Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Dersingham sell for a median £281,500
That is the middle of 229 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 6 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.
55% of Dersingham’s sales are detached houses
229 homes sold in three years: 127 detached houses, 75 semi-detached houses, 19 terraced houses and 8 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 127 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £290K–£400K
- Last 12 months
- £340K37 sold
median sale · 75 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £234K–£270K
- Last 12 months
- £245K22 sold
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £180K–£275K
- Last 12 months
- £210K6 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 8 sold, median £145K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 55% 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 Dersingham’s homes sold for between £240K and £350K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £460K. 30% sold for under £250K.
The median, £281,500, sits in the £250–300K band
229 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,875 in 1995 to £292,000 in the last 12 months (£263,750 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
67 sales in the last 12 months, against 181 in 1999, the busiest year, and 55 in 2010. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 113% more sales than 2020.
Dersingham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Dersingham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £60K | £90K | £190K | £180K | £227K | £278K | £340K |
| Semi-detached houses | £43K | £60K | £138K | £148K | £165K | £200K | £245K |
| Terraced houses | £37K | £57K | £137K | — | £157K | £164K | £210K |
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
351 new homes have been sold in Dersingham since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 1997.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Dersingham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Manor Road is Dersingham’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
16 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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 | Manor Road | PE31 | 13 | £237,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Mountbatten Road | PE31 | 11 | £300,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth Drive | PE31 | 10 | £241,250 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Hunstanton Road | PE31 | 10 | £179,000 | Mostly flats |
| 5 | Philip Nurse Road | PE31 | 9 | £308,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Old Hall Drive | PE31 | 8 | £330,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | West Hall Road | PE31 | 8 | £252,500 | Mixed |
| 8 | Wallace Twite Way | PE31 | 8 | £220,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Station Road | PE31 | 7 | £347,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Valley Rise | PE31 | 6 | £317,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Shouldham Close | PE31 | 6 | £265,000 | Mixed |
| 12 | Woodside Close | PE31 | 5 | £500,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 13 | Saxon Way | PE31 | 5 | £320,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 14 | Hipkin Road | PE31 | 5 | £287,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 15 | Broadlands Close | PE31 | 5 | £280,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Woodside Close: £500,000
Hunstanton Road: £179,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.8 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.
Dersingham is the 19th most expensive of 52 towns in Norfolk
Dersingham is in the middle of Norfolk’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Norfolk with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Dersingham’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: King's Lynn.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dersingham | — | £282K | 67 | +41% |
| Snettisham | 2.1 | £300K | 46 | +45% |
| Heacham | 4.2 | £283K | 68 | +42% |
| Hunstanton | 6.2 | £268K | 85 | +34% |
| King's Lynn | 7 | £219K | 428 | +46% |
| Gayton | 7.4 | £265K | 20 | +12% |
| Clenchwarton | 8.9 | £254K | 21 | +41% |
| West Winch | 9.9 | £295K | 35 | +34% |
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 Dersingham
What is the average house price in Dersingham?
The median home in Dersingham sold for £281,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 229 standard sales (£292,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £145,000.
Are house prices going up in Dersingham?
The median was £290,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£280,000), and £292,000 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 Dersingham each year?
67 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 91 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dersingham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Woodside Close (PE31, £500,000), Station Road (PE31, £347,500) and Old Hall Drive (PE31, £330,000).
Is Dersingham expensive for Norfolk?
Dersingham is the 19th most expensive of 52 towns of 2,500 or more in Norfolk 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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