marketcodeSold price per m²
£4,262/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
15,867 sales
+1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
County or region
Essex property market
Sold £4,262/m² · Median sold £389,540 (15,867 sales) · Index +1% y/y · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026
What does Essex cost?
Essex: sold price per m² £4,262/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 15,867 sales). +1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£389,540 12 months to Apr 2026
15,867 sales
+1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£390,012 12 months to Aug 2026
63,038 listings
-1.9% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 8 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
How does Essex vary by home size?
Asking price in Essex runs from £182,537 for 1 bedroom to £869,639 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £182,537 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -4.2% on the previous 12 months | 4912 |
| 2 bedrooms | £282,255 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.5% on the previous 12 months | 16910 |
| 3 bedrooms | £397,991 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +0.2% on the previous 12 months | 20669 |
| 4 bedrooms | £571,688 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -0.4% on the previous 12 months | 14645 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £869,639 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.5% on the previous 12 months | 5480 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is Essex?
Essex: new listings 38,719 (12 months to Aug 2026, 38,719 listings). +10.1% on the previous 12 months.
New listings
38,719 12 months to Aug 2026
38,719 listings
+10.1% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Price reductions
24,319 12 months to Aug 2026
24,319 listings
+13% on the previous 12 months.
Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.
Days to completion
189 days 12 months to Nov 2024
2,431 matched sales
-15.1% on the previous 12 months.
Who is active in Essex?
545 agents listed homes for sale in Essex; the three largest took 3.7% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 545
- Top three agents’ share
- 3.7%
- New homes among listings
- 9.5%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Where does Essex rank?
Essex ranks 5th of 21 counties and regions in England for sold price per m², at £4,262/m².
Sold price per m² · counties and regions in England
Essex ranks 5th of 21 counties and regions in England for sold price per m², at £4,262/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | £5,496/m² | 11,759 | measured |
| 2 | Hertfordshire | £5,337/m² | 10,790 | measured |
| 3 | West Sussex | £4,485/m² | 9,317 | measured |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | £4,477/m² | 6,963 | measured |
| 5 | Essex | £4,262/m² | 15,867 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across counties and regions in England →
Sold price per m² · local authorities within Essex
Epping Forest leads the 12 local authorities within Essex for sold price per m², at £5,737/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epping Forest | £5,737/m² | 1,253 | measured |
| 2 | Brentwood | £5,535/m² | 846 | measured |
| 3 | Chelmsford | £4,672/m² | 1,909 | measured |
| 4 | Rochford | £4,523/m² | 924 | measured |
| 5 | Basildon | £4,467/m² | 1,870 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across local authorities within Essex →
Gross yield, asking basis · local authorities within Essex
Harlow leads the 12 local authorities within Essex for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.3%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harlow | 5.3% | 214 | measured |
| 2 | Basildon | 4.5% | 1,669 | measured |
| 3 | Maldon | 4.5% | 389 | measured |
| 4 | Tendring | 4.4% | 2,045 | measured |
| 5 | Colchester | 4.3% | 4,572 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across local authorities within Essex →
Turnover · local authorities within Essex
Rochford leads the 12 local authorities within Essex for turnover, at 3.0%.
| # | Area | Turnover | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rochford | 3.0% | 1,166 | measured |
| 2 | Brentwood | 3.0% | 1,073 | measured |
| 3 | Maldon | 2.9% | 901 | measured |
| 4 | Uttlesford | 2.8% | 1,179 | measured |
| 5 | Tendring | 2.8% | 2,219 | measured |
Full table: turnover across local authorities within Essex →
Where next from Essex?
- EnglandThe wider market this area sits in.
- BasildonLocal authority · £4,537/m²
- BraintreeLocal authority · £4,134/m²
- BrentwoodLocal authority · £6,191/m²
- Castle PointLocal authority · £4,483/m²
- ChelmsfordLocal authority · £4,705/m²
- ColchesterLocal authority · £3,708/m²
- Epping ForestLocal authority · £5,967/m²
- HarlowLocal authority · £4,442/m²
- MaldonLocal authority · £4,331/m²
- RochfordLocal authority · £4,735/m²
- TendringLocal authority · £3,364/m²
- UttlesfordLocal authority · £5,033/m²
- CambridgeshireNeighbouring county or region · £3,791/m²
- DerbyshireNeighbouring county or region · £3,036/m²
- DevonNeighbouring county or region · £3,741/m²
- East SussexNeighbouring county or region · £3,947/m²
- GloucestershireNeighbouring county or region · £3,836/m²
- HampshireNeighbouring county or region · £4,398/m²
- HertfordshireNeighbouring county or region · £5,618/m²
- KentNeighbouring county or region · £4,098/m²
Questions about Essex
- What is the median house price in Essex?
- Homes in Essex sold for a median £389,540 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 15,867 sales. Per square metre that is £4,262/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in Essex changed?
- +1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- How quickly do homes sell in Essex?
- Homes that were listed and then registered as sold took a median 189 days from first listing to completion, over the 12 months to Nov 2024, 2,431 matched sales.
Everything else about Essex
- Properties in EssexEvery addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in EssexFootprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in EssexRegistered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in EssexWhat is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in EssexWhat is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in EssexRegistered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in EssexWhat was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in EssexWho actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 15,867 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 15,867 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 63,038 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 2,431 matched sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 38,719 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 24,319 listings |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 2,431 matched sales |
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