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Backford market report CH2, Chester
The CH2 (Backford) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 20,367 HM Land Registry entries for CH2 (Chester), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the 2026 median for CH2 (Chester) is £280,000, from 214 registered sales, up 12% on five years earlier; the mean is £310,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,200 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 20,367 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
CH2 is the postcode district covering Backford, Chester, Elton in Chester. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where CH2 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.
Today's CH2 prices, from the sold record
Take the 214 registered 2026 sales in CH2 and the middle price, the median, is £280,000. The mean lands at £310,200, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in CH2
The last five years of sales put CH2 at roughly £3,200 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving CH2 2% below the national figure.
CH2'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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £280,000 | £280,000 | 214 |
| 2025 | £280,000 | £286,696 | 551 |
| 2024 | £277,000 | £294,508 | 501 |
| 2023 | £263,500 | £289,522 | 432 |
| 2022 | £276,400 | £324,111 | 575 |
| 2021 | £250,000 | £316,532 | 747 |
| 2020 | £234,800 | £304,658 | 518 |
| 2019 | £225,000 | £294,921 | 506 |
| 2018 | £218,000 | £290,598 | 519 |
| 2017 | £200,000 | £272,780 | 571 |
| 2016 | £202,800 | £283,719 | 587 |
| 2015 | £199,000 | £281,187 | 617 |
| 2014 | £184,000 | £261,036 | 672 |
| 2013 | £181,800 | £261,592 | 610 |
| 2012 | £174,100 | £256,253 | 426 |
| 2011 | £173,000 | £261,163 | 399 |
| 2010 | £175,000 | £274,445 | 425 |
| 2009 | £166,000 | £266,846 | 393 |
| 2008 | £170,000 | £278,666 | 339 |
| 2007 | £172,000 | £291,760 | 808 |
| 2006 | £165,000 | £286,419 | 842 |
| 2005 | £157,500 | £280,287 | 764 |
| 2004 | £154,000 | £279,694 | 831 |
| 2003 | £126,000 | £232,123 | 894 |
| 2002 | £106,000 | £199,438 | 1,017 |
| 2001 | £90,000 | £173,020 | 902 |
| 2000 | £80,000 | £157,000 | 832 |
| 1999 | £72,000 | £143,492 | 956 |
| 1998 | £60,000 | £121,114 | 769 |
| 1997 | £57,000 | £116,896 | 809 |
| 1996 | £56,500 | £119,156 | 728 |
| 1995 | £55,000 | £119,562 | 613 |
In cash terms the typical CH2 home went from £55,000 in 1995 to £280,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 134%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 14% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CH2 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 2004 (+22.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2023 (−4.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of semi-detached homes dominate the record here, 41% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £373,800 against £162,500 for a flat, 2.3 times the price.
Median by property type, CH2
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £373,800 | 36 | 4,349 |
| Semi-detached | £330,000 | 87 | 8,366 |
| Terraced | £250,000 | 60 | 5,384 |
| Flats | £162,500 | 31 | 2,268 |
What CH2 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | 0.0% | −2.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.3% | −2.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.3% | −0.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | −0.1% |
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.
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
Month by month, five years back
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
Over the last twelve months of data, 463 sales completed in CH2. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 861 sales a year before the financial crisis and 455 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.
How CH2 trades
CH2 sits 6 of 24 in its area's price order, well inside the expensive end.
What homes rent for around CH2
CH2 falls under Cheshire West and Chester, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £974 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £712 a month here against £1,586 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Cheshire West and Chester
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £280,000 median purchase price, a rent of £974 a month (£11,688 a year) works out at a 4.2% 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.
Asked and answered: CH2 (Backford)
How much did a house sell for in CH2 (Backford)?
Are property prices falling in CH2 (Backford)?
Is CH2 (Backford) a good place to buy a house?
Where do CH2 prices go next?
Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 12% over five years in cash but down 12% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.
What is for sale in CH2 right now
Everything above is what homes in CH2 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 74 homes currently on the market from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 12% below the CH2 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 36% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Cedar Grove, Hoole, Chester, CH2
- Dicksons Drive, Chester, Cheshire, CH2
- Parkland Drive, Elton, Chester, Cheshire
"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 CH2 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Moving up a bedroom in CH: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the CH 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 | — | £248,000 | £350,000 (+41%) | £557,000 (+59%) | £782,500 (+40%) |
| Semi-detached | £170,000 | £200,000 (+18%) | £245,000 (+23%) | £330,000 (+35%) | £425,000 (+29%) |
| Terraced | £145,500 | £158,000 (+9%) | £170,000 (+8%) | £227,500 (+34%) | £310,000 (+36%) |
| Flat | £112,500 | £157,000 (+40%) | £230,000 (+46%) | £335,000 (+46%) | — |
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
CH2 ranks 16 of 24 in the CH area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
CH area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside CH2, sector by sector
Below district level sit the sectors, street groups with reports of their own, and the gaps between neighbouring ones can be sharp.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CH2 1 | £309,500 | 42 |
| CH2 2 | £262,000 | 52 |
| CH2 3 | £303,500 | 82 |
| CH2 4 | £240,000 | 38 |
How CH2 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the CH area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| CH60 | £421,200 | +3% |
| CH48 | £377,500 | +16% |
| CH3 | £340,000 | +17% |
| CH64 | £329,500 | +8% |
| CH47 | £325,000 | +3% |
| CH2 (this report) | £280,000 | +12% |
| CH4 | £275,000 | +15% |
| CH63 | £275,000 | +15% |
| CH61 | £274,000 | +5% |
| CH49 | £245,000 | +23% |
| CH43 | £236,800 | +21% |
| CH7 | £235,000 | +15% |
| CH66 | £226,000 | +8% |
| CH1 | £222,000 | +3% |
| CH62 | £222,000 | +23% |
| CH45 | £216,500 | +19% |
| CH46 | £205,600 | +16% |
| CH5 | £205,000 | +16% |
| CH6 | £181,000 | +17% |
| CH8 | £174,500 | -2% |
| CH65 | £173,000 | +8% |
| CH44 | £170,000 | +36% |
| CH42 | £168,000 | +32% |
| CH41 | £135,000 | +25% |
Selling in CH2? Start from the sold record
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in CH2, open the average prices map and zoom from the CH2 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded CH2 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim CH2.
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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.