Sold house prices in Chelmsford have an overall average of £394,562, based on all 36,243 residential sales on record — drawn from every recorded UK house sale.
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 Chelmsford, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £395,000 — it fell 1.2% on the year before. That reflects 2,394 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £575,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £215,000. Over the past year, other homes moved the most (-18.7%). Within Chelmsford, the CM1 district saw the strongest recent growth (+0%) and CM3 the softest (-11%).
New-build homes were 0% 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 | £575,000 | +0% | 689 |
| Semi-detached | £421,750 | +1% | 636 |
| Terraced | £355,000 | +1.4% | 529 |
| Flat/Maisonette | £215,000 | -2.3% | 477 |
| Other | £370,000 | -18.7% | 63 |
Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
| District | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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% 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.
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