Rise
GU7
12
£427,625
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Weyside Park
GU7
11
£235,000
Mostly flats
15
Busbridge Lane
GU7
8
£987,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Quartermile Road: £1,280,000
Godalming median£515K
Quartermile Road£1.3M
Carex Close£1M
Busbridge Lane£988K
Windy Wood£962K
Park Road£950K
Cheapest streets
Wey Road: £201,000
Godalming median£515K
Wey Road£201K
Weyside Park£235K
Flambard Way£315K
St Annes Road£335K
Electric Close£357K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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
Godalming is the 34th most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Godalming 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 Godalming
What is the average house price in Godalming?
The median home in Godalming sold for £515,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 602 standard sales (£505,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £765,000, semi-detached houses £585,000, terraced houses £450,000 and flats and maisonettes £289,975.
Are house prices going up in Godalming?
The median was £500,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£515,193), and £505,000 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 Godalming each year?
154 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 235 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Godalming?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Quartermile Road (GU7, £1,280,000), Carex Close (GU7, £1,042,362) and Busbridge Lane (GU7, £987,500).
How much does a new build cost in Godalming?
New homes sold for a median £665,000 over three years, against £492,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Godalming expensive for Surrey?
Godalming is the 34th 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.