Fen Bank, Ely house prices are built from 171 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 28 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £148,000. Across the 15 years from 2008 to 2023 the median moved +75.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +12.6%.
Median price paid
£148,000
Change in cash, 2008–2023
+75.0%
Change in real terms
+12.6%
Median per m²
£2,096
HM Land Registry171 sales51 with floor areaLatest sale 28 May 2026
Section 01
How Fen Bank, Ely prices moved
The chart tracks the median Fen Bank, Ely house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2023. 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 | 3 | £42,000 | £93,260 |
| 2000s | 7 | £156,000 | £284,186 |
| 2010s | 3 | £164,975 | £232,615 |
| 2020s | 3 | £267,000 | £272,804 |
The highest yearly median on record for Fen Bank, Ely is £280,000 in 2023; the lowest is £41,000 in 1997. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £42,000 to £280,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £91,108, so the real change over the whole record is +232.1% — about +4.55% 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: +75.0% in cash against +12.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 Lakeside Isleham Marina | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 78 Sandpiper Isleham Marina | 5 Aug 2025 | Detached | £367,500 | £375,489 |
| 72 Nightingale Isleham Marina | 18 Jul 2025 | Detached | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| 92 Lakeside Isleham Marina | 9 Jul 2025 | Detached | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| 68 Nightingale Isleham Marina | 2 Aug 2024 | Detached | £310,000 | £326,194 |
| 57 Nightingale Isleham Marina | 11 Jan 2024 | Detached | £360,000 | £378,806 |
| 19 Kingfisher Isleham Marina | 15 Dec 2023 | Detached | £175,000 | £189,080 |
| 46 Woodpecker Isleham Marina | 12 Dec 2023 | Detached | £210,000 | £226,897 |
| 73 Nightingale Isleham Marina | 6 Apr 2023 | Detached | £320,000 | £345,747 |
| 106 Lakeside Isleham Marina | 10 Feb 2023 | Detached | £300,000 | £324,138 |
| 26 Kingfisher Isleham Marina | 10 Feb 2023 | Detached | £260,000 | £280,920 |
| 10 Kingfisher Isleham Marina | 9 Feb 2023 | Detached | £359,000 | £387,885 |
| 40 Woodpecker Isleham Marina | 9 Dec 2022 | Detached | £395,000 | £457,642 |
| 24 Kingfisher Isleham Marina | 28 Jun 2022 | Detached | £215,000 | £249,096 |
| 74 Nightingale Isleham Marina | 26 Nov 2021 | Detached | £225,000 | £284,274 |
| 78 Sandpiper Isleham Marina | 19 Nov 2021 | Detached | £308,000 | £389,140 |
| 75 Nightingale Isleham Marina | 28 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £274,000 | £346,183 |
| 54 Woodpecker Isleham Marina | 28 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 103 Lakeside Isleham Marina | 23 Jun 2021 | Detached | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 82 Sandpiper Isleham Marina | 21 Jun 2021 | Detached | £310,000 | £391,667 |
| 1 Kingfisher Isleham Marina | 7 Jun 2021 | Detached | £475,000 | £600,134 |
| 105 Lakeside Isleham Marina | 1 Apr 2021 | Detached | £260,000 | £328,495 |
| 85 Sandpiper Isleham Marina | 26 Feb 2021 | Detached | £255,000 | £322,177 |
| 21 Kingfisher Isleham Marina | 25 Jan 2021 | Detached | £232,000 | £293,118 |
| 107 Lakeside Isleham Marina | 15 Dec 2020 | Detached | £250,000 | £323,691 |
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 Fen Bank, Ely values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 LAKESIDE ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £45,000 (1997) | £290,000 (2026) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| 78 SANDPIPER ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £84,000 (2002) | £367,500 (2025) | +6.6% | +3.7% |
| 72 NIGHTINGALE ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £38,000 (1997) | £270,000 (2025) | +7.3% | +4.5% |
| 92 LAKESIDE ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £156,000 (2004) | £375,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.3% |
| 68 NIGHTINGALE ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £50,000 (1998) | £310,000 (2024) | +7.3% | +4.5% |
| 57 NIGHTINGALE ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £155,000 (2015) | £360,000 (2024) | +9.8% | +6.3% |
| 73 NIGHTINGALE ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £151,000 (2005) | £320,000 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.3% |
| 106 LAKESIDE ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £42,086 (1997) | £300,000 (2023) | +7.8% | +5.1% |
| 26 KINGFISHER ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £37,500 (1998) | £260,000 (2023) | +8.1% | +5.3% |
| 10 KINGFISHER ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £225,000 (2014) | £359,000 (2023) | +5.3% | +2.1% |
| 40 WOODPECKER ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £145,000 (2012) | £395,000 (2022) | +10.5% | +7.8% |
| 24 KINGFISHER ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank | £159,500 (2007) | £215,000 (2022) | +2.0% | -0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Fen Bank, Ely 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 | 132 | 77.2% | £155,000 | £33,000 – £475,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 30 | 17.5% | £70,000 | £28,000 – £290,000 |
| Semi-detached | 8 | 4.7% | £76,500 | £34,000 – £250,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 0.6% | £140,000 | £140,000 – £140,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Fen Bank, Ely
93 of the sales on record are leasehold and 78 freehold — 54.4% 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 £92,500 and the median freehold sale £184,250 — a gap of +99.2%. 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 | 93 | 54.4% | £92,500 |
| Freehold | 78 | 45.6% | £184,250 |
| New build | 1 | 0.6% | £42,000 |
| Existing home | 170 | 99.4% | £149,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -71.8%. 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 18 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 Fen Bank, Ely
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across East Cambridgeshire, 47.9% of 44,518 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 748 | 1.7% |
| B | 6,858 | 15.4% |
| C | 13,740 | 30.9% |
| D | 14,050 | 31.6% |
| E | 6,646 | 14.9% |
| F | 2,028 | 4.6% |
| G | 448 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in East Cambridgeshire at £1,029 a month as of Jun 2026 — £725 for a one-bedroom home and £1,157 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £148,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.34% 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 CB7, 2 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 0 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 2 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 83.5 times quieter.
Against the 87,762 residents the 2021 census counted in East Cambridgeshire, that is 0.02 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 Fen Bank, Ely
The 2021 census counted 87,762 residents in East Cambridgeshire across 37,202 households. 69.5% of those households own their home and 30.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a CB7 postcode: 7 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soham Village College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,436 |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 461 |
| Fordham CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 413 |
| The Weatheralls Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 342 |
| The Shade Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 250 |
| Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 226 |
| Isleham Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 201 |
| Spring Meadow Infant School | Primary | Community school | 143 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Soham | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Ely Rail Station | Rail | 5.4 km |
| Shippea Hill Rail Station | Rail | 9.8 km |
| Littleport Rail Station | Rail | 11.4 km |
Section 09
How Fen Bank, Ely compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Fen Bank, Ely sits below that national figure — -6.0%.
Within Ely the street ranks 612 of 834 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £175,000 (-15.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,096 per square metre, across 51 of the 171 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 £28,000 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.
Fen Bank, Ely sits in East Cambridgeshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in East Cambridgeshire at 10.0 times median local earnings of £34,117 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
Streets nearby
- Station Road£168,998 median
- Morton Close£94,225 median
- Kings Avenue£169,950 median
- Henley Way£156,250 median
- Cambridge Road£210,000 median
- Dobede Way£162,750 median
- Northfield Park£118,000 median
- Longchamp Drive£222,050 median
- Blackthorn Court£109,000 median
- Fordham Road£195,750 median
- Orchard Row£117,250 median
- Tower Court£108,000 median
- Carter Street£169,000 median
- Merivale Way£206,500 median
- Guntons Close£138,500 median
- Fitzgerald Close£109,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 54 WOODPECKER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank5 sales
- 106 LAKESIDE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank4 sales
- 52 WOODPECKER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank4 sales
- 69 NIGHTINGALE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank4 sales
- 104 LAKESIDE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank4 sales
- 4 KINGFISHER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank4 sales
- 78 SANDPIPER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 72 NIGHTINGALE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 68 NIGHTINGALE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 57 NIGHTINGALE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 73 NIGHTINGALE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 26 KINGFISHER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 10 KINGFISHER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 24 KINGFISHER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 75 NIGHTINGALE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 103 LAKESIDE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 85 SANDPIPER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 47 WOODPECKER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 53 WOODPECKER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 3 KINGFISHER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 79 SANDPIPER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 60 NIGHTINGALE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 98 LAKESIDE, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
- 88 SANDPIPER, ISLEHAM MARINA Fen Bank3 sales
Back to Ely house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Fen Bank, Ely?
The median price paid in Fen Bank, Ely across every sale on the register is £148,000. 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 Fen Bank, Ely?
171 sales are on record for Fen Bank, Ely, the most recent completing on 28 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Fen Bank, Ely house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +75.0% between 2008 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +12.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Fen Bank, Ely house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £280,000, 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 Fen Bank, Ely?
£2,096 per square metre, from the 51 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 May 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, “Fen Bank, Ely 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.