That is the middle of 277 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.5 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Ashingdon’s sales are semi-detached houses
277 homes sold in three years: 100 detached houses, 130 semi-detached houses, 29 terraced houses and 18 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£483K
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£433K–£590K
Last 12 months
£500K26 sold
Semi-detached houses£360K
median sale · 130 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£405K
Last 12 months
£375K41 sold
Terraced houses£310K
median sale · 29 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£360K
Last 12 months
£325K7 sold
Flats and maisonettes£208K
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£242K
Last 12 months
£216K6 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 47% of sales
Detached houses36%
Semi-detached houses47%
Terraced houses10%
Flats and maisonettes6%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Ashingdon’s homes sold for between £325K and £465K
One sale in ten was under £270K and one in ten over £575K. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £380,000, sits in the £300–400K band
277 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £62,750 in 1995 to £405,000 in the last 12 months (£325,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
80 sales in the last 12 months, against 198 in 2001, the busiest year, and 69 in 2008. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 39% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ashingdon costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ashingdon, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£144K
£285K
£271K
£348K
£460K
£500K
Semi-detached houses
£58K
£92K
£180K
£185K
£252K
£310K
£375K
Terraced houses
£54K
£74K
£167K
—
£210K
£278K
£325K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
—
£142K
—
£153K
£170K
£216K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
303 new homes have been sold in Ashingdon since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2001.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.4% sold leasehold in Ashingdon. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Ashingdon Road is Ashingdon’s busiest street, with 40 sales in three years
16 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Ashingdon Road
SS4
40
£336,000
Mixed
2
Princess Gardens
SS4
19
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Rectory Avenue
SS4
18
£403,750
Mixed
4
York Road
SS4
16
£522,500
Mixed
5
Alexandra Road
SS4
15
£387,500
Mixed
6
Stanley Road
SS4
10
£478,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Allerton Close
SS4
9
£291,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Central Avenue
SS4
7
£465,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Golden Cross Road
SS4
7
£415,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Wedgwood Way
SS4
6
£457,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Mansted Gardens
SS4
6
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Moorcroft
SS4
6
£311,250
Mostly terraced houses
13
Canewdon View Road
SS4
5
£500,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Harewood Avenue
SS4
5
£387,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Craven Close
SS4
5
£350,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
York Road: £522,500
Ashingdon median£380K
York Road£523K
Canewdon View Road£500K
Stanley Road£478K
Central Avenue£465K
Wedgwood Way£458K
Cheapest streets
Allerton Close: £291,000
Ashingdon median£380K
Allerton Close£291K
Moorcroft£311K
The Bramleys£330K
Ashingdon Road£336K
Craven Close£350K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 1.8 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Essex
Ashingdon is the 42nd most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Ashingdon is in the middle of Essex’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Ashingdon
What is the average house price in Ashingdon?
The median home in Ashingdon sold for £380,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 277 standard sales (£405,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £482,500, semi-detached houses £360,000, terraced houses £310,000 and flats and maisonettes £207,500.
Are house prices going up in Ashingdon?
The median was £387,500 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£365,000), and £405,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Ashingdon each year?
80 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 98 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ashingdon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: York Road (SS4, £522,500), Canewdon View Road (SS4, £500,000) and Stanley Road (SS4, £478,000).
Is Ashingdon expensive for Essex?
Ashingdon is the 41st most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Essex by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.