That is the middle of 358 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 5.4 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.
358 homes sold in three years: 146 detached houses, 107 semi-detached houses, 80 terraced houses and 25 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£330K
median sale · 146 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£273K–£378K
Last 12 months
£318K40 sold
Semi-detached houses£240K
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£207K–£285K
Last 12 months
£240K36 sold
Terraced houses£195K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£158K–£218K
Last 12 months
£200K24 sold
Flats and maisonettes£128K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£176K
Last 12 months
£105K5 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Fakenham’s homes sold for between £194K and £330K
One sale in ten was under £142K and one in ten over £390K. 47% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £253,750, sits in the £250–300K band
358 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,500 in 1995 to £250,000 in the last 12 months (£185,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
105 sales in the last 12 months, against 253 in 1998, the busiest year, and 108 in 2009. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Fakenham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Fakenham, 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
£70K
£92K
£186K
£190K
£225K
£285K
£318K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£61K
£138K
£147K
£166K
£195K
£240K
Terraced houses
£38K
£54K
£125K
£123K
£136K
£172K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£37K
£86K
—
£103K
£109K
£105K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
510 new homes have been sold in Fakenham since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 1998.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.1% sold leasehold in Fakenham. 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
Norwich Road is Fakenham’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
20 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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
Norwich Road
NR21
18
£316,250
Mixed
2
North Park
NR21
15
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Holt Road
NR21
11
£258,000
Mixed
4
Gwyn Crescent
NR21
9
£255,000
Mixed
5
Queens Road
NR21
9
£234,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Fayregreen
NR21
9
£150,000
Mixed
7
Brick Kiln Road
NR21
9
£119,250
Mixed
8
Rudham Stile Lane
NR21
7
£360,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Valley Way
NR21
7
£295,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Salmons Way
NR21
7
£286,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Whitelands
NR21
7
£245,000
Mixed
12
Greenway Lane
NR21
7
£225,000
Mixed
13
Warren Avenue
NR21
7
£210,000
Mixed
14
Eckersley Drive
NR21
7
£190,000
Mixed
15
Southgates Drive
NR21
7
£150,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Rudham Stile Lane: £360,000
Fakenham median£254K
Rudham Stile Lane£360K
Wells Road£325K
Norwich Road£316K
Heath Lane£300K
Valley Way£295K
Cheapest streets
Brick Kiln Road: £119,250
Fakenham median£254K
Brick Kiln Road£119K
Southgates Drive£150K
Fayregreen£150K
Bridge Street£150K
Meadow Walk£179K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3 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
Fakenham is the 34th most expensive of 52 towns in Norfolk
Fakenham 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 Fakenham
What is the average house price in Fakenham?
The median home in Fakenham sold for £253,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 358 standard sales (£250,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £330,000, semi-detached houses £240,000, terraced houses £195,000 and flats and maisonettes £127,500.
Are house prices going up in Fakenham?
The median was £250,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£250,000), and £250,000 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 Fakenham each year?
105 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 154 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Fakenham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Rudham Stile Lane (NR21, £360,000), Wells Road (NR21, £325,000) and Norwich Road (NR21, £316,250).
Is Fakenham expensive for Norfolk?
Fakenham is the 34th 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.