Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey house prices are built from 69 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 23 Jul 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £225,000. Across the 9 years from 1998 to 2007 the median moved +142.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +103.1%.
Median price paid
£225,000
Change in cash, 1998–2007
+142.3%
Change in real terms
+103.1%
Median per m²
£1,372
HM Land Registry69 sales8 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Jul 2025
Section 01
How Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey prices moved
The chart tracks the median Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2007. 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 | £97,000 | £215,386 |
| 2000s | 2 | £167,000 | £304,225 |
The highest yearly median on record for Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey is £235,000 in 2007; the lowest is £97,000 in 1998. Across the full 10-year record the cash median has moved from £97,000 to £235,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £201,132, so the real change over the whole record is +103.1% — about +8.19% 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: +142.3% in cash against +103.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 23 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £437,000 | £446,500 |
| 2 | 6 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £460,000 | £484,030 |
| 8 | 6 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £550,329 |
| 9 | 9 Feb 2022 | Detached | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 44 | 7 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £536,962 |
| 5 | 22 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £366,398 |
| 12 | 22 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £530,645 |
| 24 | 30 Apr 2020 | Semi-detached | £405,000 | £524,380 |
| 38 | 3 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £399,995 | £523,185 |
| 2 | 15 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £549,351 |
| 15 | 28 Jun 2019 | Terraced | £450,000 | £588,590 |
| 58 | 29 May 2015 | Semi-detached | £332,000 | £468,120 |
| 11 | 27 Feb 2015 | Terraced | £300,000 | £423,000 |
| 32 | 28 Nov 2014 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £437,487 |
| 50 | 4 Sep 2014 | Semi-detached | £312,500 | £448,245 |
| 24 | 24 Jan 2014 | Semi-detached | £268,000 | £384,415 |
| 19 | 22 Jul 2013 | Terraced | £285,000 | £415,564 |
| 18 | 25 Mar 2013 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £328,077 |
| 60 | 14 Feb 2013 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £357,239 |
| 8 | 19 Dec 2012 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £388,347 |
| 7 | 16 Dec 2010 | Semi-detached | £182,500 | £291,421 |
| 19 | 29 Oct 2010 | Terraced | £262,500 | £419,168 |
| 26 | 16 Aug 2010 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £415,176 |
| 40 | 4 Aug 2008 | Semi-detached | £249,999 | £419,641 |
| 54 | 21 Sep 2007 | Semi-detached | £233,500 | £405,962 |
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 Rochford Avenue, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Rochford Avenue | £97,000 (1998) | £437,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 2 Rochford Avenue | £145,000 (2001) | £460,000 (2024) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 8 Rochford Avenue | £238,000 (2005) | £475,000 (2022) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 9 Rochford Avenue | £92,000 (1998) | £450,000 (2022) | +6.8% | +4.3% |
| 5 Rochford Avenue | £66,500 (1998) | £290,000 (2021) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
| 12 Rochford Avenue | £102,000 (1997) | £420,000 (2021) | +6.1% | +3.8% |
| 24 Rochford Avenue | £268,000 (2014) | £405,000 (2020) | +7.1% | +5.3% |
| 15 Rochford Avenue | £84,000 (1996) | £450,000 (2019) | +7.6% | +5.2% |
| 58 Rochford Avenue | £235,000 (2007) | £332,000 (2015) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| 11 Rochford Avenue | £195,000 (2003) | £300,000 (2015) | +3.7% | +1.2% |
| 32 Rochford Avenue | £102,995 (1999) | £305,000 (2014) | +7.5% | +5.0% |
| 19 Rochford Avenue | £265,000 (2007) | £285,000 (2013) | +1.2% | -1.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Rochford Avenue, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 48 | 69.6% | £228,000 | £56,995 – £475,000 |
| Terraced | 9 | 13.0% | £249,995 | £84,000 – £450,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 8 | 11.6% | £132,000 | £66,500 – £290,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 5.8% | £164,995 | £92,000 – £450,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey
10 of the sales on record are leasehold and 59 freehold — 14.5% 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 £145,998 and the median freehold sale £230,000 — a gap of +57.5%. 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 | 10 | 14.5% | £145,998 |
| Freehold | 59 | 85.5% | £230,000 |
A further 2 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 Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey sits above that national figure — +42.9%.
Within Waltham Abbey the street ranks 154 of 298 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £205,000 (+9.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,372 per square metre, across 8 of the 69 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 £56,995 to £475,000. 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
- Howard Close£106,750 median
- 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
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 2 Rochford Avenue5 sales
- 5 Rochford Avenue5 sales
- 15 Rochford Avenue4 sales
- 16 Rochford Avenue3 sales
- 8 Rochford Avenue3 sales
- 19 Rochford Avenue3 sales
- 26 Rochford Avenue3 sales
- 40 Rochford Avenue3 sales
- 9 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 12 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 24 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 58 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 11 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 32 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 7 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 29 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 1 Rochford Avenue2 sales
- 52 Rochford Avenue2 sales
Back to Waltham Abbey house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey?
The median price paid in Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey across every sale on the register is £225,000. 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 Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey?
69 sales are on record for Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey, the most recent completing on 23 Jul 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +142.3% between 1998 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +103.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £235,000, set in 2007. 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 Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey?
£1,372 per square metre, from the 8 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 23 Jul 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, “Rochford Avenue, 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.