The median home in Mistley sells for £300,000
That is the middle of 163 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 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 Mistley’s sales are detached houses
163 homes sold in three years: 49 detached houses, 49 semi-detached houses, 33 terraced houses and 32 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £420K–£550K
- New build
- £470K
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £260K–£345K
- Last 12 months
- £291K19 sold
- New build
- £365K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £215K–£311K
- Last 12 months
- £288K16 sold
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £123K–£205K
- Last 12 months
- £180K16 sold
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
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.
Half of Mistley’s homes sold for between £222K and £415K
One sale in ten was under £163K and one in ten over £530K. 31% sold for under £250K.
The median, £300,000, sits in the £300–400K band
163 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,000 in 1995 to £256,000 in the last 12 months (£265,642 in 2019).
More homes sell than in most years
55 sales in the last 12 months, against 101 in 2021, the busiest year, and 19 in 2010. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 33% more sales than 2020.
Mistley costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Mistley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | £38K | £74K | £150K | — | £191K | £244K | £291K |
| Terraced houses | £28K | £62K | £128K | — | £152K | £264K | £288K |
| Flats and maisonettes | £50K | £46K | £141K | £115K | £178K | £155K | £180K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 59% in 2020
338 new homes have been sold in Mistley since 1995; the share peaked at 59% in 2020.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £432,500
against £265,000 for a home sold on, 63% 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.
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Mistley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Jubilee Crescent is Mistley’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
13 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 | Jubilee Crescent | CO11 | 21 | £460,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Harwich Road | CO11 | 17 | £265,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Forrester Road | CO11 | 16 | £347,500 | Mixed |
| 4 | California Road | CO11 | 12 | £262,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Furze Close | CO11 | 11 | £375,000 | Mixed · new builds |
| 6 | Stour View Avenue | CO11 | 9 | £273,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | The Quayside Maltings | CO11 | 9 | £220,000 | Mostly flats |
| 8 | Swan Court | CO11 | 9 | £120,000 | Mostly flats |
| 9 | School Lane | CO11 | 8 | £185,000 | Mostly flats |
| 10 | Shrubland Road | CO11 | 7 | £296,500 | Mixed |
| 11 | Horlock Way | CO11 | 6 | £405,000 | Mixed · new builds |
| 12 | Ian Rose Way | CO11 | 5 | £325,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 13 | Rigby Avenue | CO11 | 5 | £256,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Jubilee Crescent: £460,000
Swan Court: £120,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.8 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.
Mistley’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistley | — | £300K | 55 | +46% |
| Manningtree | 1.1 | £330K | 21 | +48% |
| Bradfield | 1.3 | £495K | 12 | +32% |
| Lawford | 1.6 | £381K | 64 | +40% |
| Brantham | 1.8 | £345K | 33 | +47% |
| East Bergholt | 3.8 | £470K | 21 | +34% |
| Holbrook | 4.1 | £366K | 13 | +31% |
| Ardleigh | 4.6 | £375K | 11 | −4% |
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 Mistley
What is the average house price in Mistley?
The median home in Mistley sold for £300,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 163 standard sales (£256,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £465,000, semi-detached houses £292,000, terraced houses £262,000 and flats and maisonettes £172,500.
Are house prices going up in Mistley?
The median was £290,000 in 2025, down 23% on 2024 (£375,000), and £256,000 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 Mistley each year?
55 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 57 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Mistley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Jubilee Crescent (CO11, £460,000), Horlock Way (CO11, £405,000) and Furze Close (CO11, £375,000).
How much does a new build cost in Mistley?
New homes sold for a median £432,500 over three years, against £265,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 26% of sales.
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.
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