Waltham Abbey house prices are built from 12,714 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £205,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +24.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.6%.
Median price paid
£205,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+24.8%
Change in real terms
-10.6%
Median per m²
£2,685
HM Land Registry12,714 sales2,391 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Waltham Abbey prices moved
The chart tracks the median Waltham Abbey house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £75,000 | £166,535 |
| 2000s | 10 | £180,000 | £327,907 |
| 2010s | 10 | £250,000 | £352,500 |
| 2020s | 7 | £400,000 | £408,696 |
The highest yearly median on record for Waltham Abbey is £405,000 in 2025; the lowest is £65,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £65,000 to £400,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £144,331, so the real change over the whole record is +177.1% — about +3.34% 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: +24.8% in cash against -10.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Shingle Court | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| MELLOWBROOK Nazeing Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Detached | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| FLAT 1 LARSEN HOUSE, 69 Farm Hill Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| FLAT 7 ASHTREE COURT Horseshoe Close | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £248,000 | £248,000 |
| 70 Fairways | 10 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 19 Peregrine Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £617,000 | £617,000 |
| 2 Langfield Close | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 21 Poplar Shaw | 4 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £481,000 | £481,000 |
| 7 Parvills | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| FLAT 29 FARTHINGALE COURT Peregrin Road | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 4 Forest Close | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £800,000 | £800,000 |
| 12 Abbey Court | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £645,000 | £645,000 |
| 45 Greenwich Way | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 34 Mason Way | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 4 Chartwell Close | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 91 Highland Road | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £675,000 | £675,000 |
| 14 Greenfield Street | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 37 OSPREY COURT Osprey Road | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £207,500 | £207,500 |
| 16 Burrows Chase | 14 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 15 Poplar Shaw | 11 May 2026 | Terraced | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 60 Highland Road | 8 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 18 Newteswell Drive | 8 May 2026 | Terraced | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 3 Elm Close | 7 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 9 QUEEN MARYS COURT Harrison Road | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 17 North Street | 28 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £625,000 | £625,000 |
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 Waltham Abbey values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Shingle Court | £77,000 (1999) | £365,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| MELLOWBROOK Nazeing Road | £359,995 (2002) | £580,000 (2026) | +2.0% | -0.7% |
| FLAT 7 ASHTREE COURT Horseshoe Close | £53,000 (1997) | £248,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| FLAT 1 LARSEN HOUSE, 69 Farm Hill Road | £280,000 (2022) | £275,000 (2026) | -0.4% | -4.0% |
| 70 Fairways | £151,000 (2006) | £290,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| 19 Peregrine Road | £188,000 (1999) | £617,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.8% |
| 2 Langfield Close | £79,995 (1996) | £425,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 21 Poplar Shaw | £260,000 (2015) | £481,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +2.5% |
| FLAT 29 FARTHINGALE COURT Peregrin Road | £63,000 (1998) | £230,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 7 Parvills | £250,000 (2014) | £435,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.6% |
| 4 Forest Close | £538,000 (2017) | £800,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.0% |
| 45 Greenwich Way | £350,000 (2006) | £640,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Waltham Abbey 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 | 3,949 | 31.1% | £196,000 | £21,300 – £1,030,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3,409 | 26.8% | £139,000 | £14,000 – £749,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3,307 | 26.0% | £249,995 | £10,000 – £1,200,000 |
| Detached | 2,049 | 16.1% | £370,000 | £28,500 – £2,750,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Waltham Abbey
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 2,621 certificates cover Waltham Abbey, and their median floor area is 78 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +2.6%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 78 m² | about 840 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 50 m² | about 538 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 98 m² | about 1,055 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 33.6% | 881 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 7.6% | 198 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Waltham Abbey
3,567 of the sales on record are leasehold and 9,147 freehold — 28.1% 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 £138,000 and the median freehold sale £245,000 — a gap of +77.5%. 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 | 3,567 | 28.1% | £138,000 |
| Freehold | 9,147 | 71.9% | £245,000 |
| New build | 904 | 7.1% | £163,875 |
| Existing home | 11,810 | 92.9% | £207,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -21.0%. 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 737 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 Waltham Abbey compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Waltham Abbey sits above that national figure — +30.2%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,685 per square metre, across 2,391 of the 12,714 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 £10,000 to £2,750,000. 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 in Waltham Abbey
- Howard Close490 sales
- Osprey Road481 sales
- Honey Lane276 sales
- Roundhills268 sales
- Rounton Road208 sales
- Greenwich Way204 sales
- Broomstick Hall Road202 sales
- Eastbrook Road193 sales
- Eagle Close178 sales
- Peregrin Road154 sales
- Deer Park Way143 sales
- Middle Street139 sales
- Monkswood Avenue138 sales
- Cobbins Bank134 sales
- Horseshoe Close132 sales
- North Street130 sales
- Stoney Bridge Drive130 sales
- Fairways124 sales
- Lamplighters Close123 sales
- Woollard Street123 sales
- Upshire Road121 sales
- Western Road119 sales
- Highbridge Street110 sales
- Highland Road110 sales
- Old Oaks107 sales
- Burrows Chase106 sales
- Crooked Mile104 sales
- Barnard Acres96 sales
- Farm Hill Road96 sales
- St Leonards Road94 sales
- Sewardstone Street93 sales
- Shooters Drive93 sales
- Greenfield Street90 sales
- Abbotts Drive89 sales
- Harrison Road88 sales
- Pick Hill88 sales
- Wren Drive87 sales
- Farthingale Lane82 sales
- Hayden Road76 sales
- Foxwood Chase74 sales
- Sewardstone Road73 sales
- Pecks Hill72 sales
- Epping Road71 sales
- Quaker Lane71 sales
- Harrier Way70 sales
- Manor Road70 sales
- Ruskin Avenue70 sales
- Rochford Avenue69 sales
- Hoe Lane68 sales
- Amwell Court67 sales
- Powdermill Lane67 sales
- Beechfield Walk65 sales
- Caldbeck65 sales
- Hazlemere Marina64 sales
- Mason Way64 sales
- Caneland Court63 sales
- Newteswell Drive63 sales
- Marle Gardens61 sales
- Homefield60 sales
- Valley Close58 sales
Postcode districts covering Waltham Abbey
- EN9£205,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Waltham Abbey?
The median price paid in Waltham Abbey across every sale on the register is £205,000. 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 Waltham Abbey?
12,714 sales are on record for Waltham Abbey, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Waltham Abbey house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +24.8% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Waltham Abbey house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £405,000, 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 Waltham Abbey?
£2,685 per square metre, from the 2,391 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 19 Jun 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, “Waltham Abbey 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.