That is the middle of 381 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 6.4 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.
381 homes sold in three years: 143 detached houses, 159 semi-detached houses, 46 terraced houses and 33 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£565K
median sale · 143 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£460K–£670K
Last 12 months
£600K29 sold
New build
£668K
Semi-detached houses£390K
median sale · 159 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£443K
Last 12 months
£398K32 sold
Terraced houses£348K
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£410K
Last 12 months
£347K12 sold
Flats and maisonettes£192K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£245K
Last 12 months
£194K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses38%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses12%
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 Runwell’s homes sold for between £350K and £530K
One sale in ten was under £290K and one in ten over £668K. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £420,000, sits in the £400–500K band
381 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,000 in 1995 to £415,000 in the last 12 months (£382,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
83 sales in the last 12 months, against 201 in 2021, the busiest year, and 50 in 2008. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Runwell costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Runwell, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£94K
£138K
£247K
£245K
£368K
£490K
£600K
Semi-detached houses
£65K
£96K
£196K
£217K
£265K
£353K
£398K
Terraced houses
£53K
£80K
£170K
£154K
£239K
£283K
£347K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£52K
£110K
—
£85K
£258K
£194K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 44% in 2018
541 new homes have been sold in Runwell 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
A new home sold for a median £667,995
against £410,000 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Runwell. 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
Swan Lane is Runwell’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
27 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Swan Lane
SS11
26
£448,250
Mixed
2
Church End Lane
SS11
23
£327,000
Mixed
3
St Lukes Way
SS11
17
£599,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Brock Hill
SS11
15
£495,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Guernsey Gardens
SS11
14
£414,500
Mixed
6
Station Avenue
SS11
10
£460,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Haslemere Road
SS11
10
£331,750
Mostly terraced houses
8
Running Well
SS11
9
£525,000
Mixed
9
Downham Road
SS11
9
£500,000
Mixed
10
Runwell Road
SS11
9
£475,000
Mixed
11
Waverley Crescent
SS11
9
£440,000
Mixed
12
Tamworth Drive
SS11
9
£420,000
Mixed
13
Egbert Gardens
SS11
9
£400,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Alderney Gardens
SS11
9
£365,000
Mixed
15
Ethelred Gardens
SS11
9
£360,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Southlands Farm Way: £684,995
Runwell median£420K
Southlands Farm Way£685K
Hughes Crescent£668K
St Lukes Way£600K
Running Well£525K
Downham Road£500K
Cheapest streets
Church End Lane: £327,000
Runwell median£420K
Church End Lane£327K
Edward Gardens£330K
Haslemere Road£332K
Delmar Gardens£344K
Ethelred Gardens£360K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is twice 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
Runwell is the 29th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Runwell 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 Runwell
What is the average house price in Runwell?
The median home in Runwell sold for £420,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 381 standard sales (£415,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £565,000, semi-detached houses £390,000, terraced houses £347,500 and flats and maisonettes £192,000.
Are house prices going up in Runwell?
The median was £425,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£407,500), and £415,000 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 Runwell each year?
83 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 159 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Runwell?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Southlands Farm Way (SS11, £684,995), Hughes Crescent (SS11, £667,995) and St Lukes Way (SS11, £599,995).
How much does a new build cost in Runwell?
New homes sold for a median £667,995 over three years, against £410,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.6% of sales.
Is Runwell expensive for Essex?
Runwell is the 28th 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.