Fareham Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Fareham: Solent towns corridor with Welborne Garden Village creating significant new housing supply.

The Fareham property market recorded 2,077 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £343,500. This places Fareham £7k below the Hampshire county median of £350,875, and £59k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Fareham have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.9%. Within Hampshire, Fareham ranks 6th by price out of 10 principal towns, and 5th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Fareham median prices moved from £346,000 in Q4 2024 to £352,500 in Q1 2026, a change of +1.9% over 5 quarters.

Fareham Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Fareham, approved 52 residential planning applications and refused 6 in the last 12 months, with 34 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 90%.

Those applications propose around 215 homes, an estimated £71.9m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Fareham vary significantly by type. The table below compares Fareham prices with Hampshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Fareham command £499,975, while flat properties are most accessible at £175,000. The £325k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 65 new-build sales in Fareham for the past 12 months, 3.1% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Fareham sold at a premium of 19.1% to existing stock.

Across the wider Hampshire market, 454 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Hampshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Fareham, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £307,500 to £480,000 illustrates the breadth of the Fareham market.

For developers considering Fareham, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £343,500 and detached homes at £499,975, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Fareham with a GDV of £499,975 would attract senior debt of approximately £324,984 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have softened 1.9% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Fareham by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Fareham's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Hampshire:

For the full Hampshire town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Hampshire property market report.