That is the middle of 1,148 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.
A third of Maldon’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,148 homes sold in three years: 373 detached houses, 410 semi-detached houses, 249 terraced houses and 116 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£492K
median sale · 373 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£560K
Last 12 months
£500K93 sold
New build
£493K
Semi-detached houses£360K
median sale · 410 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£395K
Last 12 months
£356K111 sold
New build
£395K
Terraced houses£298K
median sale · 249 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£268K–£325K
Last 12 months
£292K74 sold
Flats and maisonettes£190K
median sale · 116 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£245K
Last 12 months
£220K25 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Maldon’s homes sold for between £298K and £450K
One sale in ten was under £222K and one in ten over £548K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £360,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,148 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 £60,401 in 1995 to £355,000 in the last 12 months (£305,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
303 sales in the last 12 months, against 730 in 1999, the busiest year, and 273 in 2008. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 22% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Maldon costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Maldon, 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
£98K
£150K
£250K
£295K
£355K
£406K
£500K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£88K
£179K
£191K
£248K
£309K
£356K
Terraced houses
£49K
£78K
£154K
£163K
£205K
£256K
£292K
Flats and maisonettes
£39K
£50K
£118K
£140K
£130K
£190K
£220K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,179 new homes have been sold in Maldon since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 1995.
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 £436,750
against £343,875 for a home sold on, 27% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Maldon. 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
Spital Road is Maldon’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years
83 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
Spital Road
CM9
25
£260,000
Mixed
2
Sunderland Avenue
CM9
21
£445,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Typhoon Road
CM9
21
£395,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
Wantz Road
CM9
21
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Washington Road
CM9
18
£403,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Fambridge Road
CM9
17
£350,000
Mixed
7
Magister Drive
CM9
16
£450,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Mill Road
CM9
16
£276,687
Mixed
9
Defiant Drive
CM9
14
£421,000
Mixed · new builds
10
Heywood Way
CM9
14
£337,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Boulton Road
CM9
13
£422,000
Mixed · new builds
12
High Street
CM9
13
£195,000
Mostly flats
13
Goldhanger Road
CM9
12
£477,750
Mostly detached houses
14
Fieldfare Way
CM9
12
£430,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Norfolk Road
CM9
12
£308,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Gifford Close: £606,500
Maldon median£360K
Gifford Close£607K
Acacia Drive£570K
Repertor Drive£553K
Sparrowhawk Drive£510K
London Road£508K
Cheapest streets
Baker Mews: £137,500
Maldon median£360K
Baker Mews£138K
High Street£195K
Wantz Haven£225K
Mons Way£240K
Quest Place£247K
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
Maldon is the 47th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Maldon 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 Maldon
What is the average house price in Maldon?
The median home in Maldon sold for £360,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,148 standard sales (£355,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £492,000, semi-detached houses £360,000, terraced houses £297,500 and flats and maisonettes £190,000.
Are house prices going up in Maldon?
The median was £365,375 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£350,000), and £355,000 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 Maldon each year?
303 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 431 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Maldon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Gifford Close (CM9, £606,500), Acacia Drive (CM9, £570,000) and Repertor Drive (CM9, £552,500).
How much does a new build cost in Maldon?
New homes sold for a median £436,750 over three years, against £343,875 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
Is Maldon expensive for Essex?
Maldon is the 47th 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: David Kemp · CC BY-SA 2.0