When did prices peak?
£478,619
JUN 2024
Price history
What is the average house price in Braintree?
£364,939
Average price per property type
Detached
£538,259
Semi-Detached
£356,177
Terraced
£293,165
Flats
£175,797
Are prices going up or down?
Short term 📉
Prices decreased by £5,474 (1.48%) over the past year
AUG 2025JUL 2026
Long term 📈
Prices increased by £93,800 (34.59%) over the past 10 years
JUL 2016JUL 2026
Quick answers for Braintree
6 key facts at a glance.
How many homes sold?
2,004
Last 12 months · -22.4% year on year
Sales trendsWhat sells most often?
Semi-detached houses
31.3% of recent sales
Property typesWhat is the most common price range?
£300k - £400k
48.4% of sales
Price rangesWhich areas cost the most and least?
Highest
Belchamp Otten
£1,500,000
Lowest
Great Henny
£220,000
How does Braintree rank?
39th most expensive area of Essex.
Compared with 45 areas
View Essex pricesMost expensive houses in Braintree
The five highest recorded property sales in Braintree.
#1
1 rontgen place, essex
#2
stanstead hall , essex
#3
2 overhall cottage, essex
#4
tucklands northend road, essex
#5
woolmers farm , essex
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
- £364,939
- Great Braxted
- £992,500+£627,561
Open comparison
Braintree vs Little Braxted
- Braintree
- £364,939
- Little Braxted
- £995,000+£630,061
Open comparison
Braintree vs Wickham Bishops
- Braintree
- £364,939
- Wickham Bishops
- £635,207+£270,268
Open comparison
Braintree vs Great Totham
- Braintree
- £364,939
- Great Totham
- £591,329+£226,390
Open comparison
Braintree vs Ulting
- Braintree
- £364,939
- Ulting
- £1,026,666+£661,727
Open comparison
Braintree vs Langford
- Braintree
- £364,939
- Langford
- £575,000+£210,061
Open comparison
Areas in Braintree
Open a child area for its sold-price average. These links are the crawlable location hierarchy.
Data sources
Location boundary data sourced from OpenStreetMap and price information is from HM Land Registry
Last updated at 15 September 2026 at 07:16 with the latest Land Registry data (July 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.