Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill house prices are built from 159 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 19 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £455,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +30.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -5.1%.
Median price paid
£455,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+30.9%
Change in real terms
-5.1%
Median per m²
£3,905
HM Land Registry159 sales24 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill prices moved
The chart tracks the median Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2025. 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 | 3 | £185,250 | £411,343 |
| 2000s | 7 | £343,000 | £624,845 |
| 2010s | 6 | £745,000 | £1,050,450 |
| 2020s | 3 | £870,000 | £888,913 |
The highest yearly median on record for Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill is £995,000 in 2025; the lowest is £171,500 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £171,500 to £995,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £363,632, so the real change over the whole record is +179.6% — about +3.74% 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: +30.9% in cash against -5.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 19 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £995,000 | £1,016,630 |
| 214 | 24 Nov 2025 | Detached | £1,173,500 | £1,199,011 |
| 4 | 21 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £760,000 | £776,522 |
| 166 | 10 Oct 2025 | Detached | £975,000 | £996,196 |
| 142 | 21 May 2025 | Detached | £1,150,000 | £1,175,000 |
| 43 | 8 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £1,150,000 | £1,210,075 |
| 30 | 22 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £940,000 | £989,104 |
| 36 | 10 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £885,000 | £1,025,349 |
| 114 | 26 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £1,206,000 | £1,397,256 |
| 138 | 24 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £780,000 | £903,698 |
| 164 | 28 Sep 2021 | Detached | £815,000 | £1,029,704 |
| 126 | 3 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £1,205,000 | £1,522,446 |
| 8 | 29 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £1,000,000 | £1,263,441 |
| 10 | 11 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £830,000 | £1,048,656 |
| 27 | 26 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £875,000 | £1,105,511 |
| 51 | 19 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 104 | 23 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £833,000 | £1,078,540 |
| 214 | 17 Sep 2020 | Detached | £740,000 | £958,127 |
| 43 | 16 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £870,000 | £1,126,446 |
| 24 | 20 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £875,000 | £1,132,920 |
| 166 | 12 Jun 2020 | Detached | £925,000 | £1,197,658 |
| 196 | 19 Mar 2020 | Detached | £820,000 | £1,061,708 |
| 25 | 13 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £980,000 | £1,268,871 |
| 180 | 6 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £880,000 | £1,139,394 |
| 28 | 27 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £705,000 | £912,810 |
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 Forest Edge, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 Forest Edge | £121,000 (1996) | £995,000 (2025) | +7.5% | +4.8% |
| 214 Forest Edge | £199,000 (1997) | £1,173,500 (2025) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 166 Forest Edge | £925,000 (2020) | £975,000 (2025) | +1.1% | -3.6% |
| 142 Forest Edge | £395,000 (2005) | £1,150,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.5% |
| 43 Forest Edge | £870,000 (2020) | £1,150,000 (2024) | +7.2% | +1.8% |
| 114 Forest Edge | £261,250 (2001) | £1,206,000 (2022) | +7.6% | +4.9% |
| 126 Forest Edge | £490,000 (2011) | £1,205,000 (2021) | +9.4% | +7.3% |
| 8 Forest Edge | £585,000 (2019) | £1,000,000 (2021) | +30.7% | +28.5% |
| 51 Forest Edge | £225,000 (2001) | £250,000 (2021) | +0.5% | -1.7% |
| 104 Forest Edge | £268,000 (2001) | £833,000 (2020) | +6.2% | +3.9% |
| 24 Forest Edge | £375,000 (2004) | £875,000 (2020) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| 196 Forest Edge | £319,995 (2000) | £820,000 (2020) | +4.8% | +2.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Forest Edge, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 117 | 73.6% | £473,000 | £95,000 – £1,206,000 |
| Detached | 40 | 25.2% | £420,000 | £90,000 – £1,173,500 |
| Terraced | 2 | 1.3% | £235,000 | £235,000 – £885,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 159 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 | 159 | 100.0% | £455,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.6% | £238,000 |
| Existing home | 158 | 99.4% | £460,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -48.3%. 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 2 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 Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill sits above that national figure — +188.9%.
Within Buckhurst Hill the street ranks 28 of 119 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £282,500 (+61.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,905 per square metre, across 24 of the 159 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 £90,000 to £1,206,000. 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
- Chestnut Avenue£315,000 median
- Rous Road£330,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 60 Forest Edge5 sales
- 25 Forest Edge4 sales
- 58 Forest Edge4 sales
- 19 Forest Edge4 sales
- 69 Forest Edge3 sales
- 214 Forest Edge3 sales
- 142 Forest Edge3 sales
- 114 Forest Edge3 sales
- 104 Forest Edge3 sales
- 196 Forest Edge3 sales
- 180 Forest Edge3 sales
- 37 Forest Edge3 sales
- 32 Forest Edge3 sales
- 55 Forest Edge3 sales
- 13 Forest Edge3 sales
- 110 Forest Edge3 sales
- 166 Forest Edge2 sales
- 43 Forest Edge2 sales
- 126 Forest Edge2 sales
- 8 Forest Edge2 sales
- 51 Forest Edge2 sales
- 24 Forest Edge2 sales
- 28 Forest Edge2 sales
- 144 Forest Edge2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill?
The median price paid in Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill across every sale on the register is £455,000. 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 Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill?
159 sales are on record for Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill, the most recent completing on 19 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.9% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -5.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £995,000, set in 2025. 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 Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill?
£3,905 per square metre, from the 24 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 19 Dec 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, “Forest Edge, 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.