Photo: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 3.0The median home in Fulbourn sells for £549,000
That is the middle of 169 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 4.1 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.
Half of Fulbourn’s sales are detached houses
169 homes sold in three years: 83 detached houses, 57 semi-detached houses, 21 terraced houses and 8 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 83 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £580K–£855K
- Last 12 months
- £661K18 sold
- New build
- £722K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £420K–£520K
- Last 12 months
- £436K12 sold
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £370K–£466K
- Last 12 months
- £368K5 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 8 sold, median £273K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
Half of Fulbourn’s homes sold for between £430K and £725K
One sale in ten was under £348K and one in ten over £925K. 2% sold for under £250K.
The median, £549,000, sits in the £500–750K band
169 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £119,500 in 1995 to £488,000 in the last 12 months (£428,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
36 sales in the last 12 months, against 89 in 1997, the busiest year, and 30 in 2017. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 53% more sales than 2020.
Fulbourn costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Fulbourn, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £128K | £210K | £351K | £422K | £575K | £551K | £661K |
| Semi-detached houses | £68K | £126K | £185K | £240K | £367K | £375K | £436K |
| Terraced houses | £61K | £90K | £175K | £186K | — | £305K | £368K |
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.
17% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
283 new homes have been sold in Fulbourn since 1995; the share peaked at 55% in 2014.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £669,750
against £470,500 for a home sold on, 42% 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.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Fulbourn. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Chaffinch Road is Fulbourn’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
11 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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 | Chaffinch Road | CB21 | 14 | £672,250 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Poor Well Lane | CB21 | 14 | £599,201 | Mixed · new builds |
| 3 | Cow Lane | CB21 | 10 | £782,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Windmill Lane | CB21 | 7 | £280,000 | Mostly flats |
| 5 | Heron Close | CB21 | 6 | £730,756 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 6 | The Croft | CB21 | 6 | £470,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Farmers Row | CB21 | 5 | £440,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Cambridge Road | CB21 | 5 | £430,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | Huntsmill | CB21 | 5 | £425,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | Haggis Gap | CB21 | 5 | £423,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Geoffrey Bishop Avenue | CB21 | 5 | £410,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Fulbourn is the 3rd most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Fulbourn is one of Cambridgeshire’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Fulbourn’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Cambridge, Sawston and Milton.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulbourn | — | £549K | 36 | +43% |
| Bottisham | 3.4 | £465K | 17 | +27% |
| Cambridge | 3.6 | £485K | 1,012 | +17% |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 3.9 | £615K | 67 | +31% |
| Sawston | 4.5 | £406K | 66 | +35% |
| Milton | 4.8 | £420K | 48 | +27% |
| Hauxton | 5.4 | £533K | 7 | +17% |
| Balsham | 5.6 | £410K | 19 | +17% |
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 Fulbourn
What is the average house price in Fulbourn?
The median home in Fulbourn sold for £549,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 169 standard sales (£488,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £725,000, semi-detached houses £445,000, terraced houses £440,000 and flats and maisonettes £272,500.
Are house prices going up in Fulbourn?
The median was £555,512 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£562,500), and £488,000 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 Fulbourn each year?
36 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 46 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Fulbourn?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cow Lane (CB21, £782,500), Heron Close (CB21, £730,756) and Chaffinch Road (CB21, £672,250).
How much does a new build cost in Fulbourn?
New homes sold for a median £669,750 over three years, against £470,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 25% of sales.
Is Fulbourn expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Fulbourn is the 3rd 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.
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