That is the middle of 350 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 5.8 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 Bourne End’s sales are semi-detached houses
350 homes sold in three years: 108 detached houses, 112 semi-detached houses, 58 terraced houses and 72 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£800K
median sale · 108 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£645K–£1.1M
Last 12 months
£716K34 sold
Semi-detached houses£565K
median sale · 112 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£492K–£650K
Last 12 months
£594K38 sold
Terraced houses£458K
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£366K–£527K
Last 12 months
£473K24 sold
Flats and maisonettes£292K
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£380K
Last 12 months
£294K22 sold
New build
£368K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses17%
Flats and maisonettes21%
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 Bourne End’s homes sold for between £410K and £715K
One sale in ten was under £285K and one in ten over £975K. 5% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £548,750, sits in the £500–750K band
350 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £94,950 in 1995 to £555,000 in the last 12 months (£495,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
118 sales in the last 12 months, against 190 in 2001, the busiest year, and 71 in 2008. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 39% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bourne End costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bourne End, 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
£160K
£305K
£440K
£520K
£663K
£720K
£716K
Semi-detached houses
£95K
£180K
£261K
£274K
£403K
£479K
£594K
Terraced houses
£79K
£151K
£224K
£240K
£410K
£385K
£473K
Flats and maisonettes
£52K
£92K
£144K
£200K
£228K
£243K
£294K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 25% in 2017
170 new homes have been sold in Bourne End since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2017.
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 £367,500
against £560,000 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Bourne End. 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
Furlong Road is Bourne End’s busiest street, with 36 sales in three years
19 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
Furlong Road
SL8
36
£402,500
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Marlow Road
SL8
18
£588,500
Mixed
3
Blind Lane
SL8
15
£510,000
Mixed
4
New Road
SL8
13
£580,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Cores End Road
SL8
13
£480,000
Mixed
6
Brookfield Road
HP10
12
£252,000
Mixed
7
Chalklands
SL8
11
£655,000
Mixed
8
Hedsor Road
SL8
11
£630,000
Mixed
9
Stratford Drive
HP10
10
£522,700
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Bridgestone Drive
SL8
10
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Cressington Place
SL8
9
£312,500
Mixed
12
Frank Lunnon Close
SL8
8
£359,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Wharf Lane
SL8
6
£765,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Southbourne Drive
SL8
6
£713,204
Mostly detached houses
15
Highfield Road
SL8
6
£500,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Elm Lane: £800,000
Bourne End median£549K
Elm Lane£800K
Wharf Lane£765K
Southbourne Drive£713K
Goddington Road£665K
Chalklands£655K
Cheapest streets
Brookfield Road: £252,000
Bourne End median£549K
Brookfield Road£252K
Bridgestone Drive£280K
Cressington Place£313K
Hellyer Way£350K
Frank Lunnon Close£359K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.2 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 Buckinghamshire
Bourne End is the 14th most expensive of 39 towns in Buckinghamshire
Bourne End is in the middle of Buckinghamshire’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 Bourne End
What is the average house price in Bourne End?
The median home in Bourne End sold for £548,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 350 standard sales (£555,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £800,000, semi-detached houses £565,000, terraced houses £457,500 and flats and maisonettes £292,250.
Are house prices going up in Bourne End?
The median was £550,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£542,500), and £555,000 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 Bourne End each year?
118 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 122 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bourne End?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Elm Lane (SL8, £800,000), Wharf Lane (SL8, £765,000) and Southbourne Drive (SL8, £713,204).
How much does a new build cost in Bourne End?
New homes sold for a median £367,500 over three years, against £560,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.1% of sales.
Is Bourne End expensive for Buckinghamshire?
Bourne End is the 14th most expensive of 39 towns of 2,500 or more in Buckinghamshire 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.