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

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

The Horsham property market recorded 2,469 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £430,000. This places Horsham £68k above the Sussex county median of £362,488, and £145k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Horsham have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.1%. 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 £425,000 in Q1 2025 to £440,000 in Q2 2026, a change of +3.5% over 5 quarters.

The local planning authority for Horsham approved 42 residential planning applications and refused 20 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 99 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 68%. A further 3 residential decisions in the period have no recorded outcome in the source data and are not counted above. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 7,590 homes, an estimated £3.3bn 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 33 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 25.6% to existing stock.

Across the wider Sussex market, 416 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 £340,000 to £1m 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 £430,000 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 1.1% 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.