That is the middle of 927 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.8 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
927 homes sold in three years: 277 detached houses, 252 semi-detached houses, 298 terraced houses and 100 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£475K
median sale · 277 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£405K–£550K
Last 12 months
£486K76 sold
New build
£465K
Semi-detached houses£370K
median sale · 252 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£400K
Last 12 months
£358K58 sold
New build
£375K
Terraced houses£308K
median sale · 298 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£353K
Last 12 months
£308K79 sold
New build
£403K
Flats and maisonettes£215K
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£250K
Last 12 months
£215K21 sold
New build
£240K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes11%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Ely’s homes sold for between £286K and £435K
One sale in ten was under £220K and one in ten over £545K. 16% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £360,000, sits in the £300–400K band
927 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,500 in 1995 to £350,000 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
234 sales in the last 12 months, against 767 in 2001, the busiest year, and 296 in 2016. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ely costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ely, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£139K
£234K
£248K
£320K
£420K
£486K
Semi-detached houses
£58K
£92K
£169K
£181K
£247K
£298K
£358K
Terraced houses
£46K
£77K
£159K
£179K
£235K
£275K
£308K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£66K
£127K
£119K
£135K
£178K
£215K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0.9% of sales in the last 12 months
3,317 new homes have been sold in Ely since 1995; the share peaked at 53% in 2001.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £388,700
against £350,000 for a home sold on, 11% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1% sold leasehold in Ely. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Mirabelle Close is Ely’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
65 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 21 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Mirabelle Close
CB6
33
£380,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Rosehip Chase
CB6
25
£270,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Cambridge Road
CB7
24
£496,250
Mixed
4
Forsythia Road
CB6
23
£395,000
Mixed · new builds
5
Comice Way
CB6
22
£363,125
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
Beresford Road
CB6
21
£355,000
Mixed
7
Kings Avenue
CB7
21
£269,995
Mixed
8
Lynn Road
CB6
20
£365,000
Mixed
9
Lisle Lane
CB7
19
£260,000
Mostly flats
10
Columbine Road
CB6
18
£356,500
Mixed
11
Red Admiral Street
CB7
16
£394,975
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
12
Brooke Grove
CB6
16
£319,000
Mixed
13
Stour Green
CB6
15
£408,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Apollo Chase
CB7
14
£449,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
15
Mistletoe Lane
CB6
14
£378,950
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
King Edgar Close: £565,000
Ely median£360K
King Edgar Close£565K
Collier Close£538K
Alexander Chase£502K
Northwold£500K
Cambridge Road£496K
Cheapest streets
Ship Lane: £200,000
Ely median£360K
Ship Lane£200K
Tower Court£215K
New Barns Avenue£232K
Ash Grove£240K
Buckthorn£245K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.8 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Cambridgeshire
Ely is the 21st most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Ely is in the middle of Cambridgeshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Ely
What is the average house price in Ely?
The median home in Ely sold for £360,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 927 standard sales (£350,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £370,000, terraced houses £307,867 and flats and maisonettes £215,000.
Are house prices going up in Ely?
The median was £350,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£370,000), and £350,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Ely each year?
234 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 350 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ely?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: King Edgar Close (CB6, £565,000), Collier Close (CB6, £537,500) and Alexander Chase (CB6, £501,500).
How much does a new build cost in Ely?
New homes sold for a median £388,700 over three years, against £350,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Ely expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Ely is the 21st most expensive of 51 towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.