Downs View Road, Hassocks house prices are built from 67 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2003 and the most recent on 12 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £324,950. Across the 18 years from 2003 to 2021 the median moved +25.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -16.4%.
Median price paid
£324,950
Change in cash, 2003–2021
+25.0%
Change in real terms
-16.4%
Median per m²
£3,982
HM Land Registry67 sales17 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Downs View Road, Hassocks prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Downs View Road, Hassocks to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 12 Dec 2025 | Detached | £600,000 | £613,043 |
| 14 | 20 Mar 2025 | Detached | £570,000 | £582,391 |
| Flat E 1 | 25 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £335,000 | £352,500 |
| 47 | 12 Oct 2023 | Detached | £575,000 | £621,264 |
| 51 | 25 Aug 2023 | Detached | £655,000 | £707,701 |
| 33 | 24 Apr 2023 | Detached | £687,500 | £742,816 |
| 2 | 20 Apr 2023 | Detached | £450,000 | £486,207 |
| 10 | 19 Dec 2022 | Detached | £550,000 | £637,223 |
| 23 | 27 Oct 2022 | Detached | £675,000 | £782,046 |
| Flat E 1 | 21 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £322,000 | £406,828 |
| Flat B 1 | 11 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £320,000 | £404,301 |
| Flat A 1 | 8 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £296,909 |
| 37 | 25 Feb 2021 | Detached | £665,000 | £840,188 |
| Flat C 1 | 25 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £309,543 |
| Flat D 1 | 1 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| 69 | 19 Nov 2020 | Detached | £740,000 | £958,127 |
| 9 | 19 Nov 2020 | Detached | £560,000 | £725,069 |
| 28 | 17 Apr 2020 | Detached | £545,000 | £705,647 |
| 65 | 7 Jan 2019 | Detached | £532,500 | £696,498 |
| 71 | 8 Dec 2017 | Detached | £650,000 | £884,653 |
| 67 | 3 Nov 2017 | Detached | £576,000 | £783,938 |
| 13 | 31 Oct 2017 | Detached | £528,000 | £718,610 |
| 33 | 9 Feb 2017 | Detached | £548,000 | £745,830 |
| 15 | 8 Jan 2016 | Detached | £585,000 | £816,683 |
| 73 | 28 Oct 2015 | Detached | £685,000 | £965,850 |
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 Downs View Road, Hassocks values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Downs View Road | £320,000 (2011) | £570,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.2% |
| FLAT E 1 Downs View Road | £322,000 (2021) | £335,000 (2024) | +1.3% | -4.7% |
| 51 Downs View Road | £380,000 (2010) | £655,000 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.2% |
| 33 Downs View Road | £137,000 (2000) | £687,500 (2023) | +7.3% | +4.4% |
| 23 Downs View Road | £90,000 (1995) | £675,000 (2022) | +7.7% | +5.2% |
| 37 Downs View Road | £336,000 (2009) | £665,000 (2021) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 9 Downs View Road | £245,950 (2003) | £560,000 (2020) | +5.0% | +2.6% |
| 13 Downs View Road | £295,000 (2008) | £528,000 (2017) | +6.7% | +4.2% |
| 73 Downs View Road | £250,000 (2003) | £685,000 (2015) | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| 17 Downs View Road | £329,000 (2003) | £545,000 (2014) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
| 2A Downs View Road | £270,000 (2007) | £305,000 (2014) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| 41 Downs View Road | £270,000 (2003) | £425,000 (2012) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Downs View Road, Hassocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 61 | 91.0% | £336,000 | £90,000 – £740,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 6 | 9.0% | £300,000 | £235,000 – £335,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Downs View Road, Hassocks
6 of the sales on record are leasehold and 61 freehold — 9.0% 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 £310,000 and the median freehold sale £336,000 — a gap of +8.4%. 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 | 6 | 9.0% | £310,000 |
| Freehold | 61 | 91.0% | £336,000 |
A further 1 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 Downs View Road, Hassocks
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Horsham, 46.5% of 66,946 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 261 | 0.4% |
| B | 11,180 | 16.7% |
| C | 19,672 | 29.4% |
| D | 22,642 | 33.8% |
| E | 9,457 | 14.1% |
| F | 2,988 | 4.5% |
| G | 746 | 1.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Horsham at £1,460 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,013 for a one-bedroom home and £1,682 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £324,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.39% 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 BN6, 53 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 11 violent, 2 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 15 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.2 times quieter.
Against the 146,778 residents the 2021 census counted in Horsham, that is 0.36 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 Downs View Road, Hassocks
The 2021 census counted 146,778 residents in Horsham across 62,370 households. 74.0% of those households own their home and 26.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
6 state and independent schools have a BN6 postcode: 5 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downlands Community School | Secondary | Community school | 1,250 |
| St Lawrence CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 599 |
| The Windmills Junior School | Primary | Community school | 363 |
| Hassocks Infant School | Primary | Community school | 266 |
| Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 243 |
| Albourne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 177 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hassocks Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Burgess Hill Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Wivelsfield Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
| Plumpton Rail Station | Rail | 6.7 km |
Section 09
How Downs View Road, Hassocks compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Downs View Road, Hassocks sits above that national figure — +106.3%.
Within Hassocks the street ranks 138 of 259 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £300,000 (+8.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,982 per square metre, across 17 of the 67 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 £90,000 to £740,000. 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.
Downs View Road, Hassocks sits in Horsham, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Horsham at 11.5 times median local earnings of £37,981 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
- High Street£229,950 median
- Western Road£250,000 median
- Cuckfield Road£268,225 median
- Keymer Road£175,000 median
- College Lane£317,500 median
- Parklands Road£208,750 median
- London Road£296,500 median
- Grand Avenue£309,000 median
- Hassocks Road£245,000 median
- Woodsland Road£225,000 median
- North End£280,000 median
- Lewes Road£472,000 median
- Dale Avenue£280,000 median
- Nursery Close£240,000 median
- Ockley Lane£375,000 median
- Mackie Avenue£298,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 51 Downs View Road4 sales
- 33 Downs View Road4 sales
- 14 Downs View Road3 sales
- 23 Downs View Road3 sales
- 9 Downs View Road3 sales
- FLAT E, 1 Downs View Road2 sales
- 37 Downs View Road2 sales
- 13 Downs View Road2 sales
- 73 Downs View Road2 sales
- 17 Downs View Road2 sales
- 2A Downs View Road2 sales
- 41 Downs View Road2 sales
- 29 Downs View Road2 sales
- 7 Downs View Road2 sales
- 57 Downs View Road2 sales
- WATERSIDE Downs View Road2 sales
- 8 Downs View Road2 sales
Back to Hassocks house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Downs View Road, Hassocks?
The median price paid in Downs View Road, Hassocks across every sale on the register is £324,950. 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 Downs View Road, Hassocks?
67 sales are on record for Downs View Road, Hassocks, the most recent completing on 12 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Downs View Road, Hassocks house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +25.0% between 2003 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -16.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Downs View Road, Hassocks house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £310,000, set in 2021. 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 Downs View Road, Hassocks?
£3,982 per square metre, from the 17 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 12 Dec 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, “Downs View Road, Hassocks 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.