Living in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Cambridge - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Cambridge cost 10.82 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Cambridge a year earlier: 11.34 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Cambridge over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Cambridge, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Cambridge
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Recent sold prices near Cambridge (postcode CB2)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40, MONKSWELL | £195,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| 32, LANTREE CRESCENT | £515,000 | Terraced | Sep 2026 |
| 59, SCHOLARS COURT, HARRISON DRIVE | £420,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| 27, WINDMILL DRIVE | £900,000 | Semi-detached | Sep 2026 |
| 39, BATEMAN STREET | £450,000 | Terraced | Sep 2026 |
| 167, ADDENBROOKES ROAD | £350,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 278, GLENALMOND AVENUE | £318,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| FLAT 4, BROOKLANDS COURT, BROOKLANDS AVENUE | £565,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| APARTMENT 15, THE LIGHT BUILDING, BROOKLANDS AVENUE | £315,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 135, ADDENBROOKES ROAD | £270,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
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