HouseMarketBook

Chelmsford

Council area · 5,438 sales in the last 24 months, 4,718 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£4,5904,718 sales · £427 per sq ft · down 0.3% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in Chelmsford are down 0.3% on a year ago, at a median of £4,590 (£427 per sq ft).

Half of the 4,718 counted sales were between £4,020 and £5,200 per square metre, and the median price paid was £410,000. HM Land Registry records 103,029 sales in this council area since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£410,000
£ per m², middle half£4,020 to £5,200
Sales, 24 months5,4384,718 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area87 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached1,429£4,800£4,300–5,380£587,000
Flat or maisonette881£3,960£3,450–4,440£220,000
Semi-detached1,349£4,710£4,210–5,340£429,400
Terraced1,059£4,610£4,070–5,220£358,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in Chelmsford by quarter, down 0.3% on a year ago
4,5604,6004,640£4,5802024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
7502,6854,620£4,57019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in Chelmsford

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Baddow Road57£4,400
Main Road55£4,490
Broomfield Road51£4,130
Victoria Road50£4,820
The Street37£3,990
Rainsford Road36£4,390
Banham Drive30£5,690
Upper Bridge Road30£4,890
Wharf Road27£3,950
Springfield Road26£4,130
Linnet Drive23£4,460
Ernest Miller Court22—
Gloucester Avenue22£4,340
Main Road22£4,310
Meadgate Avenue21£4,170
Parkinson Drive20£3,820
Beehive Lane19£4,830
Chignal Road19£4,600
Gandalfs Ride19£5,110
Ongar Road19£5,100
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
20261,345£405,000£4,570
20252,668£410,000£4,590
20242,329£400,000£4,570
20232,238£392,500£4,580
20222,978£400,000£4,620
20213,532£380,000£4,270
20202,404£377,000£4,070
20192,672£352,000£3,980
20182,752£345,000£3,990
20172,804£335,000£3,940
20163,125£313,500£3,730
20153,058£275,000£3,330
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 87 m² · change on a year ago −0.3% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.