Harlow property market May 2026 heating up or cooling down?
Jukes Estate Agents take their regular monthly look at the Harlow property market. Using data from property experts The Advisory (https://www.theadvisory.co.uk/), they look at the the four postcode sectors CM17, CM18, CM19 & CM20. The method is simply. They divide the amount of properties on the market by the amount of properties sold. This gives a percentage of listed property sold. Therefore, we can see if the market is cooling down or heating up.
CM17
This postcode has heated up by 2% in the last month. Data sourced from The Advisory (https://www.theadvisory.co.uk/).
When we analyse this postcode we can see the following results since January 2024:
2024:
January 43%, February 39%, March 40%, April 45%, May 45%, June 47%.
July 49%, August 49%, September 45%, October 46%, November 47%, December 49%.
2025:
January 2025 54%, February 2025 50%, March 2025 52%, April 2025 57%, May 2025 56%. June 2025 56%. July 56%. August 55%. September 52%. October 55%. November 53%. December 52%.
2026:
January 2026 57%. February 55%. March 52%. April 51%. May 53%.
CM17 heating up by 2% this last month has been a welcome result after three consecutive months of cooling down.
CM18
This postcode has cooled down by 1% in the last month. Data sourced from The Advisory (https://www.theadvisory.co.uk/).
Let’s look at what this postcode has done since Jan 2024:
2024
January 57%, February 55%, March 62%, April 63%, May 61%, June 58%.
July 62%, August 61%, September 59%, October 55%, November 58%, December 63%.
2025
January 68%, February 63%, March 68%, April 70%, May 64%. June 66%. July 66%. August 65%. September 57%. October 58%. November 63%. December 62%.
2026:
January 2026 64%. February 62%. March 65%. April 66%. May 65%
CM18 has cooled down to the same level that it was in March 25 (66 degrees).
CM19
Harlow property market May 2026 heating up or cooling down?
CM19 heated up to 54% this month.
Let’s look at its performance since Jan 2024:
2024
January 45%, February 45%, March 52%, April 51%, May 47%, June 51%.
July 54%, August 56%, September 55%, October 56%, November 56%, December 58%.
2025
January 58%, February 52%, March 53%, April 53%, May 48%. June 51%. July 53%. August 52%. September 49%. October 49%. November 48%. December 53%.
2026:
January 54%. February 52%. March 51%. April 51%. May 54%
CM19 is still at the highest level since January 2025.
CM20
CM20 has risen by 1% this month.
Let’s look at its performance since Jan 2024:
2024
January 51%, February 49%, March 55%, April 56%, May 56%, June 60%.
July 61%, August 50%, September 55%, October 59%, November 61%, December 62%.
2025
January 66%, February 61%, March 61%, April 63%, May 56%. June 53%. July 52%. August 55%. September 50%. October 52%. November 54%. December 53%.
2026:
January 57%. February 54%. March 53%. April 52%. May 53%
CM20 has had a small rise this month and it has hovered around this figure for the last 4 months.
Conclusion
Overall Harlow stands at 56.25%. That represents a rise of 1.25% in the last month. The national average is 53% and therefore Harlow still is above average. However, the trend is still poor and almost certainly down to over pricing property!