Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon house prices are built from 120 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 2 May 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £125,000. Across the 6 years from 1997 to 2003 the median moved +98.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +77.3%.
Median price paid
£125,000
Change in cash, 1997–2003
+98.9%
Change in real terms
+77.3%
Median per m²
£1,267
HM Land Registry120 sales17 with floor areaLatest sale 2 May 2025
Section 01
How Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2003. 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 | £92,995 | £206,493 |
| 2000s | 3 | £125,000 | £227,713 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon is £185,000 in 2003; the lowest is £85,995 in 1998. Across the full 7-year record the cash median has moved from £92,995 to £185,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £197,177, so the real change over the whole record is +77.3% — about +10.02% 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: +98.9% in cash against +77.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 2 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £515,000 | £526,196 |
| 52 | 22 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £417,500 | £439,310 |
| 11 | 17 Sep 2024 | Detached | £515,000 | £541,903 |
| 19 | 4 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £495,000 | £573,500 |
| 48 | 30 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £390,000 | £504,959 |
| 56 | 16 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £498,485 |
| 20 | 27 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £382,500 | £495,248 |
| 72 | 13 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £325,000 | £425,093 |
| 5 | 24 Sep 2019 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £444,712 |
| 68 | 27 Sep 2018 | Detached | £395,000 | £526,418 |
| 42 | 7 Dec 2017 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £469,546 |
| 50 | 15 Jan 2016 | Terraced | £335,000 | £467,673 |
| 72 | 11 Jan 2016 | Terraced | £310,000 | £432,772 |
| 1 | 30 Jun 2015 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £458,250 |
| 3 | 26 Jun 2015 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £401,850 |
| 11 | 20 May 2015 | Detached | £320,000 | £451,200 |
| 34 | 31 Oct 2014 | Terraced | £265,000 | £380,112 |
| 42 | 29 Aug 2014 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £401,628 |
| 50 | 30 Sep 2013 | Terraced | £250,000 | £364,529 |
| 12 | 8 Jul 2013 | Semi-detached | £227,500 | £331,722 |
| 2 | 27 Jun 2012 | Detached | £350,000 | £522,775 |
| 9 | 16 Mar 2012 | Terraced | £226,000 | £337,564 |
| 44 | 1 Apr 2010 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £359,287 |
| 34 | 30 Mar 2010 | Terraced | £210,000 | £335,334 |
| 9 | 25 Sep 2009 | Terraced | £210,000 | £345,105 |
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 Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Cherry Tree Drive | £80,995 (1997) | £515,000 (2025) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 52 Cherry Tree Drive | £82,995 (1997) | £417,500 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| 11 Cherry Tree Drive | £99,950 (1996) | £515,000 (2024) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 19 Cherry Tree Drive | £91,995 (1997) | £495,000 (2022) | +7.0% | +4.4% |
| 48 Cherry Tree Drive | £84,995 (1998) | £390,000 (2020) | +7.2% | +4.9% |
| 56 Cherry Tree Drive | £91,995 (1997) | £385,000 (2020) | +6.4% | +4.2% |
| 20 Cherry Tree Drive | £82,995 (1997) | £382,500 (2020) | +6.9% | +4.6% |
| 72 Cherry Tree Drive | £84,995 (1998) | £325,000 (2019) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
| 5 Cherry Tree Drive | £96,000 (1999) | £340,000 (2019) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| 68 Cherry Tree Drive | £104,995 (1997) | £395,000 (2018) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| 42 Cherry Tree Drive | £92,995 (1998) | £345,000 (2017) | +7.1% | +4.8% |
| 50 Cherry Tree Drive | £79,995 (1997) | £335,000 (2016) | +7.8% | +5.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon 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 | 51 | 42.5% | £123,000 | £80,995 – £515,000 |
| Terraced | 41 | 34.2% | £129,000 | £75,995 – £417,500 |
| Detached | 28 | 23.3% | £129,995 | £99,950 – £515,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 120 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 | 120 | 100.0% | £125,000 |
| New build | 47 | 39.2% | £91,995 |
| Existing home | 73 | 60.8% | £191,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -51.8%. 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.
Section 07
Living in Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Havering, 40.0% of 109,391 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 294 | 0.3% |
| B | 12,933 | 11.8% |
| C | 30,488 | 27.9% |
| D | 45,198 | 41.3% |
| E | 16,745 | 15.3% |
| F | 2,972 | 2.7% |
| G | 761 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Havering at £1,563 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,214 for a one-bedroom home and £1,843 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £125,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 15.00% 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 RM15, 159 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 68 violent, 3 burglary, 7 vehicle-related and 28 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 262,052 residents the 2021 census counted in Havering, that is 0.61 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 Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon
The 2021 census counted 262,052 residents in Havering across 101,276 households. 70.5% of those households own their home and 29.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a RM15 postcode: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Academy Ockendon | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,440 |
| Ormiston Park Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 594 |
| Dilkes Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 554 |
| Bonnygate Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 439 |
| Benyon Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 431 |
| Kenningtons Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 429 |
| Aveley Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 425 |
| Somers Heath Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 415 |
| Shaw Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 391 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 224 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ockendon Rail Station | Rail | 1.8 km |
| Chafford Hundred Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Purfleet Rail Station | Rail | 4.1 km |
| Grays Rail Station | Rail | 4.8 km |
Section 09
How Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon sits below that national figure — -20.6%.
Within South Ockendon the street ranks 192 of 238 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £160,000 (-21.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,267 per square metre, across 17 of the 120 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 £75,995 to £515,000. 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.
Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon sits in Havering, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Havering at 11.0 times median local earnings of £41,054 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
- Danbury Crescent£82,998 median
- Teviot Avenue£87,000 median
- Arisdale Avenue£170,000 median
- Broxburn Drive£143,000 median
- Daiglen Drive£160,000 median
- South Road£167,000 median
- St Michaels Close£157,000 median
- Chelmer Drive£112,000 median
- Laburnum Grove£120,000 median
- Usk Road£158,000 median
- Cruick Avenue£156,000 median
- Belhouse Avenue£330,000 median
- Peartree Close£86,000 median
- High Street£125,500 median
- Foyle Drive£168,750 median
- Purfleet Road£247,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 56 Cherry Tree Drive5 sales
- 72 Cherry Tree Drive5 sales
- 52 Cherry Tree Drive4 sales
- 11 Cherry Tree Drive4 sales
- 20 Cherry Tree Drive4 sales
- 42 Cherry Tree Drive4 sales
- 60 Cherry Tree Drive4 sales
- 19 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 68 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 50 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 1 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 34 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 9 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 44 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 30 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 28 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 16 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 22 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 58 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 70 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 15 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 38 Cherry Tree Drive3 sales
- 21 Cherry Tree Drive2 sales
- 48 Cherry Tree Drive2 sales
Back to South Ockendon house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon?
The median price paid in Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon across every sale on the register is £125,000. 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 Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon?
120 sales are on record for Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon, the most recent completing on 2 May 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +98.9% between 1997 and 2003. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +77.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £185,000, set in 2003. 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 Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon?
£1,267 per square metre, from the 17 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 2 May 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, “Cherry Tree Drive, South Ockendon 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.