Main Road, Princes Risborough house prices are built from 140 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 18 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £440,000. Across the 11 years from 2012 to 2023 the median moved +43.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +4.0%.
Median price paid
£440,000
Change in cash, 2012–2023
+43.8%
Change in real terms
+4.0%
Median per m²
£4,891
HM Land Registry140 sales1 with floor areaLatest sale 18 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Main Road, Princes Risborough prices moved
The chart tracks the median Main Road, Princes Risborough house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 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 | £141,500 | £314,197 |
| 2000s | 6 | £355,000 | £646,705 |
| 2010s | 6 | £490,000 | £690,900 |
| 2020s | 2 | £632,500 | £646,250 |
The highest yearly median on record for Main Road, Princes Risborough is £690,000 in 2023; the lowest is £141,500 in 1999. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £153,000 to £690,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £324,406, so the real change over the whole record is +129.8% — about +3.25% 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: +43.8% in cash against +4.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiltern Edge | 18 Mar 2026 | Detached | £790,000 | £790,000 |
| Penjerrick House | 18 Nov 2025 | Detached | £685,000 | £699,891 |
| 1 Graham Cottages | 12 Nov 2025 | Detached | £1,200,000 | £1,226,087 |
| Honeysuckle Cottage | 23 Aug 2024 | Detached | £735,000 | £773,396 |
| Stoney-Haven | 24 May 2024 | Detached | £685,000 | £720,784 |
| Ambelee | 24 May 2024 | Terraced | £455,000 | £478,769 |
| Little Orchard | 31 Jan 2024 | Detached | £495,000 | £520,858 |
| Clematis Cottage | 13 Dec 2023 | Detached | £525,000 | £567,241 |
| Eleanor | 26 Jul 2023 | Detached | £745,000 | £804,943 |
| Westwinds | 22 Jun 2023 | Detached | £300,000 | £324,138 |
| Mandara | 26 May 2023 | Detached | £715,000 | £772,529 |
| Dry Hillocks | 27 Jan 2023 | Detached | £690,000 | £745,517 |
| Kia Cottage | 14 Oct 2022 | Detached | £640,000 | £741,495 |
| Chorlton | 3 May 2022 | Detached | £695,000 | £805,218 |
| 2 Windmill Cottages | 25 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £608,258 |
| Plum Tree Cottage | 24 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| Pine Cottage | 16 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £475,000 | £600,134 |
| Graystone | 25 Aug 2021 | Detached | £975,000 | £1,231,855 |
| Winterfold | 28 Jun 2021 | Detached | £660,000 | £833,871 |
| Grymsdyke Close | 18 Jun 2021 | Detached | £845,000 | £1,067,608 |
| 1 Windmill Cottages | 17 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £470,000 | £593,817 |
| Blue Bells | 9 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £450,000 | £568,548 |
| Orchards | 4 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £680,000 | £859,140 |
| Idle Corner Cottage | 2 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £631,720 |
| Floyds Barn | 19 Feb 2021 | Detached | £871,000 | £1,100,457 |
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 Main Road, Princes Risborough values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILTERN EDGE Main Road | £474,000 (2012) | £790,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| 1 GRAHAM COTTAGES Main Road | £660,000 (2012) | £1,200,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.7% |
| HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE Main Road | £500,000 (2012) | £735,000 (2024) | +3.3% | +0.3% |
| AMBELEE Main Road | £269,950 (2006) | £455,000 (2024) | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| STONEY-HAVEN Main Road | £540,000 (2012) | £685,000 (2024) | +2.0% | -0.9% |
| LITTLE ORCHARD Main Road | £155,000 (1995) | £495,000 (2024) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| CLEMATIS COTTAGE Main Road | £145,000 (1997) | £525,000 (2023) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| ELEANOR Main Road | £575,000 (2015) | £745,000 (2023) | +3.3% | -0.1% |
| KIA COTTAGE Main Road | £303,000 (2013) | £640,000 (2022) | +8.7% | +5.9% |
| 2 WINDMILL COTTAGES Main Road | £425,000 (2011) | £525,000 (2022) | +1.9% | -0.6% |
| PLUM TREE COTTAGE Main Road | £141,500 (1999) | £340,000 (2022) | +3.9% | +1.4% |
| PINE COTTAGE Main Road | £205,000 (2000) | £475,000 (2021) | +4.1% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Main Road, Princes Risborough 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 | 85 | 60.7% | £525,000 | £120,000 – £1,500,000 |
| Semi-detached | 29 | 20.7% | £250,000 | £75,000 – £680,000 |
| Terraced | 26 | 18.6% | £269,950 | £96,500 – £582,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Main Road, Princes Risborough
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 140 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 | 140 | 100.0% | £440,000 |
| New build | 3 | 2.1% | £394,950 |
| Existing home | 137 | 97.9% | £440,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -10.2%. 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 10 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 Main Road, Princes Risborough compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Main Road, Princes Risborough sits above that national figure — +179.4%.
Within Princes Risborough the street ranks 75 of 223 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £320,000 (+37.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,891 per square metre, across 1 of the 140 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 £75,000 to £1,500,000. 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
- Jasmine Crescent£200,000 median
- Summerleys Road£245,000 median
- Wycombe Road£282,000 median
- Wellington Avenue£265,000 median
- Poppy Road£236,000 median
- Westmead£285,000 median
- The Retreat£380,000 median
- Place Farm Way£245,000 median
- Longwick Road£231,000 median
- New Road£249,950 median
- Station Road£217,475 median
- Aylesbury Road£523,750 median
- Thame Road£345,000 median
- Manor Park Avenue£475,000 median
- Goodearl Place£410,000 median
- Crowbrook Road£389,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- MARGENE Main Road6 sales
- 1, PLUM TREE COTTAGES Main Road5 sales
- AMBELEE Main Road4 sales
- 2, WINDMILL COTTAGES Main Road4 sales
- PINE COTTAGE Main Road4 sales
- GRYMSDYKE CLOSE Main Road4 sales
- FLOYDS BARN Main Road4 sales
- ASH COTTAGE Main Road4 sales
- STONEY-HAVEN Main Road3 sales
- ELEANOR Main Road3 sales
- PLUM TREE COTTAGE Main Road3 sales
- CHIPPINS Main Road3 sales
- LACEY HOUSE Main Road3 sales
- 2, PORTOBELLO COTTAGES Main Road3 sales
- LEIGH COTTAGE Main Road3 sales
- AMBER COTTAGE Main Road3 sales
- CHILTERN EDGE Main Road2 sales
- 1, GRAHAM COTTAGES Main Road2 sales
- HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE Main Road2 sales
- LITTLE ORCHARD Main Road2 sales
- CLEMATIS COTTAGE Main Road2 sales
- KIA COTTAGE Main Road2 sales
- WINTERFOLD Main Road2 sales
- 1, WINDMILL COTTAGES Main Road2 sales
Back to Princes Risborough house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Main Road, Princes Risborough?
The median price paid in Main Road, Princes Risborough across every sale on the register is £440,000. 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 Main Road, Princes Risborough?
140 sales are on record for Main Road, Princes Risborough, the most recent completing on 18 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Main Road, Princes Risborough house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +43.8% between 2012 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +4.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Main Road, Princes Risborough house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £690,000, 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 Main Road, Princes Risborough?
£4,891 per square metre, from the 1 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 18 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, “Main Road, Princes Risborough 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.