Homes in Chipping Ongar sell for a median £489,000
That is the middle of 174 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 6.1 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 third of Chipping Ongar’s sales are semi-detached houses
174 homes sold in three years: 46 detached houses, 63 semi-detached houses, 27 terraced houses and 38 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£626K
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£515K–£970K
Last 12 months
£517K10 sold
Semi-detached houses£500K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£457K–£550K
Last 12 months
£493K14 sold
Terraced houses£450K
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£573K
Last 12 months
£453K8 sold
Flats and maisonettes£258K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£275K
Last 12 months
£263K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes22%
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 Chipping Ongar’s homes sold for between £330K and £600K
One sale in ten was under £255K and one in ten over £750K. 8% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £489,000, sits in the £400–500K band
174 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £77,000 in 1995 to £472,500 in the last 12 months (£430,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
44 sales in the last 12 months, against 109 in 2000, the busiest year, and 42 in 2009. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chipping Ongar costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chipping Ongar, 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
£98K
£205K
£337K
£401K
£455K
£535K
£517K
Semi-detached houses
£80K
£150K
£260K
£298K
£360K
£463K
£493K
Terraced houses
£65K
£128K
£200K
£300K
£360K
£460K
£453K
Flats and maisonettes
£46K
£87K
£172K
£180K
£196K
£269K
£263K
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
162 new homes have been sold in Chipping Ongar since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2000.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
22% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Chipping Ongar. 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
High Street is Chipping Ongar’s busiest street, with 36 sales in three years
14 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
High Street
CM5
36
£260,000
Mostly flats
2
Mayflower Way
CM5
11
£515,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Cloverly Road
CM5
9
£430,000
Mixed
4
Great Stony Park
CM5
8
£713,450
Mixed
5
Coopers Hill
CM5
8
£595,000
Mixed
6
Bowes Drive
CM5
8
£492,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Woodland Way
CM5
7
£540,000
Mixed
8
Rodney Road
CM5
7
£415,000
Mixed
9
Victoria Road
CM5
6
£378,500
Mixed
10
Kettlebury Way
CM5
5
£645,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Green Walk
CM5
5
£627,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Onslow Gardens
CM5
5
£550,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Fairfield Road
CM5
5
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Mayflower Court
CM5
5
£265,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Great Stony Park: £713,450
Chipping Ongar median£489K
Great Stony Park£713K
Kettlebury Way£646K
Green Walk£627K
Coopers Hill£595K
Onslow Gardens£550K
Cheapest streets
High Street: £260,000
Chipping Ongar median£489K
High Street£260K
Mayflower Court£265K
Fairfield Road£375K
Victoria Road£379K
Rodney Road£415K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.7 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
Chipping Ongar is the 11th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Chipping Ongar 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 Chipping Ongar
What is the average house price in Chipping Ongar?
The median home in Chipping Ongar sold for £489,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 174 standard sales (£472,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £626,000, semi-detached houses £500,000, terraced houses £450,000 and flats and maisonettes £258,000.
Are house prices going up in Chipping Ongar?
The median was £467,500 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£507,500), and £472,500 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 Chipping Ongar each year?
44 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 71 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chipping Ongar?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Great Stony Park (CM5, £713,450), Kettlebury Way (CM5, £645,500) and Green Walk (CM5, £627,000).
Is Chipping Ongar expensive for Essex?
Chipping Ongar is the 11th 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.