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Well End market report SL8, Bourne End
The SL8 (Well End) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 3,886 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in SL8 (Bourne End) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the 2026 median for SL8 (Bourne End) is £567,500, from 44 registered sales, up 3% on five years earlier; the mean is £605,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,970 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,886 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
The postcode district SL8 covering Bourne End, Well End sits in Bourne End. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where SL8 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.
What SL8 homes really sell for
Take the 44 registered 2026 sales in SL8 and the middle price, the median, is £567,500. The mean lands at £605,800, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in SL8
A square metre of SL8 home has cost about £5,970 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, SL8 runs 99% above it.
The price of a typical SL8 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 | £567,500 | £567,500 | 44 |
| 2025 | £560,000 | £573,391 | 139 |
| 2024 | £572,500 | £608,685 | 99 |
| 2023 | £645,000 | £708,698 | 71 |
| 2022 | £577,500 | £677,185 | 132 |
| 2021 | £550,000 | £696,371 | 140 |
| 2020 | £516,000 | £669,521 | 97 |
| 2019 | £505,200 | £662,196 | 102 |
| 2018 | £522,500 | £696,502 | 102 |
| 2017 | £480,000 | £654,672 | 101 |
| 2016 | £490,000 | £685,515 | 128 |
| 2015 | £441,000 | £623,133 | 122 |
| 2014 | £395,000 | £560,377 | 119 |
| 2013 | £371,500 | £534,551 | 112 |
| 2012 | £345,000 | £507,797 | 91 |
| 2011 | £350,000 | £528,365 | 81 |
| 2010 | £348,000 | £545,754 | 99 |
| 2009 | £312,500 | £502,346 | 95 |
| 2008 | £328,000 | £537,661 | 68 |
| 2007 | £330,000 | £559,772 | 127 |
| 2006 | £282,500 | £490,384 | 143 |
| 2005 | £274,000 | £487,610 | 124 |
| 2004 | £286,800 | £520,885 | 132 |
| 2003 | £240,000 | £442,138 | 124 |
| 2002 | £240,000 | £451,558 | 168 |
| 2001 | £187,500 | £360,459 | 184 |
| 2000 | £185,000 | £363,063 | 139 |
| 1999 | £136,200 | £271,439 | 180 |
| 1998 | £130,000 | £262,414 | 152 |
| 1997 | £113,000 | £231,740 | 159 |
| 1996 | £98,200 | £207,099 | 162 |
| 1995 | £100,000 | £217,385 | 150 |
In cash terms the typical SL8 home went from £100,000 in 1995 to £567,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 161%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2023. The market now sits about 20% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the SL8 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 (+35.8% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−11.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SL8 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +1.3% | −1.0% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.6% | −4.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.5% | −1.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.5% | +0.7% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 34% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £790,000 against £300,000 for a flat, 2.6 times the price.
Median by property type, SL8
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £790,000 | 13 | 1,312 |
| Semi-detached | £590,000 | 15 | 1,149 |
| Terraced | £480,000 | 11 | 746 |
| Flats | £300,000 | 5 | 679 |
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The last five years, month by month
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
The register shows 112 SL8 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 143 sales a year before the financial crisis and 97 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.
Reading the SL8 market
Only 112 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes SL8 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. SL8 sits 3 of 10 in its area's price order, well inside the expensive end.
What tenants pay around SL8
For renting purposes SL8 sits in Buckinghamshire. The ONS average private rent there is £1,477 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £1,036 a month here against £2,364 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Buckinghamshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,477 a month is £17,724 a year, which against the £567,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.1%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
Common questions on SL8 (Well End)
How much did a house sell for in SL8 (Well End)?
Are property prices falling in SL8 (Well End)?
Is SL8 (Well End) a good place to buy a house?
Are SL8 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 3% over five years in cash but down 19% 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.
SL8's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in SL8 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 23 homes currently on the market from 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 10% above the SL8 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 5% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every SL8 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 SL: the cost
What homes of each size actually sold for across the SL area, 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 | — | £535,000 | £732,500 (+37%) | £1,050,000 (+43%) | £1,488,750 (+42%) |
| Semi-detached | £360,000 | £450,000 (+25%) | £550,000 (+22%) | £717,000 (+30%) | £937,500 (+31%) |
| Terraced | £360,000 | £418,000 (+16%) | £480,000 (+15%) | £680,000 (+42%) | £1,010,000 (+49%) |
| Flat | £242,500 | £332,500 (+37%) | £562,500 (+69%) | £1,000,000 (+78%) | — |
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
SL8 ranks 8 of 10 in the SL area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Winners and losers across the SL area, five years
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside SL8, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SL8 5 | £567,500 | 44 |
How SL8 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the SL area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| SL9 | £717,800 | -10% |
| SL7 | £694,000 | +15% |
| SL8 (this report) | £567,500 | +3% |
| SL5 | £560,000 | -8% |
| SL0 | £515,000 | +5% |
| SL4 | £510,000 | +4% |
| SL6 | £500,000 | +4% |
| SL3 | £460,000 | +10% |
| SL2 | £435,000 | +16% |
| SL1 | £405,000 | +18% |
Selling in SL8? Start from the sold record
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SL8, open the average prices map and zoom from the SL8 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SL8 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Estate agents working SL8: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim SL8.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with SL8 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every SL8 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.