That is the middle of 280 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 6.5 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 Ingatestone’s sales are detached houses
280 homes sold in three years: 104 detached houses, 101 semi-detached houses, 41 terraced houses and 34 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£817K
median sale · 104 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£695K–£1.1M
Last 12 months
£700K25 sold
Semi-detached houses£540K
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£445K–£625K
Last 12 months
£535K25 sold
Terraced houses£458K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£385K–£560K
Last 12 months
£500K11 sold
Flats and maisonettes£285K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£357K
Last 12 months
£278K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses15%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Ingatestone’s homes sold for between £433K and £780K
One sale in ten was under £320K and one in ten over £1.1M. 4% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £570,500, sits in the £500–750K band
280 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £86,500 in 1995 to £562,500 in the last 12 months (£550,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
70 sales in the last 12 months, against 144 in 2006, the busiest year, and 45 in 2008. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ingatestone costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ingatestone, 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
£133K
£250K
£380K
£579K
£650K
£760K
£700K
Semi-detached houses
£76K
£155K
£272K
£289K
£409K
£520K
£535K
Terraced houses
£85K
£141K
£269K
£300K
£334K
£420K
£500K
Flats and maisonettes
£54K
£98K
£194K
£199K
£245K
£330K
£278K
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 44% in 2018
170 new homes have been sold in Ingatestone since 1995; the share peaked at 44% 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
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Ingatestone. 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
Heybridge Road is Ingatestone’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
21 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Heybridge Road
CM4
19
£430,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Fryerning Lane
CM4
15
£560,000
Mixed
3
The Paddocks
CM4
14
£653,500
Mixed
4
The Furlongs
CM4
10
£613,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Roman Road (CM15)
CM15
10
£546,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
High Street
CM4
9
£600,000
Mixed
7
Elm Gardens
CM15
9
£535,000
Mixed
8
Church Road
CM15
9
£485,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Station Lane
CM4
9
£445,000
Mixed
10
Willow Green
CM4
8
£950,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Tor Bryan
CM4
7
£915,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Docklands Avenue
CM4
7
£753,182
Mostly detached houses
13
Stock Lane
CM4
7
£565,000
Mixed
14
Whadden Chase
CM4
6
£834,750
Mostly detached houses
15
Crown Mews
CM4
6
£807,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Willow Green: £950,000
Ingatestone median£571K
Willow Green£950K
Tor Bryan£915K
Whadden Chase£835K
Crown Mews£808K
Park Drive£795K
Cheapest streets
Mountney Close: £350,000
Ingatestone median£571K
Mountney Close£350K
Heybridge Road£430K
Pemberton Avenue£432K
Station Lane£445K
Church Road£485K
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
Ingatestone is the 6th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Ingatestone 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 Ingatestone
What is the average house price in Ingatestone?
The median home in Ingatestone sold for £570,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 280 standard sales (£562,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £817,250, semi-detached houses £540,000, terraced houses £457,500 and flats and maisonettes £285,000.
Are house prices going up in Ingatestone?
The median was £617,500 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£565,000), and £562,500 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 Ingatestone each year?
70 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 100 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ingatestone?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Willow Green (CM4, £950,000), Tor Bryan (CM4, £915,000) and Whadden Chase (CM4, £834,750).
Is Ingatestone expensive for Essex?
Ingatestone is the 6th 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.