Much Hadham house prices are built from 894 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £373,750. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +6.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -23.9%.
Median price paid
£373,750
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+6.3%
Change in real terms
-23.9%
Median per m²
£3,263
HM Land Registry894 sales160 with floor areaLatest sale 22 May 2026
Section 01
How Much Hadham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Much Hadham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £149,950 | £332,960 |
| 2000s | 10 | £300,000 | £546,512 |
| 2010s | 10 | £537,136 | £757,362 |
| 2020s | 7 | £685,000 | £699,891 |
The highest yearly median on record for Much Hadham is £850,000 in 2026; the lowest is £140,750 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £148,480 to £850,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £329,696, so the real change over the whole record is +157.8% — about +3.10% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +6.3% in cash against -23.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLESTONE Hadham Cross | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| NIMNEY HOUSE Hadham Cross | 27 Apr 2026 | Detached | £1,750,000 | £1,750,000 |
| SHILLINGBURY Hadham Cross | 13 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £367,500 | £367,500 |
| ASHBOURNE Perry Green | 15 Jan 2026 | Detached | £1,750,000 | £1,750,000 |
| 50 High Street | 6 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £520,000 | £520,000 |
| LONG BARNS Perry Green | 19 Dec 2025 | Detached | £870,000 | £888,913 |
| 1 LAURELDENE Hadham Cross | 2 Dec 2025 | Detached | £712,500 | £727,989 |
| 52 Ash Meadow | 25 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £335,000 | £342,283 |
| FARTHING BARN Moor Place Park | 10 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £1,150,000 | £1,175,000 |
| BUILDERS STORE the Square | 24 Oct 2025 | Detached | £401,150 | £409,871 |
| 13 Ash Meadow | 26 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| 4 Ferndale | 25 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE Tower Hill | 24 Sep 2025 | Detached | £610,000 | £623,261 |
| ASHVIEW Culver Court | 9 Sep 2025 | Detached | £770,000 | £786,739 |
| MILL PARK Bourne Lane | 30 Jul 2025 | Detached | £1,200,000 | £1,226,087 |
| DANESWOOD COTTAGE Perry Green | 25 Jul 2025 | Detached | £1,240,000 | £1,266,957 |
| SHILLINGBURY Hadham Cross | 24 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £202,500 | £206,902 |
| 79 Windmill Way | 16 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £400,000 | £408,696 |
| 55 High Street | 1 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £815,000 | £832,717 |
| WHISKERS South End | 28 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,220,000 | £1,246,522 |
| THE ASHES Walnut Close | 27 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,275,000 | £1,302,717 |
| 12 Millers View, Windmill Way | 27 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £675,000 | £689,674 |
| CROSSWAYS Kettle Green Lane | 26 Mar 2025 | Detached | £895,000 | £914,457 |
| 1 Windmill Way | 21 Mar 2025 | Detached | £412,000 | £420,957 |
| 32 Windmill Way | 3 Feb 2025 | Detached | £725,000 | £740,761 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Much Hadham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLESTONE Hadham Cross | £147,000 (1997) | £850,000 (2026) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| SHILLINGBURY Hadham Cross | £57,500 (1998) | £367,500 (2026) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 1 LAURELDENE Hadham Cross | £186,000 (1997) | £712,500 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 52 Ash Meadow | £212,500 (2011) | £335,000 (2025) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| FARTHING BARN Moor Place Park | £850,000 (2015) | £1,150,000 (2025) | +3.1% | -0.2% |
| 13 Ash Meadow | £84,995 (2002) | £205,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
| 4 Ferndale | £180,000 (2009) | £325,000 (2025) | +3.8% | +0.7% |
| THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE Tower Hill | £159,000 (1996) | £610,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
| ASHVIEW Culver Court | £185,000 (1996) | £770,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| DANESWOOD COTTAGE Perry Green | £660,000 (2003) | £1,240,000 (2025) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
| 79 Windmill Way | £96,000 (2001) | £400,000 (2025) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 55 High Street | £310,000 (2001) | £815,000 (2025) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Much Hadham is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 426 | 47.7% | £641,000 | £58,000 – £3,500,000 |
| Terraced | 215 | 24.0% | £205,000 | £45,000 – £2,600,000 |
| Semi-detached | 208 | 23.3% | £330,000 | £25,000 – £1,300,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 45 | 5.0% | £127,000 | £39,500 – £495,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Much Hadham
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 184 certificates cover Much Hadham, and their median floor area is 113 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +48.0%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 113 m² | about 1,211 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 73 m² | about 783 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 181 m² | about 1,943 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 17.9% | 33 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 36.4% | 67 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Much Hadham
44 of the sales on record are leasehold and 850 freehold — 4.9% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £123,498 and the median freehold sale £385,000 — a gap of +211.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 44 | 4.9% | £123,498 |
| Freehold | 850 | 95.1% | £385,000 |
| New build | 41 | 4.6% | £395,000 |
| Existing home | 853 | 95.4% | £367,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +7.5%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 70 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Much Hadham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Much Hadham sits above that national figure — +137.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,263 per square metre, across 160 of the 894 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £25,000 to £3,500,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Much Hadham
- Ash Meadow123 sales
- High Street109 sales
- Hadham Cross77 sales
- Windmill Way67 sales
- Perry Green46 sales
- Widford Road35 sales
- Malting Lane22 sales
- Millers View22 sales
- Kettle Green Road21 sales
- Station Road21 sales
- Oudle Lane20 sales
- Moor Place Park19 sales
- Park Terrace17 sales
- The Square15 sales
- Ducketts Lane14 sales
- Kettle Green Lane13 sales
- South End13 sales
- Church Lane11 sales
- Ferndale11 sales
- Plummers Cottages11 sales
- Walnut Close11 sales
- Wigram Cottages11 sales
- Tower Hill10 sales
- Warren Place9 sales
- Wheatcroft Terrace9 sales
- Bromley Lane8 sales
- Broadfield Way7 sales
- Danebridge Lane7 sales
- Old Lordship Farm Cottages7 sales
- Culver Court6 sales
- Kettle Green Cottages6 sales
- Luxford Close6 sales
- Whiprow Cottages6 sales
- Frederick Court5 sales
- Millers View, Windmill Way5 sales
Postcode districts covering Much Hadham
- SG10£373,750 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Much Hadham?
The median price paid in Much Hadham across every sale on the register is £373,750. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Much Hadham?
894 sales are on record for Much Hadham, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Much Hadham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +6.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -23.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Much Hadham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £850,000, set in 2026. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Much Hadham?
£3,263 per square metre, from the 160 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 22 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Much Hadham house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.