Homes in Layer-de-la-Haye sell for a median £472,500
That is the middle of 41 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.
Two thirds of Layer-de-la-Haye’s sales are detached houses
41 homes sold in three years: 28 detached houses, 11 semi-detached houses and 2 terraced houses.
Detached houses£650K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£450K–£750K
Last 12 months
£505K7 sold
Semi-detached houses£355K
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£435K
Fewer sales
Terraced houses: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
Mostly detached: two thirds of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses68%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses5%
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 Layer-de-la-Haye’s homes sold for between £400K and £670K
One sale in ten was under £345K and one in ten over £800K. 2% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £472,500, sits in the £400–500K band
41 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 £76,750 in 1995 to £450,000 in the last 12 months (£330,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
11 sales in the last 12 months, against 30 in 1999, the busiest year, and 9 in 2008. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 67% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Layer-de-la-Haye costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Layer-de-la-Haye, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Each type, year by year
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£105K
£265K
£331K
£355K
£319K
£585K
£505K
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
9% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
9 new homes have been sold in Layer-de-la-Haye since 1995; the share peaked at 11% in 2025.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Layer-de-la-Haye. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Layer-de-la-Haye’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Berechurch, Colchester and Wivenhoe.
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 Layer-de-la-Haye
What is the average house price in Layer-de-la-Haye?
The median home in Layer-de-la-Haye sold for £472,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 41 standard sales (£450,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £650,000 and semi-detached houses £355,000.
How many homes sell in Layer-de-la-Haye each year?
11 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 16 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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.