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Backwell market report BS48 2, Bristol
The BS48 2 (Backwell) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 4,641 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in BS48 2 (Bristol) 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 BS48 2 (Bristol) came in at £320,000, out of 50 registered, up 3% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £348,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,190 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,641 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
BS48 2 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside BS48 (Bristol). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where BS48 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.
The going rate for a home in BS48 2
50 sales were registered in BS48 2 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £320,000. The mean works out at £348,200, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
BS48 2 prices by floor area
By floor space, homes in BS48 2 have sold for about £4,190 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, BS48 2 runs 12% above it.
A typical BS48 2 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £320,000 | £320,000 | 50 |
| 2025 | £330,000 | £337,891 | 123 |
| 2024 | £332,500 | £353,516 | 143 |
| 2023 | £357,000 | £392,256 | 114 |
| 2022 | £335,000 | £392,826 | 134 |
| 2021 | £310,000 | £392,500 | 169 |
| 2020 | £297,000 | £385,364 | 87 |
| 2019 | £300,000 | £393,228 | 154 |
| 2018 | £298,000 | £397,240 | 119 |
| 2017 | £282,500 | £385,302 | 120 |
| 2016 | £270,000 | £377,733 | 139 |
| 2015 | £235,000 | £332,055 | 139 |
| 2014 | £230,000 | £326,295 | 138 |
| 2013 | £195,000 | £280,586 | 138 |
| 2012 | £205,000 | £301,734 | 125 |
| 2011 | £200,000 | £301,923 | 92 |
| 2010 | £190,000 | £297,969 | 129 |
| 2009 | £179,000 | £287,744 | 140 |
| 2008 | £200,000 | £327,842 | 77 |
| 2007 | £208,800 | £354,183 | 164 |
| 2006 | £192,000 | £333,287 | 193 |
| 2005 | £176,000 | £313,209 | 161 |
| 2004 | £168,500 | £306,029 | 135 |
| 2003 | £150,000 | £276,336 | 171 |
| 2002 | £124,700 | £234,622 | 214 |
| 2001 | £100,000 | £192,245 | 194 |
| 2000 | £94,000 | £184,475 | 179 |
| 1999 | £78,200 | £155,849 | 204 |
| 1998 | £75,000 | £151,393 | 163 |
| 1997 | £66,500 | £136,378 | 161 |
| 1996 | £59,500 | £125,483 | 208 |
| 1995 | £60,400 | £131,300 | 164 |
In cash terms the typical BS48 2 home went from £60,400 in 1995 to £320,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 144%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2018, and today's median remains roughly 19% under it: a 2018 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the BS48 2 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+24.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−10.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −3.0% | −5.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.6% | −4.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.7% | −1.6% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.6% | −0.2% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
The turnover behind the prices
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Over the last twelve months of data, 50 sales completed in BS48 2. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 176 sales a year before the financial crisis and 113 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What kind of market BS48 2 is
This is a thin market: 50 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Within BS48, this sector trades 14% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
What homes rent for around BS48 2
BS48 2 falls under North Somerset, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,197 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £812 a month here against £1,830 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, North Somerset
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £320,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,197 a month (£14,364 a year) works out at a 4.5% 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.
BS48 2 (Backwell): the questions that come up
How much did a house sell for in BS48 2 (Backwell)?
Are property prices falling in BS48 2 (Backwell)?
Is BS48 2 (Backwell) a good place to buy a house?
Will BS48 2 prices rise from here?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 3% over five years in cash but down 18% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in BS48 today
Turning to what is actually available: 135 homes on the market right now, from 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole BS48 district, not just BS48 2: live asking prices are collected per district.
36% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
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"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 BS48 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 BS
What homes of each size actually sold for across the BS area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £360,000 | £480,000 (+33%) | £710,000 (+48%) | £960,000 (+35%) |
| Semi-detached | £267,000 | £310,000 (+16%) | £372,000 (+20%) | £500,000 (+34%) | £857,110 (+71%) |
| Terraced | £253,750 | £299,000 (+18%) | £367,500 (+23%) | £500,000 (+36%) | £757,500 (+51%) |
| Flat | £200,000 | £268,450 (+34%) | £415,000 (+55%) | £582,500 (+40%) | — |
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. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the BS area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, BS area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in BS48
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of BS48, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| BS48 1 | £380,000 | 35 |
| BS48 3 | £595,000 | 20 |
| BS48 4 | £377,500 | 26 |
Zoom out to the full BS48 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BS48 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in BS48 2? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in BS48 2, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from BS48 2's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded BS48 2 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim BS48 2.
Go deeper
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See every individual BS48 2 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.