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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/hp

House prices in the HP postcode area, Hemel Hempstead

Homes in the HP postcode area sold for a median of £440,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 13,113 standard sales.

That is 15% above the £383,000 median for the South East, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£440,00013,113 standard sales
Middle half of prices£325,000 to £630,000
Change since 2016+31%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the HP area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached3,575£735,000£575,000 to £982,000£5,344/m²from 149 sales
Semi-detached3,708£461,000£388,000 to £575,000£5,000/m²from 149 sales
Terraced3,274£385,000£325,000 to £450,000£4,768/m²from 103 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,556£239,500£191,000 to £300,000£4,082/m²from 83 sales

Semi-detached houses and detached houses sold in similar numbers in the HP area, at 28% and 27% of sales.

970 sales in the HP area, or 7%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Measured by floor area, homes in the HP area sold for a median of £4,913 per m², 12% above the £4,375 across the South East as a whole.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was HP9 (Beaconsfield), at £954,500, and the cheapest was HP20 (Aylesbury), at £295,000. The dearest median is 3.2 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were HP6 (Amersham) and HP8 (Chalfont St Giles), and the next cheapest HP19 (Aylesbury) and HP21 (Aylesbury).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the HP area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the HP area, by number of sales: Aylesbury (HP17, HP18, HP19, HP20, HP21, HP22), High Wycombe (HP10, HP11, HP12, HP13, HP14, HP15), Hemel Hempstead (HP1, HP2, HP3), Berkhamsted (HP4), Chesham (HP5), Amersham (HP6, HP7), Tring (HP23), Beaconsfield (HP9), Princes Risborough (HP27), Great Missenden (HP16), Chalfont St Giles (HP8).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. HP9Beaconsfield, 440 sales£954,500+2%
  2. HP6Amersham, 318 sales£760,000+8%
  3. HP8Chalfont St Giles, 176 sales£750,000Too few
  4. HP7Amersham, 254 sales£700,000−3%
  5. HP4Berkhamsted, 701 sales£650,000+3%
  6. HP16Great Missenden, 282 sales£625,0000%
  7. HP10High Wycombe, 606 sales£550,000+3%
  8. HP23Tring, 512 sales£542,500+3%
  9. HP17Aylesbury, 376 sales£540,000−1%
  10. HP15High Wycombe, 468 sales£535,000+12%
  11. HP27Princes Risborough, 390 sales£516,500+7%
  12. HP14High Wycombe, 438 sales£492,5000%
  13. HP22Aylesbury, 1,140 sales£470,000+4%
  14. HP5Chesham, 603 sales£450,000−6%
  15. HP3Hemel Hempstead, 791 sales£445,500+4%
  16. HP1Hemel Hempstead, 643 sales£422,000+1%
  17. HP18Aylesbury, 544 sales£399,000+1%
  18. HP13High Wycombe, 970 sales£385,000−1%
  19. HP2Hemel Hempstead, 840 sales£382,500+1%
  20. HP12High Wycombe, 404 sales£375,000+6%
  21. HP11High Wycombe, 405 sales£340,000+5%
  22. HP21Aylesbury, 760 sales£325,000+5%
  23. HP19Aylesbury, 694 sales£310,000+2%
  24. HP20Aylesbury, 358 sales£295,000+4%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in HP15 (High Wycombe), up 12%, and fell most in HP5 (Chesham), down 6%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Gregories Road, Beaconsfield (HP9, £2,187,500), Grove Road, Beaconsfield (HP9, £1,417,500) and Dupre Crescent, Wilton Park (HP9, detached houses, £1,159,000).

The cheapest were Long Meadow, Aylesbury (HP21, £134,000), Willow Road, Aylesbury (HP19, flats, £135,000) and Cambridge Place, Aylesbury (HP20, flats, £170,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SL (Slough), WD (Watford), OX (Oxford), AL (St Albans) and LU (Luton).

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 31%, from £335,000 in 2016 to £440,000 in 2025, less than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the HP postcode area

Most sales in the HP area, 74%, were in Buckinghamshire, where homes in the area sold for a median of £437,000. The rest were mostly in Dacorum (26%).

Standard sales in the HP area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in HPMedian in HPWhole council area
Buckinghamshire9,672£437,000£460,000
Dacorum3,432£447,000£450,000
2 other council areas9Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The HP figures come from 13,113 standard sales in 24 postcode districts across 4 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was HP22 (Aylesbury), with 1,140 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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