Cowley Hill, Borehamwood house prices are built from 98 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2000 and the most recent on 17 Jun 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £390,500. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +101.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +56.0%.
Median price paid
£390,500
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+101.1%
Change in real terms
+56.0%
Median per m²
£3,121
HM Land Registry98 sales21 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Jun 2025
Section 01
How Cowley Hill, Borehamwood prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cowley Hill, Borehamwood house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2000 to 2022. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | £318,000 | £579,302 |
| 2010s | 3 | £427,500 | £602,775 |
| 2020s | 1 | £875,000 | £894,022 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cowley Hill, Borehamwood is £875,000 in 2022; the lowest is £136,250 in 2000. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £136,250 to £875,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £272,500, so the real change over the whole record is +272.0% — about +6.15% 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: +101.1% in cash against +56.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | 17 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £1,045,000 | £1,067,717 |
| 101 | 16 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £656,300 | £670,567 |
| 49 | 28 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £648,500 | £662,598 |
| 115 | 12 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £865,000 | £910,187 |
| 69 | 19 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £445,000 | £480,805 |
| 83 | 7 Sep 2023 | Detached | £825,000 | £891,379 |
| 97a | 1 Sep 2023 | Detached | £602,404 | £650,873 |
| 59 | 8 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £545,000 | £631,430 |
| 185 | 1 Aug 2022 | Detached | £1,292,500 | £1,497,473 |
| 201 | 7 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £860,000 | £996,385 |
| 133 | 25 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £875,000 | £1,013,763 |
| 91 | 31 Mar 2022 | Detached | £988,000 | £1,144,684 |
| 13 | 1 Nov 2021 | Semi-detached | £495,000 | £625,403 |
| 93 | 28 Jun 2021 | Detached | £850,000 | £1,073,925 |
| 63 | 9 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £552,000 | £697,419 |
| 29 | 19 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £493,000 | £638,320 |
| 71 | 12 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £585,000 | £757,438 |
| 43 | 28 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £657,500 | £851,309 |
| 105 | 10 Jan 2020 | Detached | £880,000 | £1,139,394 |
| 61 | 18 Jan 2019 | Semi-detached | £495,000 | £647,449 |
| 65 | 7 Dec 2018 | Semi-detached | £470,000 | £626,371 |
| 55 | 12 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £630,000 | £839,603 |
| 73 | 10 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £520,000 | £693,006 |
| 87 | 9 Nov 2017 | Semi-detached | £800,000 | £1,088,803 |
| 133 | 25 May 2017 | Semi-detached | £775,000 | £1,054,778 |
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 Cowley Hill, Borehamwood values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 Cowley Hill | £110,000 (1995) | £1,045,000 (2025) | +7.8% | +5.0% |
| 49 Cowley Hill | £350,000 (2013) | £648,500 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.2% |
| 83 Cowley Hill | £347,000 (2002) | £825,000 (2023) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| 97A Cowley Hill | £321,000 (2000) | £602,404 (2023) | +2.8% | +0.1% |
| 185 Cowley Hill | £435,000 (2012) | £1,292,500 (2022) | +11.5% | +8.7% |
| 133 Cowley Hill | £387,000 (2011) | £875,000 (2022) | +7.7% | +5.0% |
| 13 Cowley Hill | £136,000 (2003) | £495,000 (2021) | +7.4% | +5.1% |
| 63 Cowley Hill | £134,000 (2000) | £552,000 (2021) | +7.0% | +4.7% |
| 71 Cowley Hill | £220,000 (2002) | £585,000 (2020) | +5.6% | +3.3% |
| 43 Cowley Hill | £215,000 (2004) | £657,500 (2020) | +7.2% | +4.9% |
| 55 Cowley Hill | £426,000 (2016) | £630,000 (2018) | +21.6% | +18.8% |
| 73 Cowley Hill | £87,500 (1996) | £520,000 (2018) | +8.4% | +6.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cowley Hill, Borehamwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 67 | 68.4% | £350,000 | £56,000 – £1,045,000 |
| Detached | 30 | 30.6% | £450,000 | £217,500 – £1,292,500 |
| Terraced | 1 | 1.0% | £480,000 | £480,000 – £480,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 98 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 98 | 100.0% | £390,500 |
| New build | 2 | 2.0% | £342,500 |
| Existing home | 96 | 98.0% | £400,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -14.5%. 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 1 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 07
Living in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Barnet, 49.4% of 195,643 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 594 | 0.3% |
| B | 31,003 | 15.8% |
| C | 65,110 | 33.3% |
| D | 68,916 | 35.2% |
| E | 24,462 | 12.5% |
| F | 4,540 | 2.3% |
| G | 1,018 | 0.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Barnet at £1,939 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,491 for a one-bedroom home and £2,243 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £390,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.96% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of WD6, 343 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 121 violent, 17 burglary, 8 vehicle-related and 67 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.1 times busier.
Against the 389,344 residents the 2021 census counted in Barnet, that is 0.88 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
The 2021 census counted 389,344 residents in Barnet across 148,917 households. 53.7% of those households own their home and 46.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a WD6 postcode: 10 primary, 3 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hertswood Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,144 |
| Yavneh College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,085 |
| Elstree Screen Arts Academy | Secondary | University technical college | 524 |
| Meryfield Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 450 |
| Yavneh Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 418 |
| Cowley Hill School | Primary | Community school | 416 |
| Summerswood Primary School | Primary | Community school | 344 |
| Woodlands Primary School | Primary | Community school | 218 |
| Parkside Community Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 213 |
| Kenilworth Primary School | Primary | Community school | 210 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Elstree & Borehamwood Rail Station | Rail | 0.6 km |
| Radlett Rail Station | Rail | 4.2 km |
| Stanmore Station | Tram | 4.6 km |
| Stanmore Underground Station | Metro or underground | 4.7 km |
Section 09
How Cowley Hill, Borehamwood compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cowley Hill, Borehamwood sits above that national figure — +147.9%.
Within Borehamwood the street ranks 63 of 347 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £232,000 (+68.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,121 per square metre, across 21 of the 98 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 £56,000 to £1,292,500. 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.
Cowley Hill, Borehamwood sits in Barnet, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Barnet at 14.9 times median local earnings of £38,294 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Shenley Road£163,750 median
- Bullhead Road£237,500 median
- Coleridge Way£284,952 median
- Furzehill Road£215,500 median
- Station Road£210,000 median
- Danziger Way£120,650 median
- Theobald Street£289,975 median
- Gateshead Road£215,000 median
- Whitehouse Avenue£250,000 median
- Aycliffe Road£153,500 median
- Robeson Way£176,000 median
- Kensington Way£175,000 median
- Eldon Avenue£149,000 median
- Todd Close£261,000 median
- Brook Road£290,000 median
- Gemini Park£277,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 195 Cowley Hill5 sales
- 97A Cowley Hill5 sales
- 83 Cowley Hill4 sales
- 185 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 133 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 63 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 43 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 73 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 107 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 197 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 203 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 121 Cowley Hill3 sales
- 49 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 13 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 71 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 55 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 129 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 99 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 15 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 35 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 103A Cowley Hill2 sales
- 45 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 119 Cowley Hill2 sales
- 1 Cowley Hill2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood?
The median price paid in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood across every sale on the register is £390,500. 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 Cowley Hill, Borehamwood?
98 sales are on record for Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, the most recent completing on 17 Jun 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cowley Hill, Borehamwood house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +101.1% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +56.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cowley Hill, Borehamwood house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £875,000, set in 2022. 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 Cowley Hill, Borehamwood?
£3,121 per square metre, from the 21 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 17 Jun 2025. 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, “Cowley Hill, Borehamwood 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.