Homes in Sayers Common sell for a median £467,000
That is the middle of 62 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 4.7 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.
42% of Sayers Common’s sales are semi-detached houses
62 homes sold in three years: 22 detached houses, 26 semi-detached houses and 14 terraced houses.
median sale · 22 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £555K–£699K
- Last 12 months
- £615K5 sold
- New build
- £599K
median sale · 26 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £365K–£465K
- Last 12 months
- £433K8 sold
- New build
- £391K
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £317K–£472K
- Last 12 months
- £380K6 sold
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
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.
Half of Sayers Common’s homes sold for between £400K and £599K
One sale in ten was under £345K and one in ten over £699K. 6% sold for under £250K.
The median, £467,000, sits in the £400–500K band
62 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £96,500 in 1995 to £456,000 in the last 12 months (£435,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
19 sales in the last 12 months, against 54 in 2022, the busiest year, and 5 in 2011. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Sayers Common costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Sayers Common, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £118K | £207K | — | — | — | — | £615K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 83% in 2023
178 new homes have been sold in Sayers Common since 1995; the share peaked at 83% in 2023.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £484,000
against £460,500 for a home sold on, 5% 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.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.5% sold leasehold in Sayers Common. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Nightingale Way is Sayers Common’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
4 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 Way | BN6 | 16 | £418,025 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Goldcrest Drive | BN6 | 7 | £465,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Woodpecker Close | BN6 | 5 | £679,500 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | The Sycamores | BN6 | 5 | £498,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Sayers Common’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Burgess Hill.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sayers Common | — | £467K | 19 | — |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 2.5 | £515K | 182 | +23% |
| Burgess Hill | 2.9 | £394K | 394 | +27% |
| Henfield | 3.5 | £515K | 56 | +49% |
| Ditchling | 4.1 | £645K | 17 | +34% |
| Cowfold | 4.2 | £400K | 29 | +11% |
| Partridge Green | 4.7 | £390K | 24 | +26% |
| Cuckfield | 4.9 | £574K | 54 | +28% |
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 Sayers Common
What is the average house price in Sayers Common?
The median home in Sayers Common sold for £467,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 62 standard sales (£456,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £607,500, semi-detached houses £424,500 and terraced houses £397,500.
Are house prices going up in Sayers Common?
The median was £510,000 in 2025, up 13% on 2024 (£450,000), and £456,000 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 Sayers Common each year?
19 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 20 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Sayers Common?
New homes sold for a median £484,000 over three years, against £460,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 36% of sales.
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.
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