Brentwood Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Brentwood: Affluent commuter town with Elizabeth Line proximity and premium family housing demand.

The Brentwood property market recorded 1,323 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £499,995. This places Brentwood £155k above the Essex county median of £345,000, and £215k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Brentwood have shown strong growth, a year-on-year change of +3.1%. Within Essex, Brentwood ranks 1st by price out of 10 principal towns, and 9th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Brentwood median prices moved from £515,000 in Q3 2024 to £520,000 in Q4 2025, a change of +1.0% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Brentwood Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Brentwood, approved 143 residential planning applications and refused 52 in the last 12 months, with 76 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 73%.

Those applications propose around 902 homes, an estimated £442.0m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Brentwood vary significantly by type. The table below compares Brentwood prices with Essex county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Brentwood command £822,500, while flat properties are most accessible at £278,000. The £545k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 50 new-build sales in Brentwood for the past 12 months, 3.8% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Brentwood sold at a discount of 19.0% to existing stock.

Across the wider Essex market, 666 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Essex property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Brentwood, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £231,500 to £600,000 illustrates the breadth of the Brentwood market.

For developers considering Brentwood, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £499,995 and detached homes at £822,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Brentwood with a GDV of £822,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £534,625 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 3.1% year-on-year, Brentwood presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Brentwood's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Essex:

For the full Essex town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Essex property market report.