The Quay, Harwich house prices are built from 97 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 23 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £60,000. Across the 17 years from 2002 to 2019 the median moved +89.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +28.2%.
Median price paid
£60,000
Change in cash, 2002–2019
+89.0%
Change in real terms
+28.2%
Median per m²
£1,034
HM Land Registry97 sales21 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Jan 2026
Section 01
How The Quay, Harwich prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Quay, Harwich house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2019. 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 | £23,500 | £52,181 |
| 2000s | 2 | £36,500 | £66,492 |
| 2010s | 2 | £69,000 | £97,290 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Quay, Harwich is £89,800 in 2015; the lowest is £23,000 in 1996. Across the full 25-year record the cash median has moved from £23,500 to £69,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £52,181, so the real change over the whole record is +73.0% — about +2.31% 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: +89.0% in cash against +28.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 31 Quayside Court | 23 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| Flat 18 Quayside Court | 29 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £99,963 |
| Flat 11 Quayside Court | 30 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £122,000 | £128,373 |
| Flat 23 Quayside Court | 27 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £87,500 | £92,071 |
| Flat 2 Quayside Court | 19 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £142,500 | £149,944 |
| Flat 8 Quayside Court | 17 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £83,000 | £89,678 |
| Flat 7 Quayside Court | 10 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £178,276 |
| Flat 3 Quayside Court | 24 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £156,000 | £180,740 |
| Flat 11 Quayside Court | 26 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £110,066 |
| Flat 35 Quayside Court | 5 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £185,374 |
| Flat 21 Quayside Court | 14 Jan 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £144,823 |
| Flat 22 Quayside Court | 15 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £81,000 | £102,339 |
| Flat 10 Quayside Court | 26 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £88,441 |
| Flat 26 Quayside Court | 13 Mar 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £110,055 |
| Flat 17 Quayside Court | 23 Jan 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £194,215 |
| Flat 2 Quayside Court | 12 Dec 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £73,000 | £95,482 |
| Flat 9 Quayside Court | 4 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £50,000 | £65,399 |
| Flat 6 Quayside Court | 20 Sep 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £98,000 | £128,182 |
| Flat 12 Quayside Court | 6 Sep 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £54,000 | £70,631 |
| Flat 28 Quayside Court | 12 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £85,019 |
| Flat 3 Quayside Court | 15 Mar 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £117,718 |
| Flat 34 Quayside Court | 30 Nov 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £139,934 |
| Flat 14 Quayside Court | 27 Jul 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £146,597 |
| Flat 8 Quayside Court | 20 Mar 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £115,685 |
| Flat 30 Quayside Court | 30 Mar 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £119,000 | £166,129 |
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 The Quay, Harwich values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 31 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £140,000 (2007) | £160,000 (2026) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| FLAT 18 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £20,500 (1998) | £95,000 (2024) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| FLAT 11 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £38,000 (2001) | £122,000 (2024) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| FLAT 23 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £36,500 (2002) | £87,500 (2024) | +4.1% | +1.2% |
| FLAT 2 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £28,500 (2000) | £142,500 (2024) | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| FLAT 8 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £18,000 (1998) | £83,000 (2023) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| FLAT 7 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £34,000 (1995) | £165,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| FLAT 3 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £60,000 (2004) | £156,000 (2022) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| FLAT 35 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £39,995 (1998) | £160,000 (2022) | +5.9% | +3.4% |
| FLAT 22 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £15,000 (1995) | £81,000 (2021) | +6.7% | +4.4% |
| FLAT 10 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £23,500 (1995) | £70,000 (2021) | +4.3% | +2.1% |
| FLAT 26 QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay | £30,000 (1996) | £85,000 (2020) | +4.4% | +2.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Quay, Harwich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 94 | 96.9% | £60,000 | £15,000 – £165,000 |
| Terraced | 2 | 2.1% | £38,000 | £38,000 – £96,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 1.0% | £175,000 | £175,000 – £175,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Quay, Harwich
96 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1 freehold — 99.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £60,000 and the median freehold sale £175,000 — a gap of +191.7%. 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 | 96 | 99.0% | £60,000 |
| Freehold | 1 | 1.0% | £175,000 |
| New build | 4 | 4.1% | £26,875 |
| Existing home | 93 | 95.9% | £66,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -59.3%. 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 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 07
Living in The Quay, Harwich
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Tendring, 36.5% of 78,792 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 640 | 0.8% |
| B | 9,719 | 12.3% |
| C | 18,389 | 23.3% |
| D | 30,508 | 38.7% |
| E | 13,932 | 17.7% |
| F | 4,089 | 5.2% |
| G | 1,515 | 1.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Tendring at £1,051 a month as of Jun 2026 — £757 for a one-bedroom home and £1,183 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £60,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 21.02% 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 CO12, 139 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 60 violent, 4 burglary, 5 vehicle-related and 22 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times quieter.
Against the 148,291 residents the 2021 census counted in Tendring, that is 0.94 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 The Quay, Harwich
The 2021 census counted 148,291 residents in Tendring across 67,452 households. 71.9% of those households own their home and 28.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
9 state and independent schools have a CO12 postcode: 8 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harwich and Dovercourt High School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,075 |
| Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 445 |
| The Mayflower Primary School | Primary | Community school | 356 |
| Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery | Primary | Academy converter | 354 |
| Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 222 |
| All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 194 |
| St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 130 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 114 |
| All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 100 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Harwich International Ferry Terminal | Ferry | 1.8 km |
| Harwich International Rail Station | Rail | 1.8 km |
| Dovercourt Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Harwich Town Rail Station | Rail | 2.8 km |
Section 09
How The Quay, Harwich compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Quay, Harwich sits below that national figure — -61.9%.
Within Harwich the street ranks 262 of 268 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £126,150 (-52.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,034 per square metre, across 21 of the 97 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 £15,000 to £175,000. 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.
The Quay, Harwich sits in Tendring, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Tendring at 8.0 times median local earnings of £36,030 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
- Main Road£121,000 median
- Fronks Road£182,500 median
- Harwich Road£162,000 median
- Heron Way£135,000 median
- Ramsey Road£151,000 median
- High Street£85,000 median
- Manor Road£101,500 median
- Gravel Hill Way£120,998 median
- Lee Road£125,000 median
- Artillery Drive£190,000 median
- Garland Road£78,000 median
- Clarkes Road£98,000 median
- Parkeston Road£103,000 median
- Ashley Road£147,000 median
- Una Road£108,750 median
- Oakley Road£162,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 9, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay5 sales
- FLAT 20, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay5 sales
- FLAT 18, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 11, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 2, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 7, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 35, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 22, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 10, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 26, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 6, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 19, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay4 sales
- FLAT 8, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 3, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 12, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 34, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 14, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 30, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 24, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 15, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 32, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 29, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay3 sales
- FLAT 31, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay2 sales
- FLAT 23, QUAYSIDE COURT the Quay2 sales
Back to Harwich house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Quay, Harwich?
The median price paid in The Quay, Harwich across every sale on the register is £60,000. 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 The Quay, Harwich?
97 sales are on record for The Quay, Harwich, the most recent completing on 23 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Quay, Harwich house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +89.0% between 2002 and 2019. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +28.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Quay, Harwich house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £89,800, set in 2015. 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 The Quay, Harwich?
£1,034 per square metre, from the 21 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 23 Jan 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, “The Quay, Harwich 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.