Standing view · housing · Guildford
deteriorating, held with strong confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-08.
The housing market in Guildford has been losing ground, and the view is held strongly. Prevention duty, section 21 notice stood at 13 in the first quarter of 2026 and was recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern for its quarter — households facing eviction from a private tenancy. Average private rent for two bedrooms was 1,507 in March 2026, 1,523 in April and 1,536 in June, with three bedrooms at 1,856 in May and flat or maisonette at 1,365 in July. The average house price was 532,302 in April 2026 and 523,094 in May.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Guildford. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention duty, section 21 notice | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-07 | — |