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Ashurst Wood market report RH19, East Grinstead
The RH19 (Ashurst Wood) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 20,407 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in RH19 (East Grinstead) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Covers registered sales to August 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: a typical RH19 (East Grinstead) home changed hands for £415,000 in 2026 (median of 240 registered sales, up 6% on five years earlier), with the mean at £446,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,720 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 20,407 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
The postcode district RH19 covering East Grinstead, Ashurst Wood, Dormans Park sits in East Grinstead. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where RH19 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.
Today's RH19 prices, from the sold record
Take the 240 registered 2026 sales in RH19 and the middle price, the median, is £415,000. The mean lands at £446,100, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in RH19
Per square metre, RH19 homes have averaged around £4,720 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, RH19 sits 46% above the national market.
A typical RH19 home, priced year by year (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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £415,000 | £415,000 | 240 |
| 2025 | £440,000 | £450,522 | 583 |
| 2024 | £420,000 | £446,546 | 530 |
| 2023 | £435,000 | £477,959 | 517 |
| 2022 | £440,000 | £515,950 | 733 |
| 2021 | £390,000 | £493,790 | 783 |
| 2020 | £372,500 | £483,326 | 478 |
| 2019 | £362,500 | £475,151 | 535 |
| 2018 | £360,000 | £479,887 | 573 |
| 2017 | £355,000 | £484,184 | 605 |
| 2016 | £353,500 | £494,550 | 762 |
| 2015 | £327,500 | £462,758 | 736 |
| 2014 | £315,000 | £446,883 | 735 |
| 2013 | £269,000 | £387,064 | 603 |
| 2012 | £245,000 | £360,609 | 503 |
| 2011 | £247,200 | £373,177 | 508 |
| 2010 | £250,000 | £392,064 | 489 |
| 2009 | £235,000 | £377,765 | 498 |
| 2008 | £237,600 | £389,477 | 415 |
| 2007 | £250,000 | £424,070 | 808 |
| 2006 | £230,000 | £399,251 | 814 |
| 2005 | £220,000 | £391,511 | 665 |
| 2004 | £208,000 | £377,769 | 805 |
| 2003 | £198,000 | £364,764 | 690 |
| 2002 | £173,500 | £326,439 | 881 |
| 2001 | £145,000 | £278,755 | 688 |
| 2000 | £134,000 | £262,975 | 664 |
| 1999 | £108,000 | £215,238 | 805 |
| 1998 | £102,000 | £205,894 | 739 |
| 1997 | £85,000 | £174,318 | 777 |
| 1996 | £77,000 | £162,390 | 657 |
| 1995 | £75,400 | £163,908 | 588 |
In cash terms the typical RH19 home went from £75,400 in 1995 to £415,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 153%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2022. The market now sits about 20% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the RH19 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 (+24.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−5.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 32% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £610,000 against £228,800 for a flat, 2.7 times the price.
Median by property type, RH19
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £610,000 | 79 | 6,627 |
| Semi-detached | £450,000 | 53 | 4,665 |
| Terraced | £356,000 | 40 | 4,114 |
| Flats | £228,800 | 68 | 5,001 |
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −5.7% | −7.9% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.3% | −3.4% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +1.8% | −2.5% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.6% | −1.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
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.
The turnover behind the prices
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
RH19 recorded 430 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 752 sales a year before the financial crisis and 521 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
What kind of market RH19 is
Among the 20 measurable districts of its area, RH19 ranks 16 by median price: towards the affordable end.
What homes rent for around RH19
RH19 falls under Mid Sussex, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,415 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £1,003 a month here against £2,200 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Mid Sussex
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £415,000 median sold price, £1,415 a month is £16,980 a year, a gross yield of 4.1%: 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.
What people ask about RH19 (Ashurst Wood)
How much did a house sell for in RH19 (Ashurst Wood)?
Are property prices falling in RH19 (Ashurst Wood)?
Is RH19 (Ashurst Wood) a good place to buy a house?
Are RH19 prices heading up or down?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 6% over five years in cash but down 16% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in RH19 right now
Everything above is what homes in RH19 sold for. The live side of the market holds 80 homes at the moment, listed by 4 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 5% above the RH19 median sold price.
Set against 430 registered sales in the last twelve months, the 80 homes on the market here are roughly 2 months of supply at last year's pace, and more in reality, since only agents who publish to HomesIndex are counted.
14% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
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"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every RH19 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.
Listed against sold: the RH19 mix
Sellers of flats in RH19 have company: 51% of current listings against 25% of recent sales. When a type is offered faster than it sells, the buyer usually holds the better hand.
| Type | Share of homes for sale now | Share of sales, 2024 and 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | 28% | 32% |
| Semi-detached | 21% | 24% |
| Terraced | 0% | 20% |
| Flats | 51% | 25% |
The listing shares count homes published to HomesIndex by agents today; the sales shares count HM Land Registry registrations. Listings typed only as "house", "bungalow" or similar, which the register would file under one of the four forms, are excluded from the listing side (11 of them here).
Month by month: when RH19 sells
June is when RH19 changes hands most (11.4% of the 3,146 sales dated 2021 to 2025); April is the quiet end at 5.5%. That is a marked seasonal rhythm. A sale completes weeks after it is agreed, so the busy month reflects deals struck earlier in the year; a seller who wants competition should be on the market ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 189 | 6.0% |
| February | 259 | 8.2% |
| March | 336 | 10.7% |
| April | 173 | 5.5% |
| May | 257 | 8.2% |
| June | 359 | 11.4% |
| July | 255 | 8.1% |
| August | 244 | 7.8% |
| September | 290 | 9.2% |
| October | 267 | 8.5% |
| November | 278 | 8.8% |
| December | 239 | 7.6% |
Moving up a bedroom in RH: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the RH area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £415,000 | £470,000 (+13%) | £555,000 (+18%) | £700,000 (+26%) | £915,000 (+31%) |
| Semi-detached | £365,000 | £405,000 (+11%) | £450,000 (+11%) | £530,000 (+18%) | £655,000 (+24%) |
| Terraced | £288,000 | £345,000 (+20%) | £380,000 (+10%) | £475,000 (+25%) | £575,000 (+21%) |
| Flat | £197,250 | £255,000 (+29%) | £340,000 (+33%) | £402,500 (+18%) | £570,000 (+42%) |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
RH19 ranks 8 of 20 in the RH area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Five-year change in the median, RH area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside RH19, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| RH19 1 | £315,000 | 71 |
| RH19 2 | £480,000 | 50 |
| RH19 3 | £388,000 | 73 |
| RH19 4 | £485,000 | 46 |
How RH19 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the RH area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| RH2 | £581,000 | +16% |
| RH17 | £580,000 | +2% |
| RH3 | £578,800 | -4% |
| RH7 | £565,200 | +15% |
| RH8 | £560,000 | +2% |
| RH5 | £550,000 | -2% |
| RH18 | £530,000 | +0% |
| RH20 | £502,500 | +2% |
| RH9 | £465,000 | +11% |
| RH4 | £450,000 | +6% |
| RH1 | £440,000 | +12% |
| RH13 | £432,900 | -2% |
| RH14 | £430,000 | -6% |
| RH6 | £426,000 | +0% |
| RH15 | £415,000 | +14% |
| RH19 (this report) | £415,000 | +6% |
| RH16 | £413,500 | +5% |
| RH12 | £407,000 | +5% |
| RH10 | £405,000 | +14% |
| RH11 | £330,000 | +10% |
Before you sell in RH19: what the record supports
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at RH19's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Take it further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about RH19. Free, with a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual RH19 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.