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South Mimms market report EN6 5, Potters Bar
The EN6 5 (South Mimms) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 2,377 registered sales in EN6 5 (Potters Bar) 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.
Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the typical home in EN6 5 (Potters Bar) sold for £612,000 in 2026, the median of 24 registered sales, up 17% on five years earlier. The mean was £608,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,710 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 2,377 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
A postcode sector like EN6 5 is a single group of streets within EN6 (Potters Bar), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where EN6 5 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.
EN6 5 sold prices: where the market stands
The EN6 5 median stands at £612,000 for 2026, built from 24 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £608,600, practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.
Price per square metre in EN6 5
Measured by floor area, the last five years of EN6 5 sales average about £5,710 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts EN6 5 115% above the country at large.
A typical EN6 5 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £612,000 | £612,000 | 24 |
| 2025 | £545,000 | £558,033 | 62 |
| 2024 | £528,200 | £561,585 | 30 |
| 2023 | £490,000 | £538,390 | 45 |
| 2022 | £615,000 | £721,158 | 67 |
| 2021 | £525,000 | £664,718 | 87 |
| 2020 | £474,000 | £615,025 | 60 |
| 2019 | £431,800 | £565,986 | 44 |
| 2018 | £457,500 | £609,856 | 58 |
| 2017 | £452,500 | £617,165 | 62 |
| 2016 | £392,500 | £549,111 | 74 |
| 2015 | £378,800 | £535,244 | 108 |
| 2014 | £346,000 | £490,861 | 96 |
| 2013 | £310,000 | £446,059 | 65 |
| 2012 | £275,000 | £404,766 | 64 |
| 2011 | £250,000 | £377,404 | 41 |
| 2010 | £286,000 | £448,522 | 70 |
| 2009 | £221,000 | £355,259 | 47 |
| 2008 | £242,200 | £397,017 | 44 |
| 2007 | £265,500 | £450,362 | 140 |
| 2006 | £246,200 | £427,372 | 94 |
| 2005 | £200,000 | £355,919 | 75 |
| 2004 | £232,500 | £422,265 | 109 |
| 2003 | £227,000 | £418,189 | 93 |
| 2002 | £196,300 | £369,337 | 102 |
| 2001 | £161,000 | £309,514 | 94 |
| 2000 | £140,000 | £274,750 | 93 |
| 1999 | £113,800 | £226,797 | 100 |
| 1998 | £100,000 | £201,857 | 91 |
| 1997 | £87,200 | £178,830 | 73 |
| 1996 | £78,000 | £164,499 | 95 |
| 1995 | £81,500 | £177,168 | 70 |
In cash terms the typical EN6 5 home went from £81,500 in 1995 to £612,000 in 2026, roughly 8 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 245%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 15% 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 EN6 5 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 (+29.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2023 (−20.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +12.3% | +9.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.1% | −1.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.5% | +1.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +4.7% | +1.8% |
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.
The turnover behind the prices
How many homes change hands
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Over the last twelve months of data, 24 sales completed in EN6 5. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 100 sales a year before the financial crisis and 46 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 EN6 5 market
Only 24 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes EN6 5 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.
What homes rent for around EN6 5
EN6 5 falls under Hertsmere, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,802 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £1,238 a month here against £2,761 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Hertsmere
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £612,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,802 a month (£21,624 a year) works out at a 3.5% 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.
What people ask about EN6 5 (South Mimms)
Is EN6 5 (South Mimms) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in EN6 5 (South Mimms)?
Are property prices falling in EN6 5 (South Mimms)?
Are EN6 5 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 17% over five years in cash but down 8% 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.
EN6's current homes for sale
This is what you could actually buy today: 100 homes currently on the market from 10 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole EN6 district, not just EN6 5: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 10% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Mandeville Court, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Potters Bar
- King George's Vale, Coronation Avenue, Cuffley, Hertfordshire
- Cranfield Crescent, Cuffley, Potters Bar
"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 EN6 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.
The price of an extra bedroom in EN
Real sold prices by size across the EN area, straight from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £525,000 | £690,000 (+31%) | £975,000 (+41%) | £1,359,000 (+39%) |
| Semi-detached | £402,625 | £470,000 (+17%) | £555,000 (+18%) | £720,000 (+30%) | £971,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £361,750 | £424,000 (+17%) | £480,000 (+13%) | £610,000 (+27%) | £830,000 (+36%) |
| Flat | £250,000 | £335,000 (+34%) | £469,000 (+40%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the EN area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, EN area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in EN6
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are EN6's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| EN6 1 | £645,000 | 32 |
| EN6 2 | £530,000 | 35 |
| EN6 3 | £532,500 | 18 |
| EN6 4 | £650,000 | 25 |
Zoom out to the full EN6 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how EN6 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in EN6 5: 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 EN6 5'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.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim EN6 5.
Keep digging
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about EN6 5. Free, with a one click sign in.
See every individual EN6 5 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.