Buying a home in SG9, Buntingford. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£487kmost £412k–£569k

Houses per m²£4,978flats £4,180

Sold last year74473 in five years

Prices in East Hertfordshire+3.7%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in SG9 sold for £486,654 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £411,537 and £568,716, for about 94 m² of space.

74 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £187k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SG9 9 (£4,975) and the most in SG9 0 (£5,083).

Across East Hertfordshire, prices are up 3.7% on a year ago and up 12.2% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,673 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £2,219 a month at 4.5% over 30 years.

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House prices in SG9 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£294,727	£256k–£334k	47 m²	15
2	£375,077	£317k–£411k	63 m²	106
3	£486,654	£412k–£569k	94 m²	183
4	£612,382	£535k–£712k	122 m²	65
5+	£781,699	£599k–£1.05m	165 m²	78

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£295k	£375k	£487k	£612k	£782k
Detached	—	£427k	£569k	£712k	£852k
Semi-detached	—	£377k	£511k	£549k	£574k
Terraced	£295k	£366k	£410k	£462k	£663k
Flats	£187k	£225k	—	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across SG9

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
SG9 0	£5,083	—
SG9 9	£4,975	£4,232

Schools near SG9

Best state secondary within 5 kmFreman College53.5% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%2 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

SG11 Ware · 8 km3-bed house £504k SG2 Stevenage · 12 km3-bed house £359k SG8 Royston · 13 km3-bed house £425k SG7 Baldock · 13 km3-bed house £447k SG10 Much Hadham · 13 km3-bed house £513k SG1 Stevenage · 13 km3-bed house £364k CM23 Bishop's Stortford · 14 km3-bed house £495k SG6 Letchworth Garden City · 15 km3-bed house £430k

Questions about SG9

Is SG9 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: prices in East Hertfordshire are up 3.7% on a year ago; the best secondary is above it (53.5% against 43.8%); 74 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in SG9?

A typical 3-bedroom house in SG9 sold for £486,654 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £411,537 and £568,716.

How many homes sell in SG9 each year?

74 homes sold in the last year and 473 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

Where is cheaper near SG9?

For a 3-bedroom house, SG2 (£359k, 12 km), SG8 (£425k, 13 km), SG1 (£364k, 13 km).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.