Property searches in Braintree

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

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House prices

The average home in Braintree cost £330,089 in August 2026. Prices have risen 1.6% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£330,089	+1.6%
Detached	£566,447	+0.7%
Semi-detached	£342,100	+2.7%
Terraced	£275,503	+2.5%
Flat or maisonette	£157,615	+0.1%
First-time buyers	£266,204	+2.1%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Braintree pays £2,280 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,520	£152
B	£1,774	£177
C	£2,027	£203
D	£2,280	£228
E	£2,787	£279
F	£3,294	£329
G	£3,801	£380
H	£4,561	£456

Renting

The average private rent is £1,223 a month (+2.5% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 4.4% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£857
2	£1,108
3	£1,366
4 or more	£1,987

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Braintree is split into 88 small neighbourhoods. 4% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 12% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 68% of homes are owned, 15% privately rented and 17% socially rented; 21% of people are 65 or over and 14% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

99.0% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 84.6% from all four; 97.9% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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