That is the middle of 1,068 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 Thatcham’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,068 homes sold in three years: 256 detached houses, 397 semi-detached houses, 274 terraced houses and 141 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£493K
median sale · 256 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£420K–£565K
Last 12 months
£498K70 sold
New build
£550K
Semi-detached houses£352K
median sale · 397 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£390K
Last 12 months
£353K113 sold
New build
£392K
Terraced houses£318K
median sale · 274 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£355K
Last 12 months
£316K89 sold
Flats and maisonettes£181K
median sale · 141 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£212K
Last 12 months
£180K37 sold
New build
£160K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Thatcham’s homes sold for between £299K and £425K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £525K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £350,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,068 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 £65,000 in 1995 to £350,000 in the last 12 months (£304,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
309 sales in the last 12 months, against 778 in 2006, the busiest year, and 283 in 2010. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Thatcham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Thatcham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£95K
£175K
£268K
£275K
£357K
£423K
£498K
Semi-detached houses
£64K
£119K
£185K
£200K
£264K
£310K
£353K
Terraced houses
£59K
£104K
£174K
£180K
£240K
£270K
£316K
Flats and maisonettes
£43K
£94K
£136K
£135K
£160K
£182K
£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
Hardly any new homes: 2.9% of sales in the last 12 months
1,713 new homes have been sold in Thatcham since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2004.
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 £399,950
against £347,750 for a home sold on, 15% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Thatcham. 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
Beddals Close is Thatcham’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
82 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 22 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
Beddals Close
RG19
46
£399,950
Mixed · new builds
2
Sagecroft Road
RG18
22
£334,500
Mixed
3
Bath Road
RG18
19
£330,000
Mixed
4
Paynesdown Road
RG19
16
£354,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Derwent Road
RG19
16
£327,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
The Moors
RG19
15
£272,500
Mostly flats
7
Ferndale Court
RG19
15
£135,000
Mostly flats
8
Westfield Road
RG18
13
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Battalion Way
RG19
13
£312,500
Mixed
10
Braemore Close
RG19
12
£265,997
Mostly terraced houses
11
Northfield Road
RG18
11
£500,000
Mixed
12
Lower Way
RG19
11
£464,000
Mixed
13
Pound Lane
RG19
11
£270,000
Mixed
14
Park Lane
RG18
10
£435,000
Mixed
15
Buttercup Place
RG18
10
£379,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Withybed Way: £625,000
Thatcham median£350K
Withybed Way£625K
Cowslip Crescent£568K
Grassmead£520K
Northfield Road£500K
Benham Hill£499K
Cheapest streets
Ferndale Court: £135,000
Thatcham median£350K
Ferndale Court£135K
Richmond Avenue£158K
Adwood Court£175K
Redshank Court£180K
Hawthorne Close£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.6 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
Thatcham is the 28th most expensive of 30 towns in Berkshire
Thatcham 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 Thatcham
What is the average house price in Thatcham?
The median home in Thatcham sold for £350,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,068 standard sales (£350,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £492,500, semi-detached houses £352,000, terraced houses £318,375 and flats and maisonettes £181,000.
Are house prices going up in Thatcham?
The median was £355,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£342,250), and £350,000 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 Thatcham each year?
309 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 395 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Thatcham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Withybed Way (RG18, £625,000), Cowslip Crescent (RG18, £567,500) and Grassmead (RG19, £520,000).
How much does a new build cost in Thatcham?
New homes sold for a median £399,950 over three years, against £347,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.3% of sales.
Is Thatcham expensive for Berkshire?
Thatcham 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.