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Start with the current market in South Woodham Ferrers, Althorne, its direction of travel and the mix of homes being sold. Use Compare, Save and Watch to narrow a shortlist.
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Median price
£447,500
Eligible sales · trailing 24 months
Per square metre
£4,569/m²
Matched sales · trailing 24 months
5-year change
+3.4%
Rolling 12-month medians, five years apart
From rolling peak
-4.9%
Against the highest rolling 12-month median
Market read
Homes in South Woodham Ferrers, Althorne (CM3) sold for a median £447,500 over the period, or about £4,569 per square metre. Prices sit 9.6% under the local peak set in 2025. Floor area varies far more than room counts suggest: properties recorded with 10 habitable rooms — bedrooms and receptions together — range from 181 to 372 m² here. Values have risen 6.4% over the past five years. At 9.7 times median local earnings, that is a demanding ratio by any measure.
Floor-area evidence
Repeat EPC records in this area show some variation in recorded floor area.
Among 4,326 dwellings with repeat EPCs in South Woodham Ferrers, Althorne, the typical recorded floor-area range was 5%. This describes the consistency of repeated records, not the condition or value of an individual home.
Market signal
Each point is the median of sales in the three months ending that month.
Market shape
Lower-quarter price
£350,000
25% of recent eligible sales were below this
Median price
See headline
Same 24-month sale population
Upper-quarter price
£600,000
25% of recent eligible sales were above this
Property types
£567,500
£4,583/m²
£190,000
£/m² withheld for evidence
£395,000
£4,590/m²
£322,500
£4,732/m²
Energy-rating evidence
These are matched-sale associations, not a valuation of energy efficiency. Each rating cell contains at least five sales.
£710,000
£4,690/m²
£500,000
£4,745/m²
£400,000
£4,448/m²
£430,000
£4,541/m²
£480,000
£4,375/m²
£550,000
£4,659/m²
£460,000
£5,438/m²
Energy-transition evidence
This is the latest available EPC record for each identifiable certified dwelling, not a census of every home or an assessment of an individual property.
EPC sample
16,040
Latest certificate to 2 August 2026
Rated D–G
55%
Current EPC rating in the certificate sample
Potentially higher rating
79%
Potential EPC rating exceeds current rating
EPC potential values are modelled certificate outputs, not quotes for retrofit work, future bills, a value uplift or a letting/compliance conclusion. Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register domestic certificates.
The space signal
Property listings describe homes by bedroom count, but that is not recorded in any public dataset. What is recorded is the number of habitable rooms — bedrooms and reception rooms together — and the total floor area. In South Woodham Ferrers, Althorne, homes with the same number of habitable rooms vary enormously in size.
| Habitable rooms | Smaller (10th) | Typical | Larger (90th) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 m² | 28 m² | 29 m² | 77 |
| 2 | 33 m² | 39 m² | 50 m² | 617 |
| 3 | 49 m² | 57 m² | 68 m² | 617 |
| 4 | 59 m² | 77 m² | 98 m² | 871 |
| 5 | 80 m² | 100 m² | 134 m² | 1,157 |
| 6 | 95 m² | 116 m² | 157 m² | 1,421 |
| 7 | 107 m² | 137 m² | 193 m² | 1,411 |
| 8 | 126 m² | 171 m² | 229 m² | 883 |
| 9 | 155 m² | 199 m² | 280 m² | 493 |
| 10 | 181 m² | 259 m² | 372 m² | 149 |
| 11 | 212 m² | 272 m² | 345 m² | 49 |
| 12 | 321 m² | 383 m² | 507 m² | 24 |
The widest spread here is among homes with 10 habitable rooms, ranging from 181 to 372 m². Two properties advertised the same way can differ by more than half their floor area, which is why price per square metre is a more useful comparison than price alone.
Data current to 24 June 2026.