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SG16 local market report Henlow

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 4,072 sales registered with HM Land Registry in SG16 (Henlow) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

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

SG16 is the postcode district covering Henlow, Henlow Camp, Lower Stondon in Henlow. 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 SG16 sits

Click the map to open SG16 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

SG15SG5SG17SG18SG6SG7MK45SG16
£350,000median sold price, 2026
-5%five-year change (cash)
112sales in the last 12 months
4.3%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in SG16 sells for

The 2026 median in SG16 is £350,000, from 30 registered sales; the mean, £362,200, sits almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so SG16 trades 28% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical SG16 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)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £69,000 at the time · £146,492 in today's money · 71 sales1996: £59,200 at the time · £121,934 in today's money · 113 sales1997: £60,000 at the time · £120,174 in today's money · 113 sales1998: £78,000 at the time · £153,771 in today's money · 74 sales1999: £105,000 at the time · £204,372 in today's money · 111 sales2000: £92,500 at the time · £177,292 in today's money · 82 sales2001: £113,800 at the time · £213,665 in today's money · 82 sales2002: £153,000 at the time · £281,145 in today's money · 155 sales2003: £201,200 at the time · £362,003 in today's money · 150 sales2004: £200,000 at the time · £354,756 in today's money · 161 sales2005: £225,500 at the time · £391,927 in today's money · 176 sales2006: £224,500 at the time · £380,602 in today's money · 164 sales2007: £225,000 at the time · £372,749 in today's money · 121 sales2008: £234,000 at the time · £374,617 in today's money · 52 sales2009: £219,000 at the time · £343,823 in today's money · 106 sales2010: £230,000 at the time · £352,275 in today's money · 95 sales2011: £237,000 at the time · £349,423 in today's money · 74 sales2012: £232,000 at the time · £333,500 in today's money · 67 sales2013: £227,500 at the time · £319,705 in today's money · 100 sales2014: £270,000 at the time · £374,096 in today's money · 131 sales2015: £235,000 at the time · £324,300 in today's money · 225 sales2016: £320,000 at the time · £437,228 in today's money · 129 sales2017: £355,000 at the time · £472,876 in today's money · 92 sales2018: £322,500 at the time · £419,858 in today's money · 90 sales2019: £325,000 at the time · £416,048 in today's money · 144 sales2020: £375,000 at the time · £475,207 in today's money · 145 sales2021: £370,000 at the time · £457,527 in today's money · 335 sales2022: £407,400 at the time · £466,566 in today's money · 249 sales2023: £400,000 at the time · £429,238 in today's money · 158 sales2024: £370,000 at the time · £384,199 in today's money · 149 sales2025: £357,500 at the time · £357,500 in today's money · 128 sales2026: £350,000 at the time · £350,000 in today's money · 30 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£350,000£350,00030
2025£357,500£357,500128
2024£370,000£384,199149
2023£400,000£429,238158
2022£407,400£466,566249
2021£370,000£457,527335
2020£375,000£475,207145
2019£325,000£416,048144
2018£322,500£419,85890
2017£355,000£472,87692
2016£320,000£437,228129
2015£235,000£324,300225
2014£270,000£374,096131
2013£227,500£319,705100
2012£232,000£333,50067
2011£237,000£349,42374
2010£230,000£352,27595
2009£219,000£343,823106
2008£234,000£374,61752
2007£225,000£372,749121
2006£224,500£380,602164
2005£225,500£391,927176
2004£200,000£354,756161
2003£201,200£362,003150
2002£153,000£281,145155
2001£113,800£213,66582
2000£92,500£177,29282
1999£105,000£204,372111
1998£78,000£153,77174
1997£60,000£120,174113
1996£59,200£121,934113
1995£69,000£146,49271

In cash terms the typical SG16 home went from £69,000 in 1995 to £350,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 139%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just 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 SG16 median

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

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · −14.2% on the year before1997 · +1.4% on the year before1998 · +30.0% on the year before1999 · +34.6% on the year before2000 · −11.9% on the year before2001 · +23.0% on the year before2002 · +34.4% on the year before2003 · +31.5% on the year before2004 · −0.6% on the year before2005 · +12.8% on the year before2006 · −0.4% on the year before2007 · +0.2% on the year before2008 · +4.0% on the year before2009 · −6.4% on the year before2010 · +5.0% on the year before2011 · +3.0% on the year before2012 · −2.1% on the year before2013 · −1.9% on the year before2014 · +18.7% on the year before2015 · −13.0% on the year before2016 · +36.2% on the year before2017 · +10.9% on the year before2018 · −9.2% on the year before2019 · +0.8% on the year before2020 · +15.4% on the year before2021 · −1.3% on the year before2022 · +10.1% on the year before2023 · −1.8% on the year before2024 · −7.5% on the year before2025 · −3.4% on the year before2026 · −2.1% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2016 (+36.2% on the year before); the weakest, 1996 (−14.2%). 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)−2.1%−2.1%
5 years (since 2021)−1.1%−5.2%
10 years (since 2016)+0.9%−2.2%
20 years (since 2006)+2.2%−0.4%

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

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.

250500 1995: 71 sales1996: 113 sales1997: 113 sales1998: 74 sales1999: 111 sales2000: 82 sales2001: 82 sales2002: 155 sales2003: 150 sales2004: 161 sales2005: 176 sales2006: 164 sales2007: 121 sales2008: 52 sales2009: 106 sales2010: 95 sales2011: 74 sales2012: 67 sales2013: 100 sales2014: 131 sales2015: 225 sales2016: 129 sales2017: 92 sales2018: 90 sales2019: 144 sales2020: 145 sales2021: 335 sales2022: 249 sales2023: 158 sales2024: 149 sales2025: 128 sales2026: 30 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

50100 May 2021 · 23 sales registeredJune 2021 · 53 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 15 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 23 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 29 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 20 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 26 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 32 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 25 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 29 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 26 sales registeredApril 2022 · 26 sales registeredMay 2022 · 23 sales registeredJune 2022 · 26 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 14 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 11 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 20 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 15 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 14 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 20 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 11 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 10 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 18 sales registeredApril 2023 · 8 sales registeredMay 2023 · 7 sales registeredJune 2023 · 12 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 12 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 12 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 18 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 21 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 15 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 14 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 17 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 9 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 9 sales registeredApril 2024 · 4 sales registeredMay 2024 · 15 sales registeredJune 2024 · 10 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 15 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 18 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 13 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 12 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 16 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 11 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 11 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 22 sales registeredApril 2025 · 7 sales registeredMay 2025 · 13 sales registeredJune 2025 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 16 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 11 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 8 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 14 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 11 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 12 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 6 sales registeredApril 2026 · 4 sales registeredMay 2026 · 6 sales registered

SG16 recorded 112 sales in the last twelve months of data. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 143 sales a year recently, against 136 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 homes rent for around SG16

SG16 falls under Central Bedfordshire, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,247 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £862 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £2,039, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Central Bedfordshire

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £862 a month£8621 bed2 bed: £1,094 a month£1,0942 bed3 bed: £1,371 a month£1,3713 bed4+ bed: £2,039 a month£2,0394+ bed

Set against the £350,000 median sold price, £1,247 a month is £14,964 a year, a gross yield of 4.3%: 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.

Will SG16 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 5% 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.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

SG16 ranks 17 of 19 in the SG 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.

Five-year change in the median, SG area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

SG10SG10 · +105% over five years · median £747,500+105%SG6SG6 · +26% over five years · median £416,200+26%SG14SG14 · +19% over five years · median £495,000+19%SG15SG15 · +15% over five years · median £358,000+15%SG1SG1 · +15% over five years · median £350,000+15%SG3SG3 · −3% over five years · median £452,000−3%SG8SG8 · −5% over five years · median £380,000−5%SG16SG16 · −5% over five years · median £350,000−5%SG7SG7 · −20% over five years · median £317,500−20%SG11SG11 · −25% over five years · median £411,200−25%

Inside SG16, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
SG16 6£350,00030

How SG16 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the SG area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
SG10£747,500+105%
SG14£495,000+19%
SG3£452,000-3%
SG4£450,000+3%
SG9£450,000+5%
SG5£428,500+5%
SG13£425,400-1%
SG12£423,000+8%
SG6£416,200+26%
SG11£411,200-25%
SG17£410,000+4%
SG8£380,000-5%
SG18£375,000+10%
SG15£358,000+15%
SG1£350,000+15%
SG16 (this report)£350,000-5%
SG19£340,000+3%
SG2£338,500+8%
SG7£317,500-20%

Dig further

See every individual SG16 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference SG16 price page. 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.

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.