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Typical sold price, CB1
£475,000
250 real sales, 22 January 2026 to 24 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £333,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £404,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Romsey / Petersfield: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since January 2026 make Romsey / Petersfield a steady market, which suits pricing from the latest sold homes better than from any single average or trend.
To judge an offer, the spread in Romsey / Petersfield is wide, with most sales between £258,750 and £780,000, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Compare optionsAt this pace the open market works but takes time, so a cash sale is a fair option when you need certainty on the date; expect a cash offer of about 70–85% of market value, which on a typical £475,000 home means roughly £333,000 to £404,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), and test it against sold prices.
Before you list or answer a buyer in Romsey / Petersfield, gather certificates and warranties for work done to the home; gas and electrical safety certificates; and the title details (and any boundary or access paperwork), and ask your conveyancer what else your sale needs.
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Key figures
Romsey / Petersfield at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£258,750 to £780,000
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
4.6%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,805 a month
Cambridge, August 2026
Planning applications
2,441
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Romsey / Petersfield homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for CB1, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in CB1
Detached homes had the highest typical price in CB1 at £670,000, from 18 sales; flats came to £282,500.
- Detached7%
- Semi-detached20%
- Terraced49%
- Flats24%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £670,000 | 18 |
| Semi-detached | £515,100 | 49 |
| Terraced | £492,500 | 119 |
| Flats | £282,500 | 58 |
HM Land Registry, 22 January 2026 to 24 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Cambridge homes rent for
Average private rent in Cambridge was £1,805 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 4.6% on the CB1 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £1,256, 2 bed £1,613, 3 bed £1,907, 4+ bed £2,656 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just CB1.
Planning activity
Planning near Romsey / Petersfield
2,441 planning applications within 500 m of the CB1 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 8 are still undecided.
- Decided60%
- Undecided40%
Planning detail
Planning activity near Romsey / Petersfield
2,441 planning applications within 500 m of the CB1 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 18 May 2026 and 7 Jul 2026, and 8 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 21 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Whatever the reason you need to move on in Romsey / Petersfield (Cambridge), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Romsey / Petersfield actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for CB1.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Cambridge, up 1.8% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just CB1, and CB1 also reaches South Cambridgeshire. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £1,256, 2 bed £1,613, 3 bed £1,907, 4+ bed £2,656.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the CB1 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for CB1, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in CB1
Filter by property type and radius around the CB1 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, ORCHARD STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 1JS | £995,000 | 2026-08-24 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 2, YORK TERRACE, CAMBRIDGECB1 2PR | £585,000 | 2026-08-21 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 49, COWPER ROAD, CAMBRIDGECB1 3SL | £486,000 | 2026-08-17 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 180, EAGLE STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 2GL | £475,000 | 2026-08-14 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| AMBLECOTE, EAST ROAD, CAMBRIDGECB1 1BN | £300,000 | 2026-08-14 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 4, UPPER GWYDIR STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 2LR | £570,000 | 2026-08-12 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 148, VINERY ROAD, CAMBRIDGECB1 3DT | £630,000 | 2026-08-12 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 21, MAWSON ROAD, CAMBRIDGECB1 2DZ | £775,000 | 2026-08-12 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 28, HAREBELL CLOSE, CAMBRIDGECB1 9YL | £317,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 203B, COLERIDGE ROAD, CAMBRIDGECB1 3PW | £800,000 | 2026-08-07 | Detached | Freehold |
| 99, NEW STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 2QT | £510,000 | 2026-08-06 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 70, ROSS STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 3BU | £485,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 131, HIGH STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 9LN | £245,000 | 2026-08-05 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 46, KINGSTON STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 2NU | £425,000 | 2026-08-04 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 25, COCKBURN STREET, CAMBRIDGECB1 3NB | £472,650 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 526B, COLDHAMS LANE, CAMBRIDGECB1 3JL | £700,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
| 93, ST PHILIPS ROAD, CAMBRIDGECB1 3DA | £665,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 9, BROOKFIELDS, CAMBRIDGECB1 3NW | £423,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 53, DOGGETT ROAD, CAMBRIDGECB1 9LF | £520,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
| 31, IMPALA DRIVE, CAMBRIDGECB1 9XJ | £385,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
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