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Cottingley market report BD16 2, Bingley

The standing BD16 2 (Cottingley) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 2,135 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in BD16 2 (Bingley) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.

Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.

In short: the middle 2026 sale in BD16 2 (Bingley) came in at £165,000, out of 29 registered, up 5% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £180,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,440 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 2,135 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.

A postcode sector like BD16 2 is a single group of streets within BD16 (Bingley), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where BD16 2 sits

Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.

£165,000median sold price, 2026
£2,440/m²average price per m², last 5 years
+5%change over five years, cash
29sales, most recent 12 months
5.4%gross rental yield (est.)

BD16 2 sold prices: where the market stands

The BD16 2 median stands at £165,000 for 2026, built from 29 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £180,100, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.

BD16 2 prices by floor area

Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in BD16 2 costs about £2,440 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.

England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving BD16 2 42% below the national figure.

BD16 2's median sold price, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £47,500 at the time · £103,258 in today's money · 44 sales1996: £50,000 at the time · £105,448 in today's money · 51 sales1997: £47,000 at the time · £96,388 in today's money · 53 sales1998: £45,000 at the time · £90,836 in today's money · 45 sales1999: £45,200 at the time · £90,081 in today's money · 56 sales2000: £52,200 at the time · £102,443 in today's money · 68 sales2001: £51,300 at the time · £98,622 in today's money · 91 sales2002: £65,500 at the time · £123,238 in today's money · 76 sales2003: £82,500 at the time · £151,985 in today's money · 69 sales2004: £115,000 at the time · £208,862 in today's money · 57 sales2005: £115,000 at the time · £204,654 in today's money · 53 sales2006: £160,000 at the time · £277,740 in today's money · 200 sales2007: £147,600 at the time · £250,371 in today's money · 205 sales2008: £125,000 at the time · £204,901 in today's money · 47 sales2009: £135,000 at the time · £217,014 in today's money · 36 sales2010: £120,000 at the time · £188,191 in today's money · 47 sales2011: £125,000 at the time · £188,702 in today's money · 47 sales2012: £135,200 at the time · £198,998 in today's money · 38 sales2013: £123,600 at the time · £177,848 in today's money · 52 sales2014: £124,500 at the time · £176,625 in today's money · 53 sales2015: £134,500 at the time · £190,049 in today's money · 59 sales2016: £132,500 at the time · £185,369 in today's money · 53 sales2017: £135,000 at the time · £184,126 in today's money · 64 sales2018: £144,200 at the time · £192,221 in today's money · 62 sales2019: £142,500 at the time · £186,783 in today's money · 67 sales2020: £157,500 at the time · £204,360 in today's money · 47 sales2021: £157,200 at the time · £199,035 in today's money · 102 sales2022: £172,500 at the time · £202,276 in today's money · 74 sales2023: £175,000 at the time · £192,282 in today's money · 49 sales2024: £185,000 at the time · £196,693 in today's money · 71 sales2025: £177,500 at the time · £181,745 in today's money · 70 sales2026: £165,000 at the time · £165,000 in today's money · 29 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£165,000£165,00029
2025£177,500£181,74570
2024£185,000£196,69371
2023£175,000£192,28249
2022£172,500£202,27674
2021£157,200£199,035102
2020£157,500£204,36047
2019£142,500£186,78367
2018£144,200£192,22162
2017£135,000£184,12664
2016£132,500£185,36953
2015£134,500£190,04959
2014£124,500£176,62553
2013£123,600£177,84852
2012£135,200£198,99838
2011£125,000£188,70247
2010£120,000£188,19147
2009£135,000£217,01436
2008£125,000£204,90147
2007£147,600£250,371205
2006£160,000£277,740200
2005£115,000£204,65453
2004£115,000£208,86257
2003£82,500£151,98569
2002£65,500£123,23876
2001£51,300£98,62291
2000£52,200£102,44368
1999£45,200£90,08156
1998£45,000£90,83645
1997£47,000£96,38853
1996£50,000£105,44851
1995£47,500£103,25844

In cash terms the typical BD16 2 home went from £47,500 in 1995 to £165,000 in 2026, roughly 3.5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 60%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2006, and today's median remains roughly 41% under it: a 2006 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.

Year-on-year change in the BD16 2 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · +5.3% on the year before1997 · −6.0% on the year before1998 · −4.3% on the year before1999 · +0.4% on the year before2000 · +15.5% on the year before2001 · −1.7% on the year before2002 · +27.7% on the year before2003 · +26.0% on the year before2004 · +39.4% on the year before2005 · +0.0% on the year before2006 · +39.1% on the year before2007 · −7.8% on the year before2008 · −15.3% on the year before2009 · +8.0% on the year before2010 · −11.1% on the year before2011 · +4.2% on the year before2012 · +8.2% on the year before2013 · −8.6% on the year before2014 · +0.7% on the year before2015 · +8.0% on the year before2016 · −1.5% on the year before2017 · +1.9% on the year before2018 · +6.8% on the year before2019 · −1.2% on the year before2020 · +10.5% on the year before2021 · −0.2% on the year before2022 · +9.7% on the year before2023 · +1.4% on the year before2024 · +5.7% on the year before2025 · −4.1% on the year before2026 · −7.0% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+39.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−15.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−7.0%−9.2%
5 years (since 2021)+1.0%−3.7%
10 years (since 2016)+2.2%−1.2%
20 years (since 2006)+0.2%−2.6%

Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.

How many homes change hands in BD16 2

The year-by-year sales count

Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.

63125188250 1995: 44 sales1996: 51 sales1997: 53 sales1998: 45 sales1999: 56 sales2000: 68 sales2001: 91 sales2002: 76 sales2003: 69 sales2004: 57 sales2005: 53 sales2006: 200 sales2007: 205 sales2008: 47 sales2009: 36 sales2010: 47 sales2011: 47 sales2012: 38 sales2013: 52 sales2014: 53 sales2015: 59 sales2016: 53 sales2017: 64 sales2018: 62 sales2019: 67 sales2020: 47 sales2021: 102 sales2022: 74 sales2023: 49 sales2024: 71 sales2025: 70 sales2026: 29 sales1995200020052010201520202026

BD16 2 recorded 29 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 102 sales a year before the financial crisis and 59 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.

What tenants pay around BD16 2

The local authority for BD16 2 is Bradford, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £746 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £551 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,112 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.

Average monthly rent by size, Bradford

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £551 a month£5511 bed2 bed: £677 a month£6772 bed3 bed: £809 a month£8093 bed4+ bed: £1,112 a month£1,1124+ bed

Against the £165,000 median purchase price, a rent of £746 a month (£8,952 a year) works out at a 5.4% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.

How BD16 2 trades

Only 29 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes BD16 2 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Within BD16, this sector trades 28% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.

Asked and answered: BD16 2 (Cottingley)

Is BD16 2 (Cottingley) a good place to buy a house?
BD16 2 (Cottingley) sold prices are up 5% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in BD16 2 (Cottingley)?
Land Registry recorded 29 sales in BD16 2 (Cottingley) in 2026, with a median sold price of £165,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in BD16 2 (Cottingley)?
In BD16 2 (Cottingley) the median moved down 7% year on year; over five years it is up 5%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.

Will BD16 2 prices rise from here?

No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 5% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.

BD16's current homes for sale

The live side of the market holds 223 homes at the moment, listed by 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole BD16 district, not just BD16 2: live asking prices are collected per district.

£240,000Typical asking price now (BD16 district)
56 below what sold nearby92 in line with nearby sales45 above nearby sales17 well above nearby sales

Of everything listed here, 27% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.

See every BD16 home for sale on the map →

These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.

What another bedroom costs in BD

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the BD area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£240,000£347,500 (+45%)£494,995 (+42%)£673,750 (+36%)
Semi-detached£155,000£179,950 (+16%)£230,000 (+28%)£302,250 (+31%)£432,500 (+43%)
Terraced£115,000£142,000 (+23%)£160,000 (+13%)£195,000 (+22%)£240,000 (+23%)
Flat£97,500£130,000 (+33%)£189,975 (+46%)

Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the BD area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in BD16

Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of BD16, each linking to its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
BD16 1£237,80064
BD16 3£286,20034
BD16 4£212,50056

Zoom out to the full BD16 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BD16 compares with its neighbours.

Selling in BD16 2? Start from the sold record

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in BD16 2, open the average prices map and zoom from the BD16 2 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded BD16 2 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim BD16 2.

Take it further

The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to BD16 2. Free after a one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every BD16 2 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.