Ongar house prices are built from 5,266 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £295,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +32.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -4.8%.
Median price paid
£295,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+32.9%
Change in real terms
-4.8%
Median per m²
£3,370
HM Land Registry5,266 sales866 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Ongar prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ongar house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £93,750 | £208,169 |
| 2000s | 10 | £268,500 | £489,128 |
| 2010s | 10 | £320,000 | £451,200 |
| 2020s | 7 | £500,000 | £510,870 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ongar is £535,000 in 2024; the lowest is £77,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £77,000 to £505,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £170,976, so the real change over the whole record is +195.4% — about +3.56% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +32.9% in cash against -4.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Fyfield Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £388,000 | £388,000 |
| Mill Cottage | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 26 Fairbank Close | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £535,000 | £535,000 |
| 43 Berwick Lane | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £765,000 | £765,000 |
| 57 WEIGHBRIDGE COURT, 301 High Street | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 86 Longfields | 8 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 33 the Gables | 6 May 2026 | Detached | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| HIGH ACRE Norwood End | 30 Apr 2026 | Detached | £946,500 | £946,500 |
| 72 Mayflower Way | 30 Apr 2026 | Detached | £505,000 | £505,000 |
| THE STUDIO, 7 Elmbridge Hall | 10 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £705,000 | £705,000 |
| 31A Rodney Road | 2 Apr 2026 | Detached | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 9 King Street | 31 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| LITTLE MUSHROOMS Pedlars End | 30 Mar 2026 | Detached | £1,005,000 | £1,005,000 |
| 1 Walter Mead Close | 26 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 68 the Gables | 24 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £616,500 | £616,500 |
| 37 WEIGHBRIDGE COURT, 301 High Street | 23 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| FAIRHAVEN Dunmow Road | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £660,000 | £660,000 |
| 10 Aukingford Gardens | 13 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £505,000 | £505,000 |
| 4 Walls Green | 9 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £837,000 | £837,000 |
| 2 King Street | 5 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £585,000 | £585,000 |
| 31 the Gables | 2 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 5 Great Stony Park | 25 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £702,500 | £702,500 |
| 4 Wood Lane | 20 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £587,500 | £587,500 |
| 16 Bowes Drive | 13 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| MANDALAY Epping Road | 12 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £420,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Ongar values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Fyfield Road | £175,000 (2006) | £388,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.1% |
| 26 Fairbank Close | £195,000 (2011) | £535,000 (2026) | +7.0% | +4.0% |
| 43 Berwick Lane | £335,000 (2010) | £765,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.3% |
| 57 WEIGHBRIDGE COURT, 301 High Street | £269,950 (2013) | £300,000 (2026) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| 86 Longfields | £86,500 (1995) | £490,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 33 the Gables | £250,000 (2006) | £480,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| HIGH ACRE Norwood End | £375,000 (1999) | £946,500 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.8% |
| THE STUDIO, 7 Elmbridge Hall | £185,000 (1999) | £705,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 31A Rodney Road | £300,000 (2006) | £580,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.4% |
| 9 King Street | £110,000 (1998) | £485,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| LITTLE MUSHROOMS Pedlars End | £875,000 (2020) | £1,005,000 (2026) | +2.3% | -2.0% |
| 1 Walter Mead Close | £195,000 (2006) | £340,000 (2026) | +2.8% | -0.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ongar is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 1,913 | 36.3% | £282,500 | £11,000 – £2,500,000 |
| Detached | 1,753 | 33.3% | £475,000 | £22,500 – £2,876,200 |
| Terraced | 918 | 17.4% | £250,000 | £30,000 – £1,090,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 682 | 13.0% | £170,000 | £21,500 – £600,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Ongar
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,159 certificates cover Ongar, and their median floor area is 87 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +14.5%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 87 m² | about 936 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 61 m² | about 657 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 126 m² | about 1,356 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 23.8% | 276 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 17.3% | 200 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ongar
700 of the sales on record are leasehold and 4,566 freehold — 13.3% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £168,000 and the median freehold sale £330,000 — a gap of +96.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 700 | 13.3% | £168,000 |
| Freehold | 4,566 | 86.7% | £330,000 |
| New build | 479 | 9.1% | £282,495 |
| Existing home | 4,787 | 90.9% | £297,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -4.9%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 258 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Ongar compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ongar sits above that national figure — +87.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,370 per square metre, across 866 of the 5,266 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £11,000 to £2,876,200. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Ongar
- High Street407 sales
- Longfields156 sales
- Great Stony Park146 sales
- Fyfield Road139 sales
- The Gables120 sales
- Cripsey Avenue110 sales
- Walter Mead Close110 sales
- Moreton Road105 sales
- Mayflower Court104 sales
- Mayflower Way101 sales
- Abigail Court88 sales
- Queensway86 sales
- Coopers Hill82 sales
- London Road70 sales
- Bowes Drive69 sales
- Fairbank Close69 sales
- Onslow Gardens69 sales
- Kettlebury Way68 sales
- Cloverly Road67 sales
- Turners Close65 sales
- Woodland Way65 sales
- The Street63 sales
- Victoria Road63 sales
- Mill Lane60 sales
- Rodney Road56 sales
- Ongar Road55 sales
- Acres Avenue53 sales
- Forest Drive53 sales
- Epping Road51 sales
- Castle Street49 sales
- Elmbridge Hall49 sales
- Kilnfield49 sales
- Green Walk44 sales
- King Street44 sales
- Springfield Close44 sales
- Elstar Road43 sales
- Aukingford Gardens41 sales
- Stanley Place41 sales
- Walker Avenue39 sales
- Dunmow Road38 sales
- Great Lawn38 sales
- Cannons Lane37 sales
- Cloverley Road37 sales
- Landview Gardens37 sales
- Fairfield Road36 sales
- St James Avenue36 sales
- Millfield35 sales
- Stondon Road35 sales
- Betjeman Way34 sales
- Chelmsford Road34 sales
- Harlow Road34 sales
- Mill Grove34 sales
- School Road33 sales
- Dacres Gate32 sales
- Marks Avenue32 sales
- High Ongar Road31 sales
- School Lane31 sales
- Churchill Close30 sales
- Milton Crescent28 sales
- Greensted Green27 sales
Postcode districts covering Ongar
- CM5£295,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ongar?
The median price paid in Ongar across every sale on the register is £295,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Ongar?
5,266 sales are on record for Ongar, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ongar house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +32.9% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -4.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ongar house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £535,000, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Ongar?
£3,370 per square metre, from the 866 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 12 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Ongar house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.