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Sector CM1 3 house prices

Writtle & Highwood · Chelmsford · district CM1 · 225 postcodes

Median £4,630 per m² over 196 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, up 8.2% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£4,630/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+8.2%
Sales, 24 months196with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£2,740/m² to £3,020/m²: 5 sales£3,020/m² to £3,290/m²: 4 sales£3,290/m² to £3,560/m²: 16 sales£3,560/m² to £3,830/m²: 19 sales£3,830/m² to £4,100/m²: 18 sales£4,100/m² to £4,370/m²: 13 sales£4,370/m² to £4,640/m²: 26 sales£4,640/m² to £4,920/m²: 18 sales£4,920/m² to £5,190/m²: 20 sales£5,190/m² to £5,460/m²: 20 sales£5,460/m² to £5,730/m²: 10 sales£5,730/m² to £6,000/m²: 9 sales£6,000/m² to £6,270/m²: 4 sales£6,270/m² to £6,540/m²: 7 sales£6,540/m² to £6,820/m²: 1 sale£7,630/m² to £7,900/m²: 3 sales£7,900/m² to £8,170/m²: 3 salesCM1 3CM1£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k
CM1 3
£4,630/m² middle · £3,950–£5,270/m² middle half · 196 sales
District CM1
£4,600/m² middle · £4,020–£5,190/m² middle half · 1765 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025CM1 3, 2026: 107CM1, 2026: 110Chelmsford houses, 2026: 116
  • CM1 3
  • CM1
  • Chelmsford houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverCM1 3District CM1
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+8.2%+11.8%−3.0%+0.2%
5 years−1.5%+3.5%−3.0%+1.9%
10 years+0.1%+3.5%−1.1%+2.3%
20 years+0.6%+3.4%+0.4%+3.3%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£2,000–£8,000/m²
  1. CM4 0Ingatestone & Mountnessing£4,920–£6,910/m²
  2. RM4 1Havering-atte-Bower & Chase Cross£4,890–£6,260/m²
  3. CM1 6Springfield North£4,170–£5,240/m²
  4. CM1 4Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey£4,140–£5,290/m²
  5. CM2 0Central Chelmsford West£4,150–£5,210/m²
  6. CM1 3Writtle & Highwood£3,950–£5,270/m²
  7. CM2 9Moulsham West£4,130–£5,230/m²
  8. CM1 7South Broomfield£4,070–£5,180/m²
  9. CM2 8Galleywood£3,960–£4,930/m²
  10. CM1 2Waterhouse Lane & Admirals Park£3,910–£5,010/m²
  11. CM1 1Central Chelmsford West£3,820–£4,900/m²
  12. CM1 9Chelmer VillageToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Parkinson Drive4756 m²£3,810/m²
Ongar Road3898 m²£5,190/m²
Writtle Road3179 m²£4,190/m²
Long Brandocks2890 m²£4,540/m²
Millfields2692 m²£4,350/m²
Rookes Crescent2656 m²£3,760/m²
Mayfield Road2593 m²£5,530/m²
Crompton Street2162 m²£3,670/m²
Melba Court1648 m²£4,510/m²
Evelyn Place1556 m²£3,750/m²
Lodge Road11125 m²£4,890/m²
The Priory11101 m²£3,420/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.