Elgar Drive, Witham house prices are built from 152 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 25 Jun 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £260,000. Across the 14 years from 2008 to 2022 the median moved +96.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +35.7%.
Median price paid
£260,000
Change in cash, 2008–2022
+96.7%
Change in real terms
+35.7%
Median per m²
£2,851
HM Land Registry152 sales37 with floor areaLatest sale 25 Jun 2025
Section 01
How Elgar Drive, Witham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Elgar Drive, Witham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2002 to 2022. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | £250,000 | £455,426 |
| 2010s | 2 | £258,500 | £364,485 |
| 2020s | 2 | £342,500 | £349,946 |
The highest yearly median on record for Elgar Drive, Witham is £470,000 in 2022; the lowest is £210,000 in 2003. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £260,000 to £470,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £501,505, so the real change over the whole record is +8.6% — about +0.41% 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: +96.7% in cash against +35.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 25 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 34 | 26 Feb 2025 | Detached | £335,000 | £342,283 |
| 28 | 17 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £426,000 | £435,261 |
| 14 | 5 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £485,000 | £510,336 |
| 2 | 22 Nov 2024 | Detached | £525,000 | £552,425 |
| 77 | 21 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £296,250 | £311,726 |
| 71 | 8 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £373,000 | £392,485 |
| 55 | 20 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £360,000 | £388,966 |
| 33 | 12 Dec 2022 | Detached | £540,000 | £625,637 |
| 8 | 2 Nov 2022 | Detached | £600,000 | £695,152 |
| 73 | 31 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £335,000 | £388,127 |
| 21 | 11 Aug 2022 | Detached | £607,000 | £703,262 |
| 75 | 25 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 7 | 8 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £463,435 |
| 34 | 21 May 2021 | Detached | £293,000 | £370,188 |
| 5 | 10 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £504,959 |
| 49 | 16 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £342,500 | £443,457 |
| 40 | 30 Jun 2020 | Detached | £270,000 | £349,587 |
| 63 | 15 Apr 2020 | Terraced | £290,000 | £375,482 |
| 29 | 9 Apr 2020 | Detached | £531,000 | £687,521 |
| 69 | 20 Sep 2019 | Terraced | £333,750 | £436,538 |
| 25 | 8 Jul 2019 | Detached | £480,000 | £627,829 |
| 77 | 30 May 2019 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £326,994 |
| 61 | 17 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £301,500 | £401,810 |
| 32 | 26 Mar 2018 | Detached | £467,500 | £623,039 |
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 Elgar Drive, Witham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 Elgar Drive | £209,995 (2003) | £350,000 (2025) | +2.3% | -0.5% |
| 34 Elgar Drive | £162,500 (2003) | £335,000 (2025) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
| 28 Elgar Drive | £250,000 (2004) | £426,000 (2025) | +2.6% | -0.3% |
| 14 Elgar Drive | £299,950 (2004) | £485,000 (2024) | +2.4% | -0.4% |
| 2 Elgar Drive | £287,500 (2002) | £525,000 (2024) | +2.8% | 0.0% |
| 77 Elgar Drive | £144,995 (2003) | £296,250 (2024) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| 71 Elgar Drive | £200,000 (2003) | £373,000 (2024) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
| 55 Elgar Drive | £209,995 (2003) | £360,000 (2023) | +2.7% | -0.1% |
| 33 Elgar Drive | £285,000 (2002) | £540,000 (2022) | +3.2% | +0.6% |
| 8 Elgar Drive | £260,000 (2002) | £600,000 (2022) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 73 Elgar Drive | £139,995 (2003) | £335,000 (2022) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 21 Elgar Drive | £285,000 (2002) | £607,000 (2022) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Elgar Drive, Witham 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 | 67 | 44.1% | £310,000 | £110,000 – £607,000 |
| Terraced | 45 | 29.6% | £214,995 | £132,996 – £426,000 |
| Semi-detached | 40 | 26.3% | £245,000 | £200,000 – £485,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Elgar Drive, Witham
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 152 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 | 152 | 100.0% | £260,000 |
| New build | 52 | 34.2% | £238,500 |
| Existing home | 100 | 65.8% | £291,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -18.1%. 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 Elgar Drive, Witham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Braintree, 48.3% of 69,960 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 274 | 0.4% |
| B | 10,725 | 15.3% |
| C | 22,773 | 32.6% |
| D | 23,376 | 33.4% |
| E | 9,378 | 13.4% |
| F | 2,780 | 4.0% |
| G | 654 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Braintree at £1,224 a month as of Jun 2026 — £858 for a one-bedroom home and £1,366 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £260,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.65% 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 CM8, 179 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 91 violent, 3 burglary, 8 vehicle-related and 16 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 155,268 residents the 2021 census counted in Braintree, that is 1.15 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 Elgar Drive, Witham
The 2021 census counted 155,268 residents in Braintree across 64,983 households. 68.6% of those households own their home and 31.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a CM8 postcode: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift New Rickstones | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,221 |
| Lift Maltings | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 787 |
| Chipping Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 421 |
| Templars Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 412 |
| Howbridge Church of England Junior School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 356 |
| Silver End Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 344 |
| Witham Oaks Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 290 |
| Howbridge Infant School | Primary | Foundation school | 265 |
| Elm Hall Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 228 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 201 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Witham (Essex) Rail Station | Rail | 0.1 km |
| Hatfield Peverel Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
| White Notley Rail Station | Rail | 4.6 km |
| Kelvedon Rail Station | Rail | 5.9 km |
Section 09
How Elgar Drive, Witham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Elgar Drive, Witham sits above that national figure — +65.1%.
Within Witham the street ranks 138 of 442 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £169,000 (+53.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,851 per square metre, across 37 of the 152 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 £110,000 to £607,000. 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.
Elgar Drive, Witham sits in Braintree, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Braintree at 9.2 times median local earnings of £37,704 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
- Newland Street£102,475 median
- Constance Close£114,350 median
- Epping Way£153,000 median
- Broadway£110,000 median
- Mortimer Way£181,995 median
- Elderberry Gardens£85,000 median
- Holst Avenue£221,000 median
- Church Street£150,000 median
- Braintree Road£168,000 median
- Hatfield Road£195,000 median
- Wickham Road£95,000 median
- Collingwood Road£170,000 median
- Rickstones Road£180,000 median
- Maldon Road£225,000 median
- Honeysuckle Way£129,250 median
- Carraways£118,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 77 Elgar Drive6 sales
- 61 Elgar Drive5 sales
- 34 Elgar Drive5 sales
- 21 Elgar Drive5 sales
- 7 Elgar Drive5 sales
- 5 Elgar Drive5 sales
- 28 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 14 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 55 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 73 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 75 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 63 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 69 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 24 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 51 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 53 Elgar Drive4 sales
- 33 Elgar Drive3 sales
- 8 Elgar Drive3 sales
- 40 Elgar Drive3 sales
- 32 Elgar Drive3 sales
- 20 Elgar Drive3 sales
- 36 Elgar Drive3 sales
- 31 Elgar Drive3 sales
- 2 Elgar Drive2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Elgar Drive, Witham?
The median price paid in Elgar Drive, Witham across every sale on the register is £260,000. 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 Elgar Drive, Witham?
152 sales are on record for Elgar Drive, Witham, the most recent completing on 25 Jun 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Elgar Drive, Witham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +96.7% between 2008 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +35.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Elgar Drive, Witham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £470,000, 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 Elgar Drive, Witham?
£2,851 per square metre, from the 37 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 25 Jun 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, “Elgar Drive, Witham 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.