Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill house prices are built from 157 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 29 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £315,000. Across the 11 years from 2012 to 2023 the median moved +76.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +28.0%.
Median price paid
£315,000
Change in cash, 2012–2023
+76.9%
Change in real terms
+28.0%
Median per m²
£4,616
HM Land Registry157 sales35 with floor areaLatest sale 29 May 2026
Section 01
How Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill prices moved
The chart tracks the median Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2023. 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 | 4 | £105,250 | £233,705 |
| 2000s | 7 | £296,250 | £539,680 |
| 2010s | 4 | £500,000 | £705,000 |
| 2020s | 2 | £612,500 | £625,815 |
The highest yearly median on record for Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill is £690,000 in 2023; the lowest is £93,000 in 1996. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £93,000 to £690,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £201,738, so the real change over the whole record is +269.5% — about +4.96% 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: +76.9% in cash against +28.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £745,000 | £745,000 |
| 82 | 14 May 2026 | Detached | £725,000 | £725,000 |
| 78 | 10 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £735,000 | £735,000 |
| 44 | 29 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £585,000 | £615,560 |
| 40 | 8 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £707,000 | £743,933 |
| 23 | 15 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £765,000 | £804,963 |
| 89 | 13 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £630,000 | £662,910 |
| 51 | 3 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £585,000 | £632,069 |
| 15 | 21 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £625,000 | £675,287 |
| 36 | 7 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £690,000 | £745,517 |
| 47 | 7 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £700,000 | £756,322 |
| 52 | 24 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £675,000 | £729,310 |
| 8 | 27 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £766,650 | £828,334 |
| 26 | 12 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £694,000 | £749,839 |
| 17 | 4 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £715,000 | £828,389 |
| 79 | 30 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £785,000 | £909,491 |
| 34 | 10 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £580,000 | £671,980 |
| 7 | 4 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £718,000 | £831,865 |
| 85 | 10 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £665,000 | £840,188 |
| 27 | 30 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £552,650 | £698,241 |
| 57 | 24 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £720,360 | £910,132 |
| 14 | 17 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £720,000 | £909,677 |
| 76 | 1 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £590,000 | £745,430 |
| 5 | 25 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £620,000 | £783,333 |
| 45 | 25 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £595,000 | £751,747 |
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 Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 Chestnut Avenue | £400,000 (2012) | £745,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.6% |
| 82 Chestnut Avenue | £250,000 (2004) | £725,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| 78 Chestnut Avenue | £577,000 (2017) | £735,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.7% |
| 40 Chestnut Avenue | £315,000 (2009) | £707,000 (2024) | +5.5% | +2.4% |
| 23 Chestnut Avenue | £110,500 (1997) | £765,000 (2024) | +7.4% | +4.7% |
| 47 Chestnut Avenue | £136,000 (1997) | £700,000 (2023) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 26 Chestnut Avenue | £440,000 (2014) | £694,000 (2023) | +5.2% | +1.9% |
| 17 Chestnut Avenue | £202,500 (2000) | £715,000 (2022) | +5.9% | +3.3% |
| 79 Chestnut Avenue | £224,000 (2004) | £785,000 (2022) | +7.2% | +4.4% |
| 34 Chestnut Avenue | £129,995 (1999) | £580,000 (2022) | +6.7% | +4.1% |
| 7 Chestnut Avenue | £145,500 (1998) | £718,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.3% |
| 85 Chestnut Avenue | £390,000 (2013) | £665,000 (2021) | +6.9% | +5.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 124 | 79.0% | £335,000 | £74,000 – £766,650 |
| Semi-detached | 23 | 14.6% | £285,000 | £100,000 – £785,000 |
| Detached | 10 | 6.4% | £265,000 | £93,000 – £725,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 157 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 | 157 | 100.0% | £315,000 |
A further 4 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 Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill sits above that national figure — +100.0%.
Within Buckhurst Hill the street ranks 62 of 119 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £282,500 (+11.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,616 per square metre, across 35 of the 157 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 £74,000 to £785,000. 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 nearby
- Palmerston Road£225,000 median
- High Road£255,000 median
- Buckhurst Way£295,000 median
- Princes Road£305,000 median
- Epping New Road£286,000 median
- Queens Road£290,000 median
- Boleyn Court£229,000 median
- Hornbeam Road£166,500 median
- Albert Road£180,000 median
- Loughton Way£299,998 median
- Russell Road£301,500 median
- Cedar Close£175,000 median
- Alfred Road£250,000 median
- Gladstone Road£249,995 median
- Forest Edge£455,000 median
- Rous Road£330,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 80 Chestnut Avenue5 sales
- 14 Chestnut Avenue4 sales
- 76 Chestnut Avenue4 sales
- 31 Chestnut Avenue4 sales
- 24 Chestnut Avenue4 sales
- 86 Chestnut Avenue4 sales
- 74 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 23 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 79 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 34 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 45 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 5 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 41 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 35 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 18 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 105 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 91 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 39 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 6 Chestnut Avenue3 sales
- 82 Chestnut Avenue2 sales
- 78 Chestnut Avenue2 sales
- 40 Chestnut Avenue2 sales
- 47 Chestnut Avenue2 sales
- 26 Chestnut Avenue2 sales
Back to Buckhurst Hill house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill?
The median price paid in Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill across every sale on the register is £315,000. 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 Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill?
157 sales are on record for Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, the most recent completing on 29 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +76.9% between 2012 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +28.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £690,000, set in 2023. 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 Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill?
£4,616 per square metre, from the 35 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 29 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, “Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill 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.