House prices in BA2 5 (Combe Down)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BA2 5' (Combe Down, Bath) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'BA2 5'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BA2 5", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Combe Down.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Combe Down is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 11, Chivers Street, Combe Down, Bath, sold for £725,000 on Jun-2024. Given the internal area of 141 square metres, the price per sqm is £5,141.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £5,150-£5,500, £5,500-£5,850, £5,850-£6,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 120 sales in Combe Down (BA2 5) that took place in the last two years.

Generate a custom chart like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Combe Down (BA2 5). Of the 120 transactions, half were sold for between £4,240 and £6,060 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BA2 5' is £5,000. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £6,060 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Combe Down, Bath

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Bath. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

House price heatmap for Combe Down, Bath

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BA2 5' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BA2 5 Combe Down	£4,240 sqm	£5,000 sqm	£6,060 sqm
BA2 9 Corston	£4,060 sqm	£4,420 sqm	£5,090 sqm
BA2 3 Bath	£4,160 sqm	£4,680 sqm	£5,320 sqm
BA2 4 Bath	£4,810 sqm	£5,730 sqm	£6,770 sqm
BA2 0 Timsbury	£3,380 sqm	£3,830 sqm	£4,410 sqm
BA2 7 Limpley Stoke	£4,550 sqm	£5,170 sqm	£6,310 sqm
BA2 6 Bath	£4,850 sqm	£5,850 sqm	£7,200 sqm
BA2 1 Bath	£3,600 sqm	£4,020 sqm	£4,730 sqm
BA2 2 Bath	£3,880 sqm	£4,260 sqm	£5,000 sqm
BA2 8 Peasedown St John	£3,390 sqm	£3,860 sqm	£4,380 sqm

Will Bath house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for BA2 5 (Combe Down) compared with both the wider area BA2 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

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For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Bath to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Bath and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
Midford Road, Combe Down, BA2 5R	102 sqm	£4,509	20
Hawthorn Grove, Combe Down, BA2 5Q	94 sqm	£3,925	17
Hansford Square, Combe Down, BA2 5L	118 sqm	£5,347	15
North Road, Combe Down, BA2 5D	117 sqm	£5,239	14
Entry Hill, Combe Down, BA2 5L	100 sqm	£5,062	12
Bradford Road, Combe Down, BA2 5B	138 sqm	£4,289	12
Church Road, Combe Down, BA2 5J	143 sqm	£5,125	10
Stonehouse Lane, Combe Down, BA2 5D	110 sqm	£5,240	9

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Raw data

Our analysis of Combe Down is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	sqm	£/sqm
11, Chivers St, Combe Down, Bath	£725,000 Jun-2024	141	5,141
Flat 10 St Martins Court, Midford Rd, Combe Down, Bath	£230,000 Jun-2024	57	4,035
Eriskay, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath	£650,000 May-2024	88	7,386

See the entire list of all sales in Combe Down (BA2 5) here.