Postcode sector

Sector CM3 1 house prices

Great Leighs & the Walthams · Chelmsford · district CM3 · 215 postcodes

Median £4,400 per m² over 102 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 10.0% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£4,400/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−10.0%
Sales, 24 months102with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,060/m² to £3,290/m²: 6 sales£3,290/m² to £3,520/m²: 12 sales£3,520/m² to £3,750/m²: 10 sales£3,750/m² to £3,980/m²: 9 sales£3,980/m² to £4,210/m²: 9 sales£4,210/m² to £4,440/m²: 6 sales£4,440/m² to £4,670/m²: 10 sales£4,670/m² to £4,900/m²: 9 sales£4,900/m² to £5,140/m²: 6 sales£5,140/m² to £5,370/m²: 11 sales£5,370/m² to £5,600/m²: 3 sales£5,830/m² to £6,060/m²: 2 sales£6,060/m² to £6,290/m²: 4 sales£6,290/m² to £6,520/m²: 1 sale£6,520/m² to £6,750/m²: 1 sale£6,750/m² to £6,980/m²: 1 sale£7,440/m² to £7,670/m²: 2 salesCM3 1CM3£2k£4k£6k£8k
CM3 1
£4,400/m² middle · £3,700–£5,000/m² middle half · 102 sales
District CM3
£4,490/m² middle · £3,910–£5,100/m² middle half · 1482 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025CM3 1, 2026: 116CM3, 2026: 107Chelmsford houses, 2026: 116
  • CM3 1
  • CM3
  • 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
OverCM3 1District CM3
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−10.0%−7.0%−5.4%−2.2%
5 years−4.8%0.0%−3.1%+1.8%
10 years−1.2%+2.2%−0.5%+2.9%
20 years0.0%+2.9%+0.3%+3.2%

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

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£3,000–£7,000/m²
  1. RM4 1Havering-atte-Bower & Chase Cross£4,890–£6,260/m²
  2. CM3 3Boreham & Little Baddow£4,210–£5,310/m²
  3. CM3 4Danbury & Bicknacre£4,240–£5,260/m²
  4. CM3 7South Woodham Ferrers South£4,130–£5,510/m²
  5. CM1 4Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey£4,140–£5,290/m²
  6. CM3 2Witham South, Hatfield Peverel & White Notley£4,300–£5,180/m²
  7. CM1 7South Broomfield£4,070–£5,180/m²
  8. CM3 8Danbury & Bicknacre£3,650–£5,090/m²
  9. CM3 5South Woodham Ferrers North£3,860–£5,040/m²
  10. CM3 1Great Leighs & the Walthams£3,700–£5,000/m²
  11. CM6 3Flitch Green, Felsted & High Easter£3,710–£4,950/m²
  12. CM6 1Great Dunmow£3,670–£4,890/m²
  13. CM77 7Great Notley & Black Notley£3,580–£4,770/m²
  14. CM77 6Braintree West & Rayne£3,660–£4,490/m²
  15. CM3 6Mayland, Althorne & Cold Norton£3,650–£4,660/m²
  16. CM77 8Silver End & Stisted£3,540–£4,480/m²
  17. CM3 9South Woodham Ferrers NorthToo 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
Main Road27142 m²£4,500/m²
Fayrewood Drive1668 m²£3,480/m²
Evelyn Road1392 m²£4,660/m²
Shimbrooks1264 m²£3,830/m²
Radcliffe Way11118 m²£4,250/m²
Catherines Close956 m²£5,180/m²
Brickbarns7150 m²£3,790/m²
Hatchfields798 m²£3,920/m²
Ray Mead791 m²£3,610/m²
Ridley Green7118 m²£4,360/m²
School Lane7153 m²£4,100/m²
Back Lane6194 m²£4,680/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.