Common questions about Guernsey property
Answered from the registers and from what agents are advertising today, not from opinion. Every figure on this page is current as of the last rebuild.
What does property actually cost in Guernsey?
The median asking price today is £745,000 across 1,058 homes for sale, with the middle half between £495,000 and £1,100,000. By area, Alderney is cheapest at £445,000 and St Pierre du Bois dearest at £1,950,000. Every area compared.
Are prices rising or falling?
The repeat-sales index — the same buildings changing hands — stands at 591.2 against 100 in 1995. The last published year moved -0.8%. The whole series.
Are sellers asking too much?
Of the 246 homes for sale that also appear in the sold register, the median is asking 9.8% more than the index says their own last sale is now worth. The full comparison.
What do the different markets mean here?
Listings in Guernsey are advertised as Leasehold or Local Market or Open Market or Freehold. Which you may buy is set by the island's own rules, not by us — the government pages are linked from the buying guide.
Why do some sold prices say £1?
A £1, £10 or £100 figure in the register is a transfer between family members or companies — a gift, an inheritance, a restructure — not a sale at a price. They are labelled everywhere on this site and excluded from every median.
Will I get planning permission?
Nobody can tell you that, but the register can tell you the base rate: of 3,176 decided applications, 93% were granted, and extension specifically 94% of 835. Search what has been applied for near you.
Is an extension worth it?
Space here asks about £5,522 per m². Set that against build cost and the local grant rate on the improvement page — the arithmetic decides it, and it is different in every area.
How current is any of this?
Every agent's own website is read overnight; each property page states when its listing was last read. Registers refresh on their own publishing schedule. Nothing here is typed in by hand. How the whole thing is put together.
Do you take a commission?
No. This site sells nothing and takes nothing from any agent. Enquiries go straight to the agent's own contact details.
What does renting cost?
The median advertised rent is £2,400 a month across 89 listings, which is a gross yield of about 3.8% against local asking prices. Yields by area.
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