Higham Road, Chesham house prices are built from 123 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 11 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £200,000. Across the 10 years from 2013 to 2023 the median moved +80.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +33.8%.
Median price paid
£200,000
Change in cash, 2013–2023
+80.5%
Change in real terms
+33.8%
Median per m²
£3,333
HM Land Registry123 sales33 with floor areaLatest sale 11 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Higham Road, Chesham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Higham Road, Chesham 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 | 2 | £58,500 | £129,898 |
| 2000s | 2 | £124,000 | £225,891 |
| 2010s | 3 | £298,900 | £421,449 |
| 2020s | 2 | £220,000 | £224,783 |
The highest yearly median on record for Higham Road, Chesham is £352,000 in 2023; the lowest is £58,500 in 1996. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £58,500 to £352,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £126,900, so the real change over the whole record is +199.7% — about +4.15% 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: +80.5% in cash against +33.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 11 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 59 | 25 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 32 | 27 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £230,000 | £235,000 |
| 49 | 11 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £429,000 | £438,326 |
| 30a | 10 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £238,000 | £243,174 |
| 38 | 12 Dec 2024 | Detached | £615,000 | £647,127 |
| 26 | 23 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £414,000 | £435,627 |
| 47 | 26 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £350,000 | £368,284 |
| Flat 5 the Old Perfumery, 24 | 18 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £355,000 | £383,563 |
| 56 | 11 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £370,000 | £399,770 |
| 27 | 26 May 2023 | Terraced | £350,000 | £378,161 |
| 29 | 20 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £352,000 | £380,322 |
| 30 | 17 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £243,103 |
| 9c | 25 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| 9d | 7 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £325,000 | £376,541 |
| Flat 1 the Old Perfumery, 24 | 29 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £183,000 | £212,021 |
| 23 | 26 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £362,500 | £457,997 |
| 9e | 30 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £328,000 | £414,409 |
| 1 | 28 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £530,645 |
| 58 | 23 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £285,000 | £360,081 |
| 30a | 18 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £215,000 | £278,375 |
| 50 | 6 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £345,200 | £446,953 |
| Flat 4 the Old Perfumery, 24 | 30 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £188,000 | £243,416 |
| 32a | 16 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £220,000 | £284,848 |
| 32 | 14 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £220,000 | £284,848 |
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 Higham Road, Chesham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 Higham Road | £80,000 (1998) | £360,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 59 Higham Road | £56,750 (1997) | £350,000 (2025) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 32 Higham Road | £220,000 (2020) | £230,000 (2025) | +0.9% | -3.8% |
| 49 Higham Road | £38,500 (1995) | £429,000 (2025) | +8.4% | +5.6% |
| 30A Higham Road | £215,000 (2020) | £238,000 (2025) | +2.1% | -2.7% |
| 38 Higham Road | £200,000 (2001) | £615,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 26 Higham Road | £161,000 (2012) | £414,000 (2024) | +8.2% | +5.1% |
| FLAT 5 the OLD PERFUMERY, 24 Higham Road | £301,000 (2016) | £355,000 (2023) | +2.4% | -1.3% |
| 56 Higham Road | £89,950 (2000) | £370,000 (2023) | +6.3% | +3.5% |
| 27 Higham Road | £150,000 (2004) | £350,000 (2023) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| 29 Higham Road | £60,000 (1997) | £352,000 (2023) | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| 30 Higham Road | £220,000 (2020) | £225,000 (2023) | +0.8% | -5.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Higham Road, Chesham 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 | 101 | 82.1% | £192,000 | £38,500 – £429,000 |
| Semi-detached | 10 | 8.1% | £305,000 | £85,000 – £420,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 10 | 8.1% | £188,000 | £130,000 – £355,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 1.6% | £200,000 | £200,000 – £615,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Higham Road, Chesham
15 of the sales on record are leasehold and 108 freehold — 12.2% 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 £220,000 and the median freehold sale £195,000 — a gap of -11.4%. 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 | 15 | 12.2% | £220,000 |
| Freehold | 108 | 87.8% | £195,000 |
| New build | 4 | 3.3% | £158,750 |
| Existing home | 119 | 96.7% | £215,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -26.2%. 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 6 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 Higham Road, Chesham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Higham Road, Chesham sits above that national figure — +27.0%.
Within Chesham the street ranks 218 of 300 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £240,000 (-16.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,333 per square metre, across 33 of the 123 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 £38,500 to £615,000. 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
- 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
- 59 Higham Road7 sales
- 49 Higham Road7 sales
- 23 Higham Road6 sales
- 55 Higham Road6 sales
- 33 Higham Road5 sales
- 29 Higham Road5 sales
- 50 Higham Road5 sales
- 39 Higham Road5 sales
- 26 Higham Road4 sales
- 36 Higham Road4 sales
- 45 Higham Road4 sales
- 56 Higham Road3 sales
- 27 Higham Road3 sales
- 58 Higham Road3 sales
- 63 Higham Road3 sales
- 48 Higham Road3 sales
- 32 Higham Road2 sales
- 30A Higham Road2 sales
- 38 Higham Road2 sales
- FLAT 5, the OLD PERFUMERY, 24 Higham Road2 sales
- 30 Higham Road2 sales
- 9C Higham Road2 sales
- 9D Higham Road2 sales
- FLAT 1, the OLD PERFUMERY, 24 Higham Road2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Higham Road, Chesham?
The median price paid in Higham Road, Chesham across every sale on the register is £200,000. 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 Higham Road, Chesham?
123 sales are on record for Higham Road, Chesham, the most recent completing on 11 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Higham Road, Chesham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +80.5% between 2013 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +33.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Higham Road, Chesham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £352,000, 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 Higham Road, Chesham?
£3,333 per square metre, from the 33 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 11 Jun 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, “Higham Road, 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.