CM23 0 house prices are built from 47 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2024 and the most recent on 19 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £500,000.
Median price paid
£500,000
Median per m²
£4,833
HM Land Registry47 sales47 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Dec 2025
Section 01
How CM23 0 prices moved
There are too few years of sales in CM23 0 to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Harris Way | 19 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £388,261 |
| 23 Hammett Crescent | 22 Aug 2025 | Detached | £675,000 | £689,674 |
| 3 MARINE HOUSE Mcdowell Street | 15 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £294,500 | £300,902 |
| 10 Hammett Crescent | 13 Aug 2025 | Detached | £690,000 | £705,000 |
| 2 Curtis Road | 31 Jul 2025 | Detached | £554,995 | £567,060 |
| 6 MARINE HOUSE Mcdowell Street | 28 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £291,000 | £297,326 |
| 12 Hammett Crescent | 23 Jul 2025 | Detached | £551,000 | £562,978 |
| 8 Harris Way | 17 Jul 2025 | Detached | £530,000 | £541,522 |
| 16 Payne Drive | 30 Jun 2025 | Detached | £585,000 | £597,717 |
| 10 Payne Drive | 30 Jun 2025 | Detached | £585,000 | £597,717 |
| 4 Curtis Road | 30 Jun 2025 | Detached | £550,000 | £561,957 |
| 3 Reed Walk | 30 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £485,326 |
| 19 Baldwin Way | 27 Jun 2025 | Detached | £680,000 | £694,783 |
| 15 Curtis Road | 27 Jun 2025 | Detached | £554,995 | £567,060 |
| 12 Mcdowell Street | 27 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| 8 Mcdowell Street | 27 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £429,130 |
| 1 MARINE HOUSE Mcdowell Street | 27 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| 10 Bailey Close | 26 Jun 2025 | Detached | £685,000 | £699,891 |
| 10 Harris Way | 30 May 2025 | Detached | £555,750 | £567,832 |
| 24 Waterman Road | 30 May 2025 | Terraced | £399,000 | £407,674 |
| 7 Curtis Road | 29 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £365,750 | £373,701 |
| 5 Curtis Road | 13 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £364,800 | £372,730 |
| 26 Waterman Road | 12 May 2025 | Terraced | £420,000 | £429,130 |
| 11 Curtis Road | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £361,000 | £368,848 |
| 13 Curtis Road | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £361,000 | £368,848 |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. CM23 0 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 | 23 | 48.9% | £565,000 | £335,000 – £736,000 |
| Semi-detached | 14 | 29.8% | £380,000 | £361,000 – £535,000 |
| Terraced | 5 | 10.6% | £470,250 | £399,000 – £500,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 5 | 10.6% | £310,000 | £291,000 – £310,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in CM23 0
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 531 certificates cover CM23 0, and their median floor area is 92 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +21.1%. 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 | 92 m² | about 990 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 77 m² | about 823 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 107 m² | about 1,152 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 9.2% | 49 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 4.0% | 21 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in CM23 0
3 of the sales on record are leasehold and 44 freehold — 6.4% 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 £294,500 and the median freehold sale £520,000 — a gap of +76.6%. 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 | 3 | 6.4% | £294,500 |
| Freehold | 44 | 93.6% | £520,000 |
| New build | 44 | 93.6% | £487,500 |
| Existing home | 3 | 6.4% | £685,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -28.8%. 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 15 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 CM23 0
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across East Hertfordshire, 50.1% of 67,360 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 598 | 0.9% |
| B | 12,018 | 17.8% |
| C | 21,159 | 31.4% |
| D | 22,088 | 32.8% |
| E | 8,670 | 12.9% |
| F | 2,271 | 3.4% |
| G | 556 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in East Hertfordshire at £1,505 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,066 for a one-bedroom home and £1,641 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £500,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 3.61% 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 CM23, 274 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 80 violent, 7 burglary, 18 vehicle-related and 84 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.6 times busier.
Against the 150,158 residents the 2021 census counted in East Hertfordshire, that is 1.82 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 CM23 0
The 2021 census counted 150,158 residents in East Hertfordshire across 62,023 households. 70.8% of those households own their home and 29.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
24 state and independent schools have a CM23 postcode: 17 primary, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,508 |
| Birchwood High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,417 |
| The Bishop's Stortford High School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,279 |
| St Mary's Catholic School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,106 |
| Hockerill Anglo-European College | Secondary | Academy converter | 903 |
| Avanti Grange Secondary School | Secondary | Free schools | 660 |
| Northgate Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 455 |
| Windhill21 | Primary | Academy converter | 451 |
| Manor Fields Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 449 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S | Primary | Academy converter | 436 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bishops Stortford Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
| Sawbridgeworth Rail Station | Rail | 6.5 km |
| Elsenham Rail Station | Rail | 7.2 km |
Section 09
How CM23 0 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. CM23 0 sits above that national figure — +217.5%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,833 per square metre, across 47 of the 47 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 £291,000 to £736,000. 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.
CM23 0 sits in East Hertfordshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in East Hertfordshire at 10.7 times median local earnings of £42,219 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 CM23
- CM23 1£417,500 median
- CM23 2£260,000 median
- CM23 3£195,000 median
- CM23 4£212,000 median
- CM23 5£249,000 median
The wider district is CM23.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in CM23 0?
The median price paid in CM23 0 across every sale on the register is £500,000. 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 CM23 0?
47 sales are on record for CM23 0, the most recent completing on 19 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were CM23 0 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £500,000, set in 2025. 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 CM23 0?
£4,833 per square metre, from the 47 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 19 Dec 2025. 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, “CM23 0 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.