House prices in CB24 3 (Longstanton)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'CB24 3' (Longstanton, Cottenham) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'CB24 3'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "CB24 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 Longstanton.

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 Longstanton 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. 5, Collingwood Drive, Longstanton, Cottenham, sold for £312,000 on Mar-2024. Given the internal area of 79 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,949.

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. £3,800-£4,000, £4,000-£4,200, £4,200-£4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 87 sales in Longstanton (CB24 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 Longstanton (CB24 3). Of the 87 transactions, half were sold for between £3,470 and £4,500 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'CB24 3' is £3,930. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,500 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 Longstanton, Cottenham

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 Cottenham. 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 Longstanton, Cottenham

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'CB24 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CB24 3 Longstanton	£3,470 sqm	£3,930 sqm	£4,500 sqm
CB24 8 Cottenham	£3,780 sqm	£4,330 sqm	£4,650 sqm
CB24 6 Milton	£4,470 sqm	£5,070 sqm	£5,490 sqm
CB24 9 Histon	£4,700 sqm	£5,230 sqm	£5,810 sqm
CB24 1 Northstowe	£3,480 sqm	£4,060 sqm	£4,630 sqm
CB24 5 Willingham	£3,330 sqm	£3,770 sqm	£4,270 sqm
CB24 4 Swavesey	£3,300 sqm	£3,690 sqm	£4,340 sqm

Will Cottenham 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 CB24 3 (Longstanton) compared with both the wider area CB24 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 Cottenham 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 Cottenham 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
Magdalene Close, Longstanton, CB24 3E	82 sqm	£3,575	21
Rampton Drift, Longstanton, CB24 3E	94 sqm	£3,270	20
Mitchcroft Road, Longstanton, CB24 3E	110 sqm	£3,381	16
Collingwood Drive, Longstanton, CB24 3G	94 sqm	£3,780	12
Mitchcroft Road, Longstanton, CB24 3B	105 sqm	£3,493	12
Days Meadow, Longstanton, CB24 3G	93 sqm	£3,906	10
High Street, Longstanton, CB24 3B	119 sqm	£3,129	9
Thornhill Place, Longstanton, CB24 3E	89 sqm	£3,198	8

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Raw data

Our analysis of Longstanton 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
5, Collingwood Drive, Longstanton, Cottenham	£312,000 Mar-2024	79	3,949
13, Stevensons Rd, Longstanton, Cottenham	£620,000 Mar-2024	186	3,333
32, Thornhill Pl, Longstanton, Cottenham	£322,000 Mar-2024	84	3,833

See the entire list of all sales in Longstanton (CB24 3) here.