Cole Avenue, Grays house prices are built from 240 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 21 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £148,375. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +73.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +23.6%.
Median price paid
£148,375
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+73.6%
Change in real terms
+23.6%
HM Land Registry240 salesLatest sale 21 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Cole Avenue, Grays prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cole Avenue, Grays house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 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.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £84,995 | £188,729 |
| 2000s | 7 | £136,498 | £248,658 |
| 2010s | 6 | £243,000 | £342,630 |
| 2020s | 2 | £268,000 | £273,826 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cole Avenue, Grays is £335,000 in 2025; the lowest is £76,495 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £76,495 to £335,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £162,192, so the real change over the whole record is +111.0% — about +2.70% 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: +73.6% in cash against +23.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 21 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| 5 | 3 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| 63 | 29 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £317,500 | £324,402 |
| 129 | 14 Aug 2025 | Detached | £450,000 | £459,783 |
| 11 | 11 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 145 | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £319,000 | £325,935 |
| 137 | 4 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 12 | 21 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| 135 | 23 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £347,239 |
| 69 | 19 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 109 | 12 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £398,000 | £418,791 |
| 121 | 12 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 3 | 13 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £300,000 | £324,138 |
| 27 | 31 Aug 2023 | Detached | £355,000 | £383,563 |
| 15 | 12 Dec 2022 | Detached | £390,000 | £451,849 |
| 107 | 2 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| 49 | 30 Nov 2021 | Detached | £383,000 | £483,898 |
| 77 | 18 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £285,000 | £360,081 |
| 139 | 20 May 2021 | Terraced | £267,000 | £337,339 |
| 113 | 14 May 2021 | Terraced | £270,000 | £341,129 |
| 29 | 7 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £270,000 | £349,587 |
| 67 | 27 Nov 2020 | Detached | £285,500 | £369,656 |
| 16 | 9 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £265,000 | £343,113 |
| 11 | 19 Jun 2020 | Terraced | £255,000 | £330,165 |
| 65 | 20 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £259,000 | £335,344 |
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 Cole Avenue, Grays values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Cole Avenue | £69,995 (1998) | £325,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 5 Cole Avenue | £86,995 (1998) | £340,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 63 Cole Avenue | £69,995 (1998) | £317,500 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 129 Cole Avenue | £103,750 (1999) | £450,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 11 Cole Avenue | £64,995 (1997) | £330,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 145 Cole Avenue | £75,000 (1999) | £319,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 137 Cole Avenue | £97,250 (1999) | £370,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
| 12 Cole Avenue | £76,995 (1998) | £340,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| 135 Cole Avenue | £79,950 (1999) | £330,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 69 Cole Avenue | £73,495 (1998) | £325,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 121 Cole Avenue | £75,400 (1999) | £325,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 109 Cole Avenue | £85,960 (1999) | £398,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cole Avenue, Grays 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 142 | 59.2% | £146,750 | £63,500 – £370,000 |
| Detached | 63 | 26.3% | £157,000 | £73,495 – £450,000 |
| Semi-detached | 35 | 14.6% | £118,500 | £72,995 – £398,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cole Avenue, Grays
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 240 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 | 240 | 100.0% | £148,375 |
| New build | 80 | 33.3% | £84,498 |
| Existing home | 160 | 66.7% | £181,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -53.4%. 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 1 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 Cole Avenue, Grays
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Thurrock, 47.3% of 74,813 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 398 | 0.5% |
| B | 8,240 | 11.0% |
| C | 26,726 | 35.7% |
| D | 29,523 | 39.5% |
| E | 8,121 | 10.9% |
| F | 1,426 | 1.9% |
| G | 379 | 0.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Thurrock at £1,372 a month as of Jun 2026 — £935 for a one-bedroom home and £1,464 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £148,375 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.10% 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 RM16, 152 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 52 violent, 3 burglary, 13 vehicle-related and 31 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 176,001 residents the 2021 census counted in Thurrock, that is 0.86 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 Cole Avenue, Grays
The 2021 census counted 176,001 residents in Thurrock across 66,377 households. 64.0% of those households own their home and 36.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a RM16 postcode: 11 primary, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Academy Chafford Hundred | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,435 |
| Harris Primary Academy Mayflower | Primary | Free schools | 1,087 |
| The Gateway Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,030 |
| William Edwards School | Secondary | Academy converter | 984 |
| Orsett Heath Academy | Secondary | Free schools | 699 |
| Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred | Primary | Academy converter | 679 |
| Woodside Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 662 |
| Tudor Court Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 653 |
| Stifford Clays Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 606 |
| The Gateway Primary Free School | Primary | Free schools | 459 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Grays Rail Station | Rail | 2.3 km |
| Tilbury Town Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
| Chafford Hundred Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
| Ockendon Rail Station | Rail | 4.8 km |
Section 09
How Cole Avenue, Grays compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cole Avenue, Grays sits below that national figure — -5.8%.
Within Grays the street ranks 430 of 608 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £160,000 (-7.3%).
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 £63,500 to £450,000. 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.
Cole Avenue, Grays sits in Thurrock, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Thurrock at 8.7 times median local earnings of £40,623 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
- Dudley Close£115,000 median
- Drake Road£163,250 median
- Francisco Close£165,000 median
- Sewell Close£153,500 median
- Southwell Close£155,500 median
- Long Lane£229,998 median
- Swiftsure Road£127,000 median
- Gilbert Road£155,000 median
- Grifon Road£159,995 median
- Plymouth Road£151,998 median
- Blackshots Lane£230,000 median
- Sachfield Drive£225,000 median
- Welling Road£153,500 median
- Fleming Road£152,500 median
- Hawkins Drive£147,500 median
- Hill House Drive£137,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 77 Cole Avenue7 sales
- 11 Cole Avenue6 sales
- 29 Cole Avenue6 sales
- 12 Cole Avenue5 sales
- 135 Cole Avenue5 sales
- 69 Cole Avenue5 sales
- 71 Cole Avenue5 sales
- 87 Cole Avenue5 sales
- 18 Cole Avenue5 sales
- 73 Cole Avenue5 sales
- 22 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 63 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 121 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 67 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 65 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 143 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 6 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 127 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 9 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 45 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 93 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 61 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 23 Cole Avenue4 sales
- 5 Cole Avenue3 sales
Back to Grays house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cole Avenue, Grays?
The median price paid in Cole Avenue, Grays across every sale on the register is £148,375. 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 Cole Avenue, Grays?
240 sales are on record for Cole Avenue, Grays, the most recent completing on 21 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cole Avenue, Grays house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +73.6% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +23.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cole Avenue, Grays house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £335,000, set in 2025. 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 Cole Avenue, Grays?
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 21 Oct 2025. 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, “Cole Avenue, Grays 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.