House prices in GU1 4 (Guildford)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'GU1 4' (Guildford) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.


Defining 'GU1 4'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "GU1 4", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Guildford.

You can click on the map to change sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Guildford is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area
E.g. Flat 24 Scholars Court, Chertsey Street, Guildford, sold for £375,000 on Jun-2024. Given the internal area of 76 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,934.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £5,150-£5,500, £5,500-£5,850, £5,850-£6,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 146 sales in Guildford (GU1 4) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Guildford
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Guildford

Generate a custom chart like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Guildford (GU1 4). Of the 146 transactions, half were sold for between £4,900 and £6,300 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'GU1 4' is £5,540. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £6,300 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Guildford

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Guildford. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

Property price heatmap for Guildford
House price heatmap for Guildford

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'GU1 4' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
GU1 2 Guildford £5,080 sqm £5,990 sqm £7,060 sqm
GU1 3 Guildford £5,530 sqm £6,420 sqm £7,470 sqm
GU1 1 Guildford £4,450 sqm £5,160 sqm £6,060 sqm
GU1 4 Guildford £4,900 sqm £5,540 sqm £6,300 sqm

Will Guildford house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for GU1 4 (Guildford) compared with both the wider area GU1 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Historic price per square metre in Guildford,Guildford
House price trends for Guildford

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Most recent GU1 4 sales
Recent trends for Guildford

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Guildford to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Guildford and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4U 69 sqm £5,304 21
George Road, Guildford, GU1 4N 90 sqm £5,542 18
Station View, Guildford, GU1 4A 54 sqm £5,661 16
Artillery Road, Guildford, GU1 4N 105 sqm £5,304 14
Drummond Road, Guildford, GU1 4N 66 sqm £5,718 14
Markenfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4P 101 sqm £5,835 13
Stoke Fields, Guildford, GU1 4L 84 sqm £7,391 12
Foxenden Road, Guildford, GU1 4D 125 sqm £5,280 10

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Raw data

Our analysis of Guildford is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address Paid sqm £/sqm
Flat 24 Scholars Court, Chertsey St, Guildford £375,000
Jun-2024
76 4,934
Flat 101 Austen House, Station View, Guildford £370,000
Jun-2024
59 6,271
Veryan, Markenfield Rd, Guildford £590,000
Jun-2024
137 4,306

See the entire list of all sales in Guildford (GU1 4) here.

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