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Typical sold price, CM3
£431,000
250 real sales, 23 March 2026 to 21 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £302,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £366,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Surrounding villages: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Surrounding villages sees about 50 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are selling here, Surrounding villages buyers have mostly paid between £249,600 and £675,500, so find the sold homes closest to yours and price against those; 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; cash buyers typically offer 70–85% of market value, which on a typical £431,000 home is roughly £302,000 to £366,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), so hold any offer up against the sold prices.
Have an up-to-date EPC, sign-off for any alterations you have made and the title documents to hand early; your conveyancer will say what else a Surrounding villages sale needs.
Your enquiry goes to one independent buyer who contacts you directly, with no fee to you and no pressure to accept.
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
Surrounding villages at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£249,600 to £675,500
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
4.0%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,439 a month
Chelmsford, August 2026
Planning applications
777
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Surrounding villages homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for CM3, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in CM3
Detached homes had the highest typical price in CM3 at £532,500, from 122 sales; flats came to £205,000.
- Detached49%
- Semi-detached28%
- Terraced15%
- Flats8%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £532,500 | 122 |
| Semi-detached | £389,167 | 68 |
| Terraced | £315,500 | 38 |
| Flats | £205,000 | 19 |
HM Land Registry, 23 March 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 4.0% on the CM3 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 CM3.
Planning activity near Surrounding villages
777 planning applications within 500 m of the CM3 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 13 Mar 2025 and 4 Jun 2026, and 0 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 21 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsContains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rural family premium.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in Surrounding villages (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 Surrounding villages actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for CM3.
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 CM3, and CM3 also reaches Braintree and Maldon. 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 CM3 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 CM3, 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 CM3
Filter by property type and radius around the CM3 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, WOODHAM DRIVE, CHELMSFORDCM3 2RR | £727,500 | 2026-08-21 | Detached | Freehold |
| 17, GIMLI WATCH, CHELMSFORDCM3 5LD | £325,000 | 2026-08-21 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 9, RUNSELL VIEW, CHELMSFORDCM3 4PE | £615,000 | 2026-08-20 | Detached | Freehold |
| ESHCOL, MALDON ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM3 2HL | £470,000 | 2026-08-20 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 3, BURY LANE, CHELMSFORDCM3 1AX | £400,000 | 2026-08-19 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| CARLYON COTTAGE, MAIN ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM3 8RJ | £630,000 | 2026-08-14 | Detached | Freehold |
| 66, ALBERT ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM3 5LS | £213,750 | 2026-08-14 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 2, BIRCH ROW, CHELMSFORDCM3 6GQ | £565,000 | 2026-08-13 | Detached | Freehold |
| 56, ELM ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM3 5QB | £505,000 | 2026-08-13 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 62, HOPPING JACKS LANE, CHELMSFORDCM3 4PD | £659,999 | 2026-08-12 | Detached | Freehold |
| 94, HAMBERTS ROAD, CHELMSFORDCM3 5TZ | £510,000 | 2026-08-12 | Detached | Freehold |
| 52, THORNBOROUGH AVENUE, CHELMSFORDCM3 5FW | £316,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 32, GLENDALE, CHELMSFORDCM3 5TS | £367,500 | 2026-08-06 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 1, BAKERSFIELD, CHELMSFORDCM3 6GT | £820,000 | 2026-08-06 | Detached | Freehold |
| 83, WEST AVENUE, CHELMSFORDCM3 6AE | £475,000 | 2026-08-06 | Detached | Freehold |
| 67, BRASSIE WOOD, CHELMSFORDCM3 3FP | £535,000 | 2026-08-03 | Detached | Freehold |
| 6, FINNING CLOSE, CHELMSFORDCM3 1FS | £665,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
| MELVILLE COTTAGES, MELVILLE HEATH, CHELMSFORDCM3 5FU | £450,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
| 7, HURRELL DOWN, CHELMSFORDCM3 3JP | £475,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
| 18, GANDALFS RIDE, CHELMSFORDCM3 5WX | £450,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
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