Land Registry has revised June's Basildon average up to £362,399, an annual fall of £1,507 rather than £3,612. Rochford next door rose 6.2 per cent.
Update, 20 September 2026: HM Land Registry has since revised the June figure up to £362,399, which makes the annual fall £1,507 rather than the £3,612 reported below. The rest of this article is as first published on 23 August 2026. Our July 2026 report has the current figures.
The average home in Basildon borough was worth £360,294 in June 2026. That is £3,612 less than a year earlier, a fall of 1.0 per cent, at a time when Essex as a whole rose 1.2 per cent and England rose 1.8 per cent (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index).
But the month itself went the other way. Prices in the borough rose 0.8 per cent in June, worth £2,817, and that is Basildon’s biggest monthly rise since March 2025.
Both things are true, and they matter to different people. If you bought last summer, you are probably a little down. If you are selling this autumn, the recent direction is upwards.
Basildon against the rest of Essex
Fourteen local authorities cover Essex, counting Southend and Thurrock. Nine of them rose over the year to June. Basildon was one of the five that fell, and only Castle Point, Chelmsford and Brentwood fell further.
| Authority | Average price | Change on the year | Change in June |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford | £415,574 | +6.2% | +1.2% |
| Epping Forest | £536,765 | +4.9% | −0.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £325,586 | +3.7% | −0.8% |
| Uttlesford | £482,652 | +3.5% | +0.3% |
| Tendring | £261,717 | +2.6% | +1.0% |
| Thurrock | £327,176 | +2.3% | −0.5% |
| Braintree | £330,637 | +2.0% | +2.6% |
| Harlow | £313,338 | +1.7% | +0.8% |
| Maldon | £384,348 | +0.4% | −0.4% |
| Colchester | £298,003 | −0.3% | −0.1% |
| Basildon | £360,294 | −1.0% | +0.8% |
| Castle Point | £362,602 | −1.1% | −0.9% |
| Chelmsford | £383,103 | −1.2% | +0.3% |
| Brentwood | £513,537 | −1.6% | −2.8% |
The neighbour to watch is Rochford, immediately east of Wickford, which rose 6.2 per cent to £415,574 and was the fastest riser in the county. In June 2025 the gap between the two averages was £27,274. It is now £55,280, so it has roughly doubled in a year (HM Land Registry UKHPI, Rochford, June 2025).
Basildon’s June rise was, however, joint fourth strongest of the fourteen on the month, level with Harlow and behind Braintree, Rochford and Tendring.
Which kinds of home moved
The borough average hides a wide split by property type. Over the year to June, detached homes and flats fell hardest, while terraced homes crept up.
| Type | June 2026 | Change on the year | Change in June |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £663,580 | −2.4% | +0.6% |
| Semi-detached | £420,370 | −0.2% | +0.7% |
| Terraced | £313,485 | +0.3% | +0.9% |
| Flat or maisonette | £185,783 | −3.3% | +0.9% |
| First-time buyer | £301,655 | −0.5% | +0.9% |
The flat figure is the one worth sitting with. At £185,783, the average Basildon flat is worth 3.3 per cent less than a year ago, and it is the only type more than 3 per cent down. Detached homes fell 2.4 per cent but from a much higher base, so in cash terms the detached average lost about £16,000 while the flat average lost about £6,300.
Every type rose in June itself.
The borough has still not got back to 2022
Basildon’s record average was £367,909 in November 2022. June 2026 leaves the borough £7,615 short of that, or 2.1 per cent. On the current monthly rate it would take another three months of June-sized rises to close the gap, and the last 15 months contained no other month that big.
One correction worth flagging, because it affects anyone who read the May figure when it first came out. Land Registry has since revised May 2026 down from £357,972 to £357,477, a cut of £495. UKHPI revises the two most recent months every time it publishes, so the freshest number is always the least settled.
What it means for you
- If you are selling, the direction of travel over the past three months is up, and every property type rose in June. The annual comparison is against a stronger market last summer, which is what makes the year-on-year figure negative.
- If you are buying a flat, this is the part of the Basildon market that has weakened most, down 3.3 per cent on the year.
- If you are a first-time buyer, the relevant average is £301,655, down 0.5 per cent on the year.
- If you are comparing with the neighbours, do it carefully. Rochford, Southend and Thurrock all rose while Basildon fell, and the gap to Rochford has widened by roughly £24,000 in a year.
- Do not read this as your street’s price. UKHPI is a mean average for the whole borough, not a median, and Billericay and Wickford pull it well above what a Pitsea or Laindon terrace changes hands for.
Our Basildon house prices page breaks the borough down postcode by postcode from completed sale records, which is the closer guide to a particular street.
How this was worked out
Every figure here comes from HM Land Registry’s UK House Price Index for June 2026, published as open data, read on 23 August 2026. UKHPI is a mean average of all sales in the period, adjusted for the mix of property types, and it is not the same as the median price of homes sold. The index is revised each month, so the May and June figures may both move again.
Sources
- HM Land Registry UKHPI, Basildon, June 2026 for the borough average, the annual and monthly change and the split by property type.
- HM Land Registry UKHPI, Basildon, May 2026 for the revised May figure, and November 2022 for the record.
- HM Land Registry UKHPI, June 2026, for the comparison authorities: Rochford, Epping Forest, Southend-on-Sea, Uttlesford, Tendring, Thurrock, Braintree, Harlow, Maldon, Colchester, Castle Point, Chelmsford and Brentwood.
- HM Land Registry UKHPI, Essex and England, June 2026, for the county and national comparisons.
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