CO9Halstead, Braintree, England

House prices in CO9, Halstead

Homes in CO9 sold for a median of £340,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 737 standard sales.

That makes it the sixth most expensive of the 15 CO postcode districts with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£340,000737 standard sales
Middle half of prices£268,000 to £430,000
Against the Braintree council area1% belowBraintree median £345,000

Prices by property type

Standard sales in CO9, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached261£465,000£398,000 to £570,000Too few
Semi-detached226£324,000£290,000 to £369,000Too few
Terraced179£270,000£240,000 to £315,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes71£140,000£115,000 to £191,000Too few

Only 28 sales here are linked to an energy certificate with a floor area, so treat the per m² figures as a rough guide.

Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers here, at 35% and 31% of sales.

The gap between types is wide: detached houses sold for 3.3 times the median for flats, so compare an asking price with the same type of home.

Flats here sold for a median of £140,000, 20% less than the £175,500 typical of the 6 nearest districts with enough flat sales.

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Where prices are higher in CO9

Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in CO9 4, around Great Yeldham, with a median of £382,500, and lowest in CO9 2, around Halstead, at £333,000. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.

Each dot is a postcode in CO9 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.

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Each dot sits at the centre of its postcode, so it marks a street or part of one, not a single home. Medians mix all types of home, so a street of flats looks cheaper than a street of houses.
List the 88 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in CO9, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
CO9 3NU£850,0003
CO9 4JT£650,0003
CO9 1UU£640,0005
CO9 4FE£565,0003
CO9 2RB£545,0004
CO9 3DP£507,5004
CO9 1FP£505,0005
CO9 1JT£495,0004
CO9 3LG£485,0003
CO9 3NR£475,0003
CO9 2EQ£470,0003
CO9 3SB£468,0005
CO9 2QH£465,0004
CO9 4EE£465,0004
CO9 1FR£462,5004
CO9 1EU£457,5005
CO9 3JG£435,0003
CO9 1GG£428,0004
CO9 2TU£420,0003
CO9 3HS£405,0004
CO9 1QU£400,0009
CO9 1NU£395,0003
CO9 1QF£394,00018
CO9 1PH£385,0003
CO9 2FT£383,0003
CO9 1TR£380,0004
CO9 3FA£380,0003
CO9 2HD£372,5004
CO9 2FZ£367,5008
CO9 1GF£365,0003
CO9 1QQ£363,0008
CO9 2BE£358,0004
CO9 1LB£347,5003
CO9 1NG£340,0003
CO9 1EG£337,5004
CO9 2EN£332,5005
CO9 2HE£332,0003
CO9 1FS£330,0003
CO9 3EH£330,0004
CO9 3FE£330,0007
CO9 2TT£325,0003
CO9 2FQ£320,0005
CO9 2SS£320,0003
CO9 1FZ£317,5006
CO9 3ND£315,0003
CO9 3FH£312,0003
CO9 2GH£302,5004
CO9 3QJ£302,5003
CO9 2TX£301,5004
CO9 1FT£300,0003
CO9 2JU£300,0003
CO9 2SF£300,0003
CO9 1JB£292,5005
CO9 2HF£291,5004
CO9 3JR£285,0003
CO9 2DF£281,0004
CO9 4ET£279,5004
CO9 1JP£275,00013
CO9 1XB£275,0004
CO9 4QJ£275,0003
CO9 2JZ£274,0003
CO9 1HJ£267,5003
CO9 1LA£267,5005
CO9 3DR£265,0003
CO9 3DT£265,0004
CO9 1DD£264,0004
CO9 1GX£260,0005
CO9 1UQ£255,5004
CO9 3QS£250,0006
CO9 3QX£247,5006
CO9 1ED£244,5004
CO9 1BZ£244,0004
CO9 1HA£235,0005
CO9 2DW£232,5003
CO9 1JN£230,5003
CO9 2BZ£225,0003
CO9 2EA£225,0003
CO9 4JF£225,0003
CO9 1EA£217,5004
CO9 1EB£210,0003
CO9 4EX£200,0003
CO9 2FF£192,5006
CO9 1UT£160,0004
CO9 1XE£160,0003
CO9 3QT£122,5004
CO9 2DT£122,0003
CO9 1PX£115,0003
CO9 1FD£100,5008

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £252,500
  2. 2017: £258,000
  3. 2018: £268,500
  4. 2019: £290,000
  5. 2020: £301,000
  6. 2021: £300,000
  7. 2022: £320,000
  8. 2023: £339,000
  9. 2024: £322,500
  10. 2025: £342,500
  11. 2026, January to August: £320,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 36%, from £252,500 in 2016 to £342,500 in 2025, more than the 33% rise for a typical district in the East of England.

Postcode districts in the Braintree council area

Median sale price of the 4 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. CO9 is the second most expensive.

  1. CM77 Braintree£384,000
  2. CO9 Halstead, this district£340,000
  3. CM8 Witham£330,000
  4. CM7 Braintree£320,000

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of CO9, from the sales in CO9, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. Gosfield & Greenstead Green 63 sales£496,000
  2. Yeldham 56 sales£379,000
  3. Hedingham 144 sales£335,000
  4. Halstead St Andrew's 203 sales£322,000
  5. Halstead Trinity 249 sales£300,000

Fewer than 30 sales, so no median: Stour Valley North.

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £135,000 for a flat on Swan Street to £785,000 for a detached house on Sudbury Road.

The latest standard sales recorded in CO9. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.

  1. 14 Norman CloseSold for £275,000CO9 3FHSold on 25 Sep 2026Terraced
  2. 71 Tidings HillSold for £400,000CO9 1BJSold on 23 Sep 2026Detached
  3. 19 Sudbury RoadSold for £785,000CO9 2BBSold on 16 Sep 2026Detached
  4. 59 Stanley RoadSold for £265,000CO9 1LASold on 16 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  5. 21 Osier WaySold for £360,000CO9 3FFSold on 14 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  6. Flat 6, Cygnet Court Swan StreetSold for £135,000CO9 3PUSold on 14 Sep 2026Flat
  7. 14 Richardson LaneSold for £413,000CO9 1GPSold on 11 Sep 2026Detached
  8. 25 Ozier FieldSold for £437,000CO9 1UXSold on 9 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  9. The Long Yard The GreenSold for £675,000CO9 2PTSold on 9 Sep 2026Detached
  10. 26 Ashley StreetSold for £345,000CO9 3EHSold on 1 Sep 2026Terraced

Streets with the most standard sales, with their median price, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Edwards Avenue, Halstead£394,00018 sales
  • Colchester Road, Halstead£330,00017 sales
  • Chapel Hill, Halstead£275,00013 sales
  • Kings Road, Halstead£267,50013 sales
  • Trinity Road, Halstead£218,00011 sales

Living in CO9

Crime

48 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 73 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of postcode districts are between 47 and 93.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

Across its postcodes, an average of 84% of homes can get it

Near the middle of all postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

No postcode is in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Lower than 73 in 100 postcode districts.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,280 a year in Braintree for 2026 to 2027

Lower than 83 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in CO9, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
A10.2%, England and Wales 0.4%
B172.8%, England and Wales 4.8%
C24740.1%, England and Wales 46.9%
D24139.1%, England and Wales 38.1%
E8614.0%, England and Wales 7.3%
F162.6%, England and Wales 1.9%
G81.3%, England and Wales 0.6%

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in CO9, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 190010316.7%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 19296210.1%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 1949477.6%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 196611218.2%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 198211819.2%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 19956210.1%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 20118614.0%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later264.2%, England and Wales 5.7%

About these figures

The figures come from 737 standard sales in CO9 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, fewer than 1 in 10 were flats.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.