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Backwell market report BS48 3, Bristol

The BS48 3 (Backwell) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 2,648 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in BS48 3 (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 3 (Bristol) came in at £595,000, out of 20 registered, up 15% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £624,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,540 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 2,648 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 BS48 3 is a single group of streets within BS48 (Bristol), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

BS48 3 sold prices: where the market stands

The BS48 3 median stands at £595,000 for 2026, built from 20 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £624,300, practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.

House prices per square metre in BS48 3

By floor space, homes in BS48 3 have sold for about £4,540 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.

Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, BS48 3 sits 109% above the national market.

In cash terms the typical BS48 3 home went from £91,000 in 1995 to £595,000 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 201%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2022. The market now sits about 20% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.

The strongest year on record here is 1998 (+39.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2025 (−18.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

What BS48 3 has returned, per year

The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.

The turnover behind the prices

The register shows 20 BS48 3 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 96 sales a year before the financial crisis and 72 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.

Rents around BS48 3

For renting purposes BS48 3 sits in North Somerset. The ONS average private rent there is £1,197 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £812 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,830, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

£1,197 a month is £14,364 a year, which against the £595,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 2.4%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.

How BS48 3 trades

Only 20 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes BS48 3 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. Against the BS48 district median, BS48 3 sits 60% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

Common questions on BS48 3 (Backwell)

Are BS48 3 prices heading up or down?

That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 15% over five years in cash but down 9% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.

On the market in BS48 today

Bedroom by bedroom: BS prices by size

The risers and the fallers

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

Other sectors in BS48

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of BS48, one report each:

Zoom out to the full BS48 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BS48 compares with its neighbours.

Selling a home in BS48 3? Price it on the evidence

Take it further

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with BS48 3 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

The live map plots every individual BS48 3 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator 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.