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

Horsham: Prosperous West Sussex town with premium family housing market and direct London services.

The Horsham property market recorded 2,424 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £426,000. This places Horsham £65k above the Sussex county median of £361,500, and £141k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Horsham have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -2.1%. Within Sussex, Horsham ranks 2nd by price out of 10 principal towns, and 4th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Horsham median prices moved from £450,000 in Q3 2024 to £427,500 in Q4 2025, a change of -5.0% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Horsham District Council, the local planning authority covering Horsham, approved 157 residential planning applications and refused 69 in the last 12 months, with 98 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 69%.

Those applications propose around 3,453 homes, an estimated £1.5bn 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 Horsham vary significantly by type. The table below compares Horsham prices with Sussex county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Horsham command £680,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £230,000. The £450k 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 32 new-build sales in Horsham for the past 12 months, 1.3% 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 Horsham sold at a discount of 22.0% to existing stock.

Across the wider Sussex market, 497 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Sussex property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Horsham, 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 £315,000 to £535,000 illustrates the breadth of the Horsham market.

For developers considering Horsham, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £426,000 and detached homes at £680,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Horsham with a GDV of £680,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £442,000 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 2.1% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Horsham by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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