That is the middle of 4,553 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 6.7 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.
A quarter of Chelmsford’s sales are semi-detached houses
4,553 homes sold in three years: 1,000 detached houses, 1,295 semi-detached houses, 1,073 terraced houses and 1,185 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£575K
median sale · 1,000 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£485K–£700K
Last 12 months
£560K265 sold
New build
£626K
Semi-detached houses£425K
median sale · 1,295 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£495K
Last 12 months
£430K376 sold
New build
£450K
Terraced houses£360K
median sale · 1,073 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£405K
Last 12 months
£360K326 sold
New build
£528K
Flats and maisonettes£225K
median sale · 1,185 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£184K–£265K
Last 12 months
£220K319 sold
New build
£290K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 28% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses24%
Flats and maisonettes26%
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 Chelmsford’s homes sold for between £292K and £495K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £640K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £380,000, sits in the £300–400K band
4,553 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £56,350 in 1995 to £380,000 in the last 12 months (£330,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,286 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,704 in 2006, the busiest year, and 1,342 in 2008. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 54% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chelmsford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chelmsford, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£95K
£168K
£280K
£315K
£410K
£520K
£560K
Semi-detached houses
£62K
£107K
£199K
£227K
£300K
£380K
£430K
Terraced houses
£53K
£89K
£174K
£193K
£260K
£313K
£360K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£66K
£140K
£140K
£185K
£215K
£220K
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: 2.3% of sales in the last 12 months
7,301 new homes have been sold in Chelmsford since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2003.
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 £485,000
against £375,000 for a home sold on, 29% 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.
26% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Chelmsford. 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
Baddow Road is Chelmsford’s busiest street, with 61 sales in three years
330 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 121 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
Baddow Road
CM2
61
£280,000
Mixed
2
Banham Drive
CM1
52
£477,995
Mixed · new builds
3
Broomfield Road
CM1
48
£210,000
Mostly flats
4
Victoria Road
CM1
42
£227,500
Mostly flats
5
Upper Bridge Road
CM2
40
£364,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Springfield Road (CM2)
CM2
39
£243,500
Mostly flats
7
Rainsford Road
CM1
35
£304,000
Mostly flats
8
Linnet Drive
CM2
34
£357,500
Mixed
9
Watson Heights
CM1
31
£290,000
Mostly flats
10
Gloucester Avenue
CM2
30
£400,000
Mixed
11
Parkinson Drive
CM1
29
£210,000
Mostly flats
12
Dunn Side
CM1
28
£307,750
Mostly flats
13
Galleywood Road
CM2
27
£650,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Beehive Lane
CM2
25
£425,000
Mixed
15
Meadgate Avenue
CM2
25
£340,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Lakeview Crescent: £850,000
Chelmsford median£380K
Lakeview Crescent£850K
Roxwell Road£820K
Linge Avenue£798K
Longstomps Avenue£752K
Canterbury Way£730K
Cheapest streets
George Heard Crescent: £88,800
Chelmsford median£380K
George Heard Crescent£89K
Nicholas Court£97K
Searle Close£101K
Constable View£105K
Albion Court£107K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.6 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
Chelmsford is the 41st most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford
What is the average house price in Chelmsford?
The median home in Chelmsford sold for £380,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 4,553 standard sales (£380,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £575,000, semi-detached houses £425,000, terraced houses £360,000 and flats and maisonettes £225,000.
Are house prices going up in Chelmsford?
The median was £385,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£379,995), and £380,000 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 Chelmsford each year?
1,286 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,837 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chelmsford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lakeview Crescent (CM3, £850,000), Roxwell Road (CM1, £820,000) and Linge Avenue (CM1, £797,500).
How much does a new build cost in Chelmsford?
New homes sold for a median £485,000 over three years, against £375,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.3% of sales.
Is Chelmsford expensive for Essex?
Chelmsford 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.
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