Royal William Square, Rye house prices are built from 45 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2007 and the most recent on 22 May 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £275,000. Across the 5 years from 2007 to 2012 the median moved +11.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -4.5%.
Median price paid
£275,000
Change in cash, 2007–2012
+11.1%
Change in real terms
-4.5%
HM Land Registry45 salesLatest sale 22 May 2025
Section 01
How Royal William Square, Rye prices moved
The chart tracks the median Royal William Square, Rye house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2007 to 2012. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | £216,875 | £395,082 |
| 2010s | 1 | £250,000 | £352,500 |
The highest yearly median on record for Royal William Square, Rye is £250,000 in 2012; the lowest is £216,875 in 2008. Across the full 6-year record the cash median has moved from £224,975 to £250,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £391,140, so the real change over the whole record is -4.5% — about -0.92% 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: +11.1% in cash against -4.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 22 May 2025 | Terraced | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| 15 | 17 May 2024 | Terraced | £395,000 | £415,634 |
| 5 | 31 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £401,000 | £433,264 |
| 8 | 19 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £436,000 | £505,144 |
| 2 | 10 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 19 | 25 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £380,000 | £440,263 |
| 20 | 26 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £380,000 | £480,108 |
| 5 | 20 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £315,000 | £407,851 |
| 16 | 1 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £325,000 | £425,093 |
| 9 | 30 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £295,000 | £393,147 |
| 19 | 15 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £320,000 | £426,465 |
| 15 | 6 May 2016 | Terraced | £299,000 | £417,416 |
| 18 | 11 Mar 2016 | Terraced | £310,000 | £432,772 |
| 9 | 23 Oct 2015 | Terraced | £305,000 | £430,050 |
| 17 | 3 Aug 2015 | Terraced | £300,000 | £423,000 |
| 4 | 20 Jul 2015 | Terraced | £310,000 | £437,100 |
| 20 | 30 Oct 2013 | Terraced | £277,500 | £404,628 |
| 12 | 25 Oct 2012 | Terraced | £329,500 | £492,156 |
| 18 | 10 Sep 2012 | Terraced | £250,000 | £373,411 |
| 5 | 28 Aug 2012 | Terraced | £250,000 | £373,411 |
| 2 | 26 Jun 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £276,324 |
| 16 | 3 Feb 2012 | Terraced | £250,000 | £373,411 |
| 4 | 5 Apr 2011 | Terraced | £272,400 | £417,483 |
| 11 | 10 Jan 2011 | Terraced | £370,000 | £567,065 |
| 8 | 7 Jan 2010 | Terraced | £282,500 | £451,104 |
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 Royal William Square, Rye values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Royal William Square | £285,000 (2007) | £425,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -0.7% |
| 15 Royal William Square | £239,950 (2008) | £395,000 (2024) | +3.2% | +0.2% |
| 5 Royal William Square | £250,000 (2012) | £401,000 (2023) | +4.4% | +1.4% |
| 2 Royal William Square | £210,000 (2007) | £300,000 (2022) | +2.4% | -0.3% |
| 19 Royal William Square | £249,950 (2008) | £380,000 (2022) | +3.0% | +0.3% |
| 20 Royal William Square | £249,950 (2007) | £380,000 (2021) | +3.0% | +0.7% |
| 16 Royal William Square | £239,950 (2007) | £325,000 (2019) | +2.6% | +0.2% |
| 9 Royal William Square | £285,000 (2007) | £295,000 (2018) | +0.3% | -2.1% |
| 18 Royal William Square | £150,000 (2008) | £310,000 (2016) | +9.5% | +7.0% |
| 17 Royal William Square | £150,000 (2008) | £300,000 (2015) | +10.4% | +7.7% |
| 4 Royal William Square | £160,000 (2007) | £310,000 (2015) | +8.6% | +5.8% |
| 12 Royal William Square | £150,000 (2008) | £329,500 (2012) | +21.7% | +18.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Royal William Square, Rye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 41 | 91.1% | £277,500 | £150,000 – £436,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 4 | 8.9% | £199,950 | £185,000 – £300,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Royal William Square, Rye
4 of the sales on record are leasehold and 41 freehold — 8.9% 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 £204,975 and the median freehold sale £277,500 — a gap of +35.4%. 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 | 4 | 8.9% | £204,975 |
| Freehold | 41 | 91.1% | £277,500 |
| New build | 11 | 24.4% | £239,950 |
| Existing home | 34 | 75.6% | £297,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -19.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 2 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 09
How Royal William Square, Rye compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Royal William Square, Rye sits above that national figure — +74.6%.
Within Rye the street ranks 91 of 235 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £225,000 (+22.2%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £150,000 to £436,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Main Street£250,000 median
- Udimore Road£235,000 median
- Lydd Road£147,000 median
- Strand Quay£109,000 median
- South Undercliff£155,000 median
- New Winchelsea Road£157,975 median
- Station Road£300,000 median
- Military Road£217,475 median
- Farleys Way£141,498 median
- Ferry Road£150,000 median
- Cackle Street£281,000 median
- Cinque Ports Street£175,000 median
- Fishmarket Road£109,000 median
- North Salts£159,000 median
- Rye Harbour Road£142,500 median
- Winchelsea Road£187,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 8 Royal William Square4 sales
- 9 Royal William Square4 sales
- 18 Royal William Square4 sales
- 15 Royal William Square3 sales
- 5 Royal William Square3 sales
- 2 Royal William Square3 sales
- 19 Royal William Square3 sales
- 20 Royal William Square3 sales
- 16 Royal William Square3 sales
- 17 Royal William Square3 sales
- 4 Royal William Square3 sales
- 12 Royal William Square2 sales
- 14 Royal William Square2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Royal William Square, Rye?
The median price paid in Royal William Square, Rye across every sale on the register is £275,000. 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 Royal William Square, Rye?
45 sales are on record for Royal William Square, Rye, the most recent completing on 22 May 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Royal William Square, Rye house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +11.1% between 2007 and 2012. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -4.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Royal William Square, Rye house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £250,000, set in 2012. 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 Royal William Square, Rye?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 22 May 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, “Royal William Square, Rye 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.