Forest Lane, Chigwell house prices are built from 59 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2000 and the most recent on 16 May 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £1,310,000. Across the 24 years from 2001 to 2025 the median moved +215.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +64.5%.
Median price paid
£1,310,000
Change in cash, 2001–2025
+215.8%
Change in real terms
+64.5%
Median per m²
£4,510
HM Land Registry59 sales10 with floor areaLatest sale 16 May 2025
Section 01
How Forest Lane, Chigwell prices moved
The chart tracks the median Forest Lane, Chigwell house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | £620,000 | £1,129,457 |
| 2020s | 1 | £3,000,000 | £3,065,217 |
The highest yearly median on record for Forest Lane, Chigwell is £3,000,000 in 2025; the lowest is £620,000 in 2000. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £620,000 to £3,000,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £1,240,000, so the real change over the whole record is +147.2% — about +3.69% 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: +215.8% in cash against +64.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25a | 16 May 2025 | Detached | £3,040,000 | £3,106,087 |
| 33 | 14 Feb 2025 | Detached | £3,000,000 | £3,065,217 |
| 24 | 11 Feb 2025 | Detached | £2,600,000 | £2,656,522 |
| 9 | 3 Feb 2025 | Detached | £2,900,000 | £2,963,043 |
| 19 | 28 Jan 2025 | Detached | £3,500,000 | £3,576,087 |
| Shirbern House, 25 | 5 Jan 2024 | Detached | £2,635,000 | £2,772,649 |
| 37 | 18 Feb 2022 | Detached | £3,000,000 | £3,475,760 |
| 11 | 9 Nov 2021 | Detached | £3,000,000 | £3,790,323 |
| 33 | 25 Jun 2021 | Detached | £1,600,000 | £2,021,505 |
| 1 | 9 Apr 2021 | Detached | £1,617,500 | £2,043,616 |
| 29 | 14 Sep 2020 | Detached | £1,825,000 | £2,362,948 |
| 10 | 15 Feb 2019 | Detached | £2,675,000 | £3,498,840 |
| 20 | 28 Feb 2018 | Detached | £1,910,000 | £2,545,463 |
| 19 | 24 Nov 2016 | Detached | £2,500,000 | £3,490,099 |
| 11 | 2 Sep 2016 | Detached | £1,950,000 | £2,722,277 |
| 8 | 24 May 2016 | Detached | £1,500,000 | £2,094,059 |
| 15 | 17 Mar 2016 | Detached | £2,100,000 | £2,931,683 |
| 35 | 1 Sep 2015 | Detached | £1,350,000 | £1,903,500 |
| 25a | 5 May 2015 | Detached | £2,000,000 | £2,820,000 |
| Shirbern House, 25 | 10 Apr 2015 | Detached | £2,175,000 | £3,066,750 |
| 48 | 30 Sep 2014 | Detached | £1,300,000 | £1,864,700 |
| 17 | 21 Aug 2014 | Detached | £2,535,663 | £3,637,116 |
| 19 | 7 Jun 2013 | Detached | £2,660,000 | £3,878,594 |
| Amble View, 30 | 18 Mar 2013 | Detached | £1,999,995 | £2,916,228 |
| 38 | 1 Feb 2012 | Detached | £1,200,000 | £1,792,373 |
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 Lane, Chigwell values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A Forest Lane | £2,000,000 (2015) | £3,040,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.0% |
| 33 Forest Lane | £1,600,000 (2021) | £3,000,000 (2025) | +17.0% | +11.0% |
| 24 Forest Lane | £445,000 (1999) | £2,600,000 (2025) | +7.0% | +4.2% |
| 9 Forest Lane | £925,000 (2001) | £2,900,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
| 19 Forest Lane | £2,660,000 (2013) | £3,500,000 (2025) | +2.3% | -0.7% |
| SHIRBERN HOUSE, 25 Forest Lane | £2,175,000 (2015) | £2,635,000 (2024) | +2.2% | -1.1% |
| 37 Forest Lane | £454,000 (1997) | £3,000,000 (2022) | +7.8% | +5.3% |
| 11 Forest Lane | £1,950,000 (2016) | £3,000,000 (2021) | +9.0% | +6.8% |
| 1 Forest Lane | £925,000 (2009) | £1,617,500 (2021) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| 20 Forest Lane | £620,000 (2000) | £1,910,000 (2018) | +6.5% | +4.1% |
| 17 Forest Lane | £1,750,000 (2011) | £2,535,663 (2014) | +13.2% | +10.7% |
| AMBLE VIEW, 30 Forest Lane | £950,000 (2004) | £1,999,995 (2013) | +8.6% | +5.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Forest Lane, Chigwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 59 | 100.0% | £1,310,000 | £400,000 – £3,500,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Forest Lane, Chigwell
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 59 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 | 59 | 100.0% | £1,310,000 |
| New build | 3 | 5.1% | £2,175,000 |
| Existing home | 56 | 94.9% | £1,300,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +67.3%. 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 3 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 Lane, Chigwell compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Forest Lane, Chigwell sits above that national figure — +731.7%.
Within Chigwell the street ranks 2 of 205 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £285,000 (+359.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,510 per square metre, across 10 of the 59 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 £400,000 to £3,500,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Manford Way£192,750 median
- Manor Road£425,000 median
- Brocket Way£192,750 median
- Limes Avenue£165,000 median
- High Road£750,000 median
- Trotwood£117,500 median
- Burrow Road£194,998 median
- Long Green£181,000 median
- Copperfield£142,998 median
- Hainault Road£627,500 median
- Five Oaks Lane£427,500 median
- Arrowsmith Road£201,000 median
- Lambourne Road£287,500 median
- Hazelwood Park Close£185,000 median
- Karina Close£178,000 median
- The Bowls£330,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 37 Forest Lane4 sales
- 42 Forest Lane4 sales
- 19 Forest Lane3 sales
- 26 Forest Lane3 sales
- 25A Forest Lane2 sales
- 33 Forest Lane2 sales
- 24 Forest Lane2 sales
- 9 Forest Lane2 sales
- SHIRBERN HOUSE, 25 Forest Lane2 sales
- 11 Forest Lane2 sales
- 1 Forest Lane2 sales
- 20 Forest Lane2 sales
- 17 Forest Lane2 sales
- AMBLE VIEW, 30 Forest Lane2 sales
- 22 Forest Lane2 sales
- 3 Forest Lane2 sales
- 40 Forest Lane2 sales
- 46 Forest Lane2 sales
Back to Chigwell house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Forest Lane, Chigwell?
The median price paid in Forest Lane, Chigwell across every sale on the register is £1,310,000. 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 Lane, Chigwell?
59 sales are on record for Forest Lane, Chigwell, the most recent completing on 16 May 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Forest Lane, Chigwell house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +215.8% between 2001 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +64.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Forest Lane, Chigwell house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £3,000,000, 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 Lane, Chigwell?
£4,510 per square metre, from the 10 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 16 May 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 Lane, Chigwell 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.