That is the middle of 897 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.
897 homes sold in three years: 328 detached houses, 251 semi-detached houses, 238 terraced houses and 80 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 328 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£399K
Last 12 months
£340K76 sold
New build
£361K
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 251 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£275K
Last 12 months
£242K75 sold
New build
£299K
Terraced houses£195K
median sale · 238 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£235K
Last 12 months
£200K75 sold
Flats and maisonettes£126K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£150K
Last 12 months
£137K23 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses27%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Harwich’s homes sold for between £195K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £399K. 48% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
897 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, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,500 in 1995 to £240,000 in the last 12 months (£185,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
249 sales in the last 12 months, against 697 in 2001, the busiest year, and 225 in 2008. Sales fell by 33% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Harwich costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Harwich, 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
£60K
£104K
£190K
£195K
£225K
£295K
£340K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£67K
£148K
£136K
£158K
£210K
£242K
Terraced houses
£34K
£53K
£119K
£119K
£127K
£172K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£22K
£37K
£90K
£75K
£93K
£125K
£137K
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
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,172 new homes have been sold in Harwich since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 2001.
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 £351,023
against £240,000 for a home sold on, 46% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Harwich. 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
Main Road is Harwich’s busiest street, with 40 sales in three years
67 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 17 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
Main Road
CO12
40
£188,750
Mixed
2
Fronks Road
CO12
29
£315,000
Mixed
3
Primrose Avenue
CO12
27
£322,996
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Blackthorn Drive
CO12
23
£353,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Lee Road
CO12
19
£212,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Paddocks Lane
CO12
14
£420,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Mayes Lane
CO12
13
£335,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Oakley Road
CO12
13
£285,000
Mixed
9
Dove Crescent
CO12
13
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Manor Road
CO12
13
£190,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Sea Campion Close
CO12
12
£344,623
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Stour Close
CO12
12
£311,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Chamomile Way
CO12
11
£399,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Foxglove Way
CO12
10
£399,497
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Ramsey Road
CO12
10
£283,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Paddocks Lane: £420,000
Harwich median£250K
Paddocks Lane£420K
Gordon Road£410K
Chamomile Way£400K
Foxglove Way£399K
Hewitt Road£390K
Cheapest streets
Victoria Street: £94,500
Harwich median£250K
Victoria Street£95K
The Quay£122K
Hordle Street£134K
Cliff Road£134K
Kings Head Street£136K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.4 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
Harwich is the 78th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Harwich is one of Essex’s cheapest 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 Harwich
What is the average house price in Harwich?
The median home in Harwich sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 897 standard sales (£240,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £195,000 and flats and maisonettes £126,247.
Are house prices going up in Harwich?
The median was £255,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£255,000), and £240,000 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 Harwich each year?
249 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 340 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Harwich?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Paddocks Lane (CO12, £420,000), Gordon Road (CO12, £410,000) and Chamomile Way (CO12, £399,995).
How much does a new build cost in Harwich?
New homes sold for a median £351,023 over three years, against £240,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Harwich expensive for Essex?
Harwich is the 78th 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.