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Bishop's Stortford market report CM23 3, Bishop'S Stortford
The standing CM23 3 (Bishop's Stortford) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. The raw material for this page is 6,545 HM Land Registry entries for CM23 3 (Bishop'S Stortford), 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 data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the typical home in CM23 3 (Bishop'S Stortford) sold for £355,000 in 2026, the median of 59 registered sales, down 4% on five years earlier. The mean was £382,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,940 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 6,545 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
CM23 3 is one sector of CM23 (Bishop'S Stortford): 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 CM23 3 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 buyers actually paid in CM23 3
Take the 59 registered 2026 sales in CM23 3 and the middle price, the median, is £355,000. The mean lands at £382,600, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in CM23 3
The last five years of sales put CM23 3 at roughly £4,940 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.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, CM23 3 runs 25% above it.
A typical CM23 3 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 | £355,000 | £355,000 | 59 |
| 2025 | £350,000 | £358,370 | 172 |
| 2024 | £365,000 | £388,070 | 151 |
| 2023 | £351,000 | £385,663 | 186 |
| 2022 | £350,000 | £410,415 | 201 |
| 2021 | £370,000 | £468,468 | 200 |
| 2020 | £345,000 | £447,645 | 125 |
| 2019 | £312,500 | £409,613 | 128 |
| 2018 | £320,000 | £426,566 | 221 |
| 2017 | £326,200 | £444,904 | 158 |
| 2016 | £310,000 | £433,693 | 199 |
| 2015 | £280,000 | £395,640 | 224 |
| 2014 | £245,000 | £347,575 | 200 |
| 2013 | £217,600 | £313,105 | 232 |
| 2012 | £210,000 | £309,094 | 185 |
| 2011 | £210,000 | £317,019 | 145 |
| 2010 | £210,000 | £329,334 | 131 |
| 2009 | £175,000 | £281,314 | 251 |
| 2008 | £200,000 | £327,842 | 157 |
| 2007 | £225,000 | £381,663 | 280 |
| 2006 | £192,000 | £333,287 | 290 |
| 2005 | £183,500 | £326,556 | 208 |
| 2004 | £178,000 | £323,283 | 210 |
| 2003 | £168,000 | £309,497 | 234 |
| 2002 | £144,500 | £271,875 | 263 |
| 2001 | £122,000 | £234,539 | 269 |
| 2000 | £105,000 | £206,063 | 206 |
| 1999 | £88,000 | £175,379 | 291 |
| 1998 | £74,500 | £150,384 | 251 |
| 1997 | £65,500 | £134,327 | 269 |
| 1996 | £62,200 | £131,177 | 271 |
| 1995 | £60,000 | £130,431 | 178 |
In cash terms the typical CM23 3 home went from £60,000 in 1995 to £355,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 172%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 24% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the CM23 3 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 2010 (+20.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−12.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +1.4% | −0.9% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −0.8% | −5.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.4% | −2.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.1% | +0.3% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
How many homes change hands in CM23 3
Sales per year, counted
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, 59 sales completed in CM23 3. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 245 sales a year before the financial crisis and 154 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.
Rents around CM23 3
The local authority for CM23 3 is East Hertfordshire, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,503 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £1,064 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,406, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, East Hertfordshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £355,000 median sold price, £1,503 a month is £18,036 a year, a gross yield of 5.1%: 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.
Reading the CM23 3 market
Only 59 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes CM23 3 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Within CM23, this sector trades 16% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
Common questions on CM23 3 (Bishop's Stortford)
Are property prices falling in CM23 3 (Bishop's Stortford)?
Is CM23 3 (Bishop's Stortford) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in CM23 3 (Bishop's Stortford)?
Will CM23 3 prices rise from here?
Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 4% over five years in cash but down 24% 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.
CM23's current homes for sale
Turning to what is actually available: 90 homes on the market right now, from 4 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole CM23 district, not just CM23 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 39% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Havers Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Bishop's Stortford
- Goldings, Bishop's Stortford, Bishop's Stortford
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
"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 CM23 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 CM
What homes of each size actually sold for across the CM area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 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. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CM area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
CM area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in CM23
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of CM23, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CM23 1 | £504,000 | 12 |
| CM23 2 | £422,000 | 57 |
| CM23 4 | £465,000 | 67 |
| CM23 5 | £450,000 | 44 |
Zoom out to the full CM23 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CM23 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in CM23 3: 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 CM23 3'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 CM23 3.
Dig further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about CM23 3. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every CM23 3 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.