Braintree Road, Braintree house prices

Braintree Road, Braintree house prices are built from 188 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 12 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £296,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -13.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -37.2%.

HM Land Registry188 sales13 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jan 2026

The chart tracks the median Braintree Road, Braintree house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

The highest yearly median on record for Braintree Road, Braintree is £550,000 in 2021; the lowest is £77,750 in 1997. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £205,000 to £392,409.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £444,692, so the real change over the whole record is -9.8% — about -0.36% 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: -13.3% in cash against -37.2% 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.

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.

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 Braintree Road, Braintree values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Braintree Road, Braintree is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

4 of the sales on record are leasehold and 184 freehold — 2.1% 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 £215,000 and the median freehold sale £302,500 — a gap of +40.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -30.2%. 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 14 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.

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Braintree Road, Braintree sits above that national figure — +87.9%.

Within Braintree the street ranks 159 of 819 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £175,000 (+69.1%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,570 per square metre, across 13 of the 188 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 £65,000 to £1,695,000. 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.

Streets nearby

• Stanstrete Field£111,250 median
• Mary Ruck Way£180,000 median
• Cuckoo Way£205,000 median
• Pochard Way£151,000 median
• Skiddaw Close£180,500 median
• Grantham Avenue£275,000 median
• Hidcote Way£162,500 median
• Chestnut Avenue£288,250 median
• Springfields£146,750 median
• Wood Way£165,000 median
• Sun Lido Square Gardens£165,750 median
• Witham Road£250,000 median
• Hadfield Drive£183,500 median
• Ellen Way£153,750 median
• Jeffreys Road£135,500 median
• Queenborough Lane£350,000 median

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

• 1, HALL COTTAGES Braintree Road5 sales
• THE OLD VICARAGE Braintree Road5 sales
• BROOKSIDE COTTAGE Braintree Road5 sales
• WHITE COTTAGE Braintree Road4 sales
• 4, SIMS COTTAGES Braintree Road4 sales
• STONE HOUSE Braintree Road4 sales
• 3, WEATHER VANE COTTAGES Braintree Road4 sales
• FROGS COTTAGE Braintree Road4 sales
• 5, WEATHER VANE COTTAGES Braintree Road4 sales
• 2, WEATHER VANE COTTAGES Braintree Road4 sales
• 4 SANDHILLS Braintree Road4 sales
• MARSTON Braintree Road4 sales
• 8 Braintree Road3 sales
• EXCHANGE HOUSE Braintree Road3 sales
• KEEPERS COTTAGE Braintree Road3 sales
• CRIX HOUSE Braintree Road3 sales
• MILL RETREAT Braintree Road3 sales
• BRAMBLES Braintree Road3 sales
• 4, WEATHER VANE COTTAGES Braintree Road3 sales
• WICKFORD Braintree Road3 sales
• 6, WEATHER VANE COTTAGES Braintree Road3 sales
• 2, LITTLE LODGE FARM COTTAGES Braintree Road3 sales
• 1, BARDFIELD HOUSE Braintree Road2 sales
• ALWYNDS Braintree Road2 sales

Back to Braintree house prices.

What is the average house price in Braintree Road, Braintree?

The median price paid in Braintree Road, Braintree across every sale on the register is £296,000. 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 Braintree Road, Braintree?

188 sales are on record for Braintree Road, Braintree, the most recent completing on 12 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have Braintree Road, Braintree house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose -13.3% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -37.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were Braintree Road, Braintree house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £550,000, set in 2021. 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 Braintree Road, Braintree?

£3,570 per square metre, from the 13 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 Jan 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, “Braintree Road, Braintree 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.