Chapel Street, Thatcham house prices are built from 135 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 10 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £175,000. Across the 10 years from 2013 to 2023 the median moved +11.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -17.7%.
Median price paid
£175,000
Change in cash, 2013–2023
+11.1%
Change in real terms
-17.7%
Median per m²
£2,074
HM Land Registry135 sales28 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Chapel Street, Thatcham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Chapel Street, Thatcham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 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 | 1 | £66,475 | £147,606 |
| 2000s | 6 | £105,000 | £191,279 |
| 2010s | 2 | £202,500 | £285,525 |
| 2020s | 3 | £225,000 | £229,891 |
The highest yearly median on record for Chapel Street, Thatcham is £335,100 in 2016; the lowest is £66,475 in 1999. Across the full 25-year record the cash median has moved from £66,475 to £225,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £135,448, so the real change over the whole record is +79.5% — about +2.47% 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: +11.1% in cash against -17.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 10 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £192,000 | £196,174 |
| 32 | 29 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £400,000 | £408,696 |
| 69b | 6 Jun 2025 | Detached | £740,000 | £756,087 |
| 77 | 22 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £262,000 | £275,687 |
| Flat 5 Thatcham Court | 7 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £220,970 |
| The White House, 67 | 1 Nov 2024 | Detached | £790,000 | £831,269 |
| 66 | 26 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £330,000 | £347,239 |
| Flat 8 Thatcham Court | 1 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £243,103 |
| 82 | 3 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £315,000 | £340,345 |
| 3 | 30 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| Flat 2 Thatcham Court | 23 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £171,000 | £184,759 |
| 1 Hideaway, 79a | 17 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £299,950 | £324,084 |
| Flat 6 Thatcham Court | 17 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £163,000 | £176,115 |
| 30 | 27 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £280,000 | £302,529 |
| Flat 11 Thatcham Court | 20 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £283,854 |
| 13 | 25 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £318,000 | £368,431 |
| The English Barn | 4 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £382,334 |
| 77 | 31 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 32 | 20 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £350,000 | £442,204 |
| 68 | 24 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 64 | 27 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £290,591 |
| 2 Hideaway, 79a | 25 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £360,081 |
| 82 | 18 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £260,000 | £328,495 |
| First Floor Flat 27 | 21 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £187,500 | £236,895 |
| 53 | 11 May 2021 | Terraced | £348,500 | £440,309 |
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 Chapel Street, Thatcham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Chapel Street | £73,000 (1999) | £192,000 (2025) | +3.8% | +1.1% |
| 32 Chapel Street | £350,000 (2021) | £400,000 (2025) | +3.4% | -2.0% |
| 69B Chapel Street | £325,000 (2002) | £740,000 (2025) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| 77 Chapel Street | £100,000 (2001) | £262,000 (2024) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| FLAT 5 THATCHAM COURT Chapel Street | £207,500 (2020) | £210,000 (2024) | +0.3% | -4.8% |
| THE WHITE HOUSE, 67 Chapel Street | £500,000 (2001) | £790,000 (2024) | +2.0% | -0.7% |
| 66 Chapel Street | £165,000 (2005) | £330,000 (2024) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| FLAT 8 THATCHAM COURT Chapel Street | £205,000 (2020) | £225,000 (2023) | +3.2% | -2.9% |
| 82 Chapel Street | £83,000 (1997) | £315,000 (2023) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 3 Chapel Street | £145,000 (2009) | £195,000 (2023) | +2.1% | -0.9% |
| FLAT 2 THATCHAM COURT Chapel Street | £170,000 (2020) | £171,000 (2023) | +0.2% | -5.7% |
| FLAT 6 THATCHAM COURT Chapel Street | £187,500 (2020) | £163,000 (2023) | -4.6% | -10.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Chapel Street, Thatcham 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 | 63 | 46.7% | £175,000 | £48,500 – £455,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 32 | 23.7% | £170,000 | £36,000 – £247,500 |
| Semi-detached | 23 | 17.0% | £142,500 | £55,000 – £330,000 |
| Detached | 17 | 12.6% | £375,000 | £50,000 – £1,000,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Chapel Street, Thatcham
35 of the sales on record are leasehold and 100 freehold — 25.9% 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 £163,000 and the median freehold sale £183,500 — a gap of +12.6%. 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 | 35 | 25.9% | £163,000 |
| Freehold | 100 | 74.1% | £183,500 |
| New build | 12 | 8.9% | £197,500 |
| Existing home | 123 | 91.1% | £168,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +17.6%. 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 12 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 Chapel Street, Thatcham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Chapel Street, Thatcham sits above that national figure — +11.1%.
Within Thatcham the street ranks 348 of 464 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £218,500 (-19.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,074 per square metre, across 28 of the 135 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 £36,000 to £1,000,000. 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
- Bath Road£202,000 median
- Sagecroft Road£179,725 median
- Foxglove Way£270,000 median
- Cowslip Crescent£241,500 median
- Cold Ash Hill£376,000 median
- Heather Drive£218,500 median
- Harebell Drive£182,250 median
- Northfield Road£249,997 median
- Hawthorne Close£148,248 median
- Simmons Field£143,000 median
- Park Lane£245,000 median
- Roman Way£199,475 median
- Buttercup Place£177,475 median
- Stoney Lane£346,500 median
- Blackthorn Drive£304,500 median
- Hermitage Green£345,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 82 Chapel Street7 sales
- 53 Chapel Street7 sales
- 77 Chapel Street5 sales
- FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 27 Chapel Street5 sales
- 40 Chapel Street5 sales
- 9 Chapel Street5 sales
- 25 Chapel Street5 sales
- 66 Chapel Street4 sales
- 13 Chapel Street4 sales
- 70 Chapel Street4 sales
- 80 Chapel Street4 sales
- 38 Chapel Street4 sales
- 7 Chapel Street3 sales
- 69B Chapel Street3 sales
- THE WHITE HOUSE, 67 Chapel Street3 sales
- 3 Chapel Street3 sales
- THE ENGLISH BARN Chapel Street3 sales
- 68 Chapel Street3 sales
- 2, HIDEAWAY, 79A Chapel Street3 sales
- 27A Chapel Street3 sales
- 21 Chapel Street3 sales
- 56 Chapel Street3 sales
- 32 Chapel Street2 sales
- FLAT 5, THATCHAM COURT Chapel Street2 sales
Back to Thatcham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Chapel Street, Thatcham?
The median price paid in Chapel Street, Thatcham across every sale on the register is £175,000. 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 Chapel Street, Thatcham?
135 sales are on record for Chapel Street, Thatcham, the most recent completing on 10 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Chapel Street, Thatcham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +11.1% between 2013 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -17.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Chapel Street, Thatcham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £335,100, set in 2016. 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 Chapel Street, Thatcham?
£2,074 per square metre, from the 28 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 10 Oct 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, “Chapel Street, Thatcham 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.