That is the middle of 2,788 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 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 Guildford’s sales are semi-detached houses
2,788 homes sold in three years: 614 detached houses, 903 semi-detached houses, 520 terraced houses and 751 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£875K
median sale · 614 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£643K–£1.3M
Last 12 months
£908K166 sold
New build
£770K
Semi-detached houses£510K
median sale · 903 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£435K–£625K
Last 12 months
£535K258 sold
Terraced houses£440K
median sale · 520 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£546K
Last 12 months
£450K158 sold
Flats and maisonettes£280K
median sale · 751 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£360K
Last 12 months
£279K232 sold
New build
£265K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes27%
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 Guildford’s homes sold for between £350K and £669K
One sale in ten was under £240K and one in ten over £1M. 11% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £474,500, sits in the £400–500K band
2,788 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 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £79,000 in 1995 to £471,375 in the last 12 months (£425,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
814 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,863 in 2002, the busiest year, and 842 in 2020. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Guildford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Guildford, 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
£146K
£275K
£400K
£550K
£675K
£770K
£908K
Semi-detached houses
£82K
£155K
£240K
£285K
£392K
£459K
£535K
Terraced houses
£73K
£140K
£225K
£260K
£336K
£400K
£450K
Flats and maisonettes
£55K
£100K
£179K
£200K
£250K
£291K
£279K
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
2,904 new homes have been sold in Guildford since 1995; the share peaked at 15% 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 £770,000
against £473,000 for a home sold on, 63% 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.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Guildford. 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
Walnut Tree Close is Guildford’s busiest street, with 45 sales in three years
197 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 69 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
Walnut Tree Close
GU1
45
£368,000
Mostly flats
2
Epsom Road (GU1)
GU1
34
£390,000
Mostly flats
3
London Road (GU1)
GU1
33
£317,400
Mostly flats
4
Worplesdon Road (GU2)
GU2
32
£437,500
Mixed
5
Addison Road
GU1
30
£547,500
Mixed
6
Grange Road
GU2
26
£410,000
Mixed
7
Station View
GU1
25
£260,000
Mostly flats
8
York Road
GU1
23
£167,000
Mostly flats
9
High Path Road
GU1
21
£510,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Denzil Road
GU2
18
£590,000
Mixed
11
Manor Road
GU2
18
£460,000
Mixed
12
Lower Edgeborough Road
GU1
17
£475,000
Mixed
13
Dairymans Walk
GU4
16
£246,000
Mixed
14
The Mount (GU2)
GU2
16
£177,500
Mostly flats
15
Dapdune Road
GU1
15
£570,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Chantry View Road: £2,750,000
Guildford median£475K
Chantry View Road£2.8M
Guildown Avenue£2.2M
Tilehouse Road£1.9M
Pewley Hill£1.7M
Pit Farm Road£1.4M
Cheapest streets
Tarragon Drive: £86,500
Guildford median£475K
Tarragon Drive£87K
Francis Court£123K
York Road£167K
The Mount (GU2)£178K
Ladygrove Drive£187K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 31.8 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
Guildford is the 45th most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Guildford 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 Guildford
What is the average house price in Guildford?
The median home in Guildford sold for £474,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,788 standard sales (£471,375 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £875,000, semi-detached houses £510,000, terraced houses £439,650 and flats and maisonettes £280,000.
Are house prices going up in Guildford?
The median was £485,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£465,000), and £471,375 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 Guildford each year?
814 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,050 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Guildford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Chantry View Road (GU1, £2,750,000), Guildown Avenue (GU2, £2,180,000) and Tilehouse Road (GU4, £1,872,500).
How much does a new build cost in Guildford?
New homes sold for a median £770,000 over three years, against £473,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.5% of sales.
Is Guildford expensive for Surrey?
Guildford is the 45th 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.