Lower Way, Thatcham house prices are built from 118 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 17 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £247,500. Across the 11 years from 2013 to 2024 the median moved +122.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +60.8%.
Median price paid
£247,500
Change in cash, 2013–2024
+122.8%
Change in real terms
+60.8%
Median per m²
£2,546
HM Land Registry118 sales23 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Lower Way, Thatcham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lower Way, Thatcham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2024. 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 | £105,000 | £233,150 |
| 2000s | 3 | £208,000 | £378,915 |
| 2010s | 3 | £365,000 | £514,650 |
| 2020s | 2 | £360,000 | £367,826 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lower Way, Thatcham is £460,000 in 2024; the lowest is £105,000 in 1996. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £105,000 to £460,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £227,769, so the real change over the whole record is +112.5% — about +2.73% 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: +122.8% in cash against +60.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | 17 Apr 2026 | Detached | £482,500 | £482,500 |
| 75 | 7 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 263 | 5 Jan 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 221 | 29 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £465,000 | £475,109 |
| 91 | 26 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £460,000 | £484,030 |
| 205 | 28 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 241 | 9 May 2024 | Detached | £680,000 | £715,522 |
| 63 | 30 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £342,500 | £360,392 |
| 91 | 29 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £464,000 | £488,239 |
| 6 | 27 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £510,000 | £551,034 |
| 13 | 4 Aug 2023 | Detached | £527,500 | £569,943 |
| 39 | 18 May 2023 | Detached | £375,000 | £405,172 |
| 53 | 13 Jan 2023 | Detached | £400,000 | £432,184 |
| 79 | 9 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £405,505 |
| 249 | 29 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £448,522 |
| 81 | 14 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £385,349 |
| 91 | 23 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £429,950 | £543,216 |
| Two Robins Cottage, 9 | 19 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £467,473 |
| 221 | 18 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £454,839 |
| 185 | 9 Mar 2021 | Detached | £360,000 | £454,839 |
| 251 | 23 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| 89 | 12 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £307,500 | £388,508 |
| 259 | 17 Dec 2020 | Detached | £420,000 | £543,802 |
| 69 | 13 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £414,325 |
| 202a | 11 Feb 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £237,000 | £306,860 |
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 Lower Way, Thatcham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 Lower Way | £154,450 (2000) | £482,500 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.7% |
| 263 Lower Way | £388,000 (2016) | £500,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.8% |
| 221 Lower Way | £105,000 (2000) | £465,000 (2025) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 91 Lower Way | £178,000 (2013) | £460,000 (2024) | +9.0% | +5.8% |
| 241 Lower Way | £505,000 (2018) | £680,000 (2024) | +5.1% | +1.0% |
| 6 Lower Way | £275,000 (2007) | £510,000 (2023) | +3.9% | +0.9% |
| 13 Lower Way | £147,000 (1996) | £527,500 (2023) | +4.8% | +2.2% |
| 79 Lower Way | £170,000 (2010) | £350,000 (2022) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| 249 Lower Way | £245,000 (2006) | £355,000 (2021) | +2.5% | +0.2% |
| 81 Lower Way | £63,000 (1996) | £305,000 (2021) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| 185 Lower Way | £95,000 (1995) | £360,000 (2021) | +5.3% | +3.0% |
| 251 Lower Way | £295,000 (2019) | £365,000 (2021) | +11.2% | +9.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lower Way, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 65 | 55.1% | £245,000 | £63,000 – £510,000 |
| Detached | 43 | 36.4% | £310,000 | £75,000 – £680,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 8 | 6.8% | £150,000 | £147,500 – £248,000 |
| Terraced | 2 | 1.7% | £258,000 | £258,000 – £342,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lower Way, Thatcham
8 of the sales on record are leasehold and 110 freehold — 6.8% 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 £177,500 and the median freehold sale £261,500 — a gap of +47.3%. 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 | 8 | 6.8% | £177,500 |
| Freehold | 110 | 93.2% | £261,500 |
| New build | 3 | 2.5% | £80,000 |
| Existing home | 115 | 97.5% | £248,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -67.8%. 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.
Section 09
How Lower Way, Thatcham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lower Way, Thatcham sits above that national figure — +57.1%.
Within Thatcham the street ranks 204 of 464 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £218,500 (+13.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,546 per square metre, across 23 of the 118 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 £63,000 to £680,000. 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
- Urquhart Road£235,998 median
- Derwent Road£163,875 median
- Ferndale Court£118,250 median
- Paynesdown Road£176,000 median
- Braemore Close£137,750 median
- Station Road£205,000 median
- Battalion Way£218,000 median
- Wenlock Way£142,950 median
- Scrivens Mead£150,000 median
- Nideggen Close£125,500 median
- Cairngorm Road£123,950 median
- Keighley Close£154,625 median
- Horne Road£249,950 median
- Richmond Avenue£132,500 median
- Hurford Drive£259,000 median
- Redshank Court£141,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 221 Lower Way6 sales
- 81 Lower Way5 sales
- 91 Lower Way4 sales
- THE CONIFERS, 183 Lower Way4 sales
- 13 Lower Way3 sales
- 2, FIR TREE COTTAGES Lower Way3 sales
- SPRINGFIELD HOUSE, 229 Lower Way3 sales
- 197 Lower Way2 sales
- 263 Lower Way2 sales
- 241 Lower Way2 sales
- 6 Lower Way2 sales
- 79 Lower Way2 sales
- 249 Lower Way2 sales
- 185 Lower Way2 sales
- 251 Lower Way2 sales
- WIDMEAD, 10A Lower Way2 sales
- FLAT 2, LAKEVIEW, 247 Lower Way2 sales
- 239 Lower Way2 sales
- 23 Lower Way2 sales
- FLAT 1, LAKEVIEW, 247 Lower Way2 sales
- 7 Lower Way2 sales
- 231 Lower Way2 sales
- 11 Lower Way2 sales
- 207 Lower Way2 sales
Back to Thatcham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lower Way, Thatcham?
The median price paid in Lower Way, Thatcham across every sale on the register is £247,500. 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 Lower Way, Thatcham?
118 sales are on record for Lower Way, Thatcham, the most recent completing on 17 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lower Way, Thatcham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +122.8% between 2013 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +60.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lower Way, Thatcham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £460,000, set in 2024. 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 Lower Way, Thatcham?
£2,546 per square metre, from the 23 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 17 Apr 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, “Lower Way, 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.