CM23 4JX

Alder Close, Bishop's Stortford

Median, last 3 years

£477,000

9 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£437,500

3 Dec 2025

Standard sales

101

since 1995 (+1 additional entry)

CM23 district median

£437,500

645 sales, 12 months to May 2026

By property type, Jun 2023 – May 2026: Detached median £580,000 (5 sales) · Terraced median £409,000 (4 sales)

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2011 to 2025. Every year since 1995 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

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Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2025	£427,750	6
2024 (few sales)	£625,000	1
2023 (few sales)	£612,500	2
2022	£467,000	3
2021	£414,500	6
2019 (few sales)	£350,000	1
2018 (few sales)	£410,500	2
2017 (few sales)	£337,500	2
2016 (few sales)	£281,000	1
2015 (few sales)	£250,000	1
2013 (few sales)	£395,000	1
2012	£248,000	3
2011 (few sales)	£200,500	1
2010	£215,500	3
2009 (few sales)	£220,000	1
2008	£295,000	4
2007	£231,000	4
2006 (few sales)	£275,000	2
2005	£195,000	3
2004 (few sales)	£253,250	2
2003	£218,750	6
2002	£169,995	5
2001	£172,000	5
2000	£123,000	3
1999	£95,750	10
1998	£93,500	5
1997	£127,500	5
1996	£75,500	9
1995	£65,250	4

Sale history (102 records · 27 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
40, ALDER CLOSE 5 Dec 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	5 Dec 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£169,950
32, ALDER CLOSE 28 Nov 2003 · Detached · Freehold Previously £127,500 (Nov 1997) · +112%	28 Nov 2003	Detached · Freehold	£270,000
43, ALDER CLOSE 12 Nov 2003 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £90,000 (May 1999) · +83%	12 Nov 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£165,000
33, ALDER CLOSE 25 Jul 2003 · Detached · Freehold	25 Jul 2003	Detached · Freehold	£277,000
10, ALDER CLOSE 24 Jul 2003 · Detached · Freehold Previously £137,000 (Mar 1999) · +82%	24 Jul 2003	Detached · Freehold	£250,000
19, ALDER CLOSE 18 Jul 2003 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £127,500 (Nov 1999) · +47%	18 Jul 2003	Semi-detached · Freehold	£187,500
44, ALDER CLOSE 18 Nov 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £50,000 (Jul 2002) · +240%	18 Nov 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£169,995
34, ALDER CLOSE 31 Oct 2002 · Semi-detached · Freehold	31 Oct 2002	Semi-detached · Freehold	£178,000
44, ALDER CLOSE 10 Jul 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £118,000 (May 2001) · −58%	10 Jul 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£50,000
27, ALDER CLOSE 28 Mar 2002 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £80,000 (Jan 1999) · +73%	28 Mar 2002	Semi-detached · Freehold	£138,500
15, ALDER CLOSE 25 Jan 2002 · Detached · Freehold	25 Jan 2002	Detached · Freehold	£202,500
14, ALDER CLOSE 21 Dec 2001 · Detached · Freehold	21 Dec 2001	Detached · Freehold	£248,000
5, ALDER CLOSE 16 Nov 2001 · Terraced · Freehold	16 Nov 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£215,000
24, ALDER CLOSE 7 Sep 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £96,500 (Sep 1999) · +40%	7 Sep 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£134,995
44, ALDER CLOSE 25 May 2001 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £88,000 (Sep 1999) · +34%	25 May 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£118,000
3, ALDER CLOSE 30 Apr 2001 · Detached · Freehold	30 Apr 2001	Detached · Freehold	£172,000
45, ALDER CLOSE 15 Dec 2000 · Terraced · Freehold	15 Dec 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£120,000
29, ALDER CLOSE 1 Dec 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £82,000 (Dec 1998) · +50%	1 Dec 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£123,000
11, ALDER CLOSE 21 Feb 2000 · Detached · Freehold	21 Feb 2000	Detached · Freehold	£225,000
19, ALDER CLOSE 3 Nov 1999 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £106,000 (Jun 1998) · +20%	3 Nov 1999	Semi-detached · Freehold	£127,500
39, ALDER CLOSE 8 Oct 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £95,000 (Apr 1999) · 0%	8 Oct 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£95,000
44, ALDER CLOSE 24 Sep 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £66,000 (Dec 1996) · +33%	24 Sep 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£88,000
24, ALDER CLOSE 22 Sep 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £68,000 (Sep 1996) · +42%	22 Sep 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£96,500
13, ALDER CLOSE 5 Aug 1999 · Detached · Freehold Previously £155,000 (Oct 1997) · +19%	5 Aug 1999	Detached · Freehold	£185,000
43, ALDER CLOSE 18 May 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £71,000 (Jun 1996) · +27%	18 May 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£90,000
39, ALDER CLOSE 30 Apr 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	30 Apr 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£95,000
9, ALDER CLOSE 9 Apr 1999 · Detached · Freehold	9 Apr 1999	Detached · Freehold	£119,995
10, ALDER CLOSE 5 Mar 1999 · Detached · Freehold	5 Mar 1999	Detached · Freehold	£137,000
27, ALDER CLOSE 22 Jan 1999 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £62,500 (Aug 1995) · +28%	22 Jan 1999	Semi-detached · Freehold	£80,000
29, ALDER CLOSE 18 Dec 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	18 Dec 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£82,000
8, ALDER CLOSE 14 Aug 1998 · Detached · Freehold Previously £160,000 (Dec 1996) · +18%	14 Aug 1998	Detached · Freehold	£189,500
19, ALDER CLOSE 1 Jun 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold	1 Jun 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£106,000
25, ALDER CLOSE 19 Feb 1998 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £64,500 (Jun 1995) · +24%	19 Feb 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£80,000
20, ALDER CLOSE 30 Jan 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold	30 Jan 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£93,500
32, ALDER CLOSE 27 Nov 1997 · Detached · Freehold	27 Nov 1997	Detached · Freehold	£127,500
13, ALDER CLOSE 27 Oct 1997 · Detached · Freehold	27 Oct 1997	Detached · Freehold	£155,000
12, ALDER CLOSE 28 Aug 1997 · Detached · Freehold Previously £114,350 (Aug 1996) · +19%	28 Aug 1997	Detached · Freehold	£136,000
36, ALDER CLOSE 26 Aug 1997 · Semi-detached · Freehold	26 Aug 1997	Semi-detached · Freehold	£119,995
21, ALDER CLOSE 22 Apr 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	22 Apr 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£82,500
44, ALDER CLOSE 23 Dec 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	23 Dec 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£66,000
38, ALDER CLOSE 13 Dec 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	13 Dec 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£75,500
8, ALDER CLOSE 6 Dec 1996 · Detached · Freehold	6 Dec 1996	Detached · Freehold	£160,000
26, ALDER CLOSE 6 Sep 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	6 Sep 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£70,750
24, ALDER CLOSE 2 Sep 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	2 Sep 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£68,000
37, ALDER CLOSE 30 Aug 1996 · Detached · Freehold	30 Aug 1996	Detached · Freehold	£84,000
12, ALDER CLOSE 23 Aug 1996 · Detached · Freehold	23 Aug 1996	Detached · Freehold	£114,350
42, ALDER CLOSE 5 Jul 1996 · Semi-detached · Freehold	5 Jul 1996	Semi-detached · Freehold	£82,000
43, ALDER CLOSE 26 Jun 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	26 Jun 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£71,000
1, ALDER CLOSE 18 Aug 1995 · Detached · Freehold	18 Aug 1995	Detached · Freehold	£106,000
27, ALDER CLOSE 10 Aug 1995 · Semi-detached · Freehold	10 Aug 1995	Semi-detached · Freehold	£62,500

Area

Postcode district: CM23
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 10 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01023456
Introduced: Apr 1985

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

East Hertfordshire, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £457,417
Change since July 2025: +3.7%
First-time buyers: £357,660

Average by property type

Detached: £886,059
Semi-detached: £527,170
Terraced: £415,559
Flat / maisonette: £249,522

The official index for East Hertfordshire as a whole, not CM23 4JX alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

CM23 4JZ £595,000 · 3 sales
CM23 4JR £378,750 · 2 sales
CM23 4FW £685,000 · last sale 2023
CM23 4NX £879,995 · 7 sales
CM23 4JY £570,000 · 7 sales
CM23 4JS £455,000 · 5 sales
CM23 4GU £715,000 · 7 sales
CM23 4EG no sale since 2006
CM23 4FX £475,000 · last sale 2020
CM23 4JG £475,000 · 6 sales
CM23 4LE £570,000 · 3 sales
CM23 4EB £345,000 · 5 sales