The median home in Downham Market sells for £257,000
That is the middle of 593 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 5.1 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.
Half of Downham Market’s sales are detached houses
593 homes sold in three years: 309 detached houses, 126 semi-detached houses, 105 terraced houses and 53 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£315K
median sale · 309 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£370K
Last 12 months
£318K111 sold
Semi-detached houses£230K
median sale · 126 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£197K–£260K
Last 12 months
£248K39 sold
Terraced houses£208K
median sale · 105 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£240K
Last 12 months
£222K35 sold
Flats and maisonettes£135K
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£118K–£145K
Last 12 months
£128K13 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses52%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses18%
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 Downham Market’s homes sold for between £205K and £325K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £395K. 46% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £257,000, sits in the £250–300K band
593 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,000 in 1995 to £265,000 in the last 12 months (£215,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
198 sales in the last 12 months, against 447 in 2006, the busiest year, and 172 in 2009. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 43% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Downham Market costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Downham Market, 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
£65K
£88K
£185K
£180K
£216K
£264K
£318K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£68K
£143K
£148K
£161K
£203K
£248K
Terraced houses
£36K
£53K
£140K
£124K
£141K
£180K
£222K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£36K
£120K
£87K
£107K
£121K
£128K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
1,517 new homes have been sold in Downham Market since 1995; the share peaked at 42% in 2001.
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 £289,995
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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.4% sold leasehold in Downham Market. 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
Richmond Road is Downham Market’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
43 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Richmond Road
PE38
21
£245,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Priory Road
PE38
21
£135,000
Mostly flats
3
Grimshoe Road
PE38
15
£255,000
Mixed
4
Rosemary Way
PE38
15
£239,995
Mixed
5
London Road
PE38
14
£452,500
Mostly detached houses
6
Bexwell Road
PE38
13
£350,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Lynn Road
PE38
11
£375,000
Mixed
8
Civray Avenue
PE38
11
£365,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Paradise Road
PE38
11
£177,500
Mixed
10
Launditch Crescent
PE38
11
£165,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Gallow Drive
PE38
10
£283,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Wimbotsham Road
PE38
10
£236,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Denver Hill
PE38
9
£310,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Trafalgar Road
PE38
9
£257,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Stowfields
PE38
9
£255,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
London Road: £452,500
Downham Market median£257K
London Road£453K
Park Lane£405K
Lynn Road£375K
Civray Avenue£365K
Bexwell Road£350K
Cheapest streets
Priory Road: £135,000
Downham Market median£257K
Priory Road£135K
Old Town Close£143K
Maple Road£145K
Winnold Street£146K
Launditch Crescent£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.4 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 Norfolk
Downham Market is the 28th most expensive of 52 towns in Norfolk
Downham Market is in the middle of Norfolk’s 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 Downham Market
What is the average house price in Downham Market?
The median home in Downham Market sold for £257,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 593 standard sales (£265,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £315,000, semi-detached houses £230,000, terraced houses £207,500 and flats and maisonettes £135,000.
Are house prices going up in Downham Market?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£247,750), and £265,000 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 Downham Market each year?
198 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 251 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Downham Market?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: London Road (PE38, £452,500), Park Lane (PE38, £405,000) and Lynn Road (PE38, £375,000).
How much does a new build cost in Downham Market?
New homes sold for a median £289,995 over three years, against £255,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.5% of sales.
Is Downham Market expensive for Norfolk?
Downham Market is the 28th 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.