Howard Close, Waltham Abbey house prices are built from 490 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £106,750. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +35.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -1.9%.
Median price paid
£106,750
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+35.3%
Change in real terms
-1.9%
Median per m²
£2,662
HM Land Registry490 sales131 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Howard Close, Waltham Abbey prices moved
The chart tracks the median Howard Close, Waltham Abbey house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £40,500 | £89,929 |
| 2000s | 10 | £112,000 | £204,031 |
| 2010s | 9 | £151,500 | £213,615 |
| 2020s | 6 | £215,000 | £219,674 |
The highest yearly median on record for Howard Close, Waltham Abbey is £262,500 in 2024; the lowest is £35,500 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £37,250 to £205,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £82,713, so the real change over the whole record is +153.2% — about +3.15% 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: +35.3% in cash against -1.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 19 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 137 | 7 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 73 | 18 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £192,000 | £196,174 |
| 101 | 10 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £173,500 | £177,272 |
| 1 | 22 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £179,000 | £182,891 |
| 44 | 25 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £435,000 | £444,457 |
| 68 | 2 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £214,565 |
| 5 Howard Court | 21 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 80 | 21 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £172,000 | £175,739 |
| 159 | 19 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| 95 | 28 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 45 | 11 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £438,000 | £460,881 |
| 25 | 15 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £420,000 | £441,940 |
| 20 | 23 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £142,500 | £149,944 |
| 4 Howard Court | 19 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £267,000 | £280,948 |
| 103 | 23 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £146,000 | £153,627 |
| 6 Howard Court | 22 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £268,321 |
| 3 Howard Court | 26 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £278,843 |
| 92 | 15 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £163,097 |
| 1 Howard Court | 16 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £262,500 | £276,213 |
| 138 | 15 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £208,000 | £224,736 |
| 42 | 8 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £430,000 | £464,598 |
| 69 | 11 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £209,000 | £225,816 |
| 96 | 16 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| 107 | 19 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £183,678 |
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 Howard Close, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 Howard Close | £150,000 (2006) | £265,000 (2026) | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| 137 Howard Close | £35,500 (1996) | £210,000 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 73 Howard Close | £101,000 (2002) | £192,000 (2025) | +2.8% | +0.0% |
| 101 Howard Close | £28,000 (1995) | £173,500 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 1 Howard Close | £44,500 (1998) | £179,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 44 Howard Close | £105,000 (1998) | £435,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 68 Howard Close | £40,000 (1997) | £210,000 (2025) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 80 Howard Close | £80,000 (2002) | £172,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| 159 Howard Close | £67,500 (2001) | £205,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 95 Howard Close | £52,000 (1997) | £240,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 45 Howard Close | £85,500 (1997) | £438,000 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 20 Howard Close | £58,000 (2001) | £142,500 (2024) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Howard Close, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 416 | 84.9% | £101,000 | £24,000 – £267,000 |
| Terraced | 54 | 11.0% | £146,000 | £36,000 – £438,000 |
| Semi-detached | 16 | 3.3% | £120,000 | £51,500 – £435,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 0.8% | £132,500 | £103,000 – £395,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Howard Close, Waltham Abbey
431 of the sales on record are leasehold and 59 freehold — 88.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £100,000 and the median freehold sale £219,995 — a gap of +120.0%. 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 | 431 | 88.0% | £100,000 |
| Freehold | 59 | 12.0% | £219,995 |
| New build | 2 | 0.4% | £37,000 |
| Existing home | 488 | 99.6% | £107,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -65.4%. 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 20 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 Howard Close, Waltham Abbey compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Howard Close, Waltham Abbey sits below that national figure — -32.2%.
Within Waltham Abbey the street ranks 292 of 298 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £205,000 (-47.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,662 per square metre, across 131 of the 490 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 £24,000 to £438,000. 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
- Osprey Road£131,500 median
- Honey Lane£250,000 median
- Roundhills£193,250 median
- Rounton Road£170,000 median
- Greenwich Way£230,500 median
- Broomstick Hall Road£229,750 median
- Eastbrook Road£188,000 median
- Eagle Close£121,000 median
- Peregrin Road£108,998 median
- Deer Park Way£247,000 median
- Middle Street£460,000 median
- Monkswood Avenue£290,500 median
- Cobbins Bank£95,000 median
- Horseshoe Close£148,000 median
- North Street£386,000 median
- Stoney Bridge Drive£193,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 24 Howard Close8 sales
- FLAT 9, CATALIN COURT Howard Close7 sales
- 147 Howard Close7 sales
- 114 Howard Close7 sales
- 154 Howard Close6 sales
- 142 Howard Close6 sales
- 130 Howard Close6 sales
- 137 Howard Close5 sales
- 138 Howard Close5 sales
- 69 Howard Close5 sales
- 91 Howard Close5 sales
- 153 Howard Close5 sales
- 134 Howard Close5 sales
- 86 Howard Close5 sales
- 78 Howard Close5 sales
- 89 Howard Close5 sales
- 34 Howard Close5 sales
- 75 Howard Close5 sales
- 112 Howard Close5 sales
- 140 Howard Close5 sales
- 10 Howard Close5 sales
- 81 Howard Close5 sales
- 162 Howard Close5 sales
- FLAT 11, CATALIN COURT Howard Close5 sales
Back to Waltham Abbey house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Howard Close, Waltham Abbey?
The median price paid in Howard Close, Waltham Abbey across every sale on the register is £106,750. 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 Howard Close, Waltham Abbey?
490 sales are on record for Howard Close, Waltham Abbey, the most recent completing on 19 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Howard Close, Waltham Abbey house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +35.3% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -1.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Howard Close, Waltham Abbey house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £262,500, 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 Howard Close, Waltham Abbey?
£2,662 per square metre, from the 131 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 Feb 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, “Howard Close, 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.