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Neighbourhood in Chelmsford

Writtle & Highwood

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Writtle & Highwood typically sold for £475,000. Half of the 274 sales were between £381k and £580k, against a typical £400,000 across Chelmsford.

Postcode CM1

All of Chelmsford
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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £475k half sold for £381k to £580k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 274 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +20.3% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 0% of sales · 13% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Chelmsford.

  • Detached £645,000 typical
    Half between £570k and £890k · 72 sales · Chelmsford £592k
  • Semi-detached £465,000 typical
    Half between £413k and £513k · 119 sales · Chelmsford £425k
  • Terraced £405,000 typical
    Half between £360k and £475k · 53 sales · Chelmsford £355k
  • Flat £252,500 typical
    Half between £214k and £313k · 30 sales · Chelmsford £220k

Since 1995

Each year in Writtle & Highwood

This neighbourhood Chelmsford Homes sold
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £70,0001996: £75,0001997: £76,0001998: £81,5001999: £105,0002000: £117,7502001: £132,0002002: £169,9722003: £202,7502004: £220,0002005: £224,0002006: £239,9982007: £248,0002008: £250,0002009: £225,0002010: £250,0002011: £250,0002012: £250,0002013: £273,7502014: £275,0002015: £350,0002016: £384,9752017: £377,5002018: £380,0002019: £390,0002020: £395,0002021: £425,0002022: £475,0002023: £449,0002024: £469,1002025: £485,000 1995: 113 sold1996: 125 sold1997: 137 sold1998: 129 sold1999: 135 sold2000: 164 sold2001: 133 sold2002: 138 sold2003: 126 sold2004: 129 sold2005: 98 sold2006: 150 sold2007: 153 sold2008: 63 sold2009: 81 sold2010: 103 sold2011: 91 sold2012: 85 sold2013: 114 sold2014: 118 sold2015: 117 sold2016: 138 sold2017: 122 sold2018: 94 sold2019: 101 sold2020: 91 sold2021: 159 sold2022: 117 sold2023: 108 sold2024: 80 sold2025: 109 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £70,0001996: £75,0001997: £76,0001998: £81,5001999: £105,0002000: £117,7502001: £132,0002002: £169,9722003: £202,7502004: £220,0002005: £224,0002006: £239,9982007: £248,0002008: £250,0002009: £225,0002010: £250,0002011: £250,0002012: £250,0002013: £273,7502014: £275,0002015: £350,0002016: £384,9752017: £377,5002018: £380,0002019: £390,0002020: £395,0002021: £425,0002022: £475,0002023: £449,0002024: £469,1002025: £485,000 1995: 113 sold1996: 125 sold1997: 137 sold1998: 129 sold1999: 135 sold2000: 164 sold2001: 133 sold2002: 138 sold2003: 126 sold2004: 129 sold2005: 98 sold2006: 150 sold2007: 153 sold2008: 63 sold2009: 81 sold2010: 103 sold2011: 91 sold2012: 85 sold2013: 114 sold2014: 118 sold2015: 117 sold2016: 138 sold2017: 122 sold2018: 94 sold2019: 101 sold2020: 91 sold2021: 159 sold2022: 117 sold2023: 108 sold2024: 80 sold2025: 109 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Semi-detached43% · Chelmsford 29%
  • Detached26% · Chelmsford 29%
  • Terraced19% · Chelmsford 21%
  • Flat11% · Chelmsford 21%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Chelmsford 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales13% · Chelmsford 21%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.