Water Lane, Bures house prices are built from 25 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2023 and the most recent on 21 Jul 2023. The median price paid across the whole record is £238,000.
Median price paid
£238,000
Median per m²
£3,255
HM Land Registry25 sales7 with floor areaLatest sale 21 Jul 2023
Section 01
How Water Lane, Bures prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Water Lane, Bures to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 21 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £238,000 | £257,149 |
| 24 | 30 Jun 2023 | Detached | £271,000 | £292,805 |
| 10 | 19 Aug 2022 | Detached | £700,000 | £811,011 |
| 28 | 26 May 2022 | Detached | £400,000 | £463,435 |
| 36 | 18 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| Water Lane Cottage, 20 – 22 | 9 Apr 2021 | Detached | £510,000 | £644,355 |
| 44 | 9 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £435,887 |
| 14 | 23 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £259,005 |
| Peartree Cottage, 24 | 14 Oct 2016 | Detached | £279,000 | £389,495 |
| 5 | 15 Aug 2014 | Detached | £417,000 | £598,138 |
| 42 | 14 Jun 2013 | Semi-detached | £144,000 | £209,969 |
| Brook House | 1 May 2013 | Detached | £350,000 | £510,341 |
| 1 | 20 Oct 2011 | Detached | £360,000 | £551,739 |
| 28 | 30 Jul 2008 | Detached | £265,000 | £444,821 |
| Peartree Cottage, 24 | 28 Aug 2007 | Detached | £235,000 | £408,570 |
| 28 | 27 Apr 2007 | Detached | £300,000 | £521,578 |
| 5 | 17 Dec 2004 | Detached | £345,000 | £640,066 |
| Peartree Cottage, 24 | 5 Sep 2003 | Detached | £195,000 | £368,566 |
| Peartree Cottage, 24 | 22 Jun 2001 | Detached | £40,000 | £78,442 |
| 36 | 8 Feb 2000 | Semi-detached | £77,750 | £155,500 |
| 10 | 15 Jul 1999 | Detached | £237,500 | £483,923 |
| 36 | 17 Mar 1998 | Semi-detached | £65,000 | £134,779 |
| 5 | 17 Sep 1996 | Detached | £115,000 | £249,462 |
| 1 | 4 May 1995 | Detached | £125,000 | £277,559 |
| 44 | 31 Mar 1995 | Semi-detached | £72,500 | £160,984 |
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 Water Lane, Bures values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Water Lane | £237,500 (1999) | £700,000 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.3% |
| 28 Water Lane | £300,000 (2007) | £400,000 (2022) | +1.9% | -0.8% |
| 36 Water Lane | £65,000 (1998) | £200,000 (2021) | +5.0% | +2.8% |
| 44 Water Lane | £72,500 (1995) | £345,000 (2021) | +6.2% | +3.9% |
| PEARTREE COTTAGE, 24 Water Lane | £40,000 (2001) | £279,000 (2016) | +13.8% | +11.3% |
| 5 Water Lane | £115,000 (1996) | £417,000 (2014) | +7.4% | +5.0% |
| 1 Water Lane | £125,000 (1995) | £360,000 (2011) | +6.8% | +4.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Water Lane, 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 | 17 | 68.0% | £279,000 | £40,000 – £700,000 |
| Semi-detached | 8 | 32.0% | £144,000 | £65,000 – £345,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Water Lane, Bures
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 25 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 | 25 | 100.0% | £238,000 |
A further 2 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 Water Lane, Bures compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Water Lane, Bures sits above that national figure — +51.1%.
Within Bures the street ranks 25 of 41 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £238,000 (0.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,255 per square metre, across 7 of the 25 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 £40,000 to £700,000. 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
- Nayland Road£149,000 median
- Normandie Way£200,000 median
- High Street£271,500 median
- Colchester Road£198,000 median
- Sudbury Road£290,000 median
- Tawneys Ride£242,000 median
- The Paddocks£235,000 median
- Bridge Street£150,000 median
- Cambridge Way£210,000 median
- Maltings Close£200,000 median
- Cuckoo Hill£250,000 median
- The Waldegraves£79,500 median
- The Croft£285,000 median
- Pikes Marsh£335,750 median
- Station Hill£306,000 median
- Bures Road£602,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- PEARTREE COTTAGE, 24 Water Lane4 sales
- 28 Water Lane3 sales
- 36 Water Lane3 sales
- 5 Water Lane3 sales
- 10 Water Lane2 sales
- 44 Water Lane2 sales
- 1 Water Lane2 sales
Back to Bures house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Water Lane, Bures?
The median price paid in Water Lane, 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 Water Lane, Bures?
25 sales are on record for Water Lane, Bures, the most recent completing on 21 Jul 2023. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
What is the price per square metre in Water Lane, Bures?
£3,255 per square metre, from the 7 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 21 Jul 2023. 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, “Water Lane, 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.