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South Mimms market report EN6, Potters Bar
The EN6 (South Mimms) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 14,995 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in EN6 (Potters Bar) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to July 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the 2026 median for EN6 (Potters Bar) is £587,500, from 134 registered sales, up 2% on five years earlier; the mean is £588,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £6,100 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 14,995 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
EN6 is a postcode district covering Potters Bar, South Mimms, Cuffley in Potters Bar. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where EN6 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.
The going rate for a home in EN6
The 2026 median for EN6 is £587,500, taken from 134 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £588,100, almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
What a square metre costs in EN6
A square metre of EN6 home has cost about £6,100 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, EN6 runs 106% above it.
EN6's median sold price, 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.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £587,500 | £587,500 | 134 |
| 2025 | £625,000 | £639,946 | 417 |
| 2024 | £566,800 | £602,625 | 320 |
| 2023 | £600,000 | £659,253 | 268 |
| 2022 | £605,500 | £710,018 | 376 |
| 2021 | £576,500 | £729,923 | 534 |
| 2020 | £525,000 | £681,198 | 388 |
| 2019 | £500,000 | £655,380 | 343 |
| 2018 | £500,000 | £666,509 | 339 |
| 2017 | £495,000 | £675,130 | 388 |
| 2016 | £449,000 | £628,155 | 468 |
| 2015 | £425,500 | £601,232 | 514 |
| 2014 | £386,000 | £547,608 | 562 |
| 2013 | £335,000 | £482,032 | 434 |
| 2012 | £320,000 | £471,000 | 396 |
| 2011 | £325,000 | £490,625 | 325 |
| 2010 | £322,800 | £506,234 | 400 |
| 2009 | £290,000 | £466,177 | 338 |
| 2008 | £302,500 | £495,861 | 305 |
| 2007 | £295,000 | £500,402 | 670 |
| 2006 | £272,000 | £472,157 | 651 |
| 2005 | £250,000 | £444,899 | 473 |
| 2004 | £250,000 | £454,049 | 606 |
| 2003 | £235,000 | £432,927 | 547 |
| 2002 | £215,000 | £404,521 | 703 |
| 2001 | £185,000 | £355,653 | 625 |
| 2000 | £162,000 | £317,925 | 623 |
| 1999 | £140,000 | £279,013 | 676 |
| 1998 | £120,000 | £242,229 | 565 |
| 1997 | £108,000 | £221,486 | 565 |
| 1996 | £93,500 | £197,187 | 599 |
| 1995 | £85,000 | £184,777 | 443 |
In cash terms the typical EN6 home went from £85,000 in 1995 to £587,500 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 218%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 20% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the EN6 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 1999 (+16.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−6.0%). 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) | −6.0% | −8.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.4% | −4.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.7% | −0.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
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.
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, 38% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £786,000 against £290,000 for a flat, 2.7 times the price.
Median by property type, EN6
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 | £786,000 | 28 | 3,905 |
| Semi-detached | £624,800 | 60 | 5,652 |
| Terraced | £443,000 | 17 | 2,089 |
| Flats | £290,000 | 29 | 3,349 |
How many homes change hands in EN6
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.
The last five years, month by month
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
Over the last twelve months of data, 304 sales completed in EN6. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 612 sales a year before the financial crisis and 303 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 market
EN6 sits 2 of 11 in its area's price order, well inside the expensive end.
What homes rent for around EN6
For renting purposes EN6 sits in Hertsmere. The ONS average private rent there is £1,802 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £1,238 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,761 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Hertsmere
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,802 a month is £21,624 a year, which against the £587,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.7%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
EN6 (South Mimms): the questions that come up
Is EN6 (South Mimms) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in EN6 (South Mimms)?
Are property prices falling in EN6 (South Mimms)?
Where do EN6 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 20% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in EN6 right now
Everything above is what homes in EN6 sold for. The live side of the market holds 100 homes at the moment, listed by 10 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 126% above the EN6 median sold price.
10% 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.
- 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.
What another bedroom costs in EN
Real sold prices by size across the EN area, straight 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.
| 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
EN6 ranks 9 of 11 in the EN 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.
EN area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside EN6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EN6 1 | £645,000 | 32 |
| EN6 2 | £530,000 | 35 |
| EN6 3 | £532,500 | 18 |
| EN6 4 | £650,000 | 25 |
| EN6 5 | £612,000 | 24 |
How EN6 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the EN area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| EN4 | £600,000 | -6% |
| EN6 (this report) | £587,500 | +2% |
| EN2 | £585,000 | +17% |
| EN5 | £550,000 | -10% |
| EN7 | £500,000 | +9% |
| EN1 | £460,000 | +2% |
| EN10 | £447,500 | +3% |
| EN8 | £425,000 | +14% |
| EN9 | £400,000 | +5% |
| EN3 | £396,000 | +6% |
| EN11 | £395,000 | +7% |
Selling a home in EN6? Price it on the evidence
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in EN6, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from EN6's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded EN6 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim EN6.
Take it further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about EN6. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every EN6 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.
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.