South East: home prices and housing market

Region · price index through 2026-08

Average house price
£379,953
≈ $508,741
2026-08 · UK HPI
1-year change
−0.8%
Same month last year
5 years / 10 years
+8.3% / +21.6%
Change in the price index
Sales (monthly)
7,611
UK HPI (latest two months are still being counted)
Rank in England
#2 of 9
By price · #8 by growth

Average price by property type 2026-08

Detached
£682,708
Semi-detached
£415,956
Terraced
£324,511
Flat / maisonette
£208,529

Price index annual average

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Price index

UK House Price Index (January 2023 = 100), annual average.

Compared with larger areas

AreaAverage price1 year5 years10 years
United Kingdom £273,037 +0.9%+14.4%+37.6%
England £293,525 +0.4%+13.2%+34.4%
South East £379,953 −0.8%+8.3%+21.6%

Home prices by local authority in South East 64 areas · highest first

Local authorityAverage price1 year5 years10 yearsSales (monthly)
Elmbridge £735,548 +0.7% +7.7% +13.7% 125
Windsor and Maidenhead £583,688 −0.2% +12.3% +16.7% 105
Epsom and Ewell £566,163 +3.2% +10.2% +21.4% 62
Waverley £559,306 −2.0% +9.8% +20.2% 105
Mole Valley £552,344 +1.4% +6.3% +16.0% 67
Guildford £537,660 +0.6% +11.9% +16.7% 91
Sevenoaks £535,810 +0.4% +14.1% +28.9% 93
Tandridge £506,774 −1.1% +1.1% +16.6% 53
Wokingham £491,944 −2.5% +11.6% +17.8% 155
Reigate and Banstead £485,856 +0.3% +11.6% +15.1% 139
Oxford £478,080 −2.9% +6.1% +8.3% 100
Buckinghamshire £477,450 ±0.0% +10.7% +16.6% 401
Hart £472,755 +0.7% +11.4% +21.0% 102
Runnymede £472,507 −1.2% +6.7% +19.1% 86
South Oxfordshire £471,427 +2.2% +10.5% +24.6% 81
Surrey Heath £457,981 +1.5% +10.6% +19.2% 86
Winchester £453,188 +0.1% +1.6% +13.5% 108
Tunbridge Wells £452,845 −0.1% +7.4% +24.4% 73
Horsham £441,491 −0.5% +12.8% +18.1% 132
Spelthorne £440,812 −1.6% +26.0% +16.6% 87
East Hampshire £440,599 −1.7% +7.8% +21.8% 103
Woking £437,628 −2.7% +1.9% +9.7% 92
Mid Sussex £431,904 −0.8% +13.3% +19.2% 141
Chichester £428,364 −2.7% +5.3% +14.4% 116
West Oxfordshire £416,123 −2.3% +17.1% +19.3% 89
Vale of White Horse £411,712 +4.6% +18.6% +24.0% 100
Brighton and Hove £408,240 −2.1% +4.1% +19.0% 238
Tonbridge and Malling £405,507 −0.1% +8.9% +25.6% 115
West Berkshire £401,830 −0.4% +14.6% +21.5% 110
Bracknell Forest £391,521 −2.3% +10.2% +8.8% 104
New Forest £384,564 −0.2% +3.7% +23.0% 172
Wealden £380,679 −1.6% +2.6% +17.1% 192
Adur £378,990 ±0.0% +8.2% +28.0% 50
Lewes £374,305 +1.5% +4.9% +21.0% 101
Basingstoke and Deane £373,551 +2.2% +16.5% +26.4% 193
Test Valley £372,289 −0.8% +12.0% +29.8% 91
Cherwell £355,981 +2.6% +14.0% +21.6% 121
Maidstone £352,878 −1.1% +9.8% +21.0% 150
Reading £350,501 −0.4% +11.0% +10.1% 130
Slough £349,397 +0.4% +10.3% +15.3% 56
Gravesham £342,498 +0.3% +7.4% +23.3% 79
Dartford £342,167 −4.9% +7.1% +16.6% 103
Ashford £340,991 −0.8% +8.5% +26.9% 116
Canterbury £336,427 −0.3% +2.7% +21.8% 130
Rother £335,680 −1.9% +6.6% +33.0% 88
Fareham £334,303 +0.5% +8.3% +30.0% 112
Crawley £332,097 +1.5% +14.7% +23.4% 71
Rushmoor £326,799 ±0.0% +10.4% +18.2% 74
Milton Keynes £323,868 +0.5% +11.0% +25.4% 226
Arun £320,505 −1.2% +4.7% +24.2% 152
Havant £319,869 −0.3% +10.8% +34.9% 102
Eastleigh £312,753 +2.9% +5.4% +24.1% 132
Folkestone and Hythe £302,106 −0.7% +10.1% +31.9% 120
Worthing £299,075 −5.0% +1.7% +21.6% 114
Medway £297,757 +0.5% +12.6% +31.2% 235
Swale £296,578 +0.6% +12.5% +33.3% 124
Dover £282,945 +0.4% +6.2% +29.1% 91
Thanet £268,549 −0.8% +2.6% +35.9% 121
Eastbourne £255,642 −0.7% +2.0% +26.3% 98
Portsmouth £245,954 +0.1% +7.9% +30.6% 157
Isle of Wight £245,670 −1.1% +6.7% +33.2% 141
Gosport £240,093 +1.6% +10.2% +33.8% 72
Hastings £238,780 −2.5% −2.3% +30.9% 72
Southampton £235,729 +0.8% +8.9% +22.4% 166

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Average prices, changes and sales volumes are as published in the UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry and partners). Local authority figures are three-month moving averages. These figures do not represent the sale or appraisal value of any specific property.

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, ONS, Registers of Scotland, LPS Northern Ireland). Compiled by Fudosan Zukan.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0

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