That is the middle of 475 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.
475 homes sold in three years: 88 detached houses, 118 semi-detached houses, 144 terraced houses and 125 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£893K
median sale · 88 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£760K–£1.1M
Last 12 months
£925K27 sold
Semi-detached houses£655K
median sale · 118 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£565K–£760K
Last 12 months
£693K26 sold
Terraced houses£544K
median sale · 144 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£499K–£660K
Last 12 months
£530K31 sold
New build
£670K
Flats and maisonettes£350K
median sale · 125 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£313K–£395K
Last 12 months
£360K33 sold
New build
£420K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses30%
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 Epping’s homes sold for between £423K and £735K
One sale in ten was under £330K and one in ten over £925K. 1% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £565,000, sits in the £500–750K band
475 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 £78,500 in 1995 to £550,000 in the last 12 months (£490,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
117 sales in the last 12 months, against 298 in 2015, the busiest year, and 120 in 2023. Sales fell by 26% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 62% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Epping costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Epping, 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
£140K
£244K
£400K
£510K
£735K
£752K
£925K
Semi-detached houses
£103K
£154K
£271K
£395K
£501K
£580K
£693K
Terraced houses
£81K
£137K
£246K
£345K
£490K
£505K
£530K
Flats and maisonettes
£58K
£95K
£175K
£226K
£318K
£320K
£360K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 35% in 2015
551 new homes have been sold in Epping since 1995; the share peaked at 35% in 2015.
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 £650,000
against £565,000 for a home sold on, 15% 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% sold leasehold in Epping. 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
Hemnall Street is Epping’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
37 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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
Hemnall Street
CM16
21
£550,000
Mixed
2
High Street
CM16
18
£387,475
Mostly flats
3
Buckingham Road
CM16
17
£405,000
Mixed
4
Bower Hill
CM16
16
£600,000
Mixed
5
Woodland Grove
CM16
16
£312,500
Mostly flats
6
St Johns Road
CM16
15
£620,000
Mixed
7
Theydon Grove
CM16
13
£875,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Allnutts Road
CM16
13
£515,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Charles Street
CM16
13
£512,250
Mostly terraced houses
10
Highfield Green
CM16
13
£495,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Station Road
CM16
13
£363,000
Mostly flats
12
Rayfield
CM16
12
£590,000
Mixed
13
Tower Road
CM16
11
£818,000
Mixed
14
Beaconfield Road
CM16
11
£514,000
Mixed
15
Crows Road
CM16
10
£683,250
Mixed
Dearest streets
Kendal Avenue: £925,000
Epping median£565K
Kendal Avenue£925K
Kings Wood Park£900K
Theydon Grove£875K
Tower Road£818K
Regent Road£790K
Cheapest streets
Cedar Court: £270,500
Epping median£565K
Cedar Court£271K
Woodland Grove£313K
Addison Court£329K
Station Road£363K
Palmers Hill£385K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.4 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
Epping is the 7th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Epping 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 Epping
What is the average house price in Epping?
The median home in Epping sold for £565,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 475 standard sales (£550,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £892,500, semi-detached houses £655,000, terraced houses £543,500 and flats and maisonettes £350,000.
Are house prices going up in Epping?
The median was £550,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£585,000), and £550,000 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 Epping each year?
117 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 188 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Epping?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Kendal Avenue (CM16, £925,000), Kings Wood Park (CM16, £900,000) and Theydon Grove (CM16, £875,000).
How much does a new build cost in Epping?
New homes sold for a median £650,000 over three years, against £565,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.2% of sales.
Is Epping expensive for Essex?
Epping is the 7th 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.