Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Steeple Bumpstead sells for £402,500
That is the middle of 76 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.
Two thirds of Steeple Bumpstead’s sales are detached houses
76 homes sold in three years: 48 detached houses, 19 semi-detached houses and 9 terraced houses.
median sale · 48 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £355K–£574K
- Last 12 months
- £429K12 sold
- New build
- £507K
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £301K–£405K
- Last 12 months
- £303K5 sold
Terraced houses: 9 sold, median £250K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: two thirds 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 Steeple Bumpstead’s homes sold for between £315K and £495K
One sale in ten was under £255K and one in ten over £590K. 8% sold for under £250K.
The median, £402,500, sits in the £400–500K band
76 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
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 £67,500 in 1995 to £382,000 in the last 12 months (£326,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
18 sales in the last 12 months, against 68 in 1996, the busiest year, and 11 in 2019. Sales fell by 24% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 15%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 125% more sales than 2020.
Steeple Bumpstead costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Steeple Bumpstead, 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 | £95K | £111K | £248K | £230K | £320K | £305K | £429K |
| Semi-detached houses | £60K | £84K | £178K | — | £234K | £269K | £303K |
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.
11% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
73 new homes have been sold in Steeple Bumpstead since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 1996.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £507,250
against £350,000 for a home sold on, 45% 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.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Steeple Bumpstead. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Lion Meadow is Steeple Bumpstead’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Lion Meadow | CB9 | 11 | £302,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Poppy Field | CB9 | 9 | £450,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | North Street | CB9 | 8 | £325,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Reeds Place | CB9 | 7 | £520,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Bower Hall Drive | CB9 | 7 | £337,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Chapel Street | CB9 | 5 | £575,000 | Mostly 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.
Steeple Bumpstead’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Haverhill.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeple Bumpstead | — | £403K | 18 | +55% |
| Haverhill | 2.8 | £270K | 272 | +38% |
| Kedington | 3.9 | £325K | 18 | +30% |
| Great Yeldham | 5.4 | £335K | 18 | +34% |
| Clare | 6.2 | £375K | 31 | +14% |
| Great Bardfield | 6.6 | £463K | 16 | +12% |
| Cock and End | 7.1 | — | 2 | — |
| Castle Hedingham | 7.4 | £343K | 7 | +52% |
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 Steeple Bumpstead
What is the average house price in Steeple Bumpstead?
The median home in Steeple Bumpstead sold for £402,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 76 standard sales (£382,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £440,000, semi-detached houses £315,000 and terraced houses £250,000.
Are house prices going up in Steeple Bumpstead?
The median was £440,000 in 2025, up 16% on 2024 (£380,000), and £382,000 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 Steeple Bumpstead each year?
18 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 25 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Steeple Bumpstead?
New homes sold for a median £507,250 over three years, against £350,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 21% of sales.
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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