Basingstoke and Deane prices are up 1.0% on a year, to £370,223 in July, after three months of annual falls. Semis led the rise; flats are still down 1.7%.
The average home in Basingstoke and Deane was worth £370,223 in July 2026. That is £3,506 more than a year earlier, a rise of 1.0%. The figures come from HM Land Registry’s UK House Price Index for the borough, published this week.
It is the first annual rise since March. In April, May and June the borough’s average was below where it had been a year before. When we reported June’s figures earlier this month, the borough was down 1.3% on the year.
One caveat applies throughout. UKHPI publishes a mean average, not a median. A handful of very expensive sales pull it up, so it is not the price of a typical home. It is still the best monthly measure available, because it is built from completed sales registered at the Land Registry rather than asking prices.
Why the number flipped
Two things moved at once, and only one of them is about this summer.
The first is steady monthly growth. The borough average has now risen for three months running:
- May: up 0.9% on April
- June: up 0.6% on May
- July: up 0.5% on June
That takes the average £7,253 above its April low of £362,970. It is still below January’s £373,181.
The second is the comparison month. In July 2025 the borough average dropped 1.9% in a single month, from £373,764 to £366,717. So this July is being measured against a low point. Part of the swing from minus to plus is that easier comparison, not a surge in demand.
The honest reading: prices in the borough have recovered most of the spring’s dip, and are rising slowly. They are not booming.
Semis and terraces rose; flats did not
| Type | July 2026 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £659,344 | up £4,487 (+0.7%) |
| Semi-detached | £396,698 | up £7,612 (+2.0%) |
| Terraced | £306,443 | up £5,377 (+1.8%) |
| Flat or maisonette | £186,163 | down £3,207 (-1.7%) |
| First-time buyer average | £294,334 | up £3,362 (+1.2%) |
Semi-detached and terraced homes did best. Detached houses, which led June’s fall, are now slightly up.
Flats are the exception. They are still 1.7% down on the year. They have been below their year-earlier level in every month since March.
How we compare with the neighbours
Against the six districts on its boundary, the borough is now in the middle:
- Hart, to the east: up 2.6%, average £481,051
- Winchester, to the south: up 2.1%, average £463,025
- Basingstoke and Deane: up 1.0%, average £370,223
- West Berkshire, to the north: up 0.4%, average £403,682
- Test Valley, to the west: down 0.6%, average £368,131
- Wokingham, to the north-east: down 0.9%, average £496,537
- East Hampshire, to the south-east: down 1.2%, average £440,541
England as a whole rose 1.1% and the South East 0.2%. The borough average is £10,655 below the South East’s £380,878.
June has been revised
UKHPI revises recent months as more sales are registered. June’s borough figure was first published as £368,739, down 1.3% on the year. In this week’s release June is £368,220, down 1.5%. July will be revised in the same way next month, so treat the 1.0% as a first estimate.
The index has not yet published sales volumes for June or July in the borough. The last two months with a count, April and May, recorded 146 and 130 sales. Those were the lowest monthly totals in the past year.
What it means for you
If you are selling a semi or a terrace, the index is on your side for the first time since March. Both are up by around 2% on the year.
If you are selling a flat, a buyer can point to a borough average that is still lower than last summer. Price with that in mind.
If you are buying your first home, the first-time buyer average is £294,334, up 1.2% on the year. That is close to England’s rise of 1.1%, to £245,515.
If you are quoting a figure, give the month and the release. July’s number will change next month.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is from the UK House Price Index full file for July 2026, published by HM Land Registry with the Office for National Statistics. It covers the whole borough of Basingstoke and Deane: the town plus the villages from Tadley and Kingsclere across to Overton, Oakley and Old Basing.
For median prices, and the split between the town and the villages, see our Basingstoke house prices page. For what is being built and where, see planning news and the council tax bands that come with each new home.
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