House prices in BS8 3 (Clifton)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BS8 3' (Clifton) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'BS8 3'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BS8 3", 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 Clifton.

You can click on the map labels to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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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 Clifton 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. Bridge View House, North Road, Clifton, sold for £1,500,000 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 237 square metres, the price per sqm is £6,329.

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. £5,700-£6,000, £6,000-£6,300, £6,300-£6,600 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 Clifton (BS8 3) that took place in the last two years.

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 Clifton (BS8 3). Of the 120 transactions, half were sold for between £4,960 and £6,640 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BS8 3' is £5,710. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £6,640 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 Clifton

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 Clifton. 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 Clifton

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BS8 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BS8 2 Clifton	£4,650 sqm	£5,420 sqm	£6,040 sqm
BS8 4 Bristol	£4,570 sqm	£5,390 sqm	£6,200 sqm
BS8 1 Clifton	£4,330 sqm	£5,230 sqm	£6,030 sqm
BS8 3 Clifton	£4,960 sqm	£5,710 sqm	£6,640 sqm

Will Clifton 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 BS8 3 (Clifton) compared with both the wider area BS8 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

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 Clifton 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 Clifton 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
Pembroke Road, Clifton, BS8 3E	109 sqm	£5,608	20
Bridge Road, Clifton, BS8 3P	100 sqm	£5,482	18
Pembroke Road, Clifton, BS8 3D	60 sqm	£5,234	17
Clifton Park, Clifton, BS8 3B	97 sqm	£5,779	13
Sixty Acres Close, Clifton, BS8 3U	152 sqm	£4,453	11
North Road, Clifton, BS8 3P	187 sqm	£4,834	11
Clevedon Road, Clifton, BS8 3U	179 sqm	£4,013	11
Weston Road, Clifton, BS8 3U	179 sqm	£4,550	10

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	New build sales
Redwood Drive, Clifton, BS8 3D	98 sqm	£5,063	40

Redwood Drive, Clifton, BS8 3D has seen 40 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £492,399). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 98 sqm, with an average price of £5,063 sqm. This £sqm average is £-647 below the average for BS8 3. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of Redwood Drive the premium seems not to exist. Without more info we can only speculate why this may be. Perhaps it may be greater density and smaller gardens, but this is just a guess.

Raw data

Our analysis of Clifton 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
Bridge View House, North Rd, Clifton	£1,500,000 May-2024	237	6,329
Flat 6 22, Pembroke Rd, Clifton	£425,000 Mar-2024	94	4,521
81c, Pembroke Rd, Clifton	£325,000 Mar-2024	54	6,018

See the entire list of all sales in Clifton (BS8 3) here.