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Halstead market report CO9 2
The CO9 2 (Halstead) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 4,615 HM Land Registry entries for CO9 2 (Halstead), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in CO9 2 (Halstead) came in at £323,500, out of 48 registered, up 9% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £343,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,750 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,615 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
CO9 2 is one sector of CO9 (Halstead): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where CO9 2 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.
Today's CO9 2 prices, from the sold record
48 sales were registered in CO9 2 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £323,500. The mean works out at £343,800, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
What a square metre costs in CO9 2
A square metre of CO9 2 home has cost about £3,750 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, CO9 2 sits 14% above the national market.
A typical CO9 2 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £323,500 | £323,500 | 48 |
| 2025 | £334,000 | £341,987 | 106 |
| 2024 | £340,000 | £361,490 | 100 |
| 2023 | £326,200 | £358,414 | 120 |
| 2022 | £332,500 | £389,894 | 161 |
| 2021 | £298,000 | £377,306 | 235 |
| 2020 | £296,000 | £384,066 | 112 |
| 2019 | £285,000 | £373,567 | 140 |
| 2018 | £265,000 | £353,250 | 155 |
| 2017 | £257,500 | £351,204 | 126 |
| 2016 | £247,200 | £345,835 | 146 |
| 2015 | £232,400 | £328,381 | 148 |
| 2014 | £215,000 | £305,015 | 136 |
| 2013 | £190,000 | £273,391 | 117 |
| 2012 | £180,000 | £264,938 | 93 |
| 2011 | £186,000 | £280,788 | 95 |
| 2010 | £166,500 | £261,115 | 116 |
| 2009 | £165,000 | £265,239 | 91 |
| 2008 | £189,000 | £309,811 | 68 |
| 2007 | £175,000 | £296,849 | 182 |
| 2006 | £172,000 | £298,570 | 183 |
| 2005 | £172,500 | £306,980 | 147 |
| 2004 | £152,500 | £276,970 | 165 |
| 2003 | £136,500 | £251,466 | 152 |
| 2002 | £130,200 | £244,970 | 200 |
| 2001 | £99,500 | £191,284 | 227 |
| 2000 | £85,000 | £166,813 | 212 |
| 1999 | £80,000 | £159,436 | 218 |
| 1998 | £74,000 | £149,374 | 141 |
| 1997 | £57,000 | £116,896 | 177 |
| 1996 | £59,900 | £126,326 | 154 |
| 1995 | £54,900 | £119,344 | 144 |
In cash terms the typical CO9 2 home went from £54,900 in 1995 to £323,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 171%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2022. The market now sits about 17% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the CO9 2 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 (+30.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−12.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −3.1% | −5.4% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.7% | −3.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.7% | −0.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Sales activity in CO9 2
Sales per year, counted
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
The register shows 48 CO9 2 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 184 sales a year before the financial crisis and 107 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
Rents around CO9 2
The local authority for CO9 2 is Braintree, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,232 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £863 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,003 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Braintree
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £323,500 median sold price, £1,232 a month is £14,784 a year, a gross yield of 4.6%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
The shape of the CO9 2 market
This is a thin market: 48 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict.
Common questions on CO9 2 (Halstead)
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How much did a house sell for in CO9 2 (Halstead)?
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What happens to CO9 2 prices now?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 9% over five years in cash but down 14% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in CO9 right now
The live side of the market holds 60 homes at the moment, listed by 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole CO9 district, not just CO9 2: live asking prices are collected per district.
27% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every CO9 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
Bedroom by bedroom: CO prices by size
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the CO area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £315,000 | £430,000 (+37%) | £625,000 (+45%) | £865,000 (+38%) |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | £285,000 (+16%) | £335,000 (+18%) | £420,000 (+25%) | £565,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £225,000 | £255,000 (+13%) | £299,995 (+18%) | £381,000 (+27%) | £507,500 (+33%) |
| Flat | £150,000 | £190,000 (+27%) | £287,500 (+51%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CO area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the CO area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in CO9
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of CO9, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CO9 1 | £312,500 | 48 |
| CO9 3 | £311,000 | 35 |
| CO9 4 | £397,000 | 21 |
Zoom out to the full CO9 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CO9 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in CO9 2? Get a rough value first
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in CO9 2, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from CO9 2's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded CO9 2 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim CO9 2.
Dig further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about CO9 2. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every CO9 2 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.