England / Essex / Braintree
Halstead£305,954
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in Halstead is £305,954 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 4.3%.
England / Essex / Braintree
Halstead£305,954
Average price, last 12 months
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With £310,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Halstead.
Flats
£144,803
In budget
Terraced
£272,778
In budget
Semi-detached
£315,389
£5k short
Detached
£440,600
£131k short
Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.
With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Halstead costs £1,531 a month.
£1,531
a month
A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.
Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.
Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.
Mostly semi-detached houses
Halstead has 2 public parks among 31 green space sites. Green space covers 5.3% of the area: about 21 m² per resident, or 2.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 67% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
5.3%
of the land is green space
21 m² per resident, or 2.9 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
2 public parks
Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Halstead has about 18 residents for every football pitch of land, or 6,517 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.
Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).
Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.
Prices in Halstead were down on a year earlier in 32 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 4.3% on a year earlier.
Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.
Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.
Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
£305,954
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
−£13,591
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
+£73,853
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
178
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
574
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
5,851
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
2,825 per sq mi · Very High
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
13,497
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
6,517 per sq mi · Very High
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
21 m² per resident · less than 67% of areas
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
5.3%
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
2
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
61 per 1,000 · High
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
−11.5%
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
7.2 per 1,000
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
SEPT 2026 · £418,571
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
£300k – £400k · 36.0%
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
£440,600
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
£315,389
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
£272,778
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
£144,803
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
25.0%
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
31.7%
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
29.5%
Halstead
England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead
13.8%
| Metric | Halstead England / Essex / Braintree / Halstead |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £305,954 |
| Change over 1 year | −£13,591 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£73,853 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 178 |
| Number of postcodes | 574 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 5,851 |
| Household density | 2,825 per sq mi · Very High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 13,497 |
| Population density | 6,517 per sq mi · Very High |
| Green space per resident | 21 m² per resident · less than 67% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 5.3% |
| Public parks | 2 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 61 per 1,000 · High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | −11.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| Peak month | SEPT 2026 · £418,571 |
| Most common price band | £300k – £400k · 36.0% |
| Detached average | £440,600 |
| Semi-detached average | £315,389 |
| Terraced average | £272,778 |
| Flats average | £144,803 |
| Detached share of sales | 25.0% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 31.7% |
| Terraced share of sales | 29.5% |
| Flats share of sales | 13.8% |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
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