That is the middle of 1,046 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 6.6 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 Bushey’s sales are flats and maisonettes
1,046 homes sold in three years: 212 detached houses, 282 semi-detached houses, 229 terraced houses and 323 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£865K
median sale · 212 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£725K–£1.1M
Last 12 months
£900K55 sold
Semi-detached houses£625K
median sale · 282 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£540K–£725K
Last 12 months
£640K90 sold
New build
£1.1M
Terraced houses£460K
median sale · 229 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£415K–£550K
Last 12 months
£464K60 sold
Flats and maisonettes£330K
median sale · 323 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£452K
Last 12 months
£310K73 sold
New build
£325K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses20%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes31%
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 Bushey’s homes sold for between £390K and £730K
One sale in ten was under £285K and one in ten over £955K. 6% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £546,000, sits in the £500–750K band
1,046 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £85,000 in 1995 to £557,500 in the last 12 months (£460,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
278 sales in the last 12 months, against 618 in 2002, the busiest year, and 290 in 2008. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bushey costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bushey, 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
£174K
£290K
£458K
£520K
£670K
£830K
£900K
Semi-detached houses
£90K
£170K
£270K
£335K
£450K
£525K
£640K
Terraced houses
£74K
£138K
£240K
£250K
£385K
£418K
£464K
Flats and maisonettes
£55K
£97K
£185K
£208K
£322K
£325K
£310K
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 21% in 2017
1,387 new homes have been sold in Bushey since 1995; the share peaked at 21% 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 £365,000
against £550,000 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.
32% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Bushey. 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
Melbourne Road is Bushey’s busiest street, with 36 sales in three years
79 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 25 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
Melbourne Road
WD23
36
£373,500
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Marlborough Drive
WD23
35
£730,000
Mostly flats
3
Vale Road
WD23
22
£408,750
Mixed
4
Richfield Road
WD23
20
£702,500
Mixed
5
High Road
WD23
19
£620,000
Mostly flats
6
Elstree Road
WD23
18
£811,250
Mixed
7
Park Avenue
WD23
17
£490,000
Mixed
8
Windmill Lane
WD23
15
£650,000
Mixed
9
Chiltern Avenue
WD23
14
£650,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Little Bushey Lane
WD23
13
£675,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Aldenham Road
WD23
13
£256,000
Mostly flats
12
Bournehall Avenue
WD23
12
£677,500
Mixed
13
Mill Way
WD23
12
£625,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Walton Road
WD23
12
£354,000
Mixed
15
Merry Hill Road
WD23
11
£650,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Woodlands Road: £1,468,500
Bushey median£546K
Woodlands Road£1.5M
Elizabeth Grove£1.3M
Belmont Road£1M
Nightingale Road£845K
Wren Crescent£840K
Cheapest streets
Moat View Court: £139,500
Bushey median£546K
Moat View Court£140K
Meadowcroft£170K
Aldenham Road£256K
Claybury£285K
Siskin Close£288K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.5 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 Hertfordshire
Bushey is the 19th most expensive of 50 towns in Hertfordshire
Bushey is in the middle of Hertfordshire’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 Bushey
What is the average house price in Bushey?
The median home in Bushey sold for £546,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,046 standard sales (£557,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £865,000, semi-detached houses £625,000, terraced houses £460,000 and flats and maisonettes £330,000.
Are house prices going up in Bushey?
The median was £570,000 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£530,000), and £557,500 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 Bushey each year?
278 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 419 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bushey?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Woodlands Road (WD23, £1,468,500), Elizabeth Grove (WD23, £1,290,000) and Belmont Road (WD23, £1,047,150).
How much does a new build cost in Bushey?
New homes sold for a median £365,000 over three years, against £550,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.6% of sales.
Is Bushey expensive for Hertfordshire?
Bushey is the 19th most expensive of 50 towns of 2,500 or more in Hertfordshire 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.