Local market reports › EN area › EN8 › EN8 8
Cheshunt market report EN8 8, Waltham Cross
The EN8 8 (Cheshunt) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 5,200 sales registered with HM Land Registry in EN8 8 (Waltham Cross) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in EN8 8 (Waltham Cross) came in at £415,000, out of 33 registered, up 11% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £382,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,780 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 5,200 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
EN8 8 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 8 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.
The going rate for a home in EN8 8
The 2026 median for EN8 8 is £415,000, taken from 33 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £382,800, beneath it, usually the sign of a batch of very cheap recorded transfers pulling the average lower.
Price per square metre in EN8 8
Measured by floor area, the last five years of EN8 8 sales average about £4,780 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, EN8 8 runs 46% above it.
The price of a typical EN8 8 home, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £415,000 | £415,000 | 33 |
| 2025 | £391,200 | £400,555 | 110 |
| 2024 | £390,000 | £414,650 | 111 |
| 2023 | £405,000 | £444,996 | 97 |
| 2022 | £401,000 | £470,218 | 130 |
| 2021 | £373,800 | £473,279 | 158 |
| 2020 | £342,500 | £444,401 | 114 |
| 2019 | £350,000 | £458,766 | 121 |
| 2018 | £347,500 | £463,224 | 139 |
| 2017 | £324,500 | £442,585 | 140 |
| 2016 | £330,000 | £461,673 | 148 |
| 2015 | £287,200 | £405,814 | 145 |
| 2014 | £227,500 | £322,748 | 154 |
| 2013 | £218,500 | £314,400 | 120 |
| 2012 | £220,000 | £323,813 | 107 |
| 2011 | £200,000 | £301,923 | 120 |
| 2010 | £210,000 | £329,334 | 129 |
| 2009 | £182,800 | £293,853 | 107 |
| 2008 | £200,000 | £327,842 | 115 |
| 2007 | £223,000 | £378,270 | 235 |
| 2006 | £197,000 | £341,967 | 219 |
| 2005 | £184,000 | £327,446 | 193 |
| 2004 | £187,000 | £339,629 | 255 |
| 2003 | £169,000 | £311,339 | 187 |
| 2002 | £147,000 | £276,579 | 257 |
| 2001 | £121,500 | £233,578 | 228 |
| 2000 | £98,500 | £193,306 | 232 |
| 1999 | £91,000 | £181,358 | 279 |
| 1998 | £84,500 | £170,569 | 240 |
| 1997 | £67,800 | £139,044 | 234 |
| 1996 | £60,000 | £126,537 | 190 |
| 1995 | £62,000 | £134,778 | 153 |
In cash terms the typical EN8 8 home went from £62,000 in 1995 to £415,000 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 208%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 12% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the EN8 8 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 2015 (+26.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−10.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +6.1% | +3.6% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.1% | −2.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.3% | −1.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
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.
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Over the last twelve months of data, 33 sales completed in EN8 8. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 226 sales a year before the financial crisis and 96 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the EN8 8 market
Only 33 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes EN8 8 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint.
What homes rent for around EN8 8
EN8 8 falls under Broxbourne, where the ONS puts the average private rent 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 £415,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,665 a month (£19,980 a year) works out at a 4.8% 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 people ask about EN8 8 (Cheshunt)
Is EN8 8 (Cheshunt) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in EN8 8 (Cheshunt)?
Are property prices falling in EN8 8 (Cheshunt)?
Will EN8 8 prices rise from here?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 11% over five years in cash but down 12% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in EN8 today
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 8: live asking prices are collected per district.
21% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. 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" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
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.
Moving up a bedroom in EN: the cost
Real sold prices by size across the EN area, straight from the Land Registry record. 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%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. 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.
Five-year change in the median, EN area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in EN8
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of EN8, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| EN8 0 | £420,000 | 45 |
| EN8 7 | £430,000 | 26 |
| 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 in EN8 8? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in EN8 8, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from EN8 8's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded EN8 8 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Estate agents working EN8 8: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim EN8 8.
Go deeper
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about EN8 8. Free, with a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual EN8 8 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.