That is the middle of 422 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 5.7 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.
422 homes sold in three years: 134 detached houses, 122 semi-detached houses, 126 terraced houses and 40 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£369K
median sale · 134 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£438K
Last 12 months
£364K32 sold
New build
£369K
Semi-detached houses£267K
median sale · 122 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£300K
Last 12 months
£265K35 sold
New build
£293K
Terraced houses£241K
median sale · 126 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£280K
Last 12 months
£253K36 sold
New build
£253K
Flats and maisonettes£157K
median sale · 40 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£172K
Last 12 months
£136K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Soham’s homes sold for between £222K and £345K
One sale in ten was under £169K and one in ten over £425K. 39% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £271,750, sits in the £250–300K band
422 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,000 in 1995 to £273,500 in the last 12 months (£257,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
116 sales in the last 12 months, against 353 in 2006, the busiest year, and 102 in 2020. Sales fell by 32% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 103% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Soham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Soham, 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
£68K
£128K
£210K
£221K
£253K
£368K
£364K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£70K
£133K
£135K
£190K
£233K
£265K
Terraced houses
£44K
£62K
£120K
£136K
£174K
£215K
£253K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£42K
£82K
£104K
£116K
£125K
£136K
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
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,138 new homes have been sold in Soham since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2006.
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 £350,000
against £260,000 for a home sold on, 35% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.7% sold leasehold in Soham. 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
Perch Chase is Soham’s busiest street, with 34 sales in three years
31 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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
Perch Chase
CB7
34
£348,750
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Dobede Way
CB7
15
£175,000
Mostly flats
3
Skimmer Chase
CB7
12
£342,500
Mixed · new builds
4
Morello Chase
CB7
12
£312,500
Mixed
5
Celandine View
CB7
12
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Mereside
CB7
11
£400,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Paddock Street
CB7
11
£360,000
Mixed
8
Fordham Road
CB7
10
£298,500
Mixed
9
Northfield Park
CB7
10
£216,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Brewhouse Lane
CB7
9
£270,000
Mixed
11
Gimbert Road
CB7
9
£256,000
Mixed
12
The Butts
CB7
8
£375,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Guntons Close
CB7
8
£269,625
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Cyprian Rust Way
CB7
8
£240,500
Mixed
15
West Drive Gardens
CB7
8
£217,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Crucion Way: £432,500
Soham median£272K
Crucion Way£433K
Mereside£400K
The Butts£375K
Avocet Grove£365K
Paddock Street£360K
Cheapest streets
Heron Croft: £130,000
Soham median£272K
Heron Croft£130K
Dobede Way£175K
Blackthorn Court£200K
Northfield Park£216K
West Drive Gardens£218K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.3 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
Soham is the 42nd most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Soham is one of Cambridgeshire’s cheapest 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 Soham
What is the average house price in Soham?
The median home in Soham sold for £271,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 422 standard sales (£273,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £368,750, semi-detached houses £267,000, terraced houses £241,000 and flats and maisonettes £156,750.
Are house prices going up in Soham?
The median was £280,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£265,000), and £273,500 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 Soham each year?
116 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 173 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Soham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Crucion Way (CB7, £432,500), Mereside (CB7, £400,000) and The Butts (CB7, £375,000).
How much does a new build cost in Soham?
New homes sold for a median £350,000 over three years, against £260,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Soham expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Soham is the 42nd 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.
Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0