Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Black Notley sells for £370,000
That is the middle of 83 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 6.8 times as much as in 1996. 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.
42% of Black Notley’s sales are semi-detached houses
83 homes sold in three years: 23 detached houses, 35 semi-detached houses, 19 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 23 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £400K–£555K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £343K–£440K
- Last 12 months
- £397K11 sold
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £323K–£360K
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £178K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
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.
Half of Black Notley’s homes sold for between £337K and £460K
One sale in ten was under £300K and one in ten over £530K. 8% sold for under £250K.
The median, £370,000, sits in the £300–400K band
83 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.8 times as much as in 1996, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £61,700 in 1996 to £418,500 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
18 sales in the last 12 months, against 157 in 2001, the busiest year, and 14 in 2009. Sales fell by 74% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 15%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 95% more sales than 2020.
Black Notley costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Black Notley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | £119K | £239K | £207K | £290K | £324K | £397K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
315 new homes have been sold in Black Notley since 1995; the share peaked at 84% in 2000.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Black Notley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Mary Ruck Way is Black Notley’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
5 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Mary Ruck Way | CM77 | 16 | £343,750 | Mixed |
| 2 | Constable Way | CM77 | 11 | £415,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Witham Road | CM77 | 10 | £392,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Bedells Avenue | CM77 | 9 | £360,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Hadfield Drive | CM77 | 6 | £341,500 | Mixed |
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.
Black Notley’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Braintree and Witham.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Notley | — | £370K | 18 | +30% |
| Tye Green | 0.9 | £385K | 15 | +32% |
| Great Notley | 1.7 | £420K | 101 | +14% |
| Braintree | 2 | £305K | 498 | +30% |
| Silver End | 2.4 | £347K | 62 | +58% |
| Rayne | 3 | £345K | 8 | +21% |
| Great Leighs | 3 | £450K | 26 | +34% |
| Witham | 4.5 | £315K | 356 | +37% |
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 Black Notley
What is the average house price in Black Notley?
The median home in Black Notley sold for £370,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 83 standard sales (£418,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £490,000, semi-detached houses £370,000, terraced houses £340,000 and flats and maisonettes £177,500.
Are house prices going up in Black Notley?
The median was £393,500 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£360,000), and £418,500 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 Black Notley each year?
18 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 33 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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.
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