That is the middle of 246 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 5.2 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.
246 homes sold in three years: 54 detached houses, 68 semi-detached houses, 89 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£588K
median sale · 54 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£443K–£740K
Last 12 months
£599K16 sold
Semi-detached houses£368K
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£322K–£423K
Last 12 months
£381K14 sold
Terraced houses£312K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£256K–£380K
Last 12 months
£335K27 sold
Flats and maisonettes£177K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£208K
Last 12 months
£180K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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.
Price range
Half of Hungerford’s homes sold for between £260K and £443K
One sale in ten was under £185K and one in ten over £630K. 22% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £350,000, sits in the £300–400K band
246 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £69,972 in 1995 to £361,250 in the last 12 months (£283,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
69 sales in the last 12 months, against 198 in 2002, the busiest year, and 52 in 2020. Sales fell by 33% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 200% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Hungerford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Hungerford, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£101K
£176K
£279K
£330K
£383K
£420K
£599K
Semi-detached houses
£73K
£127K
£210K
£248K
£285K
£305K
£381K
Terraced houses
£63K
£113K
£165K
£213K
£240K
£250K
£335K
Flats and maisonettes
£49K
£76K
£148K
£135K
£148K
—
£180K
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.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 27% in 2022
283 new homes have been sold in Hungerford since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 2022.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.3% sold leasehold in Hungerford. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Chilton Way is Hungerford’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
21 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
Chilton Way
RG17
15
£315,000
Mixed
2
High Street
RG17
12
£302,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Kennedy Meadow
RG17
11
£745,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Park Street
RG17
10
£438,750
Mixed
5
Ramsbury Drive
RG17
9
£400,000
Mixed
6
Sanden Close
RG17
7
£450,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Priory Road
RG17
7
£385,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Coldharbour Road
RG17
7
£328,000
Mixed
9
Shalbourne Close
RG17
7
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Park Way
RG17
6
£372,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Priory Avenue
RG17
6
£322,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Kennet Way
RG17
6
£303,750
Mixed
13
Bulpit Lane
RG17
6
£280,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Crown Mews
RG17
6
£195,000
Mixed
15
Salisbury Road
RG17
5
£875,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Salisbury Road: £875,000
Hungerford median£350K
Salisbury Road£875K
Kennedy Meadow£745K
Jethro Tull Lane£640K
Sanden Close£450K
Park Street£439K
Cheapest streets
Crown Mews: £195,000
Hungerford median£350K
Crown Mews£195K
Orchard Park Close£238K
Shalbourne Close£250K
Bulpit Lane£281K
High Street£303K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.5 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.
Across Berkshire
Hungerford is the 27th most expensive of 30 towns in Berkshire
Hungerford is one of Berkshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
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 Hungerford
What is the average house price in Hungerford?
The median home in Hungerford sold for £350,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 246 standard sales (£361,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £587,500, semi-detached houses £368,100, terraced houses £312,000 and flats and maisonettes £177,000.
Are house prices going up in Hungerford?
The median was £359,500 in 2025, up 10% on 2024 (£326,500), and £361,250 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 Hungerford each year?
69 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 93 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Hungerford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Salisbury Road (RG17, £875,000), Kennedy Meadow (RG17, £745,000) and Jethro Tull Lane (RG17, £640,000).
Is Hungerford expensive for Berkshire?
Hungerford is the 27th most expensive of 30 towns of 2,500 or more in Berkshire 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.