CM7 vs CO9: house prices per square metre compared
CM7 (Great Bardfield) has a median of £3,800 per m² against £3,650 in CO9 (Sible Hedingham). CM7 is the more expensive of the two: CO9 is 3.9% cheaper per m². The figures come from 531 and 205 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£319,000, the median sale price in CM7, buys about 84 m² there and about 87 m² in CO9, a difference of 3 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, CO9 moved +3.3% a year against CM7 at +3.0% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | CM7High confidence Great Bardfield, Braintree £3,800median per m² | CO9High confidence Sible Hedingham, Halstead £3,650median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £3,800 | £3,650 | −3.9% |
| Median sale price | £319,000 | £337,000 | +5.6% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £3,190–£4,490 | £3,010–£4,190 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 588 | 316 | −272 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 531 | 205 | −326 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 90 m² | 97 m² | +7.8% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +3.0% a year | +3.3% a year | +0.3 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £3,880n = 125 | £3,840n = 65 | −1.0% |
| Semi-detached | £3,990n = 168 | £3,720n = 58 | −6.8% |
| Terraced | £3,880n = 145 | £3,570n = 57 | −8.0% |
| Flat | £3,080n = 93 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: CM7 minus CO9. | |||
| All CM7 sold prices | All CO9 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 CM7 and CO9 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 CM7 and CO9 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 CM7 and CO9 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