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Lindfield market report RH16 3, Haywards Heath
The standing RH16 3 (Lindfield) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 6,399 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in RH16 3 (Haywards Heath) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the typical home in RH16 3 (Haywards Heath) sold for £352,500 in 2026, the median of 74 registered sales, up 10% on five years earlier. The mean was £379,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,550 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 6,399 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
RH16 3 is one sector of RH16 (Haywards Heath): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where RH16 3 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in RH16 3
The RH16 3 median stands at £352,500 for 2026, built from 74 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £379,700, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
House prices per square metre in RH16 3
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in RH16 3 costs about £4,550 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, RH16 3 runs 24% above it.
The price of a typical RH16 3 home, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £352,500 | £352,500 | 74 |
| 2025 | £347,500 | £355,810 | 166 |
| 2024 | £350,000 | £372,122 | 136 |
| 2023 | £340,000 | £373,577 | 155 |
| 2022 | £338,100 | £396,461 | 182 |
| 2021 | £320,000 | £405,161 | 208 |
| 2020 | £285,000 | £369,793 | 176 |
| 2019 | £316,000 | £414,200 | 176 |
| 2018 | £299,500 | £399,239 | 164 |
| 2017 | £305,000 | £415,989 | 179 |
| 2016 | £296,000 | £414,107 | 183 |
| 2015 | £265,000 | £374,445 | 165 |
| 2014 | £248,800 | £352,966 | 216 |
| 2013 | £217,200 | £312,529 | 222 |
| 2012 | £200,000 | £294,375 | 211 |
| 2011 | £190,500 | £287,582 | 150 |
| 2010 | £206,000 | £323,061 | 144 |
| 2009 | £187,200 | £300,926 | 142 |
| 2008 | £221,000 | £362,266 | 142 |
| 2007 | £195,000 | £330,774 | 276 |
| 2006 | £185,000 | £321,136 | 259 |
| 2005 | £180,500 | £321,217 | 194 |
| 2004 | £176,000 | £319,650 | 235 |
| 2003 | £146,000 | £268,967 | 217 |
| 2002 | £136,500 | £256,824 | 290 |
| 2001 | £120,000 | £230,694 | 266 |
| 2000 | £112,000 | £219,800 | 238 |
| 1999 | £82,000 | £163,422 | 249 |
| 1998 | £70,000 | £141,300 | 236 |
| 1997 | £66,500 | £136,378 | 302 |
| 1996 | £59,800 | £126,116 | 232 |
| 1995 | £60,000 | £130,431 | 214 |
In cash terms the typical RH16 3 home went from £60,000 in 1995 to £352,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 170%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2017. The market now sits about 15% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the RH16 3 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+36.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−15.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +1.4% | −0.9% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.0% | −2.7% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.8% | −1.6% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
How many homes change hands in RH16 3
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
RH16 3 recorded 74 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 247 sales a year before the financial crisis and 143 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
Rents around RH16 3
RH16 3 falls under Mid Sussex, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,415 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £1,003 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,200 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Mid Sussex
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £352,500 median sold price, £1,415 a month is £16,980 a year, a gross yield of 4.8%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
How RH16 3 trades
Within RH16, this sector trades 14% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
What people ask about RH16 3 (Lindfield)
Is RH16 3 (Lindfield) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in RH16 3 (Lindfield)?
Are property prices falling in RH16 3 (Lindfield)?
Are RH16 3 prices heading up or down?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 10% over five years in cash but down 13% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
What is for sale in RH16 right now
Turning to what is actually available: 143 homes on the market right now, from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole RH16 district, not just RH16 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 30% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- The Orchard, Ardingly Road, Lindfield, RH16
- Wythwood, Haywards Heath, RH16
- Gatesmead, Haywards Heath
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every RH16 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
Bedroom by bedroom: RH prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the RH area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £450,000 | £610,000 (+36%) | £870,000 (+43%) | £1,237,500 (+42%) |
| Semi-detached | £325,000 | £405,000 (+25%) | £475,000 (+17%) | £606,500 (+28%) | £882,500 (+46%) |
| Terraced | £315,000 | £365,000 (+16%) | £410,000 (+12%) | £530,000 (+29%) | £720,000 (+36%) |
| Flat | £206,436 | £270,000 (+31%) | £395,000 (+46%) | £545,000 (+38%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the RH area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the RH area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in RH16
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are RH16's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| RH16 1 | £420,600 | 43 |
| RH16 2 | £605,000 | 48 |
| RH16 4 | £386,200 | 104 |
Zoom out to the full RH16 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how RH16 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in RH16 3: what the record supports
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in RH16 3, open the average prices map and zoom from the RH16 3 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded RH16 3 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Estate agents working RH16 3: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim RH16 3.
Take it further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to RH16 3. Free after a one click sign in.
See every individual RH16 3 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.