Postcode sector

Sector CM1 4 house prices

Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Chelmsford · district CM1 · 313 postcodes

Median £4,690 per m² over 279 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 4.1% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£4,690/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−4.0%
Sales, 24 months279with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£2,430/m² to £2,680/m²: 7 sales£2,680/m² to £2,940/m²: 2 sales£2,940/m² to £3,190/m²: 4 sales£3,190/m² to £3,450/m²: 11 sales£3,450/m² to £3,700/m²: 15 sales£3,700/m² to £3,960/m²: 14 sales£3,960/m² to £4,210/m²: 25 sales£4,210/m² to £4,470/m²: 32 sales£4,470/m² to £4,720/m²: 35 sales£4,720/m² to £4,970/m²: 28 sales£4,970/m² to £5,230/m²: 29 sales£5,230/m² to £5,480/m²: 23 sales£5,480/m² to £5,740/m²: 20 sales£5,740/m² to £5,990/m²: 8 sales£5,990/m² to £6,250/m²: 8 sales£6,250/m² to £6,500/m²: 7 sales£6,500/m² to £6,760/m²: 3 sales£6,760/m² to £7,010/m²: 1 sale£7,260/m² to £7,520/m²: 7 salesCM1 4CM1£2k£4k£6k£8k
CM1 4
£4,690/m² middle · £4,140–£5,290/m² middle half · 279 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 4, 2026: 109CM1, 2026: 110Chelmsford houses, 2026: 116
  • CM1 4
  • 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 4District CM1
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−4.0%−0.8%−3.0%+0.2%
5 years−3.1%+1.8%−3.0%+1.9%
10 years−1.0%+2.4%−1.1%+2.3%
20 years+0.4%+3.3%+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. CM5 0Fyfield, High Ongar & Stapleford Abbotts£4,060–£5,800/m²
  4. CM1 6Springfield North£4,170–£5,240/m²
  5. CM1 4Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey£4,140–£5,290/m²
  6. CM1 3Writtle & Highwood£3,950–£5,270/m²
  7. CM1 7South Broomfield£4,070–£5,180/m²
  8. CM1 2Waterhouse Lane & Admirals Park£3,910–£5,010/m²
  9. CM3 1Great Leighs & the Walthams£3,700–£5,000/m²
  10. CM1 1Central Chelmsford West£3,820–£4,900/m²
  11. CM6 1Great Dunmow£3,670–£4,890/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
Foxglove Avenue37100 m²£4,600/m²
Patching Hall Lane22134 m²£4,330/m²
Berwick Avenue20105 m²£3,950/m²
Broomfield Road20100 m²£4,520/m²
Sunrise Avenue1897 m²£4,520/m²
Third Avenue1896 m²£4,880/m²
Nalla Gardens1775 m²£5,330/m²
Fifth Avenue16102 m²£5,090/m²
Chester Place1439 m²£4,770/m²
Pentland Avenue1484 m²£4,990/m²
Second Avenue1396 m²£5,940/m²
Bounderby Grove1248 m²£4,420/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.