That is the middle of 429 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 3.9 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.
Two thirds of Hartford’s sales are detached houses
429 homes sold in three years: 279 detached houses, 79 semi-detached houses, 41 terraced houses and 30 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£477K
median sale · 279 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£407K–£595K
Last 12 months
£456K64 sold
New build
£500K
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£258K–£375K
Last 12 months
£325K27 sold
New build
£339K
Terraced houses£180K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£103K–£228K
Last 12 months
£180K15 sold
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£250K
Last 12 months
£230K11 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: two thirds of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses65%
Semi-detached houses18%
Terraced houses10%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Hartford’s homes sold for between £310K and £540K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £663K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £420,000, sits in the £400–500K band
429 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £96,975 in 1995 to £375,000 in the last 12 months (£378,995 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
117 sales in the last 12 months, against 254 in 2017, the busiest year, and 67 in 2012. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 61% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Hartford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Hartford, 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
£116K
£151K
£249K
£285K
£339K
£428K
£456K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£82K
£180K
£214K
£180K
£229K
£325K
Terraced houses
£57K
£76K
£175K
£152K
—
£85K
£180K
Flats and maisonettes
£45K
—
£95K
—
£100K
£172K
£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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 52% in 2018
894 new homes have been sold in Hartford since 1995; the share peaked at 52% in 2018.
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 £492,497
against £377,500 for a home sold on, 30% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 9.8% sold leasehold in Hartford. 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
Chester Road is Hartford’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
27 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Chester Road
CW8
29
£525,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Woods Road
CW8
26
£451,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Rutherford Drive
CW8
24
£486,497
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Hooper Street
CW8
23
£554,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Mornant Avenue
CW8
19
£435,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Beach Road
CW8
16
£445,750
Mixed
7
Charnley Drive
CW8
14
£442,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Grosvenor Avenue
CW8
11
£315,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Draper Croft
CW8
9
£521,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Parks Close
CW8
9
£338,000
Mixed
11
Bradburns Lane
CW8
9
£325,000
Mostly flats
12
School Lane
CW8
9
£325,000
Mixed
13
Knowles View
CW8
8
£597,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Landswood Park
CW8
8
£426,250
Mostly detached houses
15
Hodge Lane
CW8
8
£395,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Knowles View: £597,500
Hartford median£420K
Knowles View£598K
Douglas Close£556K
Hooper Street£554K
Chester Road£525K
Draper Croft£521K
Cheapest streets
Albemarle Avenue: £67,000
Hartford median£420K
Albemarle Avenue£67K
Royds Close£209K
Hilditch Avenue£254K
Riddings Lane£290K
Hazelmere Close£313K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.9 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 Cheshire
Hartford is the 7th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Hartford is one of Cheshire’s dearest 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 Hartford
What is the average house price in Hartford?
The median home in Hartford sold for £420,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 429 standard sales (£375,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £477,000, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £180,000 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Hartford?
The median was £414,500 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£443,000), and £375,000 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 Hartford each year?
117 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 164 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Hartford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Knowles View (CW8, £597,500), Douglas Close (CW8, £556,000) and Hooper Street (CW8, £554,000).
How much does a new build cost in Hartford?
New homes sold for a median £492,497 over three years, against £377,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 22% of sales.
Is Hartford expensive for Cheshire?
Hartford is the 7th most expensive of 46 towns of 2,500 or more in Cheshire 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.