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RH7 local market report Lingfield

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 4,262 sales registered with HM Land Registry in RH7 (Lingfield) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to May 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

RH7 is the postcode district covering Lingfield, Dormansland, Crowhurst in Lingfield. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where RH7 sits

Click the map to open RH7 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

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£530,000median sold price, 2026
+8%five-year change (cash)
92sales in the last 12 months
3.7%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in RH7 sells for

The 2026 median in RH7 is £530,000, from 34 registered sales; the mean, £545,100, sits almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so RH7 trades 93% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical RH7 home, 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.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £89,000 at the time · £188,954 in today's money · 90 sales1996: £96,200 at the time · £198,143 in today's money · 174 sales1997: £137,500 at the time · £275,399 in today's money · 147 sales1998: £139,000 at the time · £274,029 in today's money · 185 sales1999: £140,000 at the time · £272,496 in today's money · 186 sales2000: £158,000 at the time · £302,833 in today's money · 113 sales2001: £173,000 at the time · £324,816 in today's money · 136 sales2002: £196,500 at the time · £361,079 in today's money · 182 sales2003: £235,000 at the time · £422,816 in today's money · 157 sales2004: £250,000 at the time · £443,445 in today's money · 131 sales2005: £263,700 at the time · £458,320 in today's money · 158 sales2006: £280,000 at the time · £474,693 in today's money · 163 sales2007: £305,000 at the time · £505,282 in today's money · 153 sales2008: £300,000 at the time · £480,278 in today's money · 118 sales2009: £270,500 at the time · £424,676 in today's money · 107 sales2010: £306,000 at the time · £468,679 in today's money · 112 sales2011: £307,000 at the time · £452,628 in today's money · 77 sales2012: £326,200 at the time · £468,913 in today's money · 114 sales2013: £337,600 at the time · £474,428 in today's money · 157 sales2014: £375,000 at the time · £519,578 in today's money · 149 sales2015: £400,000 at the time · £552,000 in today's money · 133 sales2016: £435,000 at the time · £594,356 in today's money · 125 sales2017: £441,000 at the time · £587,432 in today's money · 126 sales2018: £485,000 at the time · £631,415 in today's money · 118 sales2019: £439,200 at the time · £562,241 in today's money · 150 sales2020: £427,500 at the time · £541,736 in today's money · 122 sales2021: £490,000 at the time · £605,914 in today's money · 194 sales2022: £504,200 at the time · £577,424 in today's money · 116 sales2023: £495,000 at the time · £531,182 in today's money · 114 sales2024: £500,000 at the time · £519,187 in today's money · 122 sales2025: £475,000 at the time · £475,000 in today's money · 99 sales2026: £530,000 at the time · £530,000 in today's money · 34 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£530,000£530,00034
2025£475,000£475,00099
2024£500,000£519,187122
2023£495,000£531,182114
2022£504,200£577,424116
2021£490,000£605,914194
2020£427,500£541,736122
2019£439,200£562,241150
2018£485,000£631,415118
2017£441,000£587,432126
2016£435,000£594,356125
2015£400,000£552,000133
2014£375,000£519,578149
2013£337,600£474,428157
2012£326,200£468,913114
2011£307,000£452,62877
2010£306,000£468,679112
2009£270,500£424,676107
2008£300,000£480,278118
2007£305,000£505,282153
2006£280,000£474,693163
2005£263,700£458,320158
2004£250,000£443,445131
2003£235,000£422,816157
2002£196,500£361,079182
2001£173,000£324,816136
2000£158,000£302,833113
1999£140,000£272,496186
1998£139,000£274,029185
1997£137,500£275,399147
1996£96,200£198,143174
1995£89,000£188,95490

In cash terms the typical RH7 home went from £89,000 in 1995 to £530,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 180%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2018; the current median sits about 16% below that. Someone who bought at the 2018 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the RH7 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · +8.1% on the year before1997 · +42.9% on the year before1998 · +1.1% on the year before1999 · +0.7% on the year before2000 · +12.9% on the year before2001 · +9.5% on the year before2002 · +13.6% on the year before2003 · +19.6% on the year before2004 · +6.4% on the year before2005 · +5.5% on the year before2006 · +6.2% on the year before2007 · +8.9% on the year before2008 · −1.6% on the year before2009 · −9.8% on the year before2010 · +13.1% on the year before2011 · +0.3% on the year before2012 · +6.3% on the year before2013 · +3.5% on the year before2014 · +11.1% on the year before2015 · +6.7% on the year before2016 · +8.8% on the year before2017 · +1.4% on the year before2018 · +10.0% on the year before2019 · −9.4% on the year before2020 · −2.7% on the year before2021 · +14.6% on the year before2022 · +2.9% on the year before2023 · −1.8% on the year before2024 · +1.0% on the year before2025 · −5.0% on the year before2026 · +11.6% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 1997 (+42.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−9.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+11.6%+11.6%
5 years (since 2021)+1.6%−2.6%
10 years (since 2016)+2.0%−1.1%
20 years (since 2006)+3.2%+0.6%

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.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

100200 1995: 90 sales1996: 174 sales1997: 147 sales1998: 185 sales1999: 186 sales2000: 113 sales2001: 136 sales2002: 182 sales2003: 157 sales2004: 131 sales2005: 158 sales2006: 163 sales2007: 153 sales2008: 118 sales2009: 107 sales2010: 112 sales2011: 77 sales2012: 114 sales2013: 157 sales2014: 149 sales2015: 133 sales2016: 125 sales2017: 126 sales2018: 118 sales2019: 150 sales2020: 122 sales2021: 194 sales2022: 116 sales2023: 114 sales2024: 122 sales2025: 99 sales2026: 34 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

2550 June 2021 · 36 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 10 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 12 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 17 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 11 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 12 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 11 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 9 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 10 sales registeredApril 2022 · 9 sales registeredMay 2022 · 3 sales registeredJune 2022 · 8 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 6 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 15 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 8 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 17 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 15 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 8 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 8 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 11 sales registeredApril 2023 · 5 sales registeredMay 2023 · 13 sales registeredJune 2023 · 12 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 6 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 10 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 21 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 8 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 10 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 11 sales registeredApril 2024 · 12 sales registeredMay 2024 · 14 sales registeredJune 2024 · 4 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 8 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 10 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 12 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 10 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 14 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 12 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 10 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 10 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 13 sales registeredApril 2025 · 5 sales registeredMay 2025 · 3 sales registeredJune 2025 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 17 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 7 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 7 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 7 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 8 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 8 sales registeredApril 2026 · 6 sales registeredMay 2026 · 5 sales registered

RH7 recorded 92 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 149 sales a year before the financial crisis and 97 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.

What homes rent for around RH7

RH7 falls under Tandridge, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,622 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £1,147 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,803, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Tandridge

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £1,147 a month£1,1471 bed2 bed: £1,453 a month£1,4532 bed3 bed: £1,815 a month£1,8153 bed4+ bed: £2,803 a month£2,8034+ bed

Set against the £530,000 median sold price, £1,622 a month is £19,464 a year, a gross yield of 3.7%: 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.

Will RH7 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 8% over five years in cash but down 13% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

RH7 ranks 7 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 biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

RH1RH1 · +19% over five years · median £440,000+19%RH10RH10 · +14% over five years · median £399,000+14%RH15RH15 · +13% over five years · median £406,200+13%RH8RH8 · +12% over five years · median £600,000+12%RH11RH11 · +10% over five years · median £325,000+10%RH7RH7 · +8% over five years · median £530,000+8%RH17RH17 · +0% over five years · median £567,500+0%RH20RH20 · −0% over five years · median £491,000−0%RH13RH13 · −6% over five years · median £415,000−6%RH14RH14 · −11% over five years · median £416,000−11%RH18RH18 · −13% over five years · median £460,000−13%

Inside RH7, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
RH7 6£530,00034

How RH7 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the RH area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
RH3£640,000+7%
RH8£600,000+12%
RH17£567,500+0%
RH5£552,500+1%
RH2£530,000+6%
RH7 (this report)£530,000+8%
RH20£491,000+0%
RH18£460,000-13%
RH4£450,000+9%
RH6£446,200+5%
RH9£445,000+6%
RH1£440,000+19%
RH14£416,000-11%
RH13£415,000-6%
RH16£411,000+5%
RH19£407,500+6%
RH15£406,200+13%
RH12£405,000+5%
RH10£399,000+14%
RH11£325,000+10%

Dig further

See every individual RH7 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference RH7 price page. 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.