That is the middle of 305 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 5.6 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.
305 homes sold in three years: 101 detached houses, 123 semi-detached houses, 57 terraced houses and 24 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 1.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£414K
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£328K–£540K
Last 12 months
£398K32 sold
Semi-detached houses£310K
median sale · 123 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£350K
Last 12 months
£300K39 sold
New build
£365K
Terraced houses£280K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£350K
Last 12 months
£269K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£279K
median sale · 24 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£416K
Last 12 months
£305K7 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Wivenhoe’s homes sold for between £277K and £410K
One sale in ten was under £245K and one in ten over £540K. 11% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
305 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £57,500 in 1995 to £320,000 in the last 12 months (£305,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
101 sales in the last 12 months, against 226 in 2000, the busiest year, and 87 in 2024. Sales fell by 27% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wivenhoe costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Wivenhoe, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£140K
£226K
£285K
£280K
£349K
£398K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£85K
£172K
£195K
£201K
£275K
£300K
Terraced houses
£48K
£78K
£160K
£183K
£210K
£269K
£269K
Flats and maisonettes
£23K
£73K
£157K
£194K
£139K
£199K
£305K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months
405 new homes have been sold in Wivenhoe since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2000.
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 £376,097
against £325,000 for a home sold on, 16% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Wivenhoe. 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
Richard Avenue is Wivenhoe’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
22 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
Richard Avenue
CO7
14
£297,500
Mixed
2
Ernest Road
CO7
13
£385,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Heath Road
CO7
13
£288,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Chaney Road
CO7
11
£322,500
Mixed
5
The Cross
CO7
11
£225,000
Mixed
6
The Avenue
CO7
9
£530,000
Mixed
7
Britannia Crescent
CO7
8
£288,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Broome Grove
CO7
7
£352,500
Mixed
9
Claremont Road
CO7
7
£340,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Admirals Walk
CO7
6
£411,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Old Ferry Road
CO7
6
£407,500
Mixed
12
Walter Radcliffe Road
CO7
6
£390,000
Mostly flats
13
Valley Road
CO7
6
£345,000
Mixed
14
Hereward Close
CO7
6
£237,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Valfreda Way
CO7
5
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
The Avenue: £530,000
Wivenhoe median£325K
The Avenue£530K
Admirals Walk£411K
Old Ferry Road£408K
Walter Radcliffe Road£390K
Ernest Road£385K
Cheapest streets
Paget Road: £200,000
Wivenhoe median£325K
Paget Road£200K
West Street£225K
The Cross£225K
Hereward Close£238K
Queens Road£280K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.7 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
Wivenhoe is the 63rd most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Wivenhoe 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 Wivenhoe
What is the average house price in Wivenhoe?
The median home in Wivenhoe sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 305 standard sales (£320,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £414,000, semi-detached houses £310,000, terraced houses £280,000 and flats and maisonettes £278,750.
Are house prices going up in Wivenhoe?
The median was £327,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£325,000), and £320,000 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 Wivenhoe each year?
101 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 126 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wivenhoe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: The Avenue (CO7, £530,000), Admirals Walk (CO7, £411,000) and Old Ferry Road (CO7, £407,500).
How much does a new build cost in Wivenhoe?
New homes sold for a median £376,097 over three years, against £325,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.6% of sales.
Is Wivenhoe expensive for Essex?
Wivenhoe is the 63rd 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.
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