The median home in High Halstow sells for £413,500
That is the middle of 70 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 7.5 times as much as in 1996. 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.
Half of High Halstow’s sales are detached houses
70 homes sold in three years: 34 detached houses, 22 semi-detached houses, 10 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £450K–£605K
- Last 12 months
- £570K10 sold
median sale · 22 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £330K–£385K
- Last 12 months
- £363K10 sold
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £295K–£355K
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 High Halstow’s homes sold for between £345K and £520K
One sale in ten was under £285K and one in ten over £615K. 6% sold for under £250K.
The median, £413,500, sits in the £400–500K band
70 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 7.5 times as much as in 1996, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,000 in 1996 to £412,000 in the last 12 months (£360,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
23 sales in the last 12 months, against 96 in 2000, the busiest year, and 16 in 2009. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 42% more sales than 2020.
High Halstow costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: High Halstow, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1996
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £166K | £315K | £280K | £320K | £480K | £570K |
| Semi-detached houses | £97K | £182K | £200K | £215K | £355K | £363K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
287 new homes have been sold in High Halstow since 1995; the share peaked at 73% in 1999.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in High Halstow. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Harrison Drive is High Halstow’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
4 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Harrison Drive | ME3 | 11 | £350,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | Christmas Lane | ME3 | 6 | £562,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Goodwood Close | ME3 | 5 | £375,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Leaman Close | ME3 | 5 | £315,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
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.
High Halstow’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Hoo St Werburgh, Cliffe and Canvey Island.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Halstow | — | £414K | 23 | +18% |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 1.9 | £347K | 92 | +35% |
| Chattenden | 2.6 | £368K | 31 | +35% |
| Cliffe | 2.9 | £335K | 22 | +41% |
| Cliffe Woods | 3.2 | £485K | 46 | +62% |
| Allhallows | 3.7 | £325K | 22 | +35% |
| Canvey Island | 5.1 | £315K | 410 | +37% |
| Higham | 5.2 | £405K | 28 | +20% |
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 High Halstow
What is the average house price in High Halstow?
The median home in High Halstow sold for £413,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 70 standard sales (£412,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £520,000, semi-detached houses £362,500 and terraced houses £317,500.
Are house prices going up in High Halstow?
The median was £375,000 in 2025, down 13% on 2024 (£430,000), and £412,000 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 High Halstow each year?
23 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 32 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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