House prices in Essex
Median value — June 2026
£385,000
Modelled from 445,646 properties Stede tracks in Essex
Market snapshot
£385,000
Median value
£472,230
Average value
16,192
Sales in the last 12 months
unchanged
Change over the past year
Value over time
- Modelled value
Modelled month by month from the UK House Price Index, averaged across every property type Stede tracks here.
View as a table
| Year | Modelled value |
|---|---|
| 2000 | £113,668 |
| 2001 | £132,490 |
| 2002 | £170,812 |
| 2003 | £187,767 |
| 2004 | £213,957 |
| 2005 | £221,675 |
| 2006 | £239,744 |
| 2007 | £250,363 |
| 2008 | £194,286 |
| 2009 | £216,869 |
| 2010 | £222,959 |
| 2011 | £223,990 |
| 2012 | £227,364 |
| 2013 | £236,509 |
| 2014 | £263,688 |
| 2015 | £288,172 |
| 2016 | £317,262 |
| 2017 | £337,866 |
| 2018 | £339,017 |
| 2019 | £327,771 |
| 2020 | £348,389 |
| 2021 | £369,427 |
| 2022 | £405,068 |
| 2023 | £382,028 |
| 2024 | £386,577 |
| 2025 | £384,740 |
| 2026 | £385,000 |
Property types
- Detached house33%£545,396
- Semi-detached house29%£391,382
- Mid-terrace house21%£330,233
- Flat / Maisonette15%£199,306
- Property3%£407,316
Towns and cities in Essex
- TownBasildon27,841 properties£324,901
- TownBedford1 properties£308,231
- TownBenfleet15,744 properties£415,764
- TownBillericay11,997 properties£554,856
- TownBishop'S Stortford5,010 properties£568,578
- TownBournemouth1 properties£273,318
- TownBraintree19,614 properties£356,991
- TownBrentwood22,351 properties£508,256
- TownBroxbourne276 properties£665,975
- TownBuckhurst Hill3,768 properties£620,440
- TownBures362 properties£510,858
- TownBurnham-On-Crouch3,198 properties£370,178
- TownCambridge82 properties£660,681
- TownCanvey Island10,685 properties£329,846
- TownChelmsford53,951 properties£433,443
- TownCheltenham2 properties£487,699
- TownChigwell3,595 properties£759,939
- TownClacton-On-Sea26,571 properties£254,394
- TownColchester71,224 properties£333,628
- TownDunmow9,720 properties£495,000
- TownEpping6,909 properties£617,528
- TownFrinton-On-Sea6,039 properties£334,035
- TownGrays8 properties£315,206
- TownHalstead8,087 properties£348,305
- TownHarlow23,868 properties£338,202
- TownHarwich7,714 properties£238,466
- TownHaverhill729 properties£422,004
- TownHockley6,675 properties£447,994
- TownHoddesdon106 properties£731,831
- TownIngatestone3,099 properties£726,712
- TownLeigh-On-Sea416 properties£576,982
- TownLondon308 properties£571,500
- TownLoughton9,566 properties£510,130
- TownLuton1 properties£199,670
- TownMaldon10,922 properties£399,522
- TownManningtree4,161 properties£346,124
- TownOngar3,019 properties£566,615
- TownPurfleet3 properties£305,420
- TownRainham2 properties£492,209
- TownRayleigh10,030 properties£436,571
- TownRochford6,628 properties£377,098
- TownRomford992 properties£662,365
- TownRoyston134 properties£709,018
- TownSaffron Walden9,627 properties£498,070
- TownSawbridgeworth894 properties£312,297
- TownSouth Ockendon1 properties£494,885
- TownSouthend-On-Sea2,232 properties£388,251
- TownSouthminster2,765 properties£355,189
- TownStanford-Le-Hope41 properties£527,982
- TownStansted2,539 properties£480,213
About this area
Essex is a county. Stede can model 445,646 properties there, from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index.
As of June 2026, Essex has a median estimated value of £385,000 and an average of £472,230.
Modelled values in Essex are unchanged over the past year and +11% over five years.
The market here is mostly detached houses, which make up 33% of the properties Stede tracks in Essex.
16,192 sales were recorded in Essex over the past 12 months.
Common questions
What is the average house price in Essex?
As of June 2026, the average estimated value is £472,230 and the median is £385,000 across 445,646 properties Stede tracks in Essex. This is not a formal market valuation.
Are house prices in Essex going up or down?
Modelled values in Essex are unchanged over the past year and +11% over five years, based on the UK House Price Index.
What types of property are in Essex?
33% of the properties Stede tracks in Essex are detached houses. semi-detached houses are next most common, at 29%.
How many properties are in Essex?
Stede can model 445,646 properties in Essex, with 16,192 recorded sales in the past 12 months.
How does Stede calculate house prices for Essex?
These figures are modelled from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index — the same sources used for every individual property valuation on Stede. Full detail is on the methodology page.
How we calculate this
These figures are modelled from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index — the same sources behind every individual property valuation on Stede.
Read the full methodology and data sources →