Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford house prices are built from 134 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £174,500. Across the 10 years from 2014 to 2024 the median moved +87.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +37.2%.
Median price paid
£174,500
Change in cash, 2014–2024
+87.0%
Change in real terms
+37.2%
HM Land Registry134 salesLatest sale 22 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £73,500 | £163,205 |
| 2000s | 4 | £123,000 | £224,070 |
| 2010s | 2 | £182,500 | £257,325 |
| 2020s | 1 | £360,000 | £367,826 |
The highest yearly median on record for Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford is £360,000 in 2024; the lowest is £71,500 in 1997. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £72,000 to £360,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £159,874, so the real change over the whole record is +136.9% — about +3.02% 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: +87.0% in cash against +37.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 22 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £321,450 | £321,450 |
| 68 | 30 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 76 | 1 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £255,000 | £260,543 |
| 6 | 22 May 2025 | Terraced | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 51 | 27 Mar 2025 | Detached | £365,000 | £372,935 |
| 70 | 7 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £357,000 | £375,649 |
| 53 | 24 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £315,000 | £331,455 |
| 37 | 22 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £447,201 |
| 29 | 11 Sep 2024 | Detached | £360,000 | £378,806 |
| 10 | 25 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £387,500 | £407,743 |
| 80 | 16 May 2024 | Detached | £390,000 | £410,373 |
| 48 | 2 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £289,366 |
| 28 | 1 Feb 2023 | Detached | £375,000 | £405,172 |
| 42 | 16 Nov 2022 | Detached | £475,000 | £550,329 |
| 11 | 16 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £361,000 | £418,250 |
| 44 | 14 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £301,233 |
| 52 | 30 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £307,025 |
| 56 | 13 May 2021 | Detached | £350,000 | £442,204 |
| 50 | 30 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £266,000 | £336,075 |
| 58 | 26 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £185,000 | £233,737 |
| 28 | 14 Oct 2020 | Detached | £315,000 | £407,851 |
| 35 | 20 Sep 2019 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £366,234 |
| 62 | 16 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £258,000 | £337,458 |
| 10 | 11 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £366,234 |
| 51 | 18 Jan 2019 | Detached | £295,000 | £385,853 |
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 Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 Long Croft | £152,500 (2003) | £321,450 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
| 68 Long Croft | £47,000 (1997) | £225,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 76 Long Croft | £102,000 (2001) | £255,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
| 51 Long Croft | £64,000 (1995) | £365,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 37 Long Croft | £80,000 (1996) | £425,000 (2024) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 29 Long Croft | £71,000 (1995) | £360,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 10 Long Croft | £71,500 (1997) | £387,500 (2024) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 80 Long Croft | £87,000 (1995) | £390,000 (2024) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 48 Long Croft | £70,000 (1999) | £275,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 28 Long Croft | £315,000 (2020) | £375,000 (2023) | +6.0% | -0.2% |
| 42 Long Croft | £205,000 (2004) | £475,000 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 11 Long Croft | £77,000 (1998) | £361,000 (2022) | +6.6% | +4.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 51 | 38.1% | £185,000 | £50,000 – £425,000 |
| Detached | 42 | 31.3% | £159,950 | £55,950 – £475,000 |
| Terraced | 41 | 30.6% | £155,000 | £47,000 – £361,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 134 freehold — 0.0% 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 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 134 | 100.0% | £174,500 |
| New build | 1 | 0.7% | £70,000 |
| Existing home | 133 | 99.3% | £176,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -60.2%. 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 2 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 Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford sits above that national figure — +10.8%.
Within Bishop's Stortford the street ranks 671 of 777 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £245,000 (-28.8%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £47,000 to £475,000. 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
Streets nearby
- The Street£340,000 median
- Dunmow Road£212,500 median
- High Street£300,000 median
- Station Road£129,548 median
- Pig Lane£211,000 median
- Chelmsford Road£546,500 median
- South Road£240,000 median
- Oziers£156,250 median
- Cage End£220,000 median
- The Pastures£339,995 median
- Garnetts£295,000 median
- Hailes Wood£288,750 median
- Crown Close£208,000 median
- Brewers End£309,250 median
- Alsa Gardens£220,000 median
- Glebe End£156,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 51 Long Croft7 sales
- 66 Long Croft7 sales
- 52 Long Croft6 sales
- 10 Long Croft5 sales
- 76 Long Croft4 sales
- 37 Long Croft4 sales
- 11 Long Croft4 sales
- 36 Long Croft4 sales
- 80 Long Croft3 sales
- 42 Long Croft3 sales
- 50 Long Croft3 sales
- 62 Long Croft3 sales
- 46 Long Croft3 sales
- 39 Long Croft3 sales
- 31 Long Croft3 sales
- 17 Long Croft3 sales
- 32 Long Croft3 sales
- 9 Long Croft3 sales
- 74 Long Croft3 sales
- 27 Long Croft3 sales
- 54 Long Croft2 sales
- 68 Long Croft2 sales
- 29 Long Croft2 sales
- 48 Long Croft2 sales
Back to Bishop's Stortford house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford?
The median price paid in Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford across every sale on the register is £174,500. 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 Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford?
134 sales are on record for Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford, the most recent completing on 22 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +87.0% between 2014 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +37.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £360,000, set in 2024. 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 Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 22 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, “Long Croft, Bishop's Stortford 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.