Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden house prices are built from 99 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £82,500. Across the 10 years from 2005 to 2015 the median moved -8.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -29.2%.
Median price paid
£82,500
Change in cash, 2005–2015
-8.6%
Change in real terms
-29.2%
Median per m²
£2,406
HM Land Registry99 sales19 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden prices moved
The chart tracks the median Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2015. 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 | £34,250 | £76,051 |
| 2000s | 4 | £62,950 | £114,676 |
| 2010s | 1 | £112,250 | £158,273 |
The highest yearly median on record for Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden is £122,750 in 2005; the lowest is £32,000 in 1998. Across the full 20-year record the cash median has moved from £51,500 to £112,250.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £111,715, so the real change over the whole record is +41.7% — about +1.85% 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: -8.6% in cash against -29.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £238,000 | £238,000 |
| 8 Hadleigh Court | 21 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 13 Hadleigh Court | 18 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £152,575 |
| 5 Hadleigh Court | 18 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £105,224 |
| 4 Hadleigh Court | 5 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £135,057 |
| 29 | 30 Jun 2023 | Detached | £445,000 | £480,805 |
| 9 Hadleigh Court | 30 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £156,409 |
| 1 Hadleigh Court | 2 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £150,616 |
| 16 | 12 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| 13 Hadleigh Court | 30 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £126,500 | £159,825 |
| 21 | 12 Mar 2018 | Detached | £363,000 | £483,771 |
| 34 | 22 Feb 2018 | Semi-detached | £271,501 | £361,830 |
| 16 | 18 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £225,000 | £306,226 |
| 24 | 18 Mar 2016 | Detached | £341,000 | £476,050 |
| 9 Hadleigh Court | 27 Nov 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £113,500 | £160,035 |
| 4 Hadleigh Court | 11 Sep 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £92,500 | £130,425 |
| 8 Hadleigh Court | 31 Jul 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £101,000 | £142,410 |
| 13 Hadleigh Court | 24 Apr 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £169,200 |
| 11 | 6 Feb 2015 | Detached | £435,000 | £613,350 |
| 12 Hadleigh Court | 6 Feb 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £111,000 | £156,510 |
| 10 Hadleigh Court | 9 Oct 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £150,610 |
| 8 Hadleigh Court | 4 Mar 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £84,000 | £120,488 |
| 12 Hadleigh Court | 22 May 2013 | Flat or maisonette | £96,000 | £139,979 |
| 17 | 18 Feb 2013 | Terraced | £131,000 | £191,013 |
| 12 | 11 Jan 2013 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £400,982 |
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 Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Carnation Drive | £128,000 (2004) | £238,000 (2026) | +2.9% | +0.0% |
| 8 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £32,000 (1997) | £145,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.7% |
| 13 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £35,815 (2000) | £145,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 5 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £29,500 (1999) | £100,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 4 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £92,500 (2015) | £125,000 (2023) | +3.8% | +0.4% |
| 29 Carnation Drive | £130,000 (2001) | £445,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +2.9% |
| 9 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £30,000 (1998) | £135,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +3.9% |
| 1 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £29,500 (1997) | £130,000 (2022) | +6.1% | +3.6% |
| 16 Carnation Drive | £49,200 (1997) | £300,000 (2021) | +7.8% | +5.5% |
| 24 Carnation Drive | £74,000 (1996) | £341,000 (2016) | +7.9% | +5.6% |
| 12 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £32,000 (1998) | £111,000 (2015) | +7.6% | +5.2% |
| 10 HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive | £42,500 (2000) | £105,000 (2014) | +6.7% | +4.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden 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 | 58 | 58.6% | £72,000 | £27,000 – £145,000 |
| Terraced | 18 | 18.2% | £120,000 | £43,000 – £300,000 |
| Semi-detached | 12 | 12.1% | £90,000 | £21,000 – £275,000 |
| Detached | 11 | 11.1% | £165,000 | £75,000 – £445,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden
63 of the sales on record are leasehold and 36 freehold — 63.6% 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 £73,000 and the median freehold sale £126,975 — a gap of +73.9%. 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 | 63 | 63.6% | £73,000 |
| Freehold | 36 | 36.4% | £126,975 |
A further 3 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 Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden sits below that national figure — -47.6%.
Within Saffron Walden the street ranks 467 of 471 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £250,000 (-67.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,406 per square metre, across 19 of the 99 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 £21,000 to £445,000. 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
- High Street£350,000 median
- Walden Road£350,000 median
- Castle Street£229,000 median
- Church Street£227,250 median
- Ashdon Road£280,000 median
- Goddard Way£175,000 median
- Mill Lane£231,486 median
- Little Walden Road£274,000 median
- De Vigier Avenue£206,500 median
- St James Court£146,000 median
- East Street£198,500 median
- De Bohun Court£168,950 median
- Pilgrim Close£184,500 median
- Shrublands£125,000 median
- Sweet Mead£182,500 median
- Gold Street£246,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 13, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive7 sales
- 9, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive6 sales
- 16 Carnation Drive6 sales
- 12, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive6 sales
- 3, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive6 sales
- 8, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive5 sales
- 24 Carnation Drive5 sales
- 14 Carnation Drive4 sales
- 29 Carnation Drive3 sales
- 10, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive3 sales
- 17 Carnation Drive3 sales
- 17, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive3 sales
- 2, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive3 sales
- 15, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive3 sales
- 32 Carnation Drive3 sales
- 16, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive3 sales
- 19 Carnation Drive3 sales
- 6, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive3 sales
- 20 Carnation Drive2 sales
- 5, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive2 sales
- 4, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive2 sales
- 1, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive2 sales
- 7, HADLEIGH COURT Carnation Drive2 sales
- 10 Carnation Drive2 sales
Back to Saffron Walden house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden?
The median price paid in Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden across every sale on the register is £82,500. 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 Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden?
99 sales are on record for Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -8.6% between 2005 and 2015. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -29.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £122,750, set in 2005. 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 Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden?
£2,406 per square metre, from the 19 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 19 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, “Carnation Drive, Saffron Walden 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.