House values in my street — what did my neighbour's house sell for?

It isn't nosy — it's public record. Every house sale that completes in England and Wales is registered with HM Land Registry, and the price paid is published for anyone to see. What the house three doors down actually went for isn't gossip; it's data, and it's the most useful number there is if you're pricing your own home, weighing an offer, or just keeping score.

Where the numbers come from

When a sale completes, the buyer's solicitor registers the transfer with HM Land Registry, and the Registry publishes the price in a monthly release — the same source every property site uses, whatever their branding implies. Two consequences worth knowing:

• There's a lag. A sale agreed today completes weeks or months later, then appears in a monthly release after that. If a neighbour's board says "sold" but no price shows yet, it hasn't reached the register — patience, not mystery.
• Sold prices are the only real prices. Asking prices are hopes. The register records what actually changed hands.

The one-search version

We hold the full England & Wales price-paid register and check for the monthly release every week, so new sales appear here as early as they can. House values in my street takes a postcode and a few basics and shows three things at once: an estimate with an honest range, the twenty most recent sales around your level — the evidence, on screen — and up to five similar homes listed for sale right now. Sold and live together is the view nobody else gives you: what the street was worth, and what it's asking today.

Reading the numbers like a valuer

• Same street isn't same house. An extended four-bed and an untouched three-bed can share a postcode and differ by six figures. Check the property type and use more than one sale.
• Condition is invisible. The register doesn't know about the new kitchen or the subsidence. A price that looks odd usually had a reason.
• Thin streets need wider nets. Where a street has few sales, look at the surrounding area — our tool does this automatically and tells you when it widened the net.
• Old prices need context. A 2019 price is not a 2026 price; weight the recent sales heaviest.

If you're the one selling

The estimate is where pricing starts, not where it ends — but starting from evidence beats starting from hope, and buyers are checking the same public data you are. Priced with the street's receipts in view, your asking price defends itself. When you're ready: sell it yourself — free to list, and around £9,000 cheaper than the usual way (here's the full how-to).

Watch your patch

Prices move sale by sale. Drop a pin on your street and we'll tell you when something new is listed near you — including the listings that appear on gaffon before anywhere else.