High Street, Chesham house prices

High Street, Chesham house prices are built from 78 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 27 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £214,500. Across the 12 years from 2006 to 2018 the median moved +51.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +13.6%.

HM Land Registry78 sales13 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Mar 2026

The chart tracks the median High Street, Chesham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2018. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

The highest yearly median on record for High Street, Chesham is £252,500 in 2017; the lowest is £64,000 in 1996. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £64,000 to £227,500.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £138,831, so the real change over the whole record is +118.4% — about +3.61% 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: +51.7% in cash against +13.6% 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.

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.

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 High Street, Chesham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. High Street, Chesham is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

55 of the sales on record are leasehold and 23 freehold — 70.5% 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 £200,000 and the median freehold sale £245,000 — a gap of +22.5%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +22.7%. 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 55 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.

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. High Street, Chesham sits above that national figure — +36.2%.

Within Chesham the street ranks 204 of 300 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £240,000 (-10.6%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,888 per square metre, across 13 of the 78 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 £5,000 to £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.

Streets nearby

• Waterside£181,750 median
• Chartridge Lane£420,000 median
• Eskdale Avenue£214,750 median
• Bellingdon Road£200,000 median
• Berkhampstead Road£163,750 median
• Bois Moor Road£215,000 median
• Sunnyside Road£185,000 median
• Broad Street£155,000 median
• Severalls Avenue£217,500 median
• Berkeley Avenue£371,000 median
• Woodley Hill£190,000 median
• Hivings Hill£271,275 median
• Vale Road£218,000 median
• White Hill£230,000 median
• Nalders Road£246,000 median
• Frances Street£207,000 median

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

• FLAT 1, 33 High Street4 sales
• FLAT 5, 130 High Street3 sales
• FLAT 2, 132 High Street3 sales
• FLAT 4, 130 High Street3 sales
• 63B High Street3 sales
• FLAT 3, 33 High Street3 sales
• FLAT 2, 33 High Street3 sales
• FLAT 1, 35 High Street2 sales
• FLAT 6, 35 High Street2 sales
• 44B High Street2 sales
• 44C High Street2 sales
• FLAT 3, 130 High Street2 sales
• FLAT 2, 130 High Street2 sales
• FLAT 4, 35 High Street2 sales
• 120B High Street2 sales
• 120A High Street2 sales
• 51 High Street2 sales
• 37 High Street2 sales
• 2 High Street2 sales
• 42A High Street2 sales
• 83 High Street2 sales
• 18A High Street2 sales
• 9 High Street2 sales

Back to Chesham house prices.

What is the average house price in High Street, Chesham?

The median price paid in High Street, Chesham across every sale on the register is £214,500. 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 High Street, Chesham?

78 sales are on record for High Street, Chesham, the most recent completing on 27 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have High Street, Chesham house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +51.7% between 2006 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +13.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were High Street, Chesham house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £252,500, set in 2017. 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 High Street, Chesham?

£2,888 per square metre, from the 13 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 27 Mar 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, “High Street, Chesham 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.