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Desmond Avenue, CB1

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£265,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£4,597
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
25
Distinct homes
19
Price range
£75,000£610,000
Sales recorded
2002 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Desmond Avenue is almost entirely semi-detached houses. The median sale price is £265,000, about 43% below the typical CB1 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £4,597, below the district's £5,833. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; CB1 prices as a whole have held broadly level. With 25 sales across 19 homes since 2002, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Desmond Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 25 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianCB1 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k£800k200520102015202020252002: £197,500 median · 1 sale2003: £189,750 median · 4 sales2004: £200,000 median · 1 sale2005: £135,250 median · 2 sales2006: £225,000 median · 3 sales2010: £262,000 median · 1 sale2011: £265,000 median · 1 sale2012: £283,000 median · 1 sale2013: £291,000 median · 1 sale2014: £365,000 median · 1 sale2015: £370,000 median · 1 sale2017: £485,000 median · 1 sale2020: £372,330 median · 3 sales2021: £394,600 median · 1 sale2023: £540,000 median · 2 sales2024: £610,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the CB1 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Desmond Avenue compares

Desmond Avenue against the CB1 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Queen Ediths Way£694k · 56
Cherry Hinton Road£478k · 62
Station Square£464k · 84
Coldhams Lane£430k · 85
Eagle Street£418k · 75
Cromwell Road£351k · 98
Rustat Avenue£328k · 76
Desmond Avenue£265k · 25*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£265,000
median · all recorded sales
CB1 district
£467,500
median · last 8 years · street -43%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Desmond Avenue's £265,000 median sits about 43% below CB1's £467,500; on floor space it runs £4,597/m² against the district's £5,833/m² (-21%).

Street and CB1 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Desmond Avenue.

Semi-detached
£274,000
24 sales
Detached
£200,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Desmond Avenue

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
16 Jul 202412 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£610,000
23 Jun 202324 · CB1 9JSnon-standardSemi-detached£460,000
25 Apr 20233 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£580,000
2 Feb 20239 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£500,000
2 Feb 202129 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£394,600
15 Oct 202028 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£355,000
26 Jun 202032 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£406,600
12 Feb 202030 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£372,330
27 Oct 201711 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£485,000
14 Aug 201517 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£370,000
27 Aug 201420 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£365,000
28 Jun 201314 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£291,000
1 Jun 201212 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£283,000
23 Jun 201110 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£265,000
4 Oct 201031 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£262,000
9 Nov 20061 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£219,950
3 Jul 200625 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£240,000
16 Jun 200619 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£225,000
20 May 20057 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£195,500
6 May 200511 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£75,000
29 Jun 20042 · CB1 9JSDetached£200,000
27 Nov 200332 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£192,500
12 Jun 20033 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£187,000
9 May 20037 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£197,000
7 Jan 200325 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£182,000
26 Jun 20026 · CB1 9JSSemi-detached£197,500

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in CB1

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider CB1 area guide.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.