East Hertfordshire
SG9 house prices in East Hertfordshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for East Hertfordshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£475,000
Range £283,600–£831,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Feb 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SG9: the typical (median) sold price is £475,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SG9 is a quiet market, with about 14 recorded sales a month. By property type, 33% were terraced homes (typically £381,000) and 31% were detached homes (typically £642,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,455 a year: East Hertfordshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Hertfordshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on SG9: a quiet market, so take your time
SG9 sees just 14 sales a month, which is too few for firm conclusions, so we would lean on individual sold homes rather than any average.
If you are selling, SG9 sales mostly ran from £283,600 to £831,000, so start from the nearest comparable sale and work outwards; with so little to compare, give yourself extra time; if certainty matters more than price, a quick cash sale usually means accepting about 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote).
Sell houseIf you are buying, SG9 sits well above the UK average for typical prices, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Before an offer goes in on any SG9 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (80 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,455 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
With averages this broad, the free SG9 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
SG9 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£475,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
13.9
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,455
A year
On the map
Where SG9 sits in East Hertfordshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in SG9
349, MONKS WALK, BUNTINGFORD
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£371,750
2, COACH HOUSE MEWS, BUNTINGFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£270,000
HILLS HOUSE, KEEN AVENUE, BUNTINGFORD
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 Aug 2026
£265,000
13, ERMINE COURT, BUNTINGFORD
Terraced · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£380,000
100, MONKS WALK, BUNTINGFORD
Detached · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£582,500
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SG9 includes the Braughing & Standon ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in SG9
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SG9 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £642,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £250,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 74 | £642,500 | £470,100–£1,009,000 |
| Semi-detached | 70 | £466,500 | £340,000–£647,900 |
| Terraced | 79 | £381,000 | £288,000–£571,600 |
| Flat / maisonette | 15 | £250,000 | £151,000–£300,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Feb 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SG9
The quarterly typical price rose 2.9%, from £430,000 in Q1 2025 (60 sales) to £442,500 in Q3 2026 (19 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £430,000 | 60 |
| Q2 2025 | £500,000 | 38 |
| Q3 2025 | £490,000 | 35 |
| Q4 2025 | £495,000 | 48 |
| Q1 2026 | £460,000 | 25 |
| Q2 2026 | £440,000 | 25 |
| Q3 2026 | £442,500 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Feb 2025 and 7 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SG9 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SG9 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £283,600 and £831,000, around a typical £475,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Feb 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SG9
Terraced homes were 33% of recorded sales (79 of 238). 93% of sales were freehold and 7% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached31%
- Semi-detached29%
- Terraced33%
- Flat / maisonette6%
Tenure
- Freehold93%
- Leasehold7%
See the figures
233 freehold (93%) and 17 leasehold (7%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SG9. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Feb 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
HILLS HOUSE, KEEN AVENUE, BUNTINGFORD
£250,000 (2025)£265,000 (2026)+6% over 0.9 yrs (+7%/yr)
BELL BARNS, BALDOCK ROAD, BUNTINGFORD
£310,000 (2025)£210,000 (2026)-32.3% over 0.7 yrs (-43.1%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the East Hertfordshire (SG9) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £642,500 against £250,000 for flats: about 2.6 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (93%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is a quiet district: only about 14 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 7 February 2025 and 7 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on SG9
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in SG9
£2,455
Band D a year in East Hertfordshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 |
These are East Hertfordshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority SG9 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for East Hertfordshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near SG9
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Layston Church of England First School.
All schools
Layston Church of England First School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG9 9EU
404 m
Requires improvement · 2023
Edwinstree Church of England Middle School
Secondary · Local authority maintained schools · SG9 9AW
1.0 km
Good · 2018
Millfield First and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG9 9DT
1.1 km
Good · 2023
Freman College
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SG9 9BT
1.1 km
Good · 2015
Buntingford First School
Primary · Free Schools · SG9 9HZ
1.5 km
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the SG9 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SG9
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around SG9
80
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
EastHertfordshire/X/26/0051/CNDPermitted
468 m
Discharge of Condition 13 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) attached to 3/22/2309/FUL.
Received 2026-02-04 · decided 2026-03-13
EastHertfordshire/3/24/1976/HHConditions
324 m
Single storey rear extension with rooflight windows.
Received 2024-10-25 · decided 2024-12-23
EastHertfordshire/3/24/1843/HHConditions
287 m
Demolition of single storey rear projection. Erection of single storey rear extension with a roof lantern window and erection of front porch. New side door and ground floor side window.
Received 2024-09-30 · decided 2024-11-22
EastHertfordshire/3/24/1321/HHRejected
290 m
Demolition of single storey rear projection. Erection of single storey rear extension with a roof lantern window, front porch and first floor side extension (above the garage). New side door and ground floor side window. Solar panels added to rear facing roof.
Received 2024-07-16 · decided 2024-09-12
EastHertfordshire/3/24/0294/OUTUndecided
249 m
a) Outline approval for a residential development for around 200 new market and affordable homes, including self-build and custom build homes, new public open space, new ecological areas and other public realm, new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular networks within the site, potential pedestrian connections to The Causeway and Aldridge Way, and associated drainage and SuDs infrastructure. With all matters reserved for later approval. b) Full planning approval for the construction of new Medical Centre, car parking area, related drainage and SuDs infrastructure, with associated access to Hare Street Road and enabling works to the existing highway, as defined on the Land Use Parameter and Detailed Access Plans
Received 2024-02-15
EastHertfordshire/3/23/2203/HHConditions
295 m
Erection of single storey rear extension with additional window to ground floor side elevation.
Received 2023-11-20 · decided 2024-01-24
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SG9 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for SG9 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 80 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SG9
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled SG9 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SG9 9JH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so SG9 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SG9: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in SG9, band by band
East Hertfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SG9 median sold price of £475,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearEast Hertfordshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £475,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 0.34% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 | £159 | 0.40% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 | £182 | 0.46% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 | £205 | 0.52% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 | £250 | 0.63% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 | £296 | 0.75% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 | £341 | 0.86% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 | £409 | 1.03% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SG9 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, East Hertfordshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in SG9 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 243 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG9. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
349, MONKS WALK, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9EA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£371,750
2026-08-07
2, COACH HOUSE MEWS, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9DN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-08-07
HILLS HOUSE, KEEN AVENUE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9GT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£265,000
2026-08-07
13, ERMINE COURT, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9HY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-07-30
100, MONKS WALK, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9DP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£582,500
2026-07-30
47, SNELLS MEAD, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9JH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£530,000
2026-07-28
13, SEYMOUR ROAD, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9SW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-07-27
KEEPERS COTTAGES, CHURCH STREET, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9AS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-07-22
15, DOWNHALL LEY, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9JT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-15
41, WYDDIAL ROAD, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9AT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£442,500
2026-07-14
10, OLVEGA DRIVE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9FJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-07-13
1, DELL SPRING, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9BF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-07-13
26, CORNWELL CLOSE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9GQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-07-13
2, HURRY CLOSE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9UJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£745,000
2026-07-13
4, CASTLE COTTAGES, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 0BW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,500
2026-07-10
WATSON HOUSE, PARKER DRIVE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9GN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-07-10
WATFORD HOUSE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9LL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,350,000
2026-07-03
38, LONDON ROAD, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9JW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£615,000
2026-07-02
72, HIGH STREET, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9AJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-07-01
53, HUMMERSTON CLOSE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9SX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£622,500
2026-06-26
7, HURRY CLOSE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9UJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£460,000
2026-06-19
2, LAYSTON COTTAGE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 0DZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-06-18
2, TYLERS CLOSE, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9SJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£327,500
2026-06-18
227, MONKS WALK, BUNTINGFORD
SG9 9DY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-06-16
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
Questions, answered
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Nearby
Postcode districts near SG9
The closest districts to SG9 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in SG11 (Ware) 4.8 miles
- House prices in SG2 (Stevenage) 7.6 miles
- House prices in SG8 (Royston) 7.9 miles
- House prices in SG7 (Baldock) 8 miles
- House prices in SG10 (Much Hadham) 8 miles
- House prices in SG1 (Stevenage) 8.3 miles
- House prices in CM23 (Bishop's Stortford) 8.9 miles
- House prices in SG6 (Letchworth Garden City) 9.3 miles
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Data sources
Every SG9 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.