Rivermill, Harlow house prices are built from 230 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 1 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £118,500. Across the 13 years from 2010 to 2023 the median moved +114.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +44.8%.
Median price paid
£118,500
Change in cash, 2010–2023
+114.0%
Change in real terms
+44.8%
Median per m²
£2,081
HM Land Registry230 sales61 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Rivermill, Harlow prices moved
The chart tracks the median Rivermill, Harlow house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2023. 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 | £51,000 | £113,244 |
| 2000s | 9 | £107,000 | £194,922 |
| 2010s | 5 | £167,500 | £236,175 |
| 2020s | 2 | £285,000 | £291,196 |
The highest yearly median on record for Rivermill, Harlow is £310,250 in 2023; the lowest is £35,500 in 1998. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £51,000 to £310,250.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £113,244, so the real change over the whole record is +196.0% — about +3.95% 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: +114.0% in cash against +44.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 8 Crouch Court | 9 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £173,000 | £173,000 |
| 208 | 10 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £297,000 | £303,457 |
| 257 | 16 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 182 | 17 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £322,500 | £329,511 |
| 154 | 24 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 168 | 13 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 4 | 22 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £220,000 | £231,493 |
| 91 | 8 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £188,500 | £198,347 |
| 223 | 13 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £357,000 | £385,724 |
| 209 | 14 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £317,500 | £343,046 |
| 142 | 29 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £303,000 | £327,379 |
| 21 | 14 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £230,000 | £248,506 |
| 284 | 16 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £145,862 |
| 17 | 15 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £270,000 | £291,724 |
| 227 | 15 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £320,000 | £345,747 |
| 9 | 23 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £340,000 | £367,356 |
| 76 | 19 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £266,475 |
| 199 | 14 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £390,000 | £451,849 |
| 233 | 5 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £402,500 | £466,331 |
| 285 | 22 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £157,500 | £182,477 |
| 43 | 6 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| 258 | 17 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £217,500 | £274,798 |
| 169 | 13 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £260,000 | £328,495 |
| 139 | 29 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £270,000 | £341,129 |
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 Rivermill, Harlow values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Rivermill | £54,000 (1999) | £230,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 8 CROUCH COURT Rivermill | £34,000 (1997) | £173,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 257 Rivermill | £221,000 (2016) | £250,000 (2025) | +1.4% | -2.1% |
| 154 Rivermill | £46,000 (1998) | £250,000 (2025) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 168 Rivermill | £52,000 (1996) | £325,000 (2024) | +6.8% | +4.0% |
| 91 Rivermill | £60,000 (2004) | £188,500 (2024) | +5.9% | +2.9% |
| 209 Rivermill | £56,500 (1998) | £317,500 (2023) | +7.1% | +4.4% |
| 142 Rivermill | £48,000 (1996) | £303,000 (2023) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 21 Rivermill | £100,000 (2003) | £230,000 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 17 Rivermill | £51,500 (1997) | £270,000 (2023) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| 227 Rivermill | £92,950 (2000) | £320,000 (2023) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 9 Rivermill | £260,000 (2020) | £340,000 (2023) | +9.4% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Rivermill, Harlow 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 | 133 | 57.8% | £147,000 | £22,300 – £402,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 90 | 39.1% | £95,000 | £26,500 – £250,000 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 3.0% | £160,000 | £70,000 – £174,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Rivermill, Harlow
95 of the sales on record are leasehold and 135 freehold — 41.3% 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 £96,000 and the median freehold sale £152,000 — a gap of +58.3%. 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 | 95 | 41.3% | £96,000 |
| Freehold | 135 | 58.7% | £152,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.4% | £157,000 |
| Existing home | 229 | 99.6% | £118,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +33.1%. 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 10 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 Rivermill, Harlow compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Rivermill, Harlow sits below that national figure — -24.8%.
Within Harlow the street ranks 514 of 557 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £169,000 (-29.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,081 per square metre, across 61 of the 230 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 £22,300 to £402,500. 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
- Edinburgh Gate£230,500 median
- Dads Wood£76,995 median
- Torkildsen Way£193,000 median
- Fold Croft£150,000 median
- Ladyshot£135,000 median
- Halling Hill£150,000 median
- The Hides£126,000 median
- Arkwrights£155,000 median
- Felmongers£179,995 median
- Tanys Dell£134,998 median
- The Hornbeams£123,500 median
- Altham Grove£162,500 median
- The Downs£157,500 median
- Pennymead£132,000 median
- Long Ley£168,000 median
- The Dashes£134,498 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 8, CROUCH COURT Rivermill7 sales
- 258 Rivermill5 sales
- 1, CROUCH COURT Rivermill5 sales
- 168 Rivermill4 sales
- 285 Rivermill4 sales
- 291 Rivermill4 sales
- 5, CROUCH COURT Rivermill4 sales
- 207 Rivermill4 sales
- 219 Rivermill4 sales
- 209 Rivermill3 sales
- 227 Rivermill3 sales
- 174 Rivermill3 sales
- 193 Rivermill3 sales
- 275 Rivermill3 sales
- 260 Rivermill3 sales
- 180 Rivermill3 sales
- 150 Rivermill3 sales
- 99 Rivermill3 sales
- 296 Rivermill3 sales
- 178 Rivermill3 sales
- 80 Rivermill3 sales
- 214 Rivermill3 sales
- 19 Rivermill3 sales
- 269 Rivermill3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Rivermill, Harlow?
The median price paid in Rivermill, Harlow across every sale on the register is £118,500. 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 Rivermill, Harlow?
230 sales are on record for Rivermill, Harlow, the most recent completing on 1 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Rivermill, Harlow house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +114.0% between 2010 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +44.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Rivermill, Harlow house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £310,250, set in 2023. 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 Rivermill, Harlow?
£2,081 per square metre, from the 61 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 1 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, “Rivermill, Harlow 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.