That is the middle of 797 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 6.1 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 Chesham’s sales are semi-detached houses
797 homes sold in three years: 153 detached houses, 245 semi-detached houses, 245 terraced houses and 154 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£760K
median sale · 153 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£620K–£947K
Last 12 months
£788K39 sold
Semi-detached houses£490K
median sale · 245 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£585K
Last 12 months
£510K64 sold
Terraced houses£410K
median sale · 245 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£455K
Last 12 months
£415K61 sold
Flats and maisonettes£252K
median sale · 154 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£293K
Last 12 months
£230K42 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses31%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes19%
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 Chesham’s homes sold for between £347K and £580K
One sale in ten was under £245K and one in ten over £795K. 10% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £440,000, sits in the £400–500K band
797 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £74,500 in 1995 to £454,000 in the last 12 months (£363,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
206 sales in the last 12 months, against 542 in 2007, the busiest year, and 220 in 2008. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chesham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chesham, 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
£137K
£248K
£340K
£432K
£587K
£668K
£788K
Semi-detached houses
£78K
£132K
£234K
£250K
£365K
£423K
£510K
Terraced houses
£66K
£119K
£190K
£220K
£304K
£350K
£415K
Flats and maisonettes
£50K
£83K
£161K
£150K
£205K
£241K
£230K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
561 new homes have been sold in Chesham since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2005.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.7% sold leasehold in Chesham. 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
Chartridge Lane is Chesham’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
58 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 14 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
Chartridge Lane
HP5
28
£780,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Waterside
HP5
22
£286,300
Mixed
3
Bois Moor Road
HP5
21
£415,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Bellingdon Road
HP5
21
£330,000
Mixed
5
Sunnyside Road
HP5
20
£360,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Eskdale Avenue
HP5
18
£418,750
Mixed
7
Broad Street
HP5
14
£256,250
Mostly flats
8
Nalders Road
HP5
12
£486,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Frances Street
HP5
12
£473,750
Mixed
10
Hivings Hill
HP5
11
£465,000
Mixed
11
Berkhampstead Road
HP5
11
£365,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Higham Road
HP5
11
£355,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
The Warren
HP5
10
£595,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Lynton Road
HP5
10
£340,100
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
White Hill
HP5
9
£515,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Sunnymede Avenue: £880,000
Chesham median£440K
Sunnymede Avenue£880K
Lye Green Road£859K
Cheyne Walk£850K
Chartridge Lane£780K
Botley Road£725K
Cheapest streets
Town Bridge Court: £123,000
Chesham median£440K
Town Bridge Court£123K
High Street£205K
Stoney Grove£228K
Hospital Hill£245K
Asheridge Road£250K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.2 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
Chesham is the 25th most expensive of 39 towns in Buckinghamshire
Chesham 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 Chesham
What is the average house price in Chesham?
The median home in Chesham sold for £440,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 797 standard sales (£454,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £760,000, semi-detached houses £490,000, terraced houses £410,000 and flats and maisonettes £251,900.
Are house prices going up in Chesham?
The median was £425,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£450,000), and £454,000 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 Chesham each year?
206 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 341 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chesham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sunnymede Avenue (HP5, £880,000), Lye Green Road (HP5, £858,750) and Cheyne Walk (HP5, £850,000).
Is Chesham expensive for Buckinghamshire?
Chesham is the 25th 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.