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Great Dunmow market report CM6, Dunmow
The CM6 (Great Dunmow) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 16,659 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in CM6 (Dunmow) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to July 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the 2026 median for CM6 (Dunmow) is £432,500, from 173 registered sales, up 1% on five years earlier; the mean is £488,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,410 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 16,659 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
CM6 is the postcode district covering Great Dunmow, Felsted, Thaxted in Dunmow. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where CM6 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What buyers actually paid in CM6
In the CM6 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £432,500, from 173 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £488,800, sitting a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
House prices per square metre in CM6
The last five years of sales put CM6 at roughly £4,410 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving CM6 52% above the national figure.
The price of a typical CM6 home, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £432,500 | £432,500 | 173 |
| 2025 | £465,000 | £476,120 | 595 |
| 2024 | £443,000 | £471,000 | 561 |
| 2023 | £449,500 | £493,891 | 435 |
| 2022 | £450,000 | £527,676 | 551 |
| 2021 | £429,400 | £543,676 | 728 |
| 2020 | £407,500 | £528,740 | 458 |
| 2019 | £385,000 | £504,643 | 438 |
| 2018 | £400,000 | £533,208 | 622 |
| 2017 | £370,000 | £504,643 | 660 |
| 2016 | £360,000 | £503,644 | 667 |
| 2015 | £325,000 | £459,225 | 644 |
| 2014 | £305,000 | £432,696 | 588 |
| 2013 | £289,000 | £415,842 | 557 |
| 2012 | £278,200 | £409,476 | 464 |
| 2011 | £250,000 | £377,404 | 459 |
| 2010 | £270,000 | £423,430 | 462 |
| 2009 | £250,000 | £401,877 | 487 |
| 2008 | £260,000 | £426,195 | 448 |
| 2007 | £250,000 | £424,070 | 700 |
| 2006 | £250,000 | £433,968 | 676 |
| 2005 | £248,000 | £441,340 | 507 |
| 2004 | £239,000 | £434,071 | 601 |
| 2003 | £220,000 | £405,293 | 536 |
| 2002 | £200,000 | £376,298 | 565 |
| 2001 | £165,000 | £317,204 | 520 |
| 2000 | £150,000 | £294,375 | 463 |
| 1999 | £130,000 | £259,083 | 555 |
| 1998 | £120,000 | £242,229 | 395 |
| 1997 | £100,500 | £206,105 | 380 |
| 1996 | £88,500 | £186,643 | 419 |
| 1995 | £88,500 | £192,385 | 345 |
In cash terms the typical CM6 home went from £88,500 in 1995 to £432,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 125%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 20% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the CM6 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+21.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−7.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What CM6 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −7.0% | −9.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.1% | −4.5% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.9% | −1.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.8% | 0.0% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 47% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £576,200 against £205,000 for a flat, 2.8 times the price.
Median by property type, CM6
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £576,200 | 74 | 7,895 |
| Semi-detached | £395,000 | 50 | 3,828 |
| Terraced | £362,500 | 36 | 3,150 |
| Flats | £205,000 | 13 | 1,786 |
Sales activity in CM6
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
Over the last twelve months of data, 397 sales completed in CM6. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 463 sales a year recently, against 571 a year before 2008. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What tenants pay around CM6
For renting purposes CM6 sits in Uttlesford. The ONS average private rent there is £1,283 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £900 a month here against £2,028 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Uttlesford
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,283 a month is £15,396 a year, which against the £432,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.6%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
Common questions on CM6 (Great Dunmow)
How much did a house sell for in CM6 (Great Dunmow)?
Are property prices falling in CM6 (Great Dunmow)?
Is CM6 (Great Dunmow) a good place to buy a house?
Will CM6 prices rise from here?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 20% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in CM6 today
Everything above is what homes in CM6 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 106 homes currently on the market from 11 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 33% above the CM6 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 30% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every CM6 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
Bedroom by bedroom: CM prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the CM area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £417,500 | £550,000 (+32%) | £785,000 (+43%) | £1,137,500 (+45%) |
| Semi-detached | £325,000 | £370,000 (+14%) | £447,500 (+21%) | £575,000 (+28%) | £780,000 (+36%) |
| Terraced | £292,000 | £335,000 (+15%) | £380,000 (+13%) | £492,500 (+30%) | £700,000 (+42%) |
| Flat | £202,000 | £280,000 (+39%) | £385,000 (+38%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
CM6 ranks 17 of 25 in the CM area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
CM area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside CM6, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CM6 1 | £426,000 | 68 |
| CM6 2 | £402,500 | 38 |
| CM6 3 | £505,000 | 58 |
| CM6 4 | £435,000 | 9 |
How CM6 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the CM area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| CM4 | £808,200 | +26% |
| CM13 | £530,000 | +12% |
| CM16 | £527,500 | -8% |
| CM15 | £510,000 | -1% |
| CM5 | £500,000 | +4% |
| CM12 | £459,500 | -5% |
| CM11 | £455,000 | -1% |
| CM21 | £450,000 | +13% |
| CM22 | £445,000 | -8% |
| CM6 (this report) | £432,500 | +1% |
| CM23 | £422,000 | +0% |
| CM24 | £420,000 | +1% |
| CM3 | £415,000 | +0% |
| CM14 | £411,200 | +3% |
| CM77 | £402,500 | +6% |
| CM17 | £400,000 | +3% |
| CM1 | £398,000 | +8% |
| CM9 | £375,000 | +9% |
| CM2 | £370,000 | +4% |
| CM19 | £354,500 | +18% |
| CM0 | £350,000 | +0% |
| CM18 | £325,000 | +16% |
| CM20 | £325,000 | +10% |
| CM7 | £320,000 | +7% |
Before you sell in CM6: what the record supports
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in CM6, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from CM6's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded CM6 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
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About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.