Completed sales
UK HPI · July 2026Completed-sale benchmark · All property types£378,08012-month change: -2.3%Observed July 2026 · published 16 September 2026
Source
- Source
- UK HPI, private rents and affordability: Chelmsford
- Area
- Chelmsford
- Observed
- July 2026
- Published
- 16 September 2026
- Coverage
- England; local authority E07000070; parent area E12000006
Detached£682,046
Semi-detached£423,913
Terraced£339,090
Flat£207,861
Registered sales in May 2026: 140 (provisional, lagging)
UK HPI mix-adjusted average completed-sale prices, non-seasonally adjusted; broad-area benchmark, not a property valuation.
Latest 12 months provisional and subject to revision. NI latest price reflects Q2 2026; transaction volumes lag and are revised.
Private rents
ONS · August 2026Monthly private rent£1,43912-month change: +2.4%Observed August 2026 · published 16 September 2026
Source
- Source
- UK HPI, private rents and affordability: Chelmsford
- Area
- Chelmsford
- Observed
- August 2026
- Published
- 16 September 2026
- Coverage
- England; local authority E07000070; parent area E12000006
Affordability
2025Price / annual earnings10.74 times earnings2025: median price £410,000, median workplace earnings £38,181.Observed 2025 · published 16 September 2026
Source
- Source
- UK HPI, private rents and affordability: Chelmsford
- Area
- Chelmsford
- Observed
- 2025
- Published
- 16 September 2026
- Coverage
- England; local authority E07000070; parent area E12000006
A listing is not a sale.
September 2026 report; time-to-buyer figures from August 2026Asking prices and time to find a buyer come from a different sample, method and date from completed sales.
- Asking-price average
- £414,809
- Time to find a buyer
- 69 days
Source
- Source
- Rightmove House Price Index, September 2026
- Area
- East of England
- Observed
- September 2026 report; time-to-buyer figures from August 2026
- Published
- 21 September 2026
- Coverage
- Great Britain; Northern Ireland unavailable. September 2026 report; time-to-buyer figures from August 2026
Different samples, methods and dates. The gap between these averages is not a negotiated discount.
Limits of this evidence
- Local-authority UK HPI estimates use a three-month moving average; they are area benchmarks, not individual property valuations.