That is the middle of 897 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 5.2 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.
897 homes sold in three years: 374 detached houses, 313 semi-detached houses, 171 terraced houses and 39 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£240K
median sale · 374 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£298K
Last 12 months
£243K111 sold
New build
£310K
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 313 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£162K–£220K
Last 12 months
£185K83 sold
New build
£220K
Terraced houses£145K
median sale · 171 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£165K
Last 12 months
£140K44 sold
New build
£183K
Flats and maisonettes£75K
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£61K–£95K
Last 12 months
£84K8 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses35%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Wisbech’s homes sold for between £158K and £245K
One sale in ten was under £118K and one in ten over £305K. 76% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
897 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £37,500 in 1995 to £196,250 in the last 12 months (£165,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
246 sales in the last 12 months, against 801 in 2002, the busiest year, and 232 in 2009. Sales fell by 69% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wisbech costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wisbech, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£54K
£73K
£153K
£148K
£162K
£209K
£243K
Semi-detached houses
£35K
£47K
£110K
£105K
£129K
£165K
£185K
Terraced houses
£30K
£37K
£97K
£95K
£95K
£134K
£140K
Flats and maisonettes
£20K
£25K
£71K
£58K
£61K
£87K
£84K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,287 new homes have been sold in Wisbech since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 1995.
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 £228,500
against £190,000 for a home sold on, 20% 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.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.3% sold leasehold in Wisbech. 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
Delamore Drive is Wisbech’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
66 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
Delamore Drive
PE13
33
£190,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Malt Drive
PE14
32
£190,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Lupin Drive
PE13
30
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
Ramnoth Road
PE13
17
£175,000
Mixed
5
Norwich Road
PE13
12
£150,500
Mixed
6
Falklands Drive
PE13
11
£185,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Sutton Road
PE13
10
£261,500
Mostly detached houses
8
Elm Low Road
PE14
10
£245,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Lynn Road (PE13)
PE13
10
£231,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Barton Road
PE13
9
£322,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Hollyhock Walk
PE13
9
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
12
Queens Road
PE13
9
£240,000
Mixed
13
Church Road
PE13
9
£212,500
Mostly detached houses
14
Lerowe Road
PE13
9
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Summerfield Close
PE13
9
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
North Brink: £665,500
Wisbech median£195K
North Brink£666K
Burrettgate Road£556K
Barton Road£322K
Westmead Avenue£278K
Burrett Gardens£275K
Cheapest streets
Staithe Road: £60,000
Wisbech median£195K
Staithe Road£60K
Church Mews£83K
Admirals Drive£114K
Armada Close£118K
Elm Road£123K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.1 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
Wisbech is the 51st most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Wisbech 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 Wisbech
What is the average house price in Wisbech?
The median home in Wisbech sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 897 standard sales (£196,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £240,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £145,000 and flats and maisonettes £75,000.
Are house prices going up in Wisbech?
The median was £200,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£200,000), and £196,250 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 Wisbech each year?
246 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 384 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wisbech?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: North Brink (PE13, £665,500), Burrettgate Road (PE14, £556,000) and Barton Road (PE13, £322,000).
How much does a new build cost in Wisbech?
New homes sold for a median £228,500 over three years, against £190,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.1% of sales.
Is Wisbech expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Wisbech is the 51st 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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