CA2 vs CA3: house prices per square metre compared
CA2 (Belle Vue) has a median of £1,840 per m² against £2,500 in CA3 (Houghton). CA3 is the more expensive of the two: CA2 is 26.4% cheaper per m². The figures come from 523 and 199 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£222,000, the median sale price in CA3, buys about 89 m² there and about 121 m² in CA2, a difference of 32 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026 in CA2 and Q4 2025 in CA3, CA3 moved +3.4% a year against CA2 at +3.2% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | CA2High confidence Belle Vue, Carlisle £1,840median per m² | CA3High confidence Houghton, Carlisle £2,500median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £1,840 | £2,500 | +35.9% |
| Median sale price | £145,000 | £222,000 | +53.1% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £1,380–£2,370 | £1,940–£2,980 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 563 | 215 | −348 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 523 | 199 | −324 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 87 m² | 99 m² | +13.1% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +3.2% a year | +3.4% a year | +0.2 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £2,510n = 58 | £2,880n = 59 | +14.7% |
| Semi-detached | £2,030n = 214 | £2,470n = 91 | +21.7% |
| Terraced | £1,530n = 210 | £1,980n = 34 | +29.1% |
| Flat | £1,450n = 41 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: CA2 minus CA3. | |||
| All CA2 sold prices | All CA3 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare CA2 and CA3 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so CA2 and CA3 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do CA2 and CA3 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · Floor areas from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register · how these figures are made