Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden house prices are built from 88 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 14 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £168,750. Across the 8 years from 1997 to 2005 the median moved +137.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +103.8%.
Median price paid
£168,750
Change in cash, 1997–2005
+137.2%
Change in real terms
+103.8%
Median per m²
£3,729
HM Land Registry88 sales16 with floor areaLatest sale 14 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden prices moved
The chart tracks the median Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2005. 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 | 1 | £75,250 | £167,091 |
| 2000s | 3 | £124,500 | £226,802 |
The highest yearly median on record for Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden is £178,500 in 2005; the lowest is £75,250 in 1997. Across the full 9-year record the cash median has moved from £75,250 to £178,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £159,553, so the real change over the whole record is +103.8% — about +9.31% 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: +137.2% in cash against +103.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 14 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £388,261 |
| 119 | 20 Aug 2025 | Detached | £336,000 | £343,304 |
| 59 | 13 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| 56 | 26 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £578,731 |
| 54 | 27 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £675,000 | £710,261 |
| 4 | 15 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £415,977 |
| 47 | 21 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £421,379 |
| 2 | 7 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £521,364 |
| 101 | 11 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £480,000 | £556,122 |
| 40 | 2 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 71 | 11 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £428,677 |
| 62 | 26 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £486,425 |
| 51 | 22 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £317,500 | £401,142 |
| 119 | 9 Dec 2020 | Detached | £266,000 | £344,408 |
| 52 | 25 Oct 2019 | Semi-detached | £347,500 | £454,522 |
| 32 | 19 Sep 2019 | Terraced | £330,000 | £431,633 |
| 117 | 12 Apr 2019 | Detached | £290,000 | £379,314 |
| 105 | 6 Jun 2018 | Semi-detached | £311,250 | £414,804 |
| 49 | 30 Apr 2018 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £439,792 |
| 78 | 27 Nov 2017 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £544,402 |
| Flat 4a 91 | 16 Dec 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £244,307 |
| 9 | 29 Sep 2016 | Terraced | £300,000 | £418,812 |
| 101 | 15 Jul 2015 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £493,500 |
| 49 | 2 Jul 2014 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £344,252 |
| 59 | 19 Jun 2014 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £308,393 |
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 Rowntree Way, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 Rowntree Way | £266,000 (2020) | £336,000 (2025) | +4.8% | -0.1% |
| 59 Rowntree Way | £215,000 (2014) | £365,000 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.2% |
| 2 Rowntree Way | £68,500 (1997) | £450,000 (2022) | +7.8% | +5.2% |
| 101 Rowntree Way | £175,000 (2005) | £480,000 (2022) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 71 Rowntree Way | £182,000 (2005) | £370,000 (2022) | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| 51 Rowntree Way | £185,000 (2005) | £317,500 (2021) | +3.4% | +1.1% |
| 32 Rowntree Way | £230,000 (2013) | £330,000 (2019) | +6.2% | +4.3% |
| 105 Rowntree Way | £96,000 (2002) | £311,250 (2018) | +7.6% | +5.2% |
| 49 Rowntree Way | £240,000 (2014) | £330,000 (2018) | +8.3% | +6.3% |
| 78 Rowntree Way | £79,000 (1997) | £400,000 (2017) | +8.4% | +6.1% |
| FLAT 4A 91 Rowntree Way | £41,500 (1997) | £175,000 (2016) | +7.9% | +5.5% |
| 48 Rowntree Way | £125,000 (2001) | £310,000 (2014) | +7.2% | +4.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Rowntree Way, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 64 | 72.7% | £182,000 | £52,930 – £675,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 12 | 13.6% | £82,500 | £29,950 – £175,000 |
| Detached | 7 | 8.0% | £266,000 | £124,000 – £336,000 |
| Terraced | 5 | 5.7% | £230,000 | £53,000 – £330,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden
12 of the sales on record are leasehold and 76 freehold — 13.6% 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 £83,750 and the median freehold sale £188,000 — a gap of +124.5%. 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 | 12 | 13.6% | £83,750 |
| Freehold | 76 | 86.4% | £188,000 |
| New build | 2 | 2.3% | £63,965 |
| Existing home | 86 | 97.7% | £175,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -63.4%. 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 7 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 Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Uttlesford, 52.5% of 41,328 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 6.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 499 | 1.2% |
| B | 9,869 | 23.9% |
| C | 11,323 | 27.4% |
| D | 11,385 | 27.5% |
| E | 5,729 | 13.9% |
| F | 2,073 | 5.0% |
| G | 450 | 1.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Uttlesford at £1,286 a month as of Jun 2026 — £902 for a one-bedroom home and £1,438 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £168,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.14% 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 CB11, 3 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 3 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 0 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 55.7 times quieter.
Against the 91,341 residents the 2021 census counted in Uttlesford, that is 0.03 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 Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden
The 2021 census counted 91,341 residents in Uttlesford across 36,955 households. 72.4% of those households own their home and 27.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a CB11 postcode: 9 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saffron Walden County High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 2,157 |
| Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport | Secondary | Academy converter | 865 |
| R A Butler Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 384 |
| R A Butler Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 271 |
| Katherine Semar Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 256 |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden | Primary | Academy converter | 206 |
| Katherine Semar Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 180 |
| Clavering Primary School | Primary | Community school | 179 |
| Newport Primary School | Primary | Community school | 155 |
| Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 140 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Audley End Rail Station | Rail | 0.7 km |
| Newport (Essex) Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Great Chesterford Rail Station | Rail | 6.9 km |
| Elsenham Rail Station | Rail | 8.8 km |
Section 09
How Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden sits above that national figure — +7.1%.
Within Saffron Walden the street ranks 412 of 471 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £250,000 (-32.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,729 per square metre, across 16 of the 88 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 £29,950 to £675,000. 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.
Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden sits in Uttlesford, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Uttlesford at 11.7 times median local earnings of £39,491 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
- Radwinter Road£210,000 median
- Thaxted Road£250,000 median
- Station Street£136,000 median
- Ross Close£111,500 median
- London Road£285,000 median
- Loompits Way£150,000 median
- Debden Road£242,000 median
- Cherry Garden Lane£187,500 median
- Audley Road£179,750 median
- Wicken Road£294,000 median
- South Road£352,950 median
- Winstanley Road£185,000 median
- Long Horse Croft£135,500 median
- Horn Book£143,500 median
- Cambridge Road£357,000 median
- Pleasant Valley£207,265 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 4A, 91 Rowntree Way6 sales
- 2 Rowntree Way4 sales
- 31 Rowntree Way4 sales
- 101 Rowntree Way3 sales
- 48 Rowntree Way3 sales
- FLAT 3A, 73 – 95 Rowntree Way3 sales
- 119 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 59 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 71 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 51 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 32 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 105 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 49 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 78 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 61 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 8 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 70 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 33 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 67 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 5 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 111 Rowntree Way2 sales
- FLAT 2A, 87 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 20 Rowntree Way2 sales
- 113 Rowntree Way2 sales
Back to Saffron Walden house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden?
The median price paid in Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden across every sale on the register is £168,750. 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 Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden?
88 sales are on record for Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden, the most recent completing on 14 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +137.2% between 1997 and 2005. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +103.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £178,500, 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 Rowntree Way, Saffron Walden?
£3,729 per square metre, from the 16 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 14 Nov 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, “Rowntree Way, 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.