That is the middle of 3,017 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 5.9 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.
3,017 homes sold in three years: 397 detached houses, 430 semi-detached houses, 1,494 terraced houses and 696 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£525K
median sale · 397 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£450K–£605K
Last 12 months
£545K114 sold
New build
£525K
Semi-detached houses£415K
median sale · 430 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£365K–£455K
Last 12 months
£425K130 sold
New build
£450K
Terraced houses£330K
median sale · 1,494 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£302K–£365K
Last 12 months
£336K427 sold
New build
£440K
Flats and maisonettes£211K
median sale · 696 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£247K
Last 12 months
£215K197 sold
New build
£231K
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses13%
Semi-detached houses14%
Terraced houses50%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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 Harlow’s homes sold for between £277K and £400K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £495K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £330,000, sits in the £300–400K band
3,017 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £57,800 in 1995 to £340,000 in the last 12 months (£289,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
868 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,050 in 1999, the busiest year, and 842 in 2012. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 48% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Harlow costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Harlow, 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
£113K
£172K
£261K
£300K
£401K
£435K
£545K
Semi-detached houses
£70K
£120K
£195K
£219K
£300K
£375K
£425K
Terraced houses
£56K
£85K
£156K
£165K
£227K
£285K
£336K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£55K
£117K
£117K
£145K
£208K
£215K
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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
6,297 new homes have been sold in Harlow since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 1997.
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 £370,500
against £330,000 for a home sold on, 12% 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.
23% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Harlow. 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
Edinburgh Gate is Harlow’s busiest street, with 100 sales in three years
215 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 108 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
Edinburgh Gate
CM20
100
£225,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Dealings Road
CM17
34
£443,750
Mixed · new builds
3
Malkin Drive
CM17
31
£400,000
Mixed
4
Westfield
CM18
29
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Oakview Drive
CM18
27
£470,000
Mixed · new builds
6
Altham Grove
CM20
27
£340,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Old Oaks Lane
CM17
26
£487,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Coalport Close
CM17
25
£327,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Long Banks
CM18
25
£276,000
Mixed
10
Torkildsen Way
CM20
25
£237,500
Mostly flats
11
Chelsea Gardens
CM17
24
£391,250
Mixed
12
Halling Hill
CM20
24
£329,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Rundells
CM18
24
£321,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Nicholls Field
CM18
23
£305,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Willowfield
CM18
23
£295,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Mulberry Green: £650,000
Harlow median£330K
Mulberry Green£650K
Whieldon Grange£650K
Priory Avenue£633K
New Pond Street£611K
Old Road£565K
Cheapest streets
Bush Fair: £151,000
Harlow median£330K
Bush Fair£151K
Myrtle Close£160K
Regency Court£166K
Dunstalls£174K
Sovereign Court£175K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 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
Harlow is the 62nd most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Harlow 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 Harlow
What is the average house price in Harlow?
The median home in Harlow sold for £330,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,017 standard sales (£340,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £525,000, semi-detached houses £415,000, terraced houses £330,000 and flats and maisonettes £211,250.
Are house prices going up in Harlow?
The median was £337,500 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£325,000), and £340,000 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 Harlow each year?
868 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,246 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Harlow?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Mulberry Green (CM17, £650,000), Whieldon Grange (CM17, £650,000) and Priory Avenue (CM17, £632,500).
How much does a new build cost in Harlow?
New homes sold for a median £370,500 over three years, against £330,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.1% of sales.
Is Harlow expensive for Essex?
Harlow is the 62nd 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.
Photo: Jim Osley · CC BY-SA 2.0