B2 5 house prices are built from 254 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2000 and the most recent on 28 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £142,250. Across the 11 years from 2007 to 2018 the median moved +25.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.6%.
Median price paid
£142,250
Change in cash, 2007–2018
+25.7%
Change in real terms
-3.6%
Median per m²
£2,485
HM Land Registry254 sales57 with floor areaLatest sale 28 Apr 2026
Section 01
How B2 5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median B2 5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2000 to 2018. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | £130,000 | £236,822 |
| 2010s | 7 | £119,000 | £167,790 |
The highest yearly median on record for B2 5 is £176,000 in 2018; the lowest is £92,500 in 2013. Across the full 19-year record the cash median has moved from £106,500 to £176,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £213,000, so the real change over the whole record is +10.1% — about +0.54% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +25.7% in cash against -3.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 15 ESSEX HOUSE 25-27 Temple Street | 28 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| APARTMENT 3 ESSEX HOUSE 25-27 Temple Street | 17 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £158,000 | £161,435 |
| FLAT 18 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | 23 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £301,413 |
| 61 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 26 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £174,000 | £183,090 |
| FLAT 21 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | 23 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £286,322 |
| FLAT 15 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | 6 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £172,500 | £186,379 |
| 35 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 25 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £192,000 | £222,449 |
| FLAT 21 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | 26 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| APARTMENT 15 ESSEX HOUSE 25-27 Temple Street | 10 Jul 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £174,000 | £225,289 |
| FLAT 14 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | 1 Jul 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £177,500 | £229,821 |
| 64 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 2 Apr 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £346,614 |
| 13 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 24 Jan 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £178,000 | £232,820 |
| APARTMENT 9 TEMPLE HOUSE, 24 Temple Street | 23 Nov 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £206,569 |
| 44 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 29 Oct 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £253,214 |
| 43 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 17 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £224,500 | £299,192 |
| 11 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 30 Jul 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £206,569 |
| APARTMENT 10 TEMPLE HOUSE, 24 Temple Street | 23 Jul 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £176,000 | £234,556 |
| 12 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 22 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £199,905 |
| 63 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 8 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £306,522 |
| 53 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 8 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £286,531 |
| 33 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 8 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £212,500 | £283,199 |
| 45 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 8 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £187,500 | £249,882 |
| 15 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 8 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £182,500 | £243,218 |
| 54 BURNE JONES HOUSE 11-12, 1 Bennetts Hill | 8 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £239,887 |
| 21 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | 8 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £213,233 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to B2 5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 15 ESSEX HOUSE 25-27 Temple Street | £162,000 (2004) | £145,000 (2026) | -0.5% | -3.3% |
| APARTMENT 3 ESSEX HOUSE 25-27 Temple Street | £153,500 (2005) | £158,000 (2025) | +0.1% | -2.7% |
| FLAT 18 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | £90,000 (1999) | £295,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| FLAT 21 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | £150,000 (2000) | £265,000 (2023) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| FLAT 15 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | £83,000 (2000) | £172,500 (2023) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| 35 BURNE JONES HOUSE, 11 – 12 Bennetts Hill | £185,000 (2018) | £192,000 (2022) | +0.9% | -2.5% |
| FLAT 14 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | £120,000 (2000) | £177,500 (2020) | +2.0% | -0.2% |
| APARTMENT 9 TEMPLE HOUSE, 24 Temple Street | £149,000 (2005) | £155,000 (2018) | +0.3% | -2.1% |
| APARTMENT 10 TEMPLE HOUSE, 24 Temple Street | £159,000 (2005) | £176,000 (2018) | +0.8% | -1.6% |
| FLAT 7 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | £113,000 (2000) | £180,000 (2018) | +2.6% | +0.3% |
| APARTMENT 40 TEMPLE HOUSE, 24 Temple Street | £167,000 (2005) | £160,000 (2018) | -0.3% | -2.7% |
| FLAT 23 NEWTON CHAMBERS, 43 Cannon Street | £94,000 (2000) | £178,000 (2018) | +3.6% | +1.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. B2 5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 254 | 100.0% | £142,000 | £77,500 – £295,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in B2 5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 85 certificates cover B2 5, and their median floor area is 48 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -36.8%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 48 m² | about 517 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 32 m² | about 344 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 58 m² | about 624 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 76.5% | 65 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 0.0% | 0 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in B2 5
254 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 254 | 100.0% | £142,250 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 106 | 41.7% | £154,500 |
| Existing home | 148 | 58.3% | £127,975 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +20.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 79 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How B2 5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. B2 5 sits below that national figure — -9.7%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,485 per square metre, across 57 of the 254 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £77,500 to £295,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in B2
- B2 4£152,250 median
The wider district is B2.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in B2 5?
The median price paid in B2 5 across every sale on the register is £142,250. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in B2 5?
254 sales are on record for B2 5, the most recent completing on 28 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have B2 5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +25.7% between 2007 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were B2 5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £176,000, set in 2018. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in B2 5?
£2,485 per square metre, from the 57 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 28 Apr 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “B2 5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.