Living in Guildford, Surrey
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Free Guildford Area Report
Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Guildford - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Guildford cost 10.99 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Guildford a year earlier: 10.91 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Guildford over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Guildford, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Guildford
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Recent sold prices near Guildford (postcode sector GU1 3)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 2, 6, SYDNEY ROAD | £490,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| 26, HARVEY LODGE, HARVEY ROAD | £270,000 | Semi-detached | Sep 2026 |
| 45, EPSOM ROAD | £1,240,000 | Semi-detached | Sep 2026 |
| 20, PEWLEY HILL | £2,000,000 | Detached | Sep 2026 |
| 67, CLINE ROAD | £500,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
| 7, ST BARTHOLOMEWS COURT | £625,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 28, PEWLEY HILL | £1,500,000 | Detached | Aug 2026 |
| 17, CADOGAN HOUSE, ST LUKES SQUARE | £245,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| FLAT A16, TRINITY GATE | £1,050,000 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| 31, CLINE ROAD | £495,000 | Semi-detached | Jul 2026 |
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.