The median home in Saffron Walden sells for £415,000
That is the middle of 798 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 6.2 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 quarter of Saffron Walden’s sales are detached houses
798 homes sold in three years: 213 detached houses, 213 semi-detached houses, 196 terraced houses and 176 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£605K
median sale · 213 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£485K–£815K
Last 12 months
£634K52 sold
New build
£602K
Semi-detached houses£454K
median sale · 213 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£377K–£550K
Last 12 months
£450K62 sold
New build
£680K
Terraced houses£362K
median sale · 196 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£308K–£467K
Last 12 months
£320K54 sold
New build
£475K
Flats and maisonettes£215K
median sale · 176 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£267K
Last 12 months
£235K44 sold
New build
£360K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 27% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes22%
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 Saffron Walden’s homes sold for between £300K and £565K
One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £800K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £415,000, sits in the £400–500K band
798 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.2 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £64,950 in 1995 to £400,000 in the last 12 months (£350,265 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
212 sales in the last 12 months, against 495 in 1999, the busiest year, and 229 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 62% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Saffron Walden costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Saffron Walden, 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
£108K
£175K
£285K
£356K
£476K
£503K
£634K
Semi-detached houses
£69K
£115K
£189K
£235K
£315K
£385K
£450K
Terraced houses
£59K
£94K
£173K
£194K
£283K
£326K
£320K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£73K
£133K
£125K
£190K
£199K
£235K
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
1,221 new homes have been sold in Saffron Walden since 1995; the share peaked at 22% in 2015.
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 £544,997
against £395,000 for a home sold on, 38% 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.
22% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Saffron Walden. 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
Radwinter Road is Saffron Walden’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
59 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 16 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
Radwinter Road
CB11
30
£201,250
Mostly flats
2
Edwin Gardens
CB10
27
£395,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Ashdon Road
CB10
21
£570,000
Mixed
4
Station Street
CB11
20
£208,500
Mostly flats
5
Audley Road
CB11
17
£210,000
Mostly flats
6
South Road
CB11
16
£405,000
Mixed
7
Horn Book
CB11
15
£200,000
Mostly flats
8
Goddard Way
CB10
13
£394,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Loompits Way
CB11
13
£310,000
Mixed
10
Ross Close
CB11
13
£195,000
Mostly flats
11
Debden Road
CB11
12
£562,500
Mixed
12
Pleasant Valley
CB11
12
£412,500
Mixed
13
Thaxted Road (CB11)
CB11
11
£454,000
Mixed
14
Winstanley Road
CB11
10
£382,500
Mixed
15
Castle Street
CB10
10
£375,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
West Road: £850,000
Saffron Walden median£415K
West Road£850K
Lucas Mews£833K
Summerhill Road£763K
Eder Road£700K
Newport Road£670K
Cheapest streets
Carnation Drive: £145,000
Saffron Walden median£415K
Carnation Drive£145K
Ross Close£195K
Horn Book£200K
Radwinter Road£201K
Station Street£209K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.9 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
Saffron Walden is the 31st most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Saffron Walden 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 Saffron Walden
What is the average house price in Saffron Walden?
The median home in Saffron Walden sold for £415,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 798 standard sales (£400,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £604,995, semi-detached houses £454,000, terraced houses £361,875 and flats and maisonettes £215,000.
Are house prices going up in Saffron Walden?
The median was £442,500 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£410,000), and £400,000 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 Saffron Walden each year?
212 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 303 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Saffron Walden?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: West Road (CB11, £850,000), Lucas Mews (CB11, £833,497) and Summerhill Road (CB11, £762,500).
How much does a new build cost in Saffron Walden?
New homes sold for a median £544,997 over three years, against £395,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 13% of sales.
Is Saffron Walden expensive for Essex?
Saffron Walden is the 31st 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.