Hadham Cross, Much Hadham house prices are built from 77 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £405,000. Across the 26 years from 1996 to 2022 the median moved +364.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +148.2%.
Median price paid
£405,000
Change in cash, 1996–2022
+364.6%
Change in real terms
+148.2%
Median per m²
£2,412
HM Land Registry77 sales17 with floor areaLatest sale 22 May 2026
Section 01
How Hadham Cross, Much Hadham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Hadham Cross, Much Hadham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2022. 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 | 1 | £212,000 | £470,740 |
| 2020s | 2 | £985,000 | £1,006,413 |
The highest yearly median on record for Hadham Cross, Much Hadham is £1,090,000 in 2021; the lowest is £212,000 in 1996. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £212,000 to £985,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £459,877, so the real change over the whole record is +148.2% — about +3.56% 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: +364.6% in cash against +148.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littlestone | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| Nimney House | 27 Apr 2026 | Detached | £1,750,000 | £1,750,000 |
| Shillingbury | 13 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £367,500 | £367,500 |
| 1 Laureldene | 2 Dec 2025 | Detached | £712,500 | £727,989 |
| Shillingbury | 24 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £202,500 | £206,902 |
| 2 Chapel Cottages | 23 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| Tanglewood | 5 Aug 2024 | Detached | £705,000 | £741,828 |
| Huntleigh | 12 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £1,300,000 | £1,404,598 |
| North Bank | 26 Aug 2022 | Detached | £985,000 | £1,141,208 |
| 2 Chapel Cottages | 5 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| Culver Coach House | 25 Feb 2022 | Detached | £1,231,000 | £1,426,220 |
| Greenacre | 4 Feb 2022 | Detached | £1,285,000 | £1,488,784 |
| Littlestone | 4 Feb 2022 | Detached | £850,000 | £984,799 |
| 2 Laureldene | 30 Sep 2021 | Detached | £1,090,000 | £1,377,151 |
| Stonelands | 30 Sep 2021 | Detached | £950,000 | £1,200,269 |
| Grays | 16 Sep 2021 | Detached | £1,950,000 | £2,463,710 |
| Plunge | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £1,100,000 | £1,389,785 |
| 4 Laureldene | 26 Apr 2021 | Detached | £838,000 | £1,058,763 |
| 3 Laureldene | 21 Aug 2020 | Detached | £900,000 | £1,165,289 |
| The Old Telephone Exchange | 12 Aug 2020 | Detached | £1,140,000 | £1,476,033 |
| North Bank | 25 Jul 2018 | Detached | £820,000 | £1,092,817 |
| Grays | 20 Apr 2018 | Detached | £1,600,000 | £2,132,325 |
| Littlestone | 22 Jun 2017 | Detached | £715,000 | £973,118 |
| Victoria Cottage | 14 Oct 2016 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £628,218 |
| Culver Cottage | 26 Feb 2016 | Detached | £815,000 | £1,137,772 |
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 Hadham Cross, Much Hadham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLESTONE Hadham Cross | £147,000 (1997) | £850,000 (2026) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| SHILLINGBURY Hadham Cross | £57,500 (1998) | £367,500 (2026) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 1 LAURELDENE Hadham Cross | £186,000 (1997) | £712,500 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 2 CHAPEL COTTAGES Hadham Cross | £93,000 (2004) | £365,000 (2024) | +7.1% | +4.1% |
| TANGLEWOOD Hadham Cross | £410,000 (2008) | £705,000 (2024) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| HUNTLEIGH Hadham Cross | £280,000 (1996) | £1,300,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| NORTH BANK Hadham Cross | £290,000 (2002) | £985,000 (2022) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 2 LAURELDENE Hadham Cross | £642,500 (2006) | £1,090,000 (2021) | +3.6% | +1.2% |
| GRAYS Hadham Cross | £1,600,000 (2018) | £1,950,000 (2021) | +6.8% | +4.9% |
| 3 LAURELDENE Hadham Cross | £685,000 (2012) | £900,000 (2020) | +3.5% | +1.6% |
| THE OLD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Hadham Cross | £210,000 (1996) | £1,140,000 (2020) | +7.3% | +5.0% |
| VICTORIA COTTAGE Hadham Cross | £293,000 (2005) | £450,000 (2016) | +4.0% | +1.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Hadham Cross, Much Hadham 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 | 49 | 63.6% | £642,500 | £146,000 – £1,950,000 |
| Semi-detached | 15 | 19.5% | £340,000 | £109,000 – £1,300,000 |
| Terraced | 7 | 9.1% | £295,000 | £93,000 – £410,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 6 | 7.8% | £73,000 | £57,500 – £495,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Hadham Cross, Much Hadham
4 of the sales on record are leasehold and 73 freehold — 5.2% 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 £69,900 and the median freehold sale £410,000 — a gap of +486.6%. 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 | 4 | 5.2% | £69,900 |
| Freehold | 73 | 94.8% | £410,000 |
| New build | 2 | 2.6% | £214,000 |
| Existing home | 75 | 97.4% | £410,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -47.8%. 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 Hadham Cross, Much Hadham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Hadham Cross, Much Hadham sits above that national figure — +157.1%.
Within Much Hadham the street ranks 19 of 35 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £373,750 (+8.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,412 per square metre, across 17 of the 77 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 £57,500 to £1,950,000. 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
- Ash Meadow£180,000 median
- High Street£365,500 median
- Windmill Way£268,500 median
- Perry Green£672,500 median
- Widford Road£539,272 median
- Malting Lane£267,500 median
- Millers View£617,500 median
- Kettle Green Road£460,000 median
- Station Road£535,000 median
- Oudle Lane£394,500 median
- Moor Place Park£850,000 median
- Park Terrace£200,000 median
- The Square£372,500 median
- Ducketts Lane£301,250 median
- Kettle Green Lane£780,000 median
- South End£575,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- LITTLESTONE Hadham Cross5 sales
- SHILLINGBURY Hadham Cross5 sales
- THE OLD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Hadham Cross5 sales
- CULVER COTTAGE Hadham Cross5 sales
- 1, LAURELDENE Hadham Cross3 sales
- 2, CHAPEL COTTAGES Hadham Cross3 sales
- NORTH BANK Hadham Cross3 sales
- 2, LAURELDENE Hadham Cross3 sales
- TRIMBEYS Hadham Cross3 sales
- COPPER KETTLE Hadham Cross3 sales
- TANGLEWOOD Hadham Cross2 sales
- HUNTLEIGH Hadham Cross2 sales
- GRAYS Hadham Cross2 sales
- 3, LAURELDENE Hadham Cross2 sales
- VICTORIA COTTAGE Hadham Cross2 sales
- ABBEY DALE Hadham Cross2 sales
- FAIRFAX HOUSE Hadham Cross2 sales
- ROSE COTTAGE Hadham Cross2 sales
- ASHVIEW Hadham Cross2 sales
Back to Much Hadham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Hadham Cross, Much Hadham?
The median price paid in Hadham Cross, Much Hadham across every sale on the register is £405,000. 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 Hadham Cross, Much Hadham?
77 sales are on record for Hadham Cross, Much Hadham, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Hadham Cross, Much Hadham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +364.6% between 1996 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +148.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Hadham Cross, Much Hadham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £1,090,000, set in 2021. 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 Hadham Cross, Much Hadham?
£2,412 per square metre, from the 17 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 22 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, “Hadham Cross, Much Hadham 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.