Downs Grove, Basildon house prices are built from 156 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £130,498. Across the 13 years from 2004 to 2017 the median moved +67.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +23.0%.
Median price paid
£130,498
Change in cash, 2004–2017
+67.6%
Change in real terms
+23.0%
Median per m²
£1,996
HM Land Registry156 sales52 with floor areaLatest sale 12 May 2026
Section 01
How Downs Grove, Basildon prices moved
The chart tracks the median Downs Grove, Basildon house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2017. 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 | 4 | £61,748 | £137,109 |
| 2000s | 5 | £124,998 | £227,709 |
| 2010s | 2 | £190,750 | £268,958 |
The highest yearly median on record for Downs Grove, Basildon is £266,500 in 2017; the lowest is £59,995 in 1996. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £61,748 to £266,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £137,109, so the real change over the whole record is +164.5% — about +4.52% 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: +67.6% in cash against +23.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 12 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 36 | 1 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £362,717 |
| 9 | 14 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £187,000 | £191,065 |
| 44 | 24 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £350,000 | £368,284 |
| 69 | 10 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| 18 | 17 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| 53 | 3 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £373,545 |
| 57 | 12 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £362,000 | £391,126 |
| 75 | 10 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £310,000 | £359,162 |
| 39 | 4 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £283,000 | £327,880 |
| 35 | 26 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £278,000 | £351,237 |
| 37 | 29 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £278,000 | £351,237 |
| 63 | 26 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £322,177 |
| 59 | 12 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £420,799 |
| 10 | 30 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £407,851 |
| 31 | 20 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £394,904 |
| 29 | 14 Feb 2020 | Detached | £335,000 | £433,747 |
| 2 | 18 Jan 2019 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £451,252 |
| 7 | 3 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £266,541 |
| 37 | 28 Feb 2018 | Terraced | £212,000 | £282,533 |
| 5 | 18 Jan 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £246,550 |
| 39 | 22 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £240,000 | £326,641 |
| 11 | 18 Aug 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £238,176 |
| 59 | 17 May 2017 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £442,326 |
| 4 | 12 Apr 2017 | Terraced | £266,500 | £362,708 |
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 Downs Grove, Basildon values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 Downs Grove | £56,952 (1997) | £335,000 (2026) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 36 Downs Grove | £66,000 (1997) | £355,000 (2025) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 9 Downs Grove | £31,500 (1996) | £187,000 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 44 Downs Grove | £52,500 (1995) | £350,000 (2024) | +6.8% | +4.0% |
| 69 Downs Grove | £59,950 (1997) | £300,000 (2024) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 18 Downs Grove | £62,500 (1997) | £365,000 (2024) | +6.8% | +4.0% |
| 53 Downs Grove | £59,950 (1997) | £355,000 (2024) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 57 Downs Grove | £72,950 (1997) | £362,000 (2023) | +6.4% | +3.6% |
| 75 Downs Grove | £63,500 (1997) | £310,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +4.0% |
| 39 Downs Grove | £56,950 (1997) | £283,000 (2022) | +6.6% | +4.1% |
| 35 Downs Grove | £57,950 (1996) | £278,000 (2021) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| 37 Downs Grove | £96,000 (2002) | £278,000 (2021) | +5.8% | +3.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Downs Grove, Basildon 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 | 82 | 52.6% | £131,000 | £56,952 – £362,000 |
| Terraced | 49 | 31.4% | £135,000 | £35,000 – £365,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 18 | 11.5% | £112,000 | £31,500 – £200,000 |
| Detached | 7 | 4.5% | £166,500 | £88,000 – £335,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Downs Grove, Basildon
18 of the sales on record are leasehold and 138 freehold — 11.5% 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 £114,498 and the median freehold sale £135,000 — a gap of +17.9%. 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 | 18 | 11.5% | £114,498 |
| Freehold | 138 | 88.5% | £135,000 |
| New build | 33 | 21.2% | £62,500 |
| Existing home | 123 | 78.8% | £166,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -62.5%. 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 5 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 07
Living in Downs Grove, Basildon
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Basildon, 48.8% of 79,564 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 132 | 0.2% |
| B | 7,749 | 9.7% |
| C | 30,917 | 38.9% |
| D | 31,152 | 39.2% |
| E | 8,046 | 10.1% |
| F | 1,310 | 1.6% |
| G | 258 | 0.3% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Basildon at £1,416 a month as of Jun 2026 — £977 for a one-bedroom home and £1,498 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £130,498 here, that rent is a gross yield of 13.02% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of SS16, 310 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 115 violent, 5 burglary, 16 vehicle-related and 30 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.9 times busier.
Against the 187,571 residents the 2021 census counted in Basildon, that is 1.65 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Downs Grove, Basildon
The 2021 census counted 187,571 residents in Basildon across 76,363 households. 64.4% of those households own their home and 35.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a SS16 postcode: 9 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,513 |
| Lee Chapel Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 1,062 |
| Ryedene Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 461 |
| Kingswood Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Foundation school | 444 |
| Great Berry Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 426 |
| Bardfield Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 421 |
| Lincewood Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 390 |
| Cherry Tree Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 384 |
| Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery | Primary | Free schools | 356 |
| Vange Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 97 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon Rail Station | Rail | 0.7 km |
| Laindon Rail Station | Rail | 2.0 km |
| Pitsea Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
| Stanford-le-Hope Rail Station | Rail | 5.7 km |
Section 09
How Downs Grove, Basildon compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Downs Grove, Basildon sits below that national figure — -17.1%.
Within Basildon the street ranks 736 of 1057 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £148,500 (-12.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,996 per square metre, across 52 of the 156 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 £31,500 to £365,000. 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.
Downs Grove, Basildon sits in Basildon, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Basildon at 9.7 times median local earnings of £37,539 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Chestnut Road£62,750 median
- Cherrydown East£162,500 median
- Waterville Drive£72,000 median
- Forest Glade£150,000 median
- Northampton Grove£120,750 median
- Great Gregorie£157,000 median
- Clay Hill Road£135,000 median
- The Knares£137,250 median
- Swanstead£100,000 median
- Courtney Park Road£120,000 median
- Witchards£147,500 median
- Waldegrave£158,000 median
- Rantree Fold£158,000 median
- The Glen£76,498 median
- Ardleigh£159,995 median
- Derby Close£131,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 59 Downs Grove8 sales
- 63 Downs Grove7 sales
- 39 Downs Grove6 sales
- 29 Downs Grove6 sales
- 4 Downs Grove6 sales
- 44 Downs Grove4 sales
- 37 Downs Grove4 sales
- 5 Downs Grove4 sales
- 11 Downs Grove4 sales
- 49 Downs Grove4 sales
- 65 Downs Grove4 sales
- 47 Downs Grove4 sales
- 34 Downs Grove4 sales
- 18 Downs Grove3 sales
- 57 Downs Grove3 sales
- 75 Downs Grove3 sales
- 31 Downs Grove3 sales
- 2 Downs Grove3 sales
- 7 Downs Grove3 sales
- 40 Downs Grove3 sales
- 61 Downs Grove3 sales
- 55 Downs Grove3 sales
- 73 Downs Grove3 sales
- 42 Downs Grove3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Downs Grove, Basildon?
The median price paid in Downs Grove, Basildon across every sale on the register is £130,498. 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 Downs Grove, Basildon?
156 sales are on record for Downs Grove, Basildon, the most recent completing on 12 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Downs Grove, Basildon house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +67.6% between 2004 and 2017. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +23.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Downs Grove, Basildon house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £266,500, set in 2017. 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 Downs Grove, Basildon?
£1,996 per square metre, from the 52 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 May 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, “Downs Grove, Basildon 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.