That is the middle of 1,234 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 6.5 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.
1,234 homes sold in three years: 230 detached houses, 293 semi-detached houses, 424 terraced houses and 287 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£500K
median sale · 230 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£430K–£585K
Last 12 months
£450K53 sold
New build
£540K
Semi-detached houses£365K
median sale · 293 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£408K
Last 12 months
£363K78 sold
New build
£418K
Terraced houses£300K
median sale · 424 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£330K
Last 12 months
£300K138 sold
New build
£420K
Flats and maisonettes£186K
median sale · 287 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£151K–£217K
Last 12 months
£175K87 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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 Witham’s homes sold for between £250K and £400K
One sale in ten was under £175K and one in ten over £500K. 24% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £315,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,234 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £47,500 in 1995 to £307,250 in the last 12 months (£270,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
356 sales in the last 12 months, against 868 in 2004, the busiest year, and 293 in 2012. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Witham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Witham, 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
£79K
£139K
£248K
£295K
£380K
£470K
£450K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£82K
£175K
£185K
£255K
£315K
£363K
Terraced houses
£45K
£66K
£145K
£156K
£200K
£250K
£300K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£52K
£149K
£121K
£139K
£175K
£175K
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
Hardly any new homes: 2% of sales in the last 12 months
2,101 new homes have been sold in Witham since 1995; the share peaked at 32% in 2004.
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 £500,000
against £306,000 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.
24% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Witham. 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
Newland Street is Witham’s busiest street, with 38 sales in three years
83 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 33 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
Newland Street
CM8
38
£126,250
Mostly flats
2
Ryland Drive
CM8
25
£337,950
Mostly flats
3
Thoroughgood Way
CM8
24
£557,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Constance Close
CM8
24
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Mortimer Way
CM8
23
£202,500
Mostly flats
6
Holst Avenue
CM8
21
£322,500
Mixed
7
Hatfield Road
CM8
20
£340,000
Mixed
8
Epping Way
CM8
19
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Porter Way
CM8
18
£565,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Otter Vale
CM8
16
£454,997
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Humber Road
CM8
15
£310,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Braintree Road
CM8
15
£300,000
Mixed
13
Claudius Way
CM8
15
£250,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Maldon Road
CM8
14
£425,500
Mixed
15
Flemming Way
CM8
14
£415,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Clarke Drive: £715,000
Witham median£315K
Clarke Drive£715K
Porter Way£565K
Thoroughgood Way£558K
Cricketers Gardens£473K
Constantine Road£464K
Cheapest streets
Foster Court: £104,500
Witham median£315K
Foster Court£105K
Newland Street£126K
Maltings Court£152K
Elderberry Gardens£166K
Wickham Road£172K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.8 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.
Across Essex
Witham is the 69th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Witham is one of Essex’s cheapest 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 Witham
What is the average house price in Witham?
The median home in Witham sold for £315,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,234 standard sales (£307,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £500,000, semi-detached houses £365,000, terraced houses £300,000 and flats and maisonettes £186,000.
Are house prices going up in Witham?
The median was £322,150 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£325,000), and £307,250 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 Witham each year?
356 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 511 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Witham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Clarke Drive (CM8, £715,000), Porter Way (CM8, £565,000) and Thoroughgood Way (CM8, £557,500).
How much does a new build cost in Witham?
New homes sold for a median £500,000 over three years, against £306,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.9% of sales.
Is Witham expensive for Essex?
Witham is the 68th 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.