Detached
£530,665
46% above the Braintree average
29.7% of sales
What is the average house price in Braintree? £363,802
The average house price in Braintree is £363,802, based on 1,965 homes sold in the 12 months to September 2026. Prices are down 2.4% (£9,098) on a year earlier.
- 1 year change
- −2.4%
- Sold in 12 months
- 1,965
- Data up to
- September 2026
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, not asking prices. How we calculate this
How much does each type of property cost in Braintree?
Average sold price by property type, and each type's share of recent sales.
Semi-detached
£352,979
3% below the Braintree average
31.7% of sales
Terraced
£294,464
19% below the Braintree average
25.1% of sales
Flats
£174,059
52% below the Braintree average
13.5% of sales
Are house prices in Braintree going up or down?
House prices in Braintree are falling: down 2.4% (£9,098) over the past year. Over the past 10 years, prices are up 32.2% (£88,655).
Past 12 months
−2.4%
−£9,098From £372,900 to £363,802
£372,900£363,802
Past 10 years
+32.2%
+£88,655From £275,147 to £363,802
£381,324£275,147
Quick answers for Braintree
10 key facts at a glance.
When did prices peak?
£478,619
Highest average, reached in June 2024
How many homes sold?
1,965
Recorded so far for the 12 months to September 2026
What sells most often?
Semi-detached houses
31.7% of recent sales
What is the most common price range?
£300k - £400k
33.0% of sales
How many people live in Braintree?
155,330
657 people per square mile · High (Census 2021)
Population density is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Usual residents, including communal establishments.
How many households are in Braintree?
64,982
275 households per square mile · High (Census 2021)
Household density is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Occupied households, not communal establishments.
How much green space is in Braintree?
31 m² per resident
More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales. That's about 4.3 football pitches for every 1,000 residents.
0.8% of the area · 66 public parks. Parks, playing fields, allotments and other public green space, not counting golf courses. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
What is the crime rate in Braintree?
58 crimes per 1,000 residents
High · −1.8% on the previous year · 12 months to September 2026
Crime rate is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
Which areas cost the most and least?
Most expensive
Borley
£1,506,000
Least expensive
Great Henny
£220,000
How does Braintree rank?
37th most expensive area of Essex.
Compared with 45 areas with sales in the last 12 months
What are the most expensive homes sold in Braintree?
The highest recorded sale prices in Braintree, from HM Land Registry.
How do house prices in Braintree compare with nearby areas?
Braintree compared with the 6 nearest other areas in Essex.
Braintree vs Great Braxted
- Braintree
- £363,802
- Great Braxted
- £977,000+£613,198
Open comparison
Braintree vs Little Braxted
- Braintree
- £363,802
- Little Braxted
- £995,000+£631,198
Open comparison
Braintree vs Wickham Bishops
- Braintree
- £363,802
- Wickham Bishops
- £715,980+£352,178
Open comparison
Braintree vs Great Totham
- Braintree
- £363,802
- Great Totham
- £578,387+£214,585
Open comparison
Braintree vs Ulting
- Braintree
- £363,802
- Ulting
- £1,026,666+£662,864
Open comparison
Braintree vs Langford
- Braintree
- £363,802
- Langford
- £793,750+£429,948
Open comparison
Which areas of Braintree are most expensive?
Average sold price in each of the 63 areas of Braintree, most expensive first.
- 1
£1,506,000
Change over one year: +88.3%
- 2
£1,500,000
Change over one year: +130.2%
- 3
£1,200,000
Change over one year: +56.9%
- 4
£906,666
Change over one year: +34.3%
- 5
£891,666
Change over one year: +42.7%
- 6
£850,000
Change over one year: +97.7%
- 7
£807,500
Change over one year: +17.9%
- 8
£719,400
Change over one year: +23.3%
- 9
£688,400
Change over one year: +29.9%
- 10
£684,043
Change over one year: +30.0%
- 11
£650,000
Change over one year: +27.5%
- 12
£620,666
Change over one year: +96.5%
- 13
£618,000
Change over one year: +26.8%
- 14
£597,500
Change over one year: +39.8%
- 15
£577,125
Change over one year: +24.8%
- 16
£571,857
Change over one year: +6.8%
- 17
£564,583
Change over one year: +18.6%
- 18
£562,500
Change over one year: −20.2%
- 19
£547,468
Change over one year: −1.1%
- 20
£546,000
Change over one year: +53.6%
- 21
£540,700
Change over one year: +28.9%
- 22
£529,700
Change over one year: −13.1%
- 23
£527,400
Change over one year: +1.1%
- 24
£525,142
Change over one year: +39.1%
- 25
£519,992
Change over one year: +16.8%
- 26
£518,442
Change over one year: +176.7%
- 27
£516,090
Change over one year: +16.2%
- 28
£512,000
Change over one year: −58.6%
- 29
£496,500
Change over one year: −19.0%
- 30
£493,500
Change over one year: −38.7%
- 31
£492,600
Change over one year: −1.3%
- 32
£482,008
Change over one year: +10.4%
- 33
£477,928
Change over one year: +11.8%
- 34
£468,575
Change over one year: −15.5%
- 35
£466,821
Change over one year: −3.0%
- 36
£465,731
Change over one year: +12.4%
- 37
£446,250
Change over one year: −38.0%
- 38
£444,473
Change over one year: +6.6%
- 39
£437,500
Change over one year: −1.6%
- 40
£435,750
Change over one year: +3.9%
- 41
£431,454
Change over one year: +6.3%
- 42
£431,403
Change over one year: −3.2%
- 43
£420,711
Change over one year: +1.9%
- 44
£416,318
Change over one year: −1.4%
- 45
£412,272
Change over one year: +3.9%
- 46
£409,517
Change over one year: +6.8%
- 47
£395,166
Change over one year: −37.9%
- 48
£389,555
Change over one year: +9.9%
- 49
£388,282
Change over one year: +0.8%
- 50
£385,262
Change over one year: −10.5%
- 51
£383,227
Change over one year: −28.3%
- 52
£363,200
Change over one year: +13.7%
- 53
£361,916
Change over one year: −11.3%
- 54
£357,300
Change over one year: −13.9%
- 55
£355,571
Change over one year: −10.9%
- 56
£349,458
Change over one year: −27.7%
- 57
£348,500
Change over one year: −47.6%
- 58
£335,145
Change over one year: −21.2%
- 59
£320,475
Change over one year: −6.9%
- 60
£315,414
Change over one year: −6.8%
- 61
£305,954
Change over one year: −4.3%
- 62
£305,000
Change over one year: −10.6%
- 63
£220,000
Change over one year: −61.0%
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Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
Last updated 6 November 2026 at 00:21 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Braintree dataset covers 6,992 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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