Bures house prices are built from 1,109 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 8 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £238,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +6.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -23.8%.
Median price paid
£238,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+6.3%
Change in real terms
-23.8%
Median per m²
£2,386
HM Land Registry1,109 sales197 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Bures prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bures 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 | £80,500 | £178,748 |
| 2000s | 10 | £197,500 | £359,787 |
| 2010s | 10 | £285,000 | £401,850 |
| 2020s | 7 | £396,800 | £405,426 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bures is £462,500 in 2017; the lowest is £71,950 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £77,500 to £369,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £172,087, so the real change over the whole record is +114.7% — about +2.50% 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: +6.3% in cash against -23.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Station Hill | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £243,750 | £243,750 |
| STOUR VALLEY HOUSE Station Hill | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 3 Bures Green | 20 May 2026 | Terraced | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 18 the Paddocks | 19 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| ANGEL HOUSE High Street | 27 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| FOXHALL the Croft | 19 Feb 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 4 Ropers Hall Cottages | 19 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £369,500 | £369,500 |
| 3 Apple Tree Mews | 17 Feb 2026 | Detached | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 2 HOPE COTTAGE the Croft | 29 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 12 the Paddocks | 21 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £373,500 | £381,620 |
| 3 the Waldegraves | 7 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| 10 Church Square | 31 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £267,500 | £273,315 |
| GILDERSLEEVES High Street | 24 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £505,000 | £515,978 |
| 58 Tawneys Ride | 23 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| CROFT LODGE the Croft | 15 Sep 2025 | Detached | £825,000 | £842,935 |
| 29 Nayland Road | 15 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 7 Cambridge Way | 2 Sep 2025 | Detached | £317,500 | £324,402 |
| The Olde House | 22 Aug 2025 | Detached | £795,000 | £812,283 |
| 9 Station Hill | 22 Aug 2025 | Detached | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| THE BARN LOWER GOULDS Goulds Road | 15 Aug 2025 | Detached | £725,000 | £740,761 |
| 15 Maltings Close | 15 Aug 2025 | Detached | £422,500 | £431,685 |
| 16 Station Hill | 12 Aug 2025 | Detached | £960,000 | £980,870 |
| 14 Maltings Close | 8 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £292,000 | £298,348 |
| 32 Nayland Road | 31 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £297,000 | £303,457 |
| WALNUT HOUSE Sudbury Road | 14 Jul 2025 | Detached | £625,000 | £638,587 |
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 Bures values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Station Hill | £105,000 (2002) | £243,750 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| STOUR VALLEY HOUSE Station Hill | £385,000 (2021) | £500,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +0.6% |
| 3 Bures Green | £85,000 (2008) | £240,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +2.9% |
| 18 the Paddocks | £170,000 (2012) | £355,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.4% |
| 4 Ropers Hall Cottages | £64,500 (1998) | £369,500 (2026) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| FOXHALL the Croft | £127,000 (1997) | £500,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.2% |
| 3 Apple Tree Mews | £390,000 (2020) | £475,000 (2026) | +3.3% | -1.0% |
| 2 HOPE COTTAGE the Croft | £210,000 (2015) | £315,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +0.6% |
| 12 the Paddocks | £139,950 (2002) | £373,500 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.5% |
| 3 the Waldegraves | £60,000 (1996) | £280,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 10 Church Square | £69,000 (1996) | £267,500 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| GILDERSLEEVES High Street | £159,950 (1997) | £505,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bures 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 | 595 | 53.7% | £325,000 | £40,000 – £2,550,000 |
| Semi-detached | 286 | 25.8% | £207,500 | £40,000 – £775,000 |
| Terraced | 193 | 17.4% | £180,000 | £18,000 – £565,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 35 | 3.2% | £102,450 | £24,000 – £680,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Bures
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 220 certificates cover Bures, and their median floor area is 107 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +40.8%. 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 | 107 m² | about 1,152 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 78 m² | about 840 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 154 m² | about 1,660 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 12.3% | 27 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 26.8% | 59 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bures
34 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1,075 freehold — 3.1% 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 £100,700 and the median freehold sale £242,500 — a gap of +140.8%. 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 | 34 | 3.1% | £100,700 |
| Freehold | 1,075 | 96.9% | £242,500 |
| New build | 82 | 7.4% | £211,250 |
| Existing home | 1,027 | 92.6% | £240,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -12.0%. 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 51 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 Bures compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bures sits above that national figure — +51.1%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,386 per square metre, across 197 of the 1,109 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 £18,000 to £2,550,000. 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 in Bures
- Nayland Road82 sales
- Normandie Way63 sales
- High Street62 sales
- Colchester Road56 sales
- Sudbury Road48 sales
- Tawneys Ride46 sales
- The Paddocks45 sales
- Bridge Street37 sales
- Cambridge Way33 sales
- Maltings Close33 sales
- Cuckoo Hill31 sales
- The Waldegraves30 sales
- The Croft29 sales
- Pikes Marsh28 sales
- Station Hill25 sales
- Water Lane25 sales
- Bures Road24 sales
- Church Square24 sales
- Church Terrace23 sales
- Friends Field23 sales
- Alphamstone Road22 sales
- Henny Road22 sales
- Claypits Avenue21 sales
- Craigs Lane21 sales
- Pebmarsh Road21 sales
- Lamarsh Road20 sales
- Hall Road14 sales
- Lamarsh Hill14 sales
- Bures Green12 sales
- Hamlet Court12 sales
- St Edmunds Lane12 sales
- Parsonage Grove10 sales
- Tenter Field9 sales
- Upper Green9 sales
- Goulds Road8 sales
- Parsonage Hill8 sales
- Apple Tree Mews7 sales
- Smallbridge7 sales
- Colne Road6 sales
- Vale Terrace6 sales
- New Cut5 sales
Postcode districts covering Bures
- CO8£238,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bures?
The median price paid in Bures across every sale on the register is £238,000. 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 Bures?
1,109 sales are on record for Bures, the most recent completing on 8 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bures house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +6.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -23.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bures house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £462,500, 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 Bures?
£2,386 per square metre, from the 197 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 8 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, “Bures 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.