Sold £6,030/m² · Median sold £539,347 (866 sales) · Index -2.6% y/y · Turnover 1.4% · 12 months, sales to Jun 2026, listings to Sep 2026
What is Cambridge?
Buildings
43,341
Mixed-use buildings
2.1%
HMO-shaped units
1.9%
EPC A or B
23%
EPC D or worse
38%
What does Cambridge cost?
Cambridge: sold price per m² £6,030/m² (12 months to Jun 2026, 866 sales). +0.6% on the previous 12 months.
Sold price per m²
£6,030/m² 12 months to Jun 2026
866 sales
+0.6% on the previous 12 months.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales per square metre (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 866 sales.
Sold price
£539,347 12 months to Jun 2026
866 sales
+0.8% on the previous 12 months.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 866 sales.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£473,574 12 months to Sep 2026
4,209 listings
-6.8% on the previous 12 months.
Median ASKING price of residential sale listings that came to market in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 4,209 listings.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Sold price per m²: £5,198/m² in Sep 2016 to £5,828/m² in Sep 2026.Sold price: £471,756 in Sep 2016 to £499,381 in Sep 2026.Asking price: £475,000 in Jan 2022 to £462,995 in Sep 2026.Asking price per m²: £6,257/m² in Aug 2025 to £5,695/m² in Sep 2026.Asking to sold: 101% in Jan 2022 to 101% in Nov 2024.
Settled months to Jul 2026; the dashed tail is the published projection of the index 8 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
Asking price index: 98.1 in Jan 2022 to 98 in Sep 2026.
Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 3,486 lets.
Gross yield, asking basis
4.0% 12 months to Sep 2026
7,774 lets
+6.6% on the previous 12 months.
Cell asking rent × 12 over the same cell's asking sale price, before costs, voids and finance (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built). 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 7,774 lets.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
Asking rent: £1,648/month in Aug 2025 to £1,591/month in Sep 2026.Gross yield, asking basis: 3.3% in Jan 2022 to 4.1% in Sep 2026.Asking rent index: 82.3 in Jan 2022 to 112.9 in Sep 2026.
How does Cambridge vary by home size?
Asking price in Cambridge runs from £274,300 for 1 bedroom to £1,109,500 for 5+ bedrooms.
Asking price by bedroom band in Cambridge. Each band shows its own window and sample. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Homes
Asking price
Window
Change
Listings
1 bedroom
£274,300
12 months to Sep 2026
-3.1% on the previous 12 months
516
2 bedrooms
£402,005
12 months to Sep 2026
-2.3% on the previous 12 months
1373
3 bedrooms
£529,459
12 months to Sep 2026
-4.4% on the previous 12 months
1234
4 bedrooms
£730,687
12 months to Sep 2026
-1.6% on the previous 12 months
763
5+ bedrooms
£1,109,500
12 months to Sep 2026
-0.3% on the previous 12 months
243
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, within the last 12 calendar months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is Cambridge?
Cambridge: turnover 1.4% (12 months to Mar 2026, 897 sales). -32.8% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
1.4% 12 months to Mar 2026
897 sales
-32.8% on the previous 12 months.
Registered sales as a share of the dwelling stock, monthly; the 12-month figure adds the months. UPRN-matched sales, a floor on the registry count; the newest months fill in as registrations land. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Mar 2026, 897 sales.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Listings for sale
2,192 12 months to Sep 2026
2,192 listings
Residential sale listings observed in the month, from portal listings. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,192 listings.
New listings
2,751 12 months to Sep 2026
2,751 listings
+12.2% on the previous 12 months.
Listings first seen in the month and never reduced; undercounts new listings by the reduction share, by construction. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 2,751 listings.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Turnover: 0.2% in Sep 2016 to 0.1% in Sep 2026.Listings for sale: 147 in Aug 2025 to 289 in Sep 2026.New listings: 197 in Jan 2022 to 362 in Sep 2026.Price reductions: 43 in Jan 2022 to 155 in Sep 2026.Live listings: 1,006 in Sep 2026 to 3,041 in Nov 2026.Days to completion: 178 days in Jan 2022 to 136 days in Nov 2024.
Who is active in Cambridge?
61 agents listed homes for sale in Cambridge; the three largest took 20% of the listings.
Agents active
61
Top three agents’ share
20%
New homes among listings
19%
Days to completion is on the listings matched to a registered sale, not a sell-through rate.
Who owns Cambridge?
Corporate landlords hold 55% of the 2,525 units in Cambridge whose freeholder is classified; 96% of all units are not yet classified.
Corporate landlords55% of classified · 1,393 units
Individuals (not traceable in bulk)36% of classified · 916 units
Housing associations6.4% of classified · 161 units
RMC2.0% of classified · 51 units
Offshore companies0.1% of classified · 3 units
Local authorities0.0% of classified · 1 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does Cambridge rank?
Cambridge ranks 1st of 5 local authorities in Cambridgeshire for sold price per m², at £6,030/m².
Sold price per m² · local authorities in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge ranks 1st of 5 local authorities in Cambridgeshire for sold price per m², at £6,030/m².
Sold price per m² across local authorities in Cambridgeshire, 12 months to Jun 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
Homes in Cambridge sold for a median £539,347 over the 12 months to Jun 2026, 866 sales. Per square metre that is £6,030/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
How have house prices in Cambridge changed?
+0.6% on the previous 12 months.
What is the average rent in Cambridge?
Homes to let in Cambridge asked a median £1,589/month over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 3,486 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
What is the gross rental yield in Cambridge?
4.0% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 7,774 lets. +6.6% on the previous 12 months.
How quickly do homes sell in Cambridge?
1.4% of the homes in Cambridge changed hands over the 12 months to Mar 2026, 897 sales.
Construction costs Context for residential research
Sector and regional evidence. These figures are not a quote for an individual property.