Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Sutton (CB6 2)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Sutton (CB6 2).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Sutton 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. 116, The Row, Sutton, Littleport, sold for £257,250 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 86 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,991.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres 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. £3,350-£3,500, £3,500-£3,650, £3,650-£3,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 327 sales in Sutton (CB6 2) 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.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Sutton (CB6 2). Of the 327 transactions, half were sold for between £2,990 and £3,750 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,750m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'CB6 2' is £3,330. The table below shows how 'CB6 2' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CB6 1 Littleport	£2,750m2	£3,210m2	£3,880m2
CB6 3 Ely	£3,090m2	£3,600m2	£4,140m2
CB6 2 Sutton	£2,990m2	£3,330m2	£3,750m2

Will Sutton 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 scatter plot below for CB6 2 (Sutton). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for CB6 2 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Sutton 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. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Sutton data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Sutton

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Sutton. 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. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Sutton

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Main Street, Sutton, CB6 2H	124m2	£3,275	25
The Row, Sutton, CB6 2P	125m2	£3,038	20
Meadow Way, Sutton, CB6 2G	88m2	£3,722	19
St Andrews Close, Sutton, CB6 2Q	79m2	£2,924	19
High Street, Sutton, CB6 2N	129m2	£2,590	15
Main Street, Sutton, CB6 2S	130m2	£3,016	14
Briars End, Sutton, CB6 2G	67m2	£3,540	14
Main Street, Sutton, CB6 2D	131m2	£2,788	13

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	New build sales
Stimpson Street, Sutton, CB6 2G	98m2	£3,235	37
Cherry Drive, Sutton, CB6 2F	127m2	£3,599	35
Quinton Road, Sutton, CB6 2G	96m2	£3,129	29
Tayberry Close, Sutton, CB6 2F	101m2	£3,879	9

Stimpson Street, Sutton, CB6 2G has seen 37 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £319,671). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 98 m2, with an average price of £3,235 m2. This £sqm average is £-95 below the average for CB6 2. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of Stimpson Street 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 Sutton 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	m2	£/m2
116, The Row, Sutton, Littleport	£257,250 Sep-2023	86	2,991
4, Priors Court, Sutton, Littleport	£190,000 Sep-2023	59	3,220
17, Brangehill Lane, Sutton, Littleport	£309,000 Aug-2023	82	3,768

See the entire list of all sales in Sutton (CB6 2) here.