Southway, Guildford house prices are built from 174 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 31 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £220,000. Across the 11 years from 2008 to 2019 the median moved +76.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +37.3%.
Median price paid
£220,000
Change in cash, 2008–2019
+76.2%
Change in real terms
+37.3%
Median per m²
£2,696
HM Land Registry174 sales72 with floor areaLatest sale 31 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Southway, Guildford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Southway, Guildford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2019. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £80,000 | £177,638 |
| 2000s | 6 | £210,000 | £382,558 |
| 2010s | 6 | £250,000 | £352,500 |
The highest yearly median on record for Southway, Guildford is £400,000 in 2019; the lowest is £79,000 in 1997. Across the full 24-year record the cash median has moved from £80,000 to £400,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £173,538, so the real change over the whole record is +201.5% — about +4.92% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +76.2% in cash against +37.3% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 31 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| 81 | 18 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £410,000 | £418,913 |
| 135 | 30 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| 70 | 22 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £459,783 |
| 13 | 10 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £363,000 | £381,963 |
| 140 | 8 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £361,954 |
| 126 | 2 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £379,000 | £409,494 |
| 53 | 28 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £480,000 | £556,122 |
| 51 | 16 Sep 2022 | Detached | £510,000 | £590,879 |
| 101 | 17 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £438,000 | £507,461 |
| 73 | 6 May 2022 | Detached | £445,000 | £515,571 |
| 153 | 30 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £338,500 | £427,675 |
| 78 | 31 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £354,000 | £447,258 |
| 179 | 12 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £505,376 |
| 217 | 18 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £310,000 | £401,377 |
| 83 | 12 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £492,011 |
| 201 | 26 Jun 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £241,000 | £315,223 |
| 45 | 18 Jun 2019 | Detached | £415,000 | £542,811 |
| 155 | 4 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £523,191 |
| 63 | 31 May 2019 | Detached | £420,000 | £549,351 |
| 261 | 26 Apr 2019 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £523,191 |
| 114 | 26 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £399,811 |
| 211 | 20 Jul 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £224,000 | £298,526 |
| 180 | 1 Aug 2017 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £455,936 |
| 188 | 9 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached | £328,500 | £458,599 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Southway, Guildford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 Southway | £239,000 (2006) | £425,000 (2025) | +3.1% | +0.1% |
| 81 Southway | £222,500 (2006) | £410,000 (2025) | +3.3% | +0.3% |
| 135 Southway | £133,000 (2001) | £425,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| 13 Southway | £78,500 (1996) | £363,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 140 Southway | £94,000 (1999) | £335,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 51 Southway | £315,000 (2014) | £510,000 (2022) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| 101 Southway | £85,500 (1996) | £438,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +3.9% |
| 73 Southway | £87,500 (1996) | £445,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +3.9% |
| 153 Southway | £153,000 (2002) | £338,500 (2021) | +4.3% | +2.0% |
| 78 Southway | £195,000 (2006) | £354,000 (2021) | +4.1% | +1.7% |
| 179 Southway | £200,000 (2007) | £400,000 (2021) | +5.1% | +2.7% |
| 83 Southway | £109,000 (1999) | £380,000 (2020) | +6.1% | +3.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Southway, Guildford is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 139 | 79.9% | £222,500 | £59,000 – £480,000 |
| Detached | 14 | 8.0% | £274,950 | £87,500 – £510,000 |
| Terraced | 13 | 7.5% | £165,000 | £95,950 – £310,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 8 | 4.6% | £123,000 | £58,500 – £241,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Southway, Guildford
10 of the sales on record are leasehold and 164 freehold — 5.7% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £175,750 and the median freehold sale £221,250 — a gap of +25.9%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 10 | 5.7% | £175,750 |
| Freehold | 164 | 94.3% | £221,250 |
A further 19 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Southway, Guildford
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Guildford, 44.5% of 69,674 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 474 | 0.7% |
| B | 6,974 | 10.0% |
| C | 23,575 | 33.8% |
| D | 25,266 | 36.3% |
| E | 10,324 | 14.8% |
| F | 2,487 | 3.6% |
| G | 574 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Guildford at £1,731 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,181 for a one-bedroom home and £1,859 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £220,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.44% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of GU2, 416 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 153 violent, 2 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 59 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.5 times busier.
Against the 143,650 residents the 2021 census counted in Guildford, that is 2.90 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Southway, Guildford
The 2021 census counted 143,650 residents in Guildford across 55,760 households. 67.6% of those households own their home and 32.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
9 state and independent schools have a GU2 postcode: 7 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford County School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,170 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 717 |
| Kings College Guildford | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 593 |
| Northmead Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 352 |
| Guildford Grove Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 339 |
| Queen Eleanor's Church of England School | Primary | Academy converter | 323 |
| Stoughton Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 294 |
| Onslow Infant School | Primary | Community school | 153 |
| St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 81 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Guildford Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| London Road (Guildford) Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Shalford (Surrey) Rail Station | Rail | 4.0 km |
| Worplesdon Rail Station | Rail | 4.9 km |
Section 09
How Southway, Guildford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Southway, Guildford sits above that national figure — +39.7%.
Within Guildford the street ranks 908 of 1153 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £274,995 (-20.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,696 per square metre, across 72 of the 174 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £58,500 to £510,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Southway, Guildford sits in Guildford, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Guildford at 11.0 times median local earnings of £45,061 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Worplesdon Road£218,000 median
- Grange Road£197,750 median
- Stoughton Road£235,000 median
- Aldershot Road£236,250 median
- The Mount£185,000 median
- Manor Road£231,000 median
- Rydes Hill Road£265,000 median
- Farnham Road£191,250 median
- Agraria Road£334,000 median
- Denzil Road£270,000 median
- Cumberland Avenue£250,000 median
- Cabell Road£192,500 median
- Portsmouth Road£309,000 median
- Francis Court£94,750 median
- Guildford Park Avenue£225,000 median
- New Cross Road£227,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 171 Southway4 sales
- 85 Southway4 sales
- 65 Southway4 sales
- 199 Southway4 sales
- 13 Southway3 sales
- 140 Southway3 sales
- 153 Southway3 sales
- 83 Southway3 sales
- 75 Southway3 sales
- 39 Southway3 sales
- 156 Southway3 sales
- 97 Southway3 sales
- 3 Southway3 sales
- 37 Southway3 sales
- 79 Southway3 sales
- 9 Southway3 sales
- 265 Southway2 sales
- 81 Southway2 sales
- 135 Southway2 sales
- 51 Southway2 sales
- 101 Southway2 sales
- 73 Southway2 sales
- 78 Southway2 sales
- 179 Southway2 sales
Back to Guildford house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Southway, Guildford?
The median price paid in Southway, Guildford across every sale on the register is £220,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Southway, Guildford?
174 sales are on record for Southway, Guildford, the most recent completing on 31 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Southway, Guildford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +76.2% between 2008 and 2019. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +37.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Southway, Guildford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £400,000, set in 2019. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Southway, Guildford?
£2,696 per square metre, from the 72 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 31 Oct 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Southway, Guildford house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.