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Cheshunt market report EN8 9, Waltham Cross
The EN8 9 (Cheshunt) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,298 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in EN8 9 (Waltham Cross) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
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 9 (Waltham Cross) came in at £425,000, out of 32 registered, up 5% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £421,900, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,140 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,298 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
A postcode sector like EN8 9 is a single group of streets within EN8 (Waltham Cross), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where EN8 9 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.
EN8 9 sold prices: where the market stands
Across 32 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) EN8 9 home went for £425,000. The mean is £421,900, nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.
Price per square metre in EN8 9
The last five years of sales put EN8 9 at roughly £5,140 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so EN8 9 trades 49% above the country as a whole.
The price of a typical EN8 9 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.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £425,000 | £425,000 | 32 |
| 2025 | £430,000 | £440,283 | 100 |
| 2024 | £420,000 | £446,546 | 100 |
| 2023 | £385,000 | £423,021 | 125 |
| 2022 | £450,000 | £527,676 | 124 |
| 2021 | £405,000 | £512,782 | 153 |
| 2020 | £375,000 | £486,570 | 91 |
| 2019 | £359,500 | £471,218 | 103 |
| 2018 | £405,000 | £539,873 | 157 |
| 2017 | £395,000 | £538,740 | 178 |
| 2016 | £320,000 | £447,683 | 106 |
| 2015 | £295,000 | £416,835 | 121 |
| 2014 | £250,000 | £354,669 | 121 |
| 2013 | £240,000 | £345,336 | 108 |
| 2012 | £230,000 | £338,531 | 89 |
| 2011 | £225,000 | £339,663 | 90 |
| 2010 | £212,500 | £333,255 | 90 |
| 2009 | £194,000 | £311,857 | 81 |
| 2008 | £230,000 | £377,019 | 75 |
| 2007 | £215,000 | £364,700 | 189 |
| 2006 | £205,000 | £355,854 | 188 |
| 2005 | £197,200 | £350,937 | 140 |
| 2004 | £180,000 | £326,915 | 169 |
| 2003 | £173,800 | £320,182 | 170 |
| 2002 | £149,000 | £280,342 | 195 |
| 2001 | £135,000 | £259,531 | 173 |
| 2000 | £123,000 | £241,388 | 155 |
| 1999 | £91,000 | £181,358 | 180 |
| 1998 | £84,500 | £170,569 | 171 |
| 1997 | £85,000 | £174,318 | 260 |
| 1996 | £75,000 | £158,172 | 141 |
| 1995 | £69,000 | £149,995 | 123 |
In cash terms the typical EN8 9 home went from £69,000 in 1995 to £425,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 183%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2018. The market now sits about 21% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the EN8 9 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 2000 (+35.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−15.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What EN8 9 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −1.2% | −3.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.0% | −3.7% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.9% | −0.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
Sales activity in EN8 9
The year-by-year sales count
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.
EN8 9 recorded 32 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 172 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 9 market
Only 32 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes EN8 9 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.
The rental side of EN8 9
EN8 9 falls under Broxbourne, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,665 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £1,118 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,470, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Broxbourne
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £425,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,665 a month (£19,980 a year) works out at a 4.7% 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.
Searches that land here, answered
To the person who searched value my house cheshunt
: no page can honestly value a specific home unseen, and this one does not try. It gives you the evidence a valuer starts from, the £425,000 median and every recorded sale nearby, on the average prices map right down to street level.
Search phrases quoted verbatim from Google Search Console for this site (last 16 months); each is answered from the page's own Land Registry figures.
What people ask about EN8 9 (Cheshunt)
Are property prices falling in EN8 9 (Cheshunt)?
Is EN8 9 (Cheshunt) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in EN8 9 (Cheshunt)?
What happens to EN8 9 prices now?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 5% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
On the market in EN8 today
Turning to what is actually available: 223 homes on the market right now, from 13 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole EN8 district, not just EN8 9: live asking prices are collected per district.
21% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- 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 →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Bedroom by bedroom: EN prices by size
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%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
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 7 | £430,000 | 26 |
| EN8 8 | £415,000 | 33 |
Zoom out to the full EN8 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how EN8 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in EN8 9? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in EN8 9, open the average prices map and zoom from the EN8 9 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded EN8 9 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim EN8 9.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with EN8 9 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every EN8 9 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.
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.