That is the middle of 894 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 6.3 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.
894 homes sold in three years: 79 detached houses, 249 semi-detached houses, 234 terraced houses and 332 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£708K
median sale · 79 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£608K–£900K
Last 12 months
£770K21 sold
Semi-detached houses£516K
median sale · 249 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£450K–£585K
Last 12 months
£540K78 sold
Terraced houses£423K
median sale · 234 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£480K
Last 12 months
£430K72 sold
Flats and maisonettes£250K
median sale · 332 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£213K–£290K
Last 12 months
£250K98 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses9%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes37%
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 Ware’s homes sold for between £273K and £525K
One sale in ten was under £215K and one in ten over £650K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £405,000, sits in the £400–500K band
894 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £67,140 in 1995 to £424,000 in the last 12 months (£380,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
269 sales in the last 12 months, against 659 in 2006, the busiest year, and 247 in 2008. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 70% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ware costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ware, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£131K
£208K
£330K
£460K
£500K
£730K
£770K
Semi-detached houses
£83K
£141K
£249K
£273K
£377K
£457K
£540K
Terraced houses
£64K
£117K
£200K
£230K
£317K
£379K
£430K
Flats and maisonettes
£46K
£77K
£141K
£165K
£215K
£258K
£250K
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
884 new homes have been sold in Ware since 1995; the share peaked at 18% in 2001.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
38% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.3% sold leasehold in Ware. 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
Musley Hill is Ware’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
59 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 20 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
Musley Hill
SG12
29
£448,250
Mixed
2
Collett Road
SG12
27
£220,000
Mostly flats
3
Broadmeads
SG12
25
£290,000
Mostly flats
4
Trapstyle Road
SG12
24
£255,000
Mostly flats
5
Bowsher Court
SG12
21
£259,000
Mostly flats
6
Cozens Road
SG12
20
£457,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Crib Street
SG12
19
£250,000
Mixed
8
Cromwell Road
SG12
17
£425,000
Mixed
9
The Hyde
SG12
17
£280,000
Mixed
10
Station Road
SG12
17
£260,000
Mostly flats
11
High Oak Road
SG12
16
£465,000
Mixed
12
Vicarage Road
SG12
13
£475,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Gladstone Road
SG12
13
£345,000
Mixed
14
Lady Margaret Gardens
SG12
12
£355,000
Mixed
15
Heath Drive
SG12
11
£541,255
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Musley Lane: £642,500
Ware median£405K
Musley Lane£643K
Fanshawe Crescent£640K
Brocket Meadows£575K
Trinity Road£573K
Heath Drive£541K
Cheapest streets
Coddington Close: £111,000
Ware median£405K
Coddington Close£111K
Navigation Drive£120K
Cowper Close£182K
The Blanes£214K
Kestrel Court£220K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.8 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
Ware is the 42nd most expensive of 50 towns in Hertfordshire
Ware is one of Hertfordshire’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 Ware
What is the average house price in Ware?
The median home in Ware sold for £405,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 894 standard sales (£424,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £708,000, semi-detached houses £516,100, terraced houses £422,500 and flats and maisonettes £250,000.
Are house prices going up in Ware?
The median was £415,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£397,500), and £424,000 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 Ware each year?
269 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 357 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ware?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Musley Lane (SG12, £642,500), Fanshawe Crescent (SG12, £640,000) and Brocket Meadows (SG12, £575,000).
Is Ware expensive for Hertfordshire?
Ware is the 41st 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.
Photo: Christine Matthews · CC BY-SA 2.0