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Cheshunt market report EN8 7, Waltham Cross
The standing EN8 7 (Cheshunt) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,647 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in EN8 7 (Waltham Cross) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the 2026 median for EN8 7 (Waltham Cross) is £430,000, from 26 registered sales, up 30% on five years earlier; the mean is £424,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,790 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 4,647 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
EN8 7 is one sector of EN8 (Waltham Cross): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where EN8 7 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
Today's EN8 7 prices, from the sold record
Across 26 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) EN8 7 home went for £430,000. The mean is £424,600, almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
EN8 7 prices by floor area
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in EN8 7 costs about £4,790 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts EN8 7 51% above the country at large.
A typical EN8 7 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £430,000 | £430,000 | 26 |
| 2025 | £371,000 | £379,872 | 111 |
| 2024 | £360,000 | £382,754 | 85 |
| 2023 | £347,500 | £381,818 | 80 |
| 2022 | £315,000 | £369,373 | 97 |
| 2021 | £330,000 | £417,823 | 122 |
| 2020 | £335,000 | £434,669 | 81 |
| 2019 | £339,500 | £445,003 | 119 |
| 2018 | £297,500 | £396,573 | 126 |
| 2017 | £240,000 | £327,336 | 185 |
| 2016 | £231,500 | £323,871 | 183 |
| 2015 | £220,000 | £310,860 | 130 |
| 2014 | £195,000 | £276,642 | 148 |
| 2013 | £194,000 | £279,147 | 92 |
| 2012 | £183,200 | £269,648 | 86 |
| 2011 | £175,500 | £264,938 | 93 |
| 2010 | £172,500 | £270,524 | 100 |
| 2009 | £165,000 | £265,239 | 97 |
| 2008 | £153,800 | £252,111 | 99 |
| 2007 | £183,000 | £310,419 | 247 |
| 2006 | £167,500 | £290,759 | 229 |
| 2005 | £152,000 | £270,499 | 141 |
| 2004 | £150,700 | £273,701 | 232 |
| 2003 | £148,500 | £273,573 | 193 |
| 2002 | £113,000 | £212,609 | 219 |
| 2001 | £94,000 | £180,710 | 215 |
| 2000 | £84,200 | £165,243 | 228 |
| 1999 | £70,000 | £139,506 | 197 |
| 1998 | £68,500 | £138,272 | 218 |
| 1997 | £60,000 | £123,048 | 186 |
| 1996 | £58,000 | £122,319 | 172 |
| 1995 | £55,200 | £119,996 | 110 |
In cash terms the typical EN8 7 home went from £55,200 in 1995 to £430,000 in 2026, roughly 8 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 258%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2019, and today's median remains roughly 3% under it: a 2019 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the EN8 7 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+31.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−16.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +15.9% | +13.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +5.4% | +0.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +6.4% | +2.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
EN8 7 recorded 26 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 213 sales a year before the financial crisis and 80 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What tenants pay around EN8 7
The local authority for EN8 7 is Broxbourne, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,665 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £1,118 a month here against £2,470 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Broxbourne
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £430,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,665 a month (£19,980 a year) works out at a 4.6% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
What kind of market EN8 7 is
Only 26 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes EN8 7 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.
Common questions on EN8 7 (Cheshunt)
Is EN8 7 (Cheshunt) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in EN8 7 (Cheshunt)?
Are property prices falling in EN8 7 (Cheshunt)?
What happens to EN8 7 prices now?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 30% over five years in cash and up 3% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in EN8 right now
The live side of the market holds 223 homes at the moment, listed by 13 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole EN8 district, not just EN8 7: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 21% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Edwards Court, Turners Hill, Hertfordshire, EN8 8SA, Hertfordshire
- Sandon Road, Cheshunt,Hertfordshire, EN8 9RB, Hertfordshire
- College Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every EN8 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
The price of an extra bedroom in EN
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the EN area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £525,000 | £690,000 (+31%) | £975,000 (+41%) | £1,359,000 (+39%) |
| Semi-detached | £402,625 | £470,000 (+17%) | £555,000 (+18%) | £720,000 (+30%) | £971,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £361,750 | £424,000 (+17%) | £480,000 (+13%) | £610,000 (+27%) | £830,000 (+36%) |
| Flat | £250,000 | £335,000 (+34%) | £469,000 (+40%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the EN area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
EN area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in EN8
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are EN8's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| EN8 0 | £420,000 | 45 |
| EN8 8 | £415,000 | 33 |
| EN8 9 | £425,000 | 32 |
Zoom out to the full EN8 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how EN8 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in EN8 7? Price it on the evidence
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in EN8 7, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from EN8 7's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded EN8 7 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim EN8 7.
Dig further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with EN8 7 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every EN8 7 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.