Typical 3-bedroom house£339kmost £307k–£374k
Houses per m²£4,162flats £3,531
Sold last year3092,120 in five years
Prices in Castle Point-4.3%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in SS8 sold for £338,867 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £307,193 and £374,300, for about 89 m² of space.
309 homes sold here in the last year: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from. Flats start at around £152k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SS8 9 (£3,833) and the most in SS8 8 (£4,497).
Across Castle Point, prices are down 4.3% on a year ago and up 11.1% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,425 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,545 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £68,000 for that mortgage: what £70,000 buys.
Questions about SS8
Is SS8 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: prices in Castle Point are down 4.3% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (86% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (54.6% against 43.8%); 309 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in SS8?
A typical 3-bedroom house in SS8 sold for £338,867 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £307,193 and £374,300.
How many homes sell in SS8 each year?
309 homes sold in the last year and 2,120 in five years: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from.
What are the schools like near SS8?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Lubbins Park Primary Academy, where 86% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.