Photo: Tim Glover · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Clapham sell for a median £295,000
That is the middle of 183 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.5 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Clapham’s sales are semi-detached houses
183 homes sold in three years: 34 detached houses, 88 semi-detached houses, 53 terraced houses and 8 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £455K–£685K
- Last 12 months
- £598K6 sold
median sale · 88 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £270K–£325K
- Last 12 months
- £300K22 sold
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £244K–£295K
- Last 12 months
- £260K17 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 8 sold, median £175K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 48% of sales
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Clapham’s homes sold for between £258K and £358K
One sale in ten was under £230K and one in ten over £563K. 19% sold for under £250K.
The median, £295,000, sits in the £250–300K band
183 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,500 in 1995 to £295,000 in the last 12 months (£245,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
46 sales in the last 12 months, against 152 in 2002, the busiest year, and 43 in 2008. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 80% more sales than 2020.
Clapham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Clapham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £114K | £187K | £270K | £305K | £375K | £403K | £598K |
| Semi-detached houses | £47K | £80K | £164K | £158K | £205K | £250K | £300K |
| Terraced houses | £36K | £62K | £138K | £140K | £174K | £203K | £260K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
310 new homes have been sold in Clapham since 1995; the share peaked at 42% in 2002.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Clapham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Highbury Grove is Clapham’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
17 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highbury Grove | MK41 | 18 | £305,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | Knights Avenue | MK41 | 16 | £288,125 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 3 | High Street | MK41 | 15 | £295,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Mount Pleasant Road | MK41 | 11 | £280,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | Bents Close | MK41 | 10 | £275,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Duke Drive | MK41 | 8 | £307,550 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Spriggs Close | MK41 | 7 | £552,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 8 | George Street | MK41 | 7 | £285,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | Milton Road | MK41 | 6 | £612,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | The Glebe | MK41 | 6 | £357,500 | Mixed |
| 11 | Queens Crescent | MK41 | 6 | £276,250 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Fetlock Close | MK41 | 6 | £241,250 | Mixed |
| 13 | Twinwood Road | MK41 | 6 | £211,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 14 | New Ridings | MK41 | 5 | £330,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 15 | Paddock Close | MK41 | 5 | £280,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Milton Road: £612,500
Twinwood Road: £211,500
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.9 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Clapham is the 32nd most expensive of 33 towns in Bedfordshire
Clapham is one of Bedfordshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Bedfordshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Clapham’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | — | £295K | 46 | +32% |
| Oakley | 1.1 | £367K | 18 | +31% |
| Bromham | 1.9 | £415K | 52 | +40% |
| Bedford | 2.5 | £325K | 801 | +51% |
| Great Denham | 2.7 | £342K | 72 | +22% |
| Kempston | 3.4 | £290K | 179 | +32% |
| Sharnbrook | 4.7 | £374K | 19 | +13% |
| Shortstown | 4.8 | £325K | 56 | +23% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Clapham
What is the average house price in Clapham?
The median home in Clapham sold for £295,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 183 standard sales (£295,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £575,000, semi-detached houses £295,000, terraced houses £260,000 and flats and maisonettes £175,000.
Are house prices going up in Clapham?
The median was £285,625 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£311,900), and £295,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Clapham each year?
46 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 65 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Clapham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Milton Road (MK41, £612,500), Spriggs Close (MK41, £552,500) and The Glebe (MK41, £357,500).
Is Clapham expensive for Bedfordshire?
Clapham is the 32nd most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in Bedfordshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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