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Bishop's Stortford market report CM22 6, Bishop'S Stortford

The CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,430 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in CM22 6 (Bishop'S Stortford) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.

Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

In short: 43 registered 2026 sales put the CM22 6 (Bishop'S Stortford) median at £425,000, down 2% on five years earlier, with a mean of £452,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,510 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 4,430 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.

A postcode sector like CM22 6 is a single group of streets within CM22 (Bishop'S Stortford), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where CM22 6 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.

£425,000median sold price, 2026
£4,510/m²5-year average per m²
-2%five-year change (cash)
43homes sold, last 12 months
3.6%estimated gross yield

The going rate for a home in CM22 6

Take the 43 registered 2026 sales in CM22 6 and the middle price, the median, is £425,000. The mean lands at £452,700, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

CM22 6 prices by floor area

A square metre of CM22 6 home has cost about £4,510 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.

Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, CM22 6 runs 49% above it.

The price of a typical CM22 6 home, 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)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £84,800 at the time · £184,342 in today's money · 107 sales1996: £82,800 at the time · £174,621 in today's money · 142 sales1997: £100,000 at the time · £205,080 in today's money · 161 sales1998: £113,200 at the time · £228,502 in today's money · 137 sales1999: £111,500 at the time · £222,214 in today's money · 145 sales2000: £135,500 at the time · £265,919 in today's money · 94 sales2001: £160,000 at the time · £307,592 in today's money · 131 sales2002: £194,500 at the time · £365,950 in today's money · 113 sales2003: £225,000 at the time · £414,505 in today's money · 109 sales2004: £231,500 at the time · £420,449 in today's money · 148 sales2005: £273,000 at the time · £485,830 in today's money · 135 sales2006: £250,000 at the time · £433,968 in today's money · 193 sales2007: £319,800 at the time · £542,470 in today's money · 156 sales2008: £307,000 at the time · £503,238 in today's money · 69 sales2009: £250,000 at the time · £401,877 in today's money · 99 sales2010: £280,000 at the time · £439,112 in today's money · 89 sales2011: £250,000 at the time · £377,404 in today's money · 78 sales2012: £270,000 at the time · £397,406 in today's money · 89 sales2013: £277,500 at the time · £399,295 in today's money · 114 sales2014: £293,000 at the time · £415,672 in today's money · 118 sales2015: £365,000 at the time · £515,745 in today's money · 177 sales2016: £375,000 at the time · £524,629 in today's money · 217 sales2017: £413,000 at the time · £563,291 in today's money · 241 sales2018: £417,500 at the time · £556,535 in today's money · 182 sales2019: £426,200 at the time · £558,646 in today's money · 158 sales2020: £440,000 at the time · £570,909 in today's money · 110 sales2021: £435,000 at the time · £550,766 in today's money · 184 sales2022: £472,500 at the time · £554,060 in today's money · 124 sales2023: £457,000 at the time · £502,131 in today's money · 119 sales2024: £499,000 at the time · £530,540 in today's money · 223 sales2025: £455,000 at the time · £465,880 in today's money · 225 sales2026: £425,000 at the time · £425,000 in today's money · 43 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£425,000£425,00043
2025£455,000£465,880225
2024£499,000£530,540223
2023£457,000£502,131119
2022£472,500£554,060124
2021£435,000£550,766184
2020£440,000£570,909110
2019£426,200£558,646158
2018£417,500£556,535182
2017£413,000£563,291241
2016£375,000£524,629217
2015£365,000£515,745177
2014£293,000£415,672118
2013£277,500£399,295114
2012£270,000£397,40689
2011£250,000£377,40478
2010£280,000£439,11289
2009£250,000£401,87799
2008£307,000£503,23869
2007£319,800£542,470156
2006£250,000£433,968193
2005£273,000£485,830135
2004£231,500£420,449148
2003£225,000£414,505109
2002£194,500£365,950113
2001£160,000£307,592131
2000£135,500£265,91994
1999£111,500£222,214145
1998£113,200£228,502137
1997£100,000£205,080161
1996£82,800£174,621142
1995£84,800£184,342107

In cash terms the typical CM22 6 home went from £84,800 in 1995 to £425,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 131%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2020; the current median sits about 26% below that. Someone who bought at the 2020 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the CM22 6 median

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

+50% -25% 0% 1996 · −2.4% on the year before1997 · +20.8% on the year before1998 · +13.2% on the year before1999 · −1.5% on the year before2000 · +21.5% on the year before2001 · +18.1% on the year before2002 · +21.6% on the year before2003 · +15.7% on the year before2004 · +2.9% on the year before2005 · +17.9% on the year before2006 · −8.4% on the year before2007 · +27.9% on the year before2008 · −4.0% on the year before2009 · −18.6% on the year before2010 · +12.0% on the year before2011 · −10.7% on the year before2012 · +8.0% on the year before2013 · +2.8% on the year before2014 · +5.6% on the year before2015 · +24.6% on the year before2016 · +2.7% on the year before2017 · +10.1% on the year before2018 · +1.1% on the year before2019 · +2.1% on the year before2020 · +3.2% on the year before2021 · −1.1% on the year before2022 · +8.6% on the year before2023 · −3.3% on the year before2024 · +9.2% on the year before2025 · −8.8% on the year before2026 · −6.6% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2007 (+27.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−18.6%). 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)−6.6%−8.8%
5 years (since 2021)−0.5%−5.1%
10 years (since 2016)+1.3%−2.1%
20 years (since 2006)+2.7%−0.1%

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.

Sales activity in CM22 6

The year-by-year sales count

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.

63125188250 1995: 107 sales1996: 142 sales1997: 161 sales1998: 137 sales1999: 145 sales2000: 94 sales2001: 131 sales2002: 113 sales2003: 109 sales2004: 148 sales2005: 135 sales2006: 193 sales2007: 156 sales2008: 69 sales2009: 99 sales2010: 89 sales2011: 78 sales2012: 89 sales2013: 114 sales2014: 118 sales2015: 177 sales2016: 217 sales2017: 241 sales2018: 182 sales2019: 158 sales2020: 110 sales2021: 184 sales2022: 124 sales2023: 119 sales2024: 223 sales2025: 225 sales2026: 43 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 43 CM22 6 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 147 sales a year recently, against 135 a year before 2008. 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 tenants pay around CM22 6

CM22 6 falls under Uttlesford, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,283 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £900 a month here against £2,028 for four or more bedrooms.

Average monthly rent by size, Uttlesford

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £900 a month£9001 bed2 bed: £1,137 a month£1,1372 bed3 bed: £1,434 a month£1,4343 bed4+ bed: £2,028 a month£2,0284+ bed

Set against the £425,000 median sold price, £1,283 a month is £15,396 a year, a gross yield of 3.6%: 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.

The shape of the CM22 6 market

Only 43 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes CM22 6 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint.

Real searches this page gets asked

People often arrive here having searched an exact postcode, such as CM22 6NG. No public median exists at that scale (a full postcode is only a dozen-odd homes), but every registered sale at those addresses is plotted on the live map, with this page as the wider context.

Search phrases quoted verbatim from Google Search Console for this site (last 16 months); each is answered from the page's own Land Registry figures.

Common questions on CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford)

Are property prices falling in CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford)?
In CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford) the median moved down 7% year on year; over five years it is down 2%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford) a good place to buy a house?
CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford) sold prices are down 2% 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 CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford)?
Land Registry recorded 43 sales in CM22 6 (Bishop's Stortford) in 2026, with a median sold price of £425,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.

What happens to CM22 6 prices now?

That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 23% 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.

What is for sale in CM22 right now

Turning to what is actually available: 51 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole CM22 district, not just CM22 6: live asking prices are collected per district.

£585,000Typical asking price now (CM22 district)
15 below what sold nearby20 in line with nearby sales12 above nearby sales3 well above nearby sales

30% 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.

The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.

See every CM22 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.

Bedroom by bedroom: CM prices by size

What homes of each size actually sold for across the CM 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.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£417,500£550,000 (+32%)£785,000 (+43%)£1,137,500 (+45%)
Semi-detached£325,000£370,000 (+14%)£447,500 (+21%)£575,000 (+28%)£780,000 (+36%)
Terraced£292,000£335,000 (+15%)£380,000 (+13%)£492,500 (+30%)£700,000 (+42%)
Flat£202,000£280,000 (+39%)£385,000 (+38%)

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. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.

The risers and the fallers

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

Other sectors in CM22

Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of CM22, each linking to its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
CM22 7£710,00014

Zoom out to the full CM22 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CM22 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in CM22 6: what the record supports

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in CM22 6, open the average prices map and zoom from the CM22 6 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded CM22 6 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

Estate agents working CM22 6: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim CM22 6.

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Two maps carry on from here: every CM22 6 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.