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Typical sold price, CM1
£400,000
250 real sales, 2 April 2026 to 21 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £280,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £340,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in City centre / Springfield: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since April 2026 make City centre / Springfield a steady market, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
Before you accept anything, detached homes typically sold for £592,000 against £213,750 for flats, which explains a spread of £189,850 to £675,500, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Compare optionsWith a steady flow of sales, you can sell the usual way if you have time, and keep a cash route in mind if you do not; a rough guide, not a quote: 70–85% of a typical £400,000 home is about £280,000 to £340,000, so ask how any offer compares with homes that sold nearby.
Whichever route you take, have the title documents; paperwork for any work you have had done (such as an extension or a loft conversion); and a list of what stays and what goes with the home ready, because the buyer’s conveyancer will ask for them.
Not sure which route suits you? Ask one cash buyer to get in touch, hear the offer, and weigh it against selling on the open market.
Get Cash OfferOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
Key figures
City centre / Springfield at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£189,850 to £675,500
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
4.3%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,439 a month
Chelmsford, August 2026
Planning applications
545
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What City centre / Springfield homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for CM1, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in CM1
Detached homes had the highest typical price in CM1 at £592,000, from 63 sales; flats came to £213,750.
- Detached26%
- Semi-detached34%
- Terraced17%
- Flats24%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £592,000 | 63 |
| Semi-detached | £430,000 | 83 |
| Terraced | £385,000 | 42 |
| Flats | £213,750 | 58 |
HM Land Registry, 2 April 2026 to 21 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Chelmsford homes rent for
Average private rent in Chelmsford was £1,439 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 4.3% on the CM1 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £1,059, 2 bed £1,291, 3 bed £1,543, 4+ bed £2,220 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just CM1.
Planning activity
Planning near City centre / Springfield
545 planning applications within 500 m of the CM1 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 4 are still undecided.
- Decided80%
- Undecided20%
Planning detail
Planning activity near City centre / Springfield
545 planning applications within 500 m of the CM1 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 15 Apr 2025 and 27 Aug 2026, and 4 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 15 September 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commuter and family demand.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in City centre / Springfield (Chelmsford), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in City centre / Springfield actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for CM1.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Chelmsford, up 2.4% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just CM1. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £1,059, 2 bed £1,291, 3 bed £1,543, 4+ bed £2,220.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the CM1 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for CM1, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in CM1
Filter by property type and radius around the CM1 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31, ERNEST WEBB DRIVE, CHELMSFORDCM1 6HF | £567,000 | 2026-08-21 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 9, KNAPTON CLOSE, CHELMSFORDCM1 6UL | £382,500 | 2026-08-21 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 28, CANUDEN ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM1 2SU | £490,000 | 2026-08-20 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 2, BOYNE DRIVE, CHELMSFORDCM1 7QW | £460,000 | 2026-08-19 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 2, TURKEY OAKS, CHELMSFORDCM1 7SR | £379,000 | 2026-08-18 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 76, WATSON HEIGHTS, CHELMSFORDCM1 1AF | £285,000 | 2026-08-17 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 4, TYTHE CLOSE, CHELMSFORDCM1 6SU | £435,000 | 2026-08-14 | Detached | Freehold |
| 85, COVAL LANE, CHELMSFORDCM1 1TG | £490,000 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 54, GREEN LANE, CHELMSFORDCM1 4NA | £365,000 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 5, MELBA COURT, CHELMSFORDCM1 3EW | £185,000 | 2026-08-14 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 51, BERWICK AVENUE, CHELMSFORDCM1 4AW | £300,000 | 2026-08-13 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 19, MILLFIELDS, CHELMSFORDCM1 3LP | £400,000 | 2026-08-13 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 17, CAMELLIA CLOSE, CHELMSFORDCM1 6QZ | £420,000 | 2026-08-12 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 30, ANVIL WAY, CHELMSFORDCM1 6SZ | £675,000 | 2026-08-12 | Detached | Freehold |
| 23, SAWNEY BROOK, CHELMSFORDCM1 3JH | £485,000 | 2026-08-11 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| ECCLES COURT, BURGESS SPRINGS, CHELMSFORDCM1 1JB | £110,250 | 2026-08-10 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 5, CHURCH GREEN, CHELMSFORDCM1 4NZ | £950,000 | 2026-08-10 | Detached | Freehold |
| 170, AVON ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM1 2LD | £320,000 | 2026-08-10 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 7, CHARLES JEFFREYS PLACE, CHELMSFORDCM1 6HW | £500,000 | 2026-08-07 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 11, ROXWELL ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM1 2LY | £500,000 | 2026-08-07 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
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