Wood Way, Braintree house prices are built from 141 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 17 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £165,000. Across the 8 years from 1996 to 2004 the median moved +128.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +95.6%.
Median price paid
£165,000
Change in cash, 1996–2004
+128.7%
Change in real terms
+95.6%
HM Land Registry141 salesLatest sale 17 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Wood Way, Braintree prices moved
The chart tracks the median Wood Way, Braintree house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2004. 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 | £124,950 | £277,448 |
| 2000s | 4 | £157,500 | £286,919 |
The highest yearly median on record for Wood Way, Braintree is £240,000 in 2004; the lowest is £104,950 in 1996. Across the full 9-year record the cash median has moved from £104,950 to £240,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £227,661, so the real change over the whole record is +95.6% — about +8.75% 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: +128.7% in cash against +95.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 17 Apr 2026 | Detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 51 | 17 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £485,326 |
| 26 | 13 Aug 2025 | Detached | £525,000 | £536,413 |
| 77 | 5 Dec 2024 | Detached | £815,000 | £857,575 |
| 30 | 18 Oct 2023 | Detached | £540,000 | £583,448 |
| 1 | 24 Nov 2022 | Detached | £500,000 | £579,293 |
| 47 | 14 Sep 2022 | Detached | £525,000 | £608,258 |
| 41 | 4 Feb 2022 | Detached | £391,000 | £453,007 |
| 15 | 26 Nov 2021 | Detached | £418,000 | £528,118 |
| 22 | 27 Sep 2021 | Detached | £422,000 | £533,172 |
| 11 | 31 Mar 2021 | Detached | £375,000 | £473,790 |
| 65 | 26 Mar 2021 | Detached | £465,000 | £587,500 |
| 71 | 13 Jun 2019 | Detached | £473,000 | £618,673 |
| 16 | 11 Dec 2018 | Detached | £416,000 | £554,405 |
| 63 | 31 Jan 2018 | Detached | £440,000 | £586,389 |
| 22 | 15 Dec 2017 | Detached | £385,000 | £523,986 |
| 2 | 8 Dec 2017 | Detached | £475,000 | £646,477 |
| 29 | 4 Dec 2017 | Detached | £356,000 | £484,517 |
| 24 | 9 Dec 2015 | Detached | £310,000 | £437,100 |
| 25 | 23 Oct 2015 | Detached | £375,000 | £528,750 |
| 69 | 26 Jan 2015 | Detached | £330,000 | £465,300 |
| 39 | 10 Dec 2014 | Detached | £342,500 | £491,277 |
| 1 | 25 Sep 2014 | Detached | £330,000 | £473,347 |
| 47 | 23 Jul 2014 | Detached | £365,000 | £523,550 |
| 45 | 24 Jan 2014 | Detached | £320,000 | £459,003 |
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 Wood Way, Braintree values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 Wood Way | £219,950 (2003) | £450,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 51 Wood Way | £111,000 (1998) | £475,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 26 Wood Way | £132,500 (1997) | £525,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 77 Wood Way | £194,950 (1997) | £815,000 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 30 Wood Way | £153,000 (1997) | £540,000 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 1 Wood Way | £101,950 (1996) | £500,000 (2022) | +6.3% | +3.8% |
| 47 Wood Way | £120,000 (1998) | £525,000 (2022) | +6.3% | +3.8% |
| 41 Wood Way | £106,500 (1997) | £391,000 (2022) | +5.3% | +2.8% |
| 15 Wood Way | £99,950 (1996) | £418,000 (2021) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 22 Wood Way | £111,500 (1997) | £422,000 (2021) | +5.7% | +3.4% |
| 11 Wood Way | £104,700 (1997) | £375,000 (2021) | +5.5% | +3.2% |
| 65 Wood Way | £138,000 (1998) | £465,000 (2021) | +5.4% | +3.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Wood Way, Braintree 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 137 | 97.2% | £165,000 | £96,500 – £815,000 |
| Semi-detached | 4 | 2.8% | £130,000 | £111,000 – £475,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Wood Way, Braintree
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 141 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 141 | 100.0% | £165,000 |
| New build | 64 | 45.4% | £126,975 |
| Existing home | 77 | 54.6% | £249,995 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -49.2%. 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.
Section 09
How Wood Way, Braintree compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Wood Way, Braintree sits above that national figure — +4.8%.
Within Braintree the street ranks 520 of 819 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £175,000 (-5.7%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £96,500 to £815,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Stanstrete Field£111,250 median
- Mary Ruck Way£180,000 median
- Cuckoo Way£205,000 median
- Pochard Way£151,000 median
- Braintree Road£296,000 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
- 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
- 21 Wood Way6 sales
- 47 Wood Way5 sales
- 26 Wood Way4 sales
- 15 Wood Way4 sales
- 22 Wood Way4 sales
- 24 Wood Way4 sales
- 79 Wood Way4 sales
- 39 Wood Way3 sales
- 51 Wood Way3 sales
- 77 Wood Way3 sales
- 1 Wood Way3 sales
- 65 Wood Way3 sales
- 63 Wood Way3 sales
- 29 Wood Way3 sales
- 67 Wood Way3 sales
- 54 Wood Way3 sales
- 43 Wood Way3 sales
- 37 Wood Way3 sales
- 18 Wood Way3 sales
- 53 Wood Way3 sales
- 5 Wood Way3 sales
- 30 Wood Way2 sales
- 41 Wood Way2 sales
- 11 Wood Way2 sales
Back to Braintree house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Wood Way, Braintree?
The median price paid in Wood Way, Braintree across every sale on the register is £165,000. 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 Wood Way, Braintree?
141 sales are on record for Wood Way, Braintree, the most recent completing on 17 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Wood Way, Braintree house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +128.7% between 1996 and 2004. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +95.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Wood Way, Braintree house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £240,000, set in 2004. 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 Wood Way, Braintree?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 17 Apr 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, “Wood Way, 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.