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Abinger market report RH5, Dorking
The RH5 (Abinger) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 7,386 HM Land Registry entries for RH5 (Dorking), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the typical home in RH5 (Dorking) sold for £550,000 in 2026, the median of 59 registered sales, down 2% on five years earlier. The mean was £577,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,920 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 7,386 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
RH5 is a postcode district covering Abinger, Capel, Westhumble in Dorking. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where RH5 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.
What RH5 homes really sell for
In the RH5 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £550,000, from 59 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £577,100, sitting practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.
Price per square metre in RH5
Measured by floor area, the last five years of RH5 sales average about £5,920 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, RH5 sits 93% above the national market.
RH5's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £550,000 | £550,000 | 59 |
| 2025 | £539,000 | £551,889 | 202 |
| 2024 | £540,000 | £574,131 | 174 |
| 2023 | £579,000 | £636,180 | 158 |
| 2022 | £510,000 | £598,033 | 223 |
| 2021 | £560,000 | £709,032 | 285 |
| 2020 | £525,000 | £681,198 | 183 |
| 2019 | £480,000 | £629,165 | 173 |
| 2018 | £500,000 | £666,509 | 169 |
| 2017 | £511,500 | £697,635 | 186 |
| 2016 | £508,000 | £710,697 | 208 |
| 2015 | £465,000 | £657,045 | 262 |
| 2014 | £440,500 | £624,926 | 242 |
| 2013 | £365,000 | £525,199 | 189 |
| 2012 | £331,200 | £487,485 | 178 |
| 2011 | £320,000 | £483,077 | 172 |
| 2010 | £395,000 | £619,462 | 217 |
| 2009 | £300,000 | £482,253 | 181 |
| 2008 | £340,000 | £557,332 | 148 |
| 2007 | £301,300 | £511,089 | 325 |
| 2006 | £320,000 | £555,479 | 317 |
| 2005 | £303,500 | £540,108 | 222 |
| 2004 | £285,000 | £517,616 | 302 |
| 2003 | £249,500 | £459,640 | 241 |
| 2002 | £222,500 | £418,632 | 361 |
| 2001 | £180,000 | £346,041 | 273 |
| 2000 | £170,000 | £333,625 | 272 |
| 1999 | £155,000 | £308,907 | 327 |
| 1998 | £130,000 | £262,414 | 281 |
| 1997 | £128,500 | £263,528 | 366 |
| 1996 | £114,500 | £241,475 | 282 |
| 1995 | £103,200 | £224,341 | 208 |
In cash terms the typical RH5 home went from £103,200 in 1995 to £550,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 145%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2016; the current median sits about 23% below that. Someone who bought at the 2016 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the RH5 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 2010 (+31.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−19.0%). 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, 40% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £810,000 against £235,000 for a flat, 3.4 times the price.
Median by property type, RH5
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 | £810,000 | 15 | 2,926 |
| Semi-detached | £555,000 | 19 | 2,081 |
| Terraced | £439,200 | 18 | 1,632 |
| Flats | £235,000 | 7 | 747 |
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +2.0% | −0.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −0.4% | −5.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.8% | −2.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | 0.0% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
The turnover behind the prices
The year-by-year sales count
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
The last five years, month by month
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
RH5 recorded 125 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 289 sales a year before the financial crisis and 163 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the RH5 market
Only 125 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes RH5 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. RH5 sits 6 of 20 in its area's price order, well inside the expensive end.
The rental side of RH5
The local authority for RH5 is Mole Valley, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,548 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £1,136 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,575 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Mole Valley
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £550,000 median sold price, £1,548 a month is £18,576 a year, a gross yield of 3.4%: 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 RH5 (Abinger)
How much did a house sell for in RH5 (Abinger)?
Are property prices falling in RH5 (Abinger)?
Is RH5 (Abinger) a good place to buy a house?
Will RH5 prices rise from here?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 22% 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.
RH5's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in RH5 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 147 homes on the market right now, from 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 57% above the RH5 median sold price.
22% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Crackerbarrel Farm, Horsham Road, Beare Green, Dorking
- Norfolk Lane, Mid Holmwood, Surrey
- Westlees Close, North Holmwood, Dorking
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every RH5 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
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. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| 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%) | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
RH5 ranks 16 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.
RH area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside RH5, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RH5 4 | £440,000 | 37 |
| RH5 5 | £626,200 | 14 |
| RH5 6 | £728,200 | 8 |
How RH5 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the RH area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| RH8 | £597,500 | +9% |
| RH17 | £585,000 | +3% |
| RH3 | £577,500 | -4% |
| RH7 | £570,000 | +16% |
| RH2 | £550,000 | +10% |
| RH5 (this report) | £550,000 | -2% |
| RH18 | £515,000 | -3% |
| RH20 | £500,000 | +1% |
| RH4 | £450,000 | +6% |
| RH1 | £440,000 | +12% |
| RH9 | £437,500 | +4% |
| RH6 | £430,000 | +1% |
| RH14 | £430,000 | -6% |
| RH13 | £425,000 | -4% |
| RH15 | £415,000 | +14% |
| RH19 | £414,500 | +6% |
| RH16 | £412,000 | +4% |
| RH12 | £404,500 | +4% |
| RH10 | £400,000 | +13% |
| RH11 | £325,000 | +8% |
Selling a home in RH5? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in RH5, open the average prices map and zoom from the RH5 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded RH5 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim RH5.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with RH5 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual RH5 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.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.