Typical 3-bedroom house£337kmost £300k–£392k
Houses per m²£3,860flats £2,834
Sold last year2081,347 in five years
Prices in Braintree+1.5%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in CO9 sold for £336,840 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £299,515 and £391,645, for about 90 m² of space.
208 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £116k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in CO9 3 (£3,763) and the most in CO9 2 (£3,954).
Across Braintree, prices are up 1.5% on a year ago and up 12.1% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,354 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,536 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £67,000 for that mortgage: what £70,000 buys.
Questions about CO9
Is CO9 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: prices in Braintree are up 1.5% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (67% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (52.2% against 43.8%); 208 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 CO9?
A typical 3-bedroom house in CO9 sold for £336,840 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £299,515 and £391,645.
How many homes sell in CO9 each year?
208 homes sold in the last year and 1,347 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near CO9?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St Giles' Church of England Primary School, where 67% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near CO9?
For a 3-bedroom house, CB9 (£273k, 17 km).
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.