That is the middle of 3,625 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 7 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.
3,625 homes sold in three years: 528 detached houses, 624 semi-detached houses, 1,781 terraced houses and 692 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£525K
median sale · 528 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£450K–£600K
Last 12 months
£530K165 sold
New build
£590K
Semi-detached houses£380K
median sale · 624 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£333K–£435K
Last 12 months
£390K190 sold
New build
£460K
Terraced houses£320K
median sale · 1,781 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£350K
Last 12 months
£325K567 sold
New build
£428K
Flats and maisonettes£200K
median sale · 692 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£164K–£240K
Last 12 months
£187K186 sold
New build
£289K
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses15%
Semi-detached houses17%
Terraced houses49%
Flats and maisonettes19%
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 Basildon’s homes sold for between £275K and £390K
One sale in ten was under £193K and one in ten over £495K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
3,625 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,995 in 1995 to £328,000 in the last 12 months (£262,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,108 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,316 in 2002, the busiest year, and 855 in 2009. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Basildon costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Basildon, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£100K
£153K
£250K
£284K
£345K
£460K
£530K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£81K
£160K
£185K
£249K
£330K
£390K
Terraced houses
£44K
£64K
£140K
£145K
£205K
£265K
£325K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£45K
£112K
£120K
£144K
£180K
£187K
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: 1.1% of sales in the last 12 months
5,577 new homes have been sold in Basildon since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 1996.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £470,125
against £325,000 for a home sold on, 45% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2% sold leasehold in Basildon. 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
School Avenue is Basildon’s busiest street, with 44 sales in three years
259 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 74 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
School Avenue
SS15
44
£338,750
Mixed
2
Whitmore Way
SS14
44
£325,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Willis Road
SS16
34
£533,125
Mixed · new builds
4
Swan Grove
SS16
34
£289,497
Mostly flats · new builds
5
Falstones
SS15
32
£330,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Dixon Road
SS16
30
£566,240
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Great Gregorie
SS16
25
£349,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Great Knightleys
SS15
25
£340,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Bramble Tye
SS15
23
£272,500
Mixed
10
Clay Hill Road
SS16
21
£360,000
Mixed
11
Southernhay Close
SS14
20
£212,500
Mostly flats
12
Long Riding
SS14
19
£310,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
The Hatherley
SS14
18
£332,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Woolmer Green
SS15
18
£297,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Wolfe Drive
SS14
17
£445,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Lee Chapel Lane: £800,000
Basildon median£325K
Lee Chapel Lane£800K
Dunton Road£690K
Ansell Street£650K
Judge Drive£625K
Stamford Drive£619K
Cheapest streets
Swanstead: £125,000
Basildon median£325K
Swanstead£125K
Marlborough Drive£128K
Littlebury Court£130K
Chestnut Road£139K
Hollands Walk£153K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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
Basildon is the 66th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Basildon is one of Essex’s cheapest 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 Basildon
What is the average house price in Basildon?
The median home in Basildon sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,625 standard sales (£328,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £525,000, semi-detached houses £380,000, terraced houses £320,000 and flats and maisonettes £200,000.
Are house prices going up in Basildon?
The median was £330,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£320,000), and £328,000 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 Basildon each year?
1,108 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,499 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Basildon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lee Chapel Lane (SS16, £800,000), Dunton Road (SS15, £690,000) and Ansell Street (SS16, £650,000).
How much does a new build cost in Basildon?
New homes sold for a median £470,125 over three years, against £325,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.4% of sales.
Is Basildon expensive for Essex?
Basildon is the 63rd 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.