HouseMarketBook

CB5 8, Cambridge

Postcode sector in Cambridge · 251 sales in the last 24 months, 204 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£5,480204 sales · £509 per sq ft · down 3.8% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in CB5 8 are down 3.8% on a year ago, at a median of £5,480 (£509 per sq ft).

Half of the 204 counted sales were between £4,670 and £6,380 per square metre, and the median price paid was £425,000. HM Land Registry records 5,684 sales in this postcode sector since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£425,000
£ per m², middle half£4,670 to £6,380
Sales, 24 months251204 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area82 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached18£5,470£4,840–5,670£647,500
Flat or maisonette66£5,750£4,710–6,450£292,500
Semi-detached57£5,040£4,630–5,530£460,000
Terraced63£5,830£4,790–6,760£473,000
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 CB5 8 by quarter, down 3.8% on a year ago
5,1605,4405,720£5,7202024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
7903,1455,500£5,31019952026
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 CB5 8

By sales in the last 24 months
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
202649£400,000£5,310
2025110£440,000£5,420
2024177£510,000£5,480
2023188£623,500£5,500
2022157£524,000£5,270
2021227£410,000£4,910
2020111£380,000£4,470
201990£381,000£4,730
2018100£386,500£4,510
2017112£373,500£4,790
2016116£347,500£4,420
2015160£330,000£4,470
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Postcodes in CB5 8

227 · median £ / m² where there are 12 counted sales

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 82 m² · change on a year ago −3.8% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.