That is the middle of 2,522 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 5.4 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.
A third of Maidenhead’s sales are flats and maisonettes
2,522 homes sold in three years: 652 detached houses, 618 semi-detached houses, 441 terraced houses and 811 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£788K
median sale · 652 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£660K–£985K
Last 12 months
£787K168 sold
New build
£740K
Semi-detached houses£520K
median sale · 618 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£450K–£620K
Last 12 months
£519K185 sold
New build
£600K
Terraced houses£450K
median sale · 441 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£518K
Last 12 months
£453K129 sold
Flats and maisonettes£295K
median sale · 811 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£355K
Last 12 months
£280K184 sold
New build
£344K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses17%
Flats and maisonettes32%
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 Maidenhead’s homes sold for between £345K and £660K
One sale in ten was under £255K and one in ten over £900K. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £475,000, sits in the £400–500K band
2,522 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £88,250 in 1995 to £480,000 in the last 12 months (£425,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
666 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,530 in 1997, the busiest year, and 734 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 61% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Maidenhead costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Maidenhead, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£150K
£275K
£400K
£440K
£625K
£698K
£787K
Semi-detached houses
£88K
£163K
£242K
£270K
£408K
£450K
£519K
Terraced houses
£76K
£145K
£215K
£250K
£385K
£405K
£453K
Flats and maisonettes
£58K
£108K
£174K
£185K
£278K
£289K
£280K
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
Hardly any new homes: 1.5% of sales in the last 12 months
3,111 new homes have been sold in Maidenhead since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £350,000
against £485,000 for a home sold on, 28% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
33% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Maidenhead. 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
Clivemont Road is Maidenhead’s busiest street, with 85 sales in three years
174 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 52 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
Clivemont Road
SL6
85
£260,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Canal Side
SL6
41
£415,000
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Moorbridge Road
SL6
34
£364,250
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Ray Park Avenue
SL6
34
£322,500
Mostly flats
5
Wallingford Way
SL6
33
£342,500
Mostly flats
6
Courthouse Road
SL6
26
£600,000
Mixed
7
Bath Road
SL6
26
£295,000
Mostly flats
8
Shoppenhangers Road
SL6
24
£428,000
Mostly flats
9
Powney Road
SL6
23
£458,650
Mixed
10
Clare Road
SL6
22
£495,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Grenfell Road
SL6
22
£408,500
Mixed
12
Oldfield Road
SL6
22
£357,750
Mostly flats
13
Kingfisher Drive
SL6
21
£317,500
Mostly flats
14
Alwyn Road
SL6
19
£529,000
Mixed
15
Isambard Close
SL6
18
£293,750
Mostly flats · new builds
Dearest streets
Camley Park Drive: £1,470,000
Maidenhead median£475K
Camley Park Drive£1.5M
Longworth Drive£1.2M
College Avenue£1.2M
Harvest Hill Road£960K
Oaken Grove£956K
Cheapest streets
Swanbrook Court: £144,000
Maidenhead median£475K
Swanbrook Court£144K
East Road£148K
Crescent Dale£168K
Vanwall Road£190K
Corfe Place£200K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.2 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
Maidenhead is the 15th most expensive of 30 towns in Berkshire
Maidenhead is in the middle of Berkshire’s 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 Maidenhead
What is the average house price in Maidenhead?
The median home in Maidenhead sold for £475,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,522 standard sales (£480,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £788,000, semi-detached houses £519,500, terraced houses £450,000 and flats and maisonettes £295,000.
Are house prices going up in Maidenhead?
The median was £490,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£468,000), and £480,000 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 Maidenhead each year?
666 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 959 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Maidenhead?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Camley Park Drive (SL6, £1,470,000), Longworth Drive (SL6, £1,225,000) and College Avenue (SL6, £1,192,500).
How much does a new build cost in Maidenhead?
New homes sold for a median £350,000 over three years, against £485,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.2% of sales.
Is Maidenhead expensive for Berkshire?
Maidenhead is the 15th 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.
Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0