CM1 — Chelmsford
Chelmsford's CM1 postcode sits in Chelmsford. The board behind it is assembled from 36,273 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical CM1 sale went from £57,438 in 1995 to £372,000 in 2026 — 6.5× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2000 — prices moved +18.3% that year. The one to avoid was 2008: the median moved -4.9%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in CM1
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £57,438 | 914 |
| 2000 | £97,000 | 1,377 |
| 2005 | £181,000 | 1,145 |
| 2010 | £206,500 | 824 |
| 2015 | £265,000 | 1,304 |
| 2020 | £360,000 | 969 |
| 2025 | £385,000 | 1,064 |
| 2026 | £372,000 | 184 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Chelmsford (CM1 6) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lupin Drive, Beardsley Drive, Crocus Way
- Chelmsford (CM1 2) (21% of local sales) — busiest streets: Rainsford Road, South Primrose Hill, Avon Road
- Chelmsford (CM1 4) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Broomfield Road, Sunrise Avenue, Patching Hall Lane
- Chelmsford (CM1 1) (13% of local sales) — busiest streets: Broomfield Road, Victoria Road, Durrant Court
- Chelmsford (CM1 7) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Waveney Drive, Arbour Lane, Tamar Rise
- Writtle (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ongar Road, Melba Court, Long Brandocks
- Springfield (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wilfred Waterman Drive, Wharton Drive, Blacksmith Close
- Chelmsford (CM1 3) (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Parkinson Drive, Rookes Crescent, Writtle Road
Reading about 2000 is easy; surviving 2008 is the game. Play the CM1 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.