The median home in Sutton St James sells for £266,500
That is the middle of 52 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 5.5 times as much as in 1996. 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.
Three quarters of Sutton St James’s sales are detached houses
52 homes sold in three years: 39 detached houses, 12 semi-detached houses and 1 terraced houses.
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £235K–£375K
- Last 12 months
- £287K10 sold
- New build
- £370K
median sale · 12 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £205K–£220K
- New build
- £220K
Terraced houses: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: three quarters 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 Sutton St James’s homes sold for between £215K and £367K
One sale in ten was under £183K and one in ten over £425K. 46% sold for under £250K.
The median, £266,500, sits in the £250–300K band
52 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1996, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,750 in 1996 to £275,000 in the last 12 months (£202,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
11 sales in the last 12 months, against 39 in 1997, the busiest year, and 8 in 2010. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 37%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 23% more sales than 2020.
Sutton St James costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Sutton St James, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £88K | £200K | — | £167K | £277K | £287K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
103 new homes have been sold in Sutton St James since 1995; the share peaked at 59% in 1997.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £290,000
against £255,000 for a home sold on, 14% 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 Sutton St James. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Walnut Close is Sutton St James’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
4 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 | Walnut Close | PE12 | 14 | £220,000 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Cherry Close | PE12 | 7 | £399,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Jubilee Close | PE12 | 7 | £273,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Chapelgate | PE12 | 5 | £188,500 | 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.
Sutton St James’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Long Sutton, Holbeach and Sutton Bridge.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton St James | — | £267K | 11 | +39% |
| Long Sutton | 3.7 | £233K | 67 | +46% |
| Fleet Hargate | 4 | £260K | 20 | +40% |
| Gorefield | 4.2 | £220K | 9 | +26% |
| Holbeach | 4.6 | £221K | 127 | +39% |
| Leverington | 5 | £228K | 18 | +48% |
| Sutton Bridge | 5.3 | £171K | 51 | +27% |
| Whaplode | 5.6 | £328K | 12 | +64% |
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 Sutton St James
What is the average house price in Sutton St James?
The median home in Sutton St James sold for £266,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 52 standard sales (£275,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000 and semi-detached houses £220,000.
Are house prices going up in Sutton St James?
The median was £275,000 in 2025, up 19% on 2024 (£231,250), and £275,000 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 Sutton St James each year?
11 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 16 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Sutton St James?
New homes sold for a median £290,000 over three years, against £255,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 37% 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.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes placed with the ONS Postcode Directory (contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026).
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.