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Essex Gardens, DY8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£172,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,536
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
9
Distinct homes
7
Price range
£79,950£339,950
Sales recorded
2001 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Essex Gardens is almost entirely semi-detached houses. The median sale price is £172,000, about 25% below the typical DY8 sale. On floor area that works out near £3,536 per square metre, above the district's £2,829. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; DY8 prices as a whole have held broadly level. HM Land Registry records 9 sales across 7 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Essex Gardens prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 9 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianDY8 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £85,975 median · 2 sales2007: £172,000 median · 1 sale2008: £90,000 median · 1 sale2013: £175,000 median · 1 sale2014: £159,950 median · 1 sale2018: £240,000 median · 1 sale2023: £310,475 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the DY8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Essex Gardens compares

Essex Gardens against the DY8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Moorings Crescent£334k · 62
Old Wharf Road£271k · 92
Vicarage Road£270k · 62
Brook Street£263k · 53
The Broadway£225k · 59
Hagley Road£185k · 68
Essex Gardens£172k · 9*
High Street£160k · 154
Marshall Crescent£143k · 50
Trefoil Gardens£141k · 53

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£172,000
median · all recorded sales
DY8 district
£230,000
median · last 8 years · street -25%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Gardens's £172,000 median sits about 25% below DY8's £230,000; on floor space it runs £3,536/m² against the district's £2,829/m² (+25%).

Street and DY8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Every recorded sale on Essex Gardens

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
27 Sept 20237 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£281,000
20 Jan 20234 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£339,950
9 Oct 20184 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£240,000
4 Dec 20143 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£159,950
4 Nov 20131 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£175,000
18 Jun 20086 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£90,000
23 Apr 20078 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£172,000
10 Dec 20014 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£92,000
6 Apr 20015 · DY8 4RSSemi-detached£79,950
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More streets in DY8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider DY8 area guide.

High StreetHagley RoadVicarage RoadTrefoil GardensWorcester StreetBrook StreetRichardson DriveMarshall CrescentThe BroadwayBelfry DriveBridgnorth RoadParkfield Road
DY8 house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.