Church Lane, Upminster house prices are built from 153 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 18 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £345,000. Across the 12 years from 2013 to 2025 the median moved +19.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -16.6%.
Median price paid
£345,000
Change in cash, 2013–2025
+19.0%
Change in real terms
-16.6%
HM Land Registry153 salesLatest sale 18 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Church Lane, Upminster prices moved
The chart tracks the median Church Lane, Upminster house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. 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 | 2 | £116,250 | £258,130 |
| 2000s | 8 | £247,500 | £450,872 |
| 2010s | 2 | £430,000 | £606,300 |
| 2020s | 4 | £440,000 | £449,565 |
The highest yearly median on record for Church Lane, Upminster is £775,000 in 2022; the lowest is £116,250 in 1997. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £129,000 to £511,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £279,831, so the real change over the whole record is +86.8% — about +2.18% 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: +19.0% in cash against -16.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 18 Dec 2025 | Detached | £675,000 | £689,674 |
| 26 | 11 Sep 2025 | Detached | £535,000 | £546,630 |
| 71 | 13 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £485,326 |
| 19 | 19 Mar 2025 | Detached | £488,000 | £498,609 |
| 48 | 19 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £580,000 | £592,609 |
| 60 | 11 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| 29 | 20 Nov 2024 | Detached | £440,000 | £462,985 |
| 74 | 28 Mar 2024 | Detached | £1,250,000 | £1,315,299 |
| 65 | 9 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £405,000 | £426,157 |
| Fern Cottage | 20 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £362,500 | £391,667 |
| Larkswood, 34 | 12 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £480,000 | £518,621 |
| 41 | 29 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £705,000 | £816,804 |
| Benyon House | 28 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £525,000 | £608,258 |
| Church Barn | 14 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £790,000 | £915,283 |
| 16 | 27 May 2022 | Detached | £1,025,000 | £1,187,551 |
| 17 | 13 May 2022 | Detached | £775,000 | £897,905 |
| 65 | 29 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £480,108 |
| 18 | 24 Sep 2021 | Detached | £420,000 | £530,645 |
| Church Barn | 28 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £870,000 | £1,099,194 |
| 67 | 23 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £291,500 | £368,293 |
| 63 | 17 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £536,962 |
| Bell House | 30 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £615,000 | £777,016 |
| 84 | 17 Dec 2020 | Detached | £575,000 | £744,490 |
| 69 | 25 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £492,011 |
| 40 | 13 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £485,537 |
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 Church Lane, Upminster values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Church Lane | £230,000 (2004) | £535,000 (2025) | +4.1% | +1.2% |
| 71 Church Lane | £248,000 (2007) | £475,000 (2025) | +3.7% | +0.7% |
| 19 Church Lane | £137,000 (2000) | £488,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 48 Church Lane | £128,000 (1998) | £580,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 60 Church Lane | £212,000 (2004) | £425,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| 65 Church Lane | £380,000 (2021) | £405,000 (2024) | +2.1% | -3.9% |
| FERN COTTAGE Church Lane | £185,000 (2002) | £362,500 (2023) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| 41 Church Lane | £85,000 (1996) | £705,000 (2022) | +8.5% | +5.9% |
| BENYON HOUSE Church Lane | £295,000 (2002) | £525,000 (2022) | +2.9% | +0.3% |
| CHURCH BARN Church Lane | £228,000 (1999) | £790,000 (2022) | +5.6% | +3.0% |
| 16 Church Lane | £560,000 (2017) | £1,025,000 (2022) | +12.9% | +9.3% |
| 18 Church Lane | £80,000 (1996) | £420,000 (2021) | +6.9% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Church Lane, Upminster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 78 | 51.0% | £432,500 | £60,000 – £1,250,000 |
| Semi-detached | 53 | 34.6% | £295,000 | £60,000 – £615,000 |
| Terraced | 22 | 14.4% | £250,000 | £84,995 – £870,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Church Lane, Upminster
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 153 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 | 153 | 100.0% | £345,000 |
| New build | 7 | 4.6% | £295,000 |
| Existing home | 146 | 95.4% | £350,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -15.8%. 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.
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 07
Living in Church Lane, Upminster
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Brentwood, 43.9% of 36,805 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 92 | 0.2% |
| B | 3,493 | 9.5% |
| C | 12,560 | 34.1% |
| D | 13,991 | 38.0% |
| E | 5,296 | 14.4% |
| F | 1,131 | 3.1% |
| G | 242 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Brentwood at £1,615 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,103 for a one-bedroom home and £1,711 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £345,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.62% 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 RM14, 74 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 20 violent, 2 burglary, 11 vehicle-related and 15 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.3 times quieter.
Against the 77,047 residents the 2021 census counted in Brentwood, that is 0.96 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 Church Lane, Upminster
The 2021 census counted 77,047 residents in Brentwood across 32,343 households. 72.6% of those households own their home and 27.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a RM14 postcode: 7 primary, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Coopers' Company and Coborn School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,568 |
| Hall Mead School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,068 |
| Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School | Secondary | Academy converter | 848 |
| Engayne Primary School | Primary | Community school | 581 |
| Branfil Primary School | Primary | Community school | 533 |
| Gaynes School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 501 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 420 |
| The James Oglethorpe Primary School | Primary | Community school | 407 |
| Upminster Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 364 |
| Upminster Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 265 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Upminster Underground Station | Metro or underground | 1.0 km |
| Upminster Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Upminster Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Upminster Bridge Underground Station | Metro or underground | 2.1 km |
Section 09
How Church Lane, Upminster compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Church Lane, Upminster sits above that national figure — +119.0%.
Within Upminster the street ranks 112 of 239 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £300,000 (+15.0%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £60,000 to £1,250,000. 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.
Church Lane, Upminster sits in Brentwood, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Brentwood at 12.9 times median local earnings of £38,821 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
- Corbets Tey Road£250,000 median
- Front Lane£240,000 median
- Moor Lane£220,000 median
- St Marys Lane£152,505 median
- St Mary's Lane£322,000 median
- Avon Road£237,500 median
- Howard Road£273,000 median
- Severn Drive£300,500 median
- Hall Lane£563,750 median
- Springfield Gardens£280,000 median
- Cranham Gardens£327,500 median
- Roseberry Gardens£200,000 median
- Deyncourt Gardens£317,613 median
- Heron Way£229,995 median
- Cranston Park Avenue£350,000 median
- Huskards£186,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FERN COTTAGE Church Lane6 sales
- 54 Church Lane5 sales
- ABBOTSLEY Church Lane5 sales
- 10 Church Lane4 sales
- 20 Church Lane4 sales
- 41 Church Lane3 sales
- CHURCH BARN Church Lane3 sales
- 67 Church Lane3 sales
- BELL HOUSE Church Lane3 sales
- 49 Church Lane3 sales
- 2 Church Lane3 sales
- SWALLOW BARN Church Lane3 sales
- TAPLOW, 79 Church Lane3 sales
- THE OLD FORGE Church Lane3 sales
- 26 Church Lane2 sales
- 71 Church Lane2 sales
- 19 Church Lane2 sales
- 48 Church Lane2 sales
- 60 Church Lane2 sales
- 65 Church Lane2 sales
- BENYON HOUSE Church Lane2 sales
- 16 Church Lane2 sales
- 18 Church Lane2 sales
- 63 Church Lane2 sales
Back to Upminster house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Church Lane, Upminster?
The median price paid in Church Lane, Upminster across every sale on the register is £345,000. 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 Church Lane, Upminster?
153 sales are on record for Church Lane, Upminster, the most recent completing on 18 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Church Lane, Upminster house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +19.0% between 2013 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -16.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Church Lane, Upminster house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £775,000, set in 2022. 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 Church Lane, Upminster?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 18 Dec 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, “Church Lane, Upminster 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.