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Cambridge market report CB1 8
The CB1 8 (Cambridge) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 2,249 registered sales in CB1 8 (Cambridge) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the 2026 median for CB1 8 (Cambridge) is £770,000, from 8 registered sales, up 48% on five years earlier; the mean is £715,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,790 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 2,249 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
CB1 8 is one sector of CB1 (Cambridge): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where CB1 8 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.
What a home in CB1 8 sells for
In the CB1 8 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £770,000, from 8 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £715,200, sitting below it, which usually means a cluster of very cheap recorded transfers is dragging the average down.
CB1 8 prices by floor area
Per square metre, CB1 8 homes have averaged around £5,790 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, CB1 8 runs 170% above it.
A typical CB1 8 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £770,000 | £770,000 | 8 |
| 2025 | £570,000 | £583,630 | 64 |
| 2024 | £507,500 | £539,577 | 46 |
| 2023 | £607,500 | £667,494 | 46 |
| 2022 | £621,000 | £728,193 | 37 |
| 2021 | £518,800 | £656,868 | 68 |
| 2020 | £425,000 | £551,446 | 37 |
| 2019 | £496,500 | £650,793 | 53 |
| 2018 | £422,500 | £563,200 | 42 |
| 2017 | £443,000 | £604,208 | 60 |
| 2016 | £450,800 | £630,674 | 44 |
| 2015 | £360,000 | £508,680 | 87 |
| 2014 | £335,000 | £475,256 | 69 |
| 2013 | £338,000 | £486,348 | 53 |
| 2012 | £363,900 | £535,615 | 58 |
| 2011 | £318,000 | £480,058 | 61 |
| 2010 | £305,000 | £478,319 | 76 |
| 2009 | £245,000 | £393,840 | 67 |
| 2008 | £239,800 | £393,083 | 50 |
| 2007 | £265,000 | £449,514 | 93 |
| 2006 | £245,000 | £425,289 | 91 |
| 2005 | £231,000 | £411,087 | 71 |
| 2004 | £218,500 | £396,839 | 88 |
| 2003 | £182,500 | £336,209 | 110 |
| 2002 | £177,800 | £334,529 | 98 |
| 2001 | £160,000 | £307,592 | 69 |
| 2000 | £133,800 | £262,583 | 86 |
| 1999 | £120,000 | £239,154 | 89 |
| 1998 | £110,000 | £222,043 | 107 |
| 1997 | £110,000 | £225,588 | 116 |
| 1996 | £92,500 | £195,078 | 132 |
| 1995 | £82,000 | £178,255 | 73 |
In cash terms the typical CB1 8 home went from £82,000 in 1995 to £770,000 in 2026, roughly 9 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 332%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs.
Year-on-year change in the CB1 8 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 2026 (+35.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−16.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +35.1% | +31.9% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +8.2% | +3.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +5.5% | +2.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +5.9% | +3.0% |
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
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
CB1 8 recorded 8 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 88 sales a year before the financial crisis and 40 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.
The shape of the CB1 8 market
Only 8 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes CB1 8 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Within CB1, this sector trades 62% above the district median: one of the dearer corners of its district.
What homes rent for around CB1 8
For renting purposes CB1 8 sits in Cambridge. The ONS average private rent there is £1,805 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £1,255 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,661, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Cambridge
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £770,000 median sold price, £1,805 a month is £21,660 a year, a gross yield of 2.8%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
Asked and answered: CB1 8 (Cambridge)
Is CB1 8 (Cambridge) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in CB1 8 (Cambridge)?
Are property prices falling in CB1 8 (Cambridge)?
Where do CB1 8 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 48% over five years in cash and up 17% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What you could buy in CB1 now
This is what you could actually buy today: 94 homes currently on the market from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole CB1 district, not just CB1 8: live asking prices are collected per district.
47% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Lichfield Road, Cambridge
- Catharine Street, Cambridge, Cambridge
- Brooks Road, Cambridge, CB1, Cambridge
"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 CB1 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
What another bedroom costs in CB
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the CB area. 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 | — | £360,500 | £494,995 (+37%) | £689,000 (+39%) | £979,975 (+42%) |
| Semi-detached | £260,000 | £325,000 (+25%) | £408,000 (+26%) | £562,500 (+38%) | £760,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £250,000 | £315,000 (+26%) | £379,972 (+21%) | £575,000 (+51%) | £925,000 (+61%) |
| Flat | £237,975 | £350,000 (+47%) | £495,000 (+41%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CB area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, CB area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in CB1
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of CB1, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CB1 1 | £337,500 | 14 |
| CB1 2 | £485,800 | 32 |
| CB1 3 | £469,500 | 80 |
| CB1 7 | £754,500 | 14 |
| CB1 9 | £426,500 | 30 |
Zoom out to the full CB1 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CB1 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in CB1 8: what the record supports
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at CB1 8's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim CB1 8.
Go deeper
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about CB1 8. Free, with a one click sign in.
See every individual CB1 8 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.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.