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CM2 vs CM4: house prices per square metre compared

CM4 (Stock) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £6,043 per against £4,545 in CM2 (Great Baddow)CM2 is 25% cheaper per . The figures come from 123 and 645 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

CM2

Great Baddow, Chelmsford

High confidence

£4,545median per m²

Median sale price
£385,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,937 – £5,251
Sales (last 12 months)
721
With a matched floor area
645
Mean floor area (matched sales)
88 m²
Change over 10 years
+18.0%
All CM2 sold prices

CM4

Stock, Ingatestone

High confidence

£6,043median per m²

Median sale price
£700,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£5,115 – £6,941
Sales (last 12 months)
139
With a matched floor area
123
Mean floor area (matched sales)
135 m²
Change over 10 years
+27.1%
All CM4 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

CM2 compared with CM4
MeasureCM2CM4Difference
Median price per m²£4,545£6,043+33%
Median sale price£385,000£700,000+82%
Sales (last 12 months)721139−582
Change over 10 years+18.0%+27.1%+9.1 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeCM2CM4
Detached£4,893n = 113£6,190n = 63
Semi-detached£4,651n = 191£5,970n = 35
Terraced£4,715n = 190£5,946n = 15
Flat£4,000n = 151£5,667n = 10

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