How house prices are moving across Essex, from all UK property sales, median-based.
Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.
Across Essex, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £363,250 — it fell 1.8% on the year before. That reflects 19,522 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £510,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £200,000. Over the past year, flat/maisonette homes moved the most (-4.8%). Within Essex, the CM4 district saw the strongest recent growth (+19%) and CB9 the softest (-16%).
New-build homes were 0.3% of recent sales, a share that is falling.
These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.
| Type | Median | 12-month change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £510,000 | +0% | 5,879 |
| Semi-detached | £375,000 | +0.8% | 5,675 |
| Terraced | £325,000 | +0% | 4,392 |
| Flat/Maisonette | £200,000 | -4.8% | 2,972 |
| Other | £401,800 | -2% | 604 |
Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
| District | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB9 | +18.5% | -17.9% | +11.8% | +17.1% | -15.6% | £392,500 |
| CB10 | +10.2% | +0% | -1% | -1% | +2.1% | £485,000 |
| CB11 | +7.2% | -5.4% | +4.5% | +7.5% | -14% | £430,000 |
| CM0 | +3.6% | +1.1% | -3.3% | +1.4% | -3.3% | £340,000 |
| CM1 | +6.9% | -3.9% | +0% | +4.1% | +0% | £385,000 |
| CM2 | +4.8% | -1.8% | +2.5% | +3% | -5.3% | £360,000 |
| CM3 | +7% | +1.4% | +0% | +2.2% | -10.9% | £410,000 |
| CM4 | +14.8% | -8% | +5.1% | -5.6% | +19.1% | £804,000 |
| CM5 | +5% | -7.8% | +12.8% | -10.4% | +5.3% | £500,000 |
| CM6 | +5.4% | -1.1% | -1.1% | +5.6% | -6.9% | £432,500 |
| CM7 | +6.8% | +0.8% | -0.8% | +0% | -1.6% | £310,000 |
| CM8 | +11.9% | -4.7% | +4.9% | -1.4% | -3.2% | £315,000 |
| CM9 | +7.6% | -4.1% | +5.6% | +0% | -4% | £360,000 |
| CM11 | +9.4% | -12% | +5.7% | +5.4% | -7.9% | £451,250 |
| CM12 | +2.2% | -10.4% | +9.2% | +5.3% | -10% | £450,000 |
| CM13 | -2.1% | -11.1% | +25.9% | -4.9% | +6.6% | £522,500 |
| CM14 | -0.5% | +1.8% | -2.6% | +11.8% | -3.5% | £410,000 |
| CM15 | -3.2% | +0.5% | +7.1% | +2.7% | -5.4% | £510,000 |
| CM16 | +5% | -2.3% | +2.9% | -4.2% | -8.7% | £525,000 |
| CM17 | +1.4% | -2.1% | +1.8% | +2.6% | -2% | £392,000 |
Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.
New-build homes were 0.3% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.
How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.
| Town | 12-mo change | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Ingatestone | +19.6% | £804,000 |
| Buckhurst Hill | +6.1% | £652,500 |
| Ongar | +5.8% | £502,500 |
| Walton On The Naze | +4% | £260,000 |
| Canvey Island | +1.6% | £325,000 |
| Harlow | +0.9% | £340,000 |
| Braintree | +0.5% | £330,000 |
| Basildon | +0% | £325,000 |
| Benfleet | -0.1% | £389,500 |
| Wickford | -0.7% | £377,500 |
| Clacton-On-Sea | -1% | £240,000 |
| Loughton | -1.2% | £493,750 |
| Waltham Abbey | -1.2% | £395,000 |
| Rayleigh | -1.3% | £412,500 |
| Brentwood | -2.1% | £475,000 |
| Rochford | -2.6% | £360,500 |
| Colchester | -3% | £320,000 |
| Southminster | -3.1% | £339,000 |
| Witham | -3.2% | £315,000 |
| Burnham-On-Crouch | -3.7% | £342,000 |
| Chelmsford | -3.7% | £385,000 |
| Maldon | -4% | £360,000 |
| Halstead | -4.4% | £325,000 |
| Frinton-On-Sea | -4.7% | £312,500 |
| Harwich | -6.1% | £230,000 |
| Dunmow | -6.8% | £432,500 |
| Bishop'S Stortford | -6.9% | £475,000 |
| Southend-On-Sea | -6.9% | £353,750 |
| Saffron Walden | -7.2% | £450,000 |
| Stansted | -7.3% | £412,500 |
| Epping | -8.7% | £525,000 |
| Hockley | -8.9% | £410,000 |
| Billericay | -9.1% | £450,000 |
| Chigwell | -11.1% | £590,000 |
| Manningtree | -17.1% | £315,000 |
Median sold price over the last 12 months and its change on the year before. Tap a town for its full breakdown.
Councils across Essex received 10,238 planning applications in the year to 2026 Q1, -1% on the year before — a marker of how much development is in the pipeline, not a price forecast.
Source: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1), Open Government Licence.
Source: sold prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (updated monthly; the most recent 1–2 months are provisional). Median-based; figures track the mix of what sold, not a like-for-like index.