The median home in Waltham Forest sells for £530,000
That is the middle of 7,733 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 10 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.
7,733 homes sold in three years: 90 detached houses, 707 semi-detached houses, 3,509 terraced houses and 3,427 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£773K
median sale · 90 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£618K–£960K
Last 12 months
£713K32 sold
Semi-detached houses£678K
median sale · 707 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£570K–£845K
Last 12 months
£696K194 sold
Terraced houses£655K
median sale · 3,509 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£550K–£790K
Last 12 months
£686K979 sold
Flats and maisonettes£400K
median sale · 3,427 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£480K
Last 12 months
£400K863 sold
New build
£395K
The mix
A terraced town: 45% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses1%
Semi-detached houses9%
Terraced houses45%
Flats and maisonettes44%
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 Waltham Forest’s homes sold for between £400K and £688K
One sale in ten was under £310K and one in ten over £850K. 4% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £530,000, sits in the £500–750K band
7,733 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 10 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,000 in 1995 to £548,316 in the last 12 months (£450,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
2,068 sales in the last 12 months, against 5,365 in 2002, the busiest year, and 1,992 in 2009. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 61% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Waltham Forest costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Waltham Forest, 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
£100K
£178K
£387K
£379K
£523K
£558K
£713K
Semi-detached houses
£81K
£150K
£250K
£300K
£461K
£579K
£696K
Terraced houses
£60K
£118K
£220K
£248K
£430K
£550K
£686K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£76K
£157K
£170K
£286K
£375K
£400K
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: 0.9% of sales in the last 12 months
4,424 new homes have been sold in Waltham Forest since 1995; the share peaked at 15% in 2019.
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 £396,000
against £535,000 for a home sold on, 26% 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.
47% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.9% sold leasehold in Waltham Forest. 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
Forest Road (E17) is Waltham Forest’s busiest street, with 107 sales in three years
552 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 251 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
Forest Road (E17)
E17
107
£322,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Hoe Street
E17
63
£442,000
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Oliver Road (E10)
E10
51
£451,000
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Hainault Road
E11
49
£440,000
Mostly flats
5
Auckland Road
E10
44
£535,500
Mostly flats · new builds
6
Brettenham Road
E17
44
£505,000
Mostly flats
7
Dukes Road
E17
41
£475,000
Mostly flats · new builds
8
Chingford Road
E17
41
£450,000
Mostly flats
9
Cann Hall Road
E11
38
£546,500
Mixed
10
Carr Road
E17
38
£445,500
Mostly flats
11
High Road Leyton (E10)
E10
38
£429,500
Mostly flats
12
Thornbury Way
E17
37
£406,000
Mostly flats
13
The Ridgeway
E4
35
£325,000
Mostly flats
14
Capworth Street
E10
34
£407,500
Mixed
15
Larkshall Road
E4
33
£635,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Eglington Road: £1,317,500
Waltham Forest median£530K
Eglington Road£1.3M
Douglas Road£1M
Edinburgh Road£1M
Church Lane (E17)£1M
Nevin Drive£987K
Cheapest streets
Broughton Place: £156,000
Waltham Forest median£530K
Broughton Place£156K
Chelwood Close£163K
Mandeville Court£208K
Albany Road (E10)£219K
Chingford Mount Road£223K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.4 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
Waltham Forest is the 18th most expensive of 33 towns in London
Waltham Forest is in the middle of London’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 Waltham Forest
What is the average house price in Waltham Forest?
The median home in Waltham Forest sold for £530,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 7,733 standard sales (£548,316 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £772,500, semi-detached houses £678,000, terraced houses £655,000 and flats and maisonettes £400,000.
Are house prices going up in Waltham Forest?
The median was £540,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£520,000), and £548,316 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 Waltham Forest each year?
2,068 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,921 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Waltham Forest?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Eglington Road (E4, £1,317,500), Douglas Road (E4, £1,038,000) and Edinburgh Road (E17, £1,035,000).
How much does a new build cost in Waltham Forest?
New homes sold for a median £396,000 over three years, against £535,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.8% of sales.
Is Waltham Forest expensive for London?
Waltham Forest is the 18th 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.
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