Harlow property market October 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 cooled down by 1% 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%. June 54%. July 56%, August 57%. September 54%. October 53%.
CM17 cooled down by 1% this last month. This has ben the second consecutive month that it has dropped!
CM18
This postcode has dropped 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%. June 66%. July 67%. August 69%. September 69%. October 68%
This is the first drop since May 2026 and whilst it is only 1%, it is still a drop!
CM19
Harlow property market October 2026 heating up or cooling down?
CM19 stayed at 47% 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%. June 48%. July 50%. August 51%. September 47%. October 47%.
CM19 is the lowest performing Harlow postcode. It suffered a bog drop last month but has at least held firm this month!
CM20
CM20 heated up by 2% this month to 58%.
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%. June 56%. July 57%. August 57%. September 56%. October 58%.
CM20 heated up by 2% to 58% and this is the highest it has been since April 2025. This is the one bright spark for Harlow this month!
Conclusion
Harlow overall stands at 56.5% which is the same as last month and is still 3% more than the national average of 53.5%.