That is the middle of 147 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 5.3 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.
Two thirds of Whyteleafe’s sales are flats and maisonettes
147 homes sold in three years: 20 detached houses, 10 semi-detached houses, 22 terraced houses and 95 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£620K
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£540K–£772K
Last 12 months
£675K7 sold
Semi-detached houses£445K
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£378K–£483K
Terraced houses£388K
median sale · 22 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£358K–£415K
Last 12 months
£368K8 sold
Flats and maisonettes£256K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£275K
Last 12 months
£258K26 sold
The mix
A flat market: two thirds of homes sold are flats
Detached houses14%
Semi-detached houses7%
Terraced houses15%
Flats and maisonettes65%
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 Whyteleafe’s homes sold for between £230K and £405K
One sale in ten was under £158K and one in ten over £550K. 30% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £275,000, sits in the £250–300K band
147 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,750 in 1995 to £293,250 in the last 12 months (£272,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
44 sales in the last 12 months, against 168 in 2007, the busiest year, and 25 in 2023. Sales fell by 74% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 58% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Whyteleafe costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Whyteleafe, 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
£86K
£163K
£298K
£324K
£415K
—
£675K
Terraced houses
£55K
£115K
£173K
£208K
£306K
£355K
£368K
Flats and maisonettes
£52K
£83K
£153K
£148K
£217K
£230K
£258K
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
233 new homes have been sold in Whyteleafe since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 2006.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
64% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Whyteleafe. 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
Godstone Road is Whyteleafe’s busiest street, with 54 sales in three years
7 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Godstone Road
CR3
54
£239,500
Mostly flats
2
Whyteleafe Hill
CR3
35
£305,000
Mostly flats
3
Downsway
CR3
8
£406,500
Mixed
4
Aspen Vale
CR3
8
£257,500
Mostly flats
5
Hill View
CR3
5
£340,000
Mixed
6
Court Bushes Road
CR3
5
£265,000
Mostly flats
7
Edgeworth Close
CR3
5
£208,000
Mostly 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
Whyteleafe is the 66th most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Whyteleafe is one of Surrey’s cheapest 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 Whyteleafe
What is the average house price in Whyteleafe?
The median home in Whyteleafe sold for £275,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 147 standard sales (£293,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £620,000, semi-detached houses £445,000, terraced houses £387,500 and flats and maisonettes £256,000.
Are house prices going up in Whyteleafe?
The median was £280,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£275,000), and £293,250 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 Whyteleafe each year?
44 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 70 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Whyteleafe expensive for Surrey?
Whyteleafe is the 66th 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.