CB23 2 house prices are built from 719 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 30 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £297,995. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +32.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.7%.
Median price paid
£297,995
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+32.9%
Change in real terms
-3.7%
Median per m²
£3,955
HM Land Registry719 sales2 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Apr 2026
Section 01
How CB23 2 prices moved
The chart tracks the median CB23 2 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £119,500 | £265,346 |
| 2000s | 10 | £235,500 | £429,012 |
| 2010s | 10 | £408,000 | £575,280 |
| 2020s | 6 | £495,000 | £505,761 |
The highest yearly median on record for CB23 2 is £765,000 in 2023; the lowest is £79,475 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £79,475 to £565,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £176,472, so the real change over the whole record is +227.1% — about +4.03% 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: +32.9% in cash against -3.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORCHARD FARMHOUSE, 56 Comberton Road | 30 Apr 2026 | Detached | £1,095,000 | £1,095,000 |
| 4 Preston Close | 30 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| 79 Comberton Road | 19 Mar 2026 | Detached | £1,400,000 | £1,400,000 |
| 1 Preston Close | 10 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| HIGHBANK Church Lane | 8 Dec 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 4 Eversden Close | 25 Nov 2025 | Detached | £647,405 | £661,479 |
| 4 Field Row | 18 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £301,413 |
| 51 High Street | 12 Nov 2025 | Detached | £875,000 | £894,022 |
| 159 Caxton End | 31 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 45 Broadway | 15 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| 52 Hall Close | 10 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 27 Caxton End | 3 Oct 2025 | Detached | £560,000 | £572,174 |
| BRAMBLES, 1 Fox Road | 30 Sep 2025 | Detached | £920,000 | £940,000 |
| GILLS HILL HOUSE, 25 Gills Hill | 12 Sep 2025 | Detached | £900,000 | £919,565 |
| 25 Church Street | 21 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 11 School Lane | 18 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £485,326 |
| LONGLAST FARM, 4 Broadway | 8 Jul 2025 | Detached | £750,000 | £766,304 |
| THE WHITE HOUSE Field Road | 7 Jul 2025 | Detached | £840,000 | £858,261 |
| 15 Caxton End | 31 Mar 2025 | Detached | £780,000 | £796,957 |
| 6 Baldwins Close | 31 Mar 2025 | Detached | £660,000 | £674,348 |
| 17 Kingfisher Close | 28 Mar 2025 | Detached | £700,000 | £715,217 |
| 5 School Lane | 28 Mar 2025 | Detached | £565,000 | £577,283 |
| 37 High Street | 25 Mar 2025 | Detached | £975,000 | £996,196 |
| 1 Kingfisher Close | 21 Mar 2025 | Detached | £368,000 | £376,000 |
| 2 Cranes Lane | 4 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £451,000 | £460,804 |
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 CB23 2 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Preston Close | £250,000 (2014) | £435,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.6% |
| ORCHARD FARMHOUSE, 56 Comberton Road | £775,000 (2008) | £1,095,000 (2026) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| 79 Comberton Road | £265,000 (1998) | £1,400,000 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 1 Preston Close | £129,950 (2002) | £205,000 (2026) | +1.9% | -0.8% |
| HIGHBANK Church Lane | £475,000 (2015) | £350,000 (2025) | -3.0% | -6.1% |
| 15 Church Street | £182,500 (2001) | £516,444 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 4 Eversden Close | £365,000 (2006) | £647,405 (2025) | +3.1% | +0.1% |
| 159 Caxton End | £75,500 (1997) | £250,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| 52 Hall Close | £385,000 (2022) | £370,000 (2025) | -1.3% | -5.4% |
| 27 Caxton End | £450,000 (2022) | £560,000 (2025) | +7.6% | +3.1% |
| LONGLAST FARM, 4 Broadway | £350,000 (2011) | £750,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.6% |
| THE WHITE HOUSE Field Road | £550,000 (2024) | £840,000 (2025) | +52.7% | +48.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. CB23 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 445 | 61.9% | £405,000 | £50,000 – £1,950,000 |
| Semi-detached | 176 | 24.5% | £225,000 | £50,000 – £875,000 |
| Terraced | 98 | 13.6% | £175,000 | £6,000 – £925,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in CB23 2
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 198 certificates cover CB23 2, and their median floor area is 114 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +50.0%. 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 | 114 m² | about 1,227 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 77 m² | about 829 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 191 m² | about 2,051 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 5.1% | 10 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 36.4% | 72 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in CB23 2
5 of the sales on record are leasehold and 714 freehold — 0.7% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £124,250 and the median freehold sale £298,250 — a gap of +140.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 5 | 0.7% | £124,250 |
| Freehold | 714 | 99.3% | £298,250 |
| New build | 16 | 2.2% | £545,000 |
| Existing home | 703 | 97.8% | £295,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +84.4%. 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 59 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 07
Living in CB23 2
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cambridge, 55.3% of 69,219 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 795 | 1.1% |
| B | 13,587 | 19.6% |
| C | 23,913 | 34.5% |
| D | 21,522 | 31.1% |
| E | 7,667 | 11.1% |
| F | 1,421 | 2.1% |
| G | 314 | 0.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cambridge at £1,804 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,255 for a one-bedroom home and £1,905 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £297,995 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.26% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of CB23, 27 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 15 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 6 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 6.2 times quieter.
Against the 145,674 residents the 2021 census counted in Cambridge, that is 0.19 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around CB23 2
The 2021 census counted 145,674 residents in Cambridge across 52,474 households. 45.7% of those households own their home and 54.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a CB23 postcode: 14 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comberton Village College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,981 |
| Cambourne Village College | Secondary | Free schools | 1,626 |
| Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 585 |
| Jeavons Wood Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 419 |
| Monkfield Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 399 |
| The Vine Inter-Church Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 366 |
| Pendragon Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 290 |
| Bar Hill Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 229 |
| Bourn CofE Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 193 |
| Caldecote Primary School | Primary | Community school | 193 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Rail Station | Rail | 11.9 km |
| Shepreth Rail Station | Rail | 12.1 km |
| Cambridge South Rail Station | Rail | 12.2 km |
| Foxton Rail Station | Rail | 12.3 km |
Section 09
How CB23 2 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. CB23 2 sits above that national figure — +89.2%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,955 per square metre, across 2 of the 719 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 £6,000 to £1,950,000. 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.
CB23 2 sits in Cambridge, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cambridge at 10.8 times median local earnings of £45,762 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in CB23
- CB23 1£305,000 median
- CB23 3£218,500 median
- CB23 4£295,000 median
- CB23 5£230,000 median
- CB23 6£243,000 median
- CB23 7£249,950 median
- CB23 8£157,500 median
The wider district is CB23.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in CB23 2?
The median price paid in CB23 2 across every sale on the register is £297,995. 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 CB23 2?
719 sales are on record for CB23 2, the most recent completing on 30 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have CB23 2 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +32.9% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were CB23 2 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £765,000, set in 2023. 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 CB23 2?
£3,955 per square metre, from the 2 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 30 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, “CB23 2 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.