That is the middle of 309 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 5.4 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.
309 homes sold in three years: 105 detached houses, 88 semi-detached houses, 56 terraced houses and 60 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£1.3M
median sale · 105 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£835K–£1.7M
Last 12 months
£1.3M32 sold
Semi-detached houses£780K
median sale · 88 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£610K–£900K
Last 12 months
£745K25 sold
Terraced houses£503K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£440K–£600K
Last 12 months
£510K7 sold
Flats and maisonettes£367K
median sale · 60 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£305K–£550K
Last 12 months
£408K19 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses18%
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 Chigwell’s homes sold for between £475K and £1.1M
One sale in ten was under £345K and one in ten over £1.6M. 3% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £725,000, sits in the £500–750K band
309 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £147,500 in 1995 to £800,000 in the last 12 months (£730,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
83 sales in the last 12 months, against 250 in 2006, the busiest year, and 85 in 2023. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 54% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chigwell costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chigwell, 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
£193K
£338K
£592K
£650K
£935K
£1.2M
£1.3M
Semi-detached houses
£119K
£207K
£344K
£450K
£570K
£631K
£745K
Terraced houses
£72K
£117K
£181K
£225K
£338K
£448K
£510K
Flats and maisonettes
£48K
£82K
£141K
£255K
£305K
£339K
£408K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 28% in 2018
318 new homes have been sold in Chigwell since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.4% sold leasehold in Chigwell. 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
Manor Road is Chigwell’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
25 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
Manor Road
IG7
21
£510,000
Mostly flats
2
High Road
IG7
17
£800,000
Mixed
3
Grange Crescent
IG7
11
£915,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Copperfield
IG7
11
£365,000
Mixed
5
Bracken Drive
IG7
10
£1,005,000
Mixed
6
Limes Avenue
IG7
10
£337,500
Mixed
7
Hainault Road
IG7
8
£757,500
Mixed
8
Smeaton Road
IG8
8
£552,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Shrublands Close
IG7
8
£342,500
Mostly flats
10
Trotwood
IG7
8
£256,500
Mostly flats
11
Oak Lodge Avenue
IG7
7
£900,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Lechmere Avenue
IG7
7
£751,500
Mixed
13
Fencepiece Road
IG7
7
£705,000
Mixed
14
Brunel Road
IG8
7
£560,000
Mixed
15
Forest Lane
IG7
6
£2,950,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Forest Lane: £2,950,000
Chigwell median£725K
Forest Lane£3M
Meadow Way£1.8M
Bracken Drive£1M
Mount Pleasant Road£961K
Grange Crescent£915K
Cheapest streets
Trotwood: £256,500
Chigwell median£725K
Trotwood£257K
Limes Avenue£338K
Shrublands Close£343K
Copperfield£365K
High Meadows£495K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.5 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
Chigwell is the 2nd most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Chigwell is one of Essex’s dearest 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 Chigwell
What is the average house price in Chigwell?
The median home in Chigwell sold for £725,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 309 standard sales (£800,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £1,250,000, semi-detached houses £780,000, terraced houses £503,000 and flats and maisonettes £366,500.
Are house prices going up in Chigwell?
The median was £733,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£700,000), and £800,000 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 Chigwell each year?
83 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 148 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chigwell?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Forest Lane (IG7, £2,950,000), Meadow Way (IG7, £1,750,000) and Bracken Drive (IG7, £1,005,000).
Is Chigwell expensive for Essex?
Chigwell is the 2nd 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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