Essex residential sold prices

10 tracked towns in Essex. 14,645 residential transactions in the past 12 months. Weighted median price £344,933. 300 of those were new builds.

Weighted median price
£344,933
Aggregate of towns, weighted by txns
Transactions (12mo)
14,645
HM Land Registry PPD
New-build share
+2.0%
300 new / 14,345 existing
Towns tracked
10
All refreshed April 2026

Towns in Essex

Ranked by transaction volume
Town Median Txns (12mo) YoY New builds Premium
Colchester £315,000 2,055 -160.0% 65 +27.0%
Southend ON Sea £331,500 1,860 +200.0% 1 -100.0%
Chelmsford £395,000 1,805 -100.0% 40 -17.0%
Clacton ON Sea £268,500 1,790 -410.0% 85 +45.3%
Basildon £351,375 1,730 -100.0% 22 +40.6%
Braintree £335,000 1,665 -320.0% 56 +55.3%
Grays £350,000 1,365 0.0% 5 +35.4%
Canvey Island £355,000 822 0.0% 3 +12.7%
Brentwood £510,000 813 +520.0% 19 +52.7%
Harlow £330,000 740 +150.0% 4 +40.2%