Housing in Richmond upon Thames · HM Land Registry
Homes in Richmond upon Thames sell for a median £715,000
That is the middle of 7,200 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 6.5 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.
40% of Richmond upon Thames’s sales are flats and maisonettes
7,200 homes sold in three years: 454 detached houses, 1,392 semi-detached houses, 2,464 terraced houses and 2,890 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£1.5M
median sale · 454 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£975K–£2.4M
Last 12 months
£1.5M115 sold
Semi-detached houses£1.1M
median sale · 1,392 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£710K–£1.6M
Last 12 months
£950K403 sold
Terraced houses£882K
median sale · 2,464 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£673K–£1.2M
Last 12 months
£875K700 sold
Flats and maisonettes£470K
median sale · 2,890 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£620K
Last 12 months
£470K749 sold
New build
£967K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses6%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes40%
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 Richmond upon Thames’s homes sold for between £490K and £1.1M
One sale in ten was under £370K and one in ten over £1.7M. 1% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £715,000, sits in the £500–750K band
7,200 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £108,500 in 1995 to £705,000 in the last 12 months (£635,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,967 sales in the last 12 months, against 5,912 in 1999, the busiest year, and 2,312 in 2023. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Richmond upon Thames costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Richmond upon Thames, 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
£222K
£455K
£730K
£940K
£1.2M
£1.4M
£1.5M
Semi-detached houses
£149K
£285K
£424K
£611K
£783K
£920K
£950K
Terraced houses
£120K
£250K
£345K
£495K
£725K
£822K
£875K
Flats and maisonettes
£79K
£160K
£230K
£280K
£405K
£455K
£470K
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
5,203 new homes have been sold in Richmond upon Thames since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 1998.
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 £967,008
against £714,000 for a home sold on, 35% 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.
41% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Richmond upon Thames. 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
Sheen Road (TW9) is Richmond upon Thames’s busiest street, with 61 sales in three years
523 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 183 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
Sheen Road (TW9)
TW9
61
£550,000
Mostly flats
2
Richmond Road (TW1)
TW1
58
£500,000
Mostly flats
3
Kew Road
TW9
50
£533,750
Mostly flats
4
St Margarets Road (TW1)
TW1
48
£451,500
Mostly flats
5
Upper Richmond Road West (SW14)
SW14
42
£522,500
Mostly flats
6
White Hart Lane
SW13
41
£665,000
Mostly flats
7
Popes Avenue
TW2
41
£440,000
Mostly flats
8
Castelnau
SW13
40
£935,000
Mostly flats
9
Cambridge Park
TW1
39
£600,000
Mostly flats
10
Melliss Avenue
TW9
38
£632,500
Mostly flats
11
Church Road (TW10)
TW10
35
£575,000
Mostly flats
12
Sheen Lane
SW14
35
£490,000
Mixed
13
Sandycombe Road
TW9
34
£582,500
Mostly flats
14
Amyand Park Road
TW1
33
£579,950
Mixed
15
Twickenham Road (TW11)
TW11
33
£500,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Woodlands Road: £3,800,000
Richmond upon Thames median£715K
Woodlands Road£3.8M
Denbigh Gardens£3.7M
Nassau Road£3.4M
Melville Road£3.3M
Lebanon Park£3.1M
Cheapest streets
Richmond Road (KT2): £280,000
Richmond upon Thames median£715K
Richmond Road (KT2)£280K
Whitton Dene (TW3)£300K
Langridge Mews£302K
Redfern Avenue£315K
Langhorn Drive£315K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 13.6 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 London
Richmond upon Thames is the 6th most expensive of 33 towns in London
Richmond upon Thames is one of London’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 Richmond upon Thames
What is the average house price in Richmond upon Thames?
The median home in Richmond upon Thames sold for £715,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 7,200 standard sales (£705,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £1,540,000, semi-detached houses £1,050,000, terraced houses £881,750 and flats and maisonettes £470,000.
Are house prices going up in Richmond upon Thames?
The median was £725,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£715,000), and £705,000 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 Richmond upon Thames each year?
1,967 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,766 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Richmond upon Thames?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Woodlands Road (SW13, £3,800,000), Denbigh Gardens (TW10, £3,662,500) and Nassau Road (SW13, £3,400,000).
How much does a new build cost in Richmond upon Thames?
New homes sold for a median £967,008 over three years, against £714,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.3% of sales.
Is Richmond upon Thames expensive for London?
Richmond upon Thames is the 6th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in London 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.