High Street, Ware house prices are built from 705 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 30 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £222,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +30.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -5.7%.
Median price paid
£222,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+30.1%
Change in real terms
-5.7%
Median per m²
£2,711
HM Land Registry705 sales33 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Apr 2026
Section 01
How High Street, Ware prices moved
The chart tracks the median High Street, Ware 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 | £85,875 | £190,683 |
| 2000s | 10 | £190,998 | £347,941 |
| 2010s | 10 | £268,000 | £377,880 |
| 2020s | 6 | £362,500 | £370,380 |
The highest yearly median on record for High Street, Ware is £417,500 in 2016; the lowest is £78,500 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £78,500 to £367,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £174,307, so the real change over the whole record is +115.4% — about +2.59% 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: +30.1% in cash against -5.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 30 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 69 | 20 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £389,000 | £389,000 |
| 26 | 7 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £405,000 | £413,804 |
| 87 | 12 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £470,000 | £480,217 |
| 12 | 10 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| Lambs Cottage | 1 Sep 2025 | Detached | £365,000 | £372,935 |
| 17 | 22 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| 13a | 28 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £255,000 | £260,543 |
| 44a | 25 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £445,000 | £454,674 |
| Flat 3 Katemon Court | 8 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £199,500 | £203,837 |
| 82 | 4 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| Yewtree House | 25 Jun 2025 | Detached | £1,340,000 | £1,369,130 |
| Old Barn Cottage, 20 | 2 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £539,000 | £550,717 |
| 16 | 7 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £535,000 | £546,630 |
| 96 | 12 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| The Old Windmill, 53 | 28 Feb 2025 | Detached | £965,000 | £985,978 |
| 57 | 7 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £318,500 | £325,424 |
| 1 Richard Court, 41 | 3 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £239,000 | £244,196 |
| Moores Cottage | 31 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £362,500 | £370,380 |
| Flat 4 59 | 10 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| Flat 2 Gilpins House, 84 – 88 | 20 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £326,194 |
| 29 | 11 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £381,000 | £400,903 |
| 3 Richard Court, 41 | 10 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| 13 | 23 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £560,000 | £589,254 |
| Newtons, 10 | 23 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £375,000 | £394,590 |
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 High Street, Ware values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 High Street | £155,000 (1996) | £395,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| 69 High Street | £69,500 (1996) | £389,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 26 High Street | £85,500 (1995) | £405,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 87 High Street | £242,995 (2004) | £470,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 12 High Street | £124,995 (1999) | £350,000 (2025) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| 17 High Street | £107,000 (2001) | £425,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 13A High Street | £69,000 (1998) | £255,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 44A High Street | £250,000 (2018) | £445,000 (2025) | +8.6% | +4.5% |
| FLAT 3 KATEMON COURT High Street | £42,500 (1996) | £199,500 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 82 High Street | £56,000 (1997) | £310,000 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| YEWTREE HOUSE High Street | £275,000 (1996) | £1,340,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| OLD BARN COTTAGE, 20 High Street | £490,000 (2021) | £539,000 (2025) | +2.4% | -2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. High Street, Ware 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 | 376 | 53.3% | £230,000 | £43,000 – £800,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 135 | 19.1% | £150,000 | £36,000 – £445,000 |
| Detached | 98 | 13.9% | £417,500 | £50,000 – £3,375,000 |
| Semi-detached | 96 | 13.6% | £249,950 | £73,000 – £850,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in High Street, Ware
142 of the sales on record are leasehold and 563 freehold — 20.1% 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 £149,048 and the median freehold sale £249,000 — a gap of +67.1%. 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 | 142 | 20.1% | £149,048 |
| Freehold | 563 | 79.9% | £249,000 |
| New build | 39 | 5.5% | £144,995 |
| Existing home | 666 | 94.5% | £229,998 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -37.0%. 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 70 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 High Street, Ware compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. High Street, Ware sits above that national figure — +41.0%.
Within Ware the street ranks 373 of 526 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £225,150 (-1.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,711 per square metre, across 33 of the 705 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 £3,375,000. 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
- Station Road£200,000 median
- Lunardi Court£170,000 median
- Tollsworth Way£142,000 median
- Green End£420,000 median
- Saffron Meadow£215,000 median
- Gauldie Way£145,000 median
- High Road£265,000 median
- Batchelors£238,000 median
- The Ford£274,000 median
- Clements Close£350,000 median
- Stortford Road£290,000 median
- Kents Lane£315,000 median
- Gatesbury Way£233,000 median
- Huntsman Close£155,000 median
- Perowne Way£215,000 median
- Patmore Heath£430,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 57 High Street17 sales
- 63 High Street14 sales
- 59 High Street13 sales
- 22 High Street13 sales
- 29 High Street11 sales
- 20 High Street11 sales
- 78 High Street11 sales
- 30 High Street10 sales
- 71 High Street10 sales
- 69 High Street9 sales
- 65 High Street9 sales
- 3 High Street9 sales
- 16 High Street8 sales
- 13 High Street8 sales
- 49 High Street8 sales
- 76 High Street8 sales
- 36 High Street8 sales
- 72 High Street8 sales
- 29A High Street8 sales
- 28 High Street8 sales
- 51 High Street8 sales
- 13A High Street7 sales
- 19 High Street7 sales
- 37 High Street7 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in High Street, Ware?
The median price paid in High Street, Ware across every sale on the register is £222,000. 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 High Street, Ware?
705 sales are on record for High Street, Ware, the most recent completing on 30 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have High Street, Ware house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.1% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -5.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were High Street, Ware house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £417,500, 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 High Street, Ware?
£2,711 per square metre, from the 33 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 30 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, “High Street, Ware 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.