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CM23, Bishop's Stortford and Birchanger, East Hertfordshire

Postcode district in East Hertfordshire · 1,540 sales in the last 24 months, 1,356 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£4,9501,356 sales · £460 per sq ft · up 1.6% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in CM23 are up 1.6% on a year ago, at a median of £4,950 (£460 per sq ft).

Half of the 1,356 counted sales were between £4,390 and £5,570 per square metre, and the median price paid was £440,000. HM Land Registry records 29,527 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£440,000
£ per m², middle half£4,390 to £5,570
Sales, 24 months1,5401,356 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area87 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached432£5,050£4,560–5,550£622,500
Flat or maisonette248£4,280£3,690–4,890£259,000
Semi-detached367£5,000£4,490–5,690£450,000
Terraced309£5,250£4,690–5,810£375,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in CM23 by quarter, up 1.6% on a year ago
4,8604,9905,120£5,0702024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
9403,0055,070£5,07019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in CM23

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Hadham Road24£5,140
Rye Street24£5,250
London Road20£4,270
Shaw Street19£4,430
Windhill19£3,520
Morton Peto Road18£4,930
South Street17£4,620
Appleton Fields16£5,320
Corn Road16£4,550
Deltic Close15£4,810
Barrells Down Road14£5,610
Mcdowell Street14£3,960
Newland Avenue14£4,810
Cannons Close13£5,690
Heath Row13£4,690
Nursery Road13£5,360
Southmill Road13£4,950
Dunmow Road12£4,490
New Town Road12—
Apton Road11—
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026344£423,500£5,070
2025809£440,000£4,930
2024675£450,000£4,770
2023683£455,000£5,020
2022946£455,000£5,060
2021975£425,000£4,760
2020725£415,000£4,510
2019719£412,300£4,350
2018746£379,000£4,570
2017597£360,000£4,440
2016640£343,300£4,230
2015796£315,000£3,820
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 87 m² · change on a year ago +1.6% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.