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Richards Close, CM8

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

Median sold price
£149,995
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,304
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
61
Distinct homes
23
Price range
£115,000 – £230,000
Sales recorded
2005 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Richards Close is a street almost entirely of flats. Homes here typically change hands around £149,995 — roughly 52% below the CM8 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,304 per square metre, below the district's £3,786. The street has lagged the CM8 trend. HM Land Registry records 61 sales across 23 homes since 2005.

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Richards Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 61 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianCM8 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252005: £148,995 median · 23 sales2006: £146,250 median · 2 sales2007: £144,275 median · 2 sales2008: £140,000 median · 2 sales2009: £120,000 median · 3 sales2010: £144,500 median · 3 sales2011: £145,000 median · 4 sales2012: £127,000 median · 1 sale2013: £122,500 median · 2 sales2014: £150,000 median · 1 sale2015: £155,000 median · 1 sale2016: £178,000 median · 2 sales2017: £185,000 median · 1 sale2018: £187,500 median · 2 sales2020: £207,500 median · 2 sales2021: £177,000 median · 1 sale2022: £195,000 median · 3 sales2023: £205,000 median · 3 sales2024: £195,000 median · 2 sales2025: £173,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the CM8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Richards Close compares

Richards Close against the CM8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Flemming Way£377k · 100
Butcher Row£339k · 53
Hatfield Road£300k · 71
Holst Avenue£295k · 64
Epping Way£273k · 64
Constance Close£225k · 64
Mortimer Way£205k · 74
Collingwood Road£170k · 145
Richards Close£150k · 61*
Newland Street£142k · 99

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
£149,995
median · all recorded sales
CM8 district
£310,000
median · last 8 years · street -52%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Richards Close's £149,995 median sits about 52% below CM8's £310,000; on floor space it runs £3,304/m² against the district's £3,786/m² (-13%).

Street and CM8 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 Richards Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
11 Apr 202527 · CM8 1GEFlat—£173,000
24 Oct 20249 · CM8 1GEFlat—£185,000
9 Aug 202414 · CM8 1GGFlat—£205,000
18 Dec 20232 · CM8 1GGFlat—£205,000
30 Nov 20238 · CM8 1GGFlat—£195,000
12 May 202319 · CM8 1GEFlat—£215,500
30 Sept 202217 · CM8 1GEFlat—£194,000
8 Apr 202210 · CM8 1GGFlat—£195,000
6 Jan 202212 · CM8 1GGFlat—£221,000
6 Aug 202119 · CM8 1GEFlat—£177,000
8 Sept 20202 · CM8 1GGFlat—£185,000
17 Apr 202015 · CM8 1GEFlat—£230,000
5 Oct 20188 · CM8 1GGFlat—£195,000
22 Mar 201810 · CM8 1GGFlat—£180,000
21 Apr 20179 · CM8 1GEFlat—£185,000
31 Oct 201611 · CM8 1GEFlat—£171,000
9 Aug 20168 · CM8 1GGFlat—£185,000
27 Feb 20155 · CM8 1GEFlat—£155,000
3 Oct 201412 · CM8 1GGFlat—£150,000
19 Dec 201314 · CM8 1GGFlat—£130,000
30 Aug 201311 · CM8 1GEFlat—£115,000
11 Jul 201214 · CM8 1GGFlat—£127,000
14 Oct 20115 · CM8 1GEFlat—£133,500
11 Jul 201115 · CM8 1GEFlat—£155,000
30 Jun 201115 · CM8 1GEFlat—£161,950
31 May 201123 · CM8 1GEFlat—£135,000
23 Jul 201012 · CM8 1GGFlat—£144,500
29 Apr 201021 · CM8 1GEFlat—£144,995
10 Feb 201027 · CM8 1GEFlat—£128,000
22 Dec 20092 · CM8 1GGFlat—£120,000
17 Jul 200920 · CM8 1GGFlat—£142,500
6 Jan 20092 · CM8 1GGFlat—£117,500
30 Jun 20082 · CM8 1GGFlat—£145,000
22 May 20084 · CM8 1GGFlat—£135,000
13 Dec 20074 · CM8 1GGFlat—£142,800
22 Mar 200716 · CM8 1GGFlat—£145,750
3 Oct 200623 · CM8 1GEFlat—£147,500
23 Jan 20067 · CM8 1GEFlat—£145,000
30 Jun 200515 · CM8 1GEFlatYes£166,000
30 Jun 200525 · CM8 1GEFlatYes£153,955
10 Jun 200518 · CM8 1GGFlatYes£152,995
3 Jun 200516 · CM8 1GGFlatYes£140,995
3 Jun 200514 · CM8 1GGFlatYes£151,995
31 May 200527 · CM8 1GEFlatYes£138,000
27 May 20056 · CM8 1GGFlatYes£150,995
27 May 20054 · CM8 1GGFlatYes£138,995
27 May 200521 · CM8 1GEFlatYes£138,000
24 May 200517 · CM8 1GEFlatYes£153,000
13 May 200523 · CM8 1GEFlatYes£154,995
13 May 200519 · CM8 1GEFlatYes£153,000
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More streets in CM8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider CM8 area guide.

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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.