That is the middle of 244 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 4.3 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.
244 homes sold in three years: 100 detached houses, 63 semi-detached houses, 53 terraced houses and 28 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 1.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£304K
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£365K
Last 12 months
£293K29 sold
Semi-detached houses£240K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£275K
Last 12 months
£253K22 sold
Terraced houses£198K
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£240K
Last 12 months
£190K15 sold
Flats and maisonettes£218K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£123K–£310K
Last 12 months
£135K9 sold
New build
£306K
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Harleston’s homes sold for between £210K and £310K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £380K. 46% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £255,000, sits in the £250–300K band
244 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £56,600 in 1995 to £245,000 in the last 12 months (£225,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
75 sales in the last 12 months, against 150 in 2007, the busiest year, and 77 in 2020. Sales fell by 29% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Harleston costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Harleston, 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
£63K
£83K
£185K
£196K
£213K
£270K
£293K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£64K
£140K
£150K
£165K
£216K
£253K
Terraced houses
£42K
£50K
£130K
£125K
£152K
£178K
£190K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£98K
£118K
£85K
£115K
£135K
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: 2.7% of sales in the last 12 months
472 new homes have been sold in Harleston since 1995; the share peaked at 62% in 2008.
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 £309,995
against £252,500 for a home sold on, 23% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.8% sold leasehold in Harleston. 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
Bullfinch Drive is Harleston’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
15 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Bullfinch Drive
IP20
17
£218,500
Mixed
2
Mendham Lane
IP20
15
£235,000
Mixed
3
Waveney Place
IP20
12
£282,000
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Cranes Meadow
IP20
10
£286,250
Mostly detached houses
5
Malthouse Court
IP20
10
£128,750
Mostly flats
6
Church View
IP20
8
£255,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Pilgrims Way
IP20
8
£244,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Needham Road
IP20
7
£340,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Kestrel Close
IP20
6
£334,000
Mixed
10
Harvest Way
IP20
6
£260,000
Mixed
11
Doune Way
IP20
6
£251,250
Mostly detached houses
12
Station Road
IP20
5
£280,000
Mixed
13
Redenhall Road
IP20
5
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Maltings Drive
IP20
5
£255,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Old Chapel Yard
IP20
5
£197,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Needham Road: £340,000
Harleston median£255K
Needham Road£340K
Kestrel Close£334K
Cranes Meadow£286K
Waveney Place£282K
Station Road£280K
Cheapest streets
Malthouse Court: £128,750
Harleston median£255K
Malthouse Court£129K
Old Chapel Yard£198K
Bullfinch Drive£219K
Mendham Lane£235K
Pilgrims Way£244K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.6 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
Harleston is the 32nd most expensive of 52 towns in Norfolk
Harleston 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 Harleston
What is the average house price in Harleston?
The median home in Harleston sold for £255,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 244 standard sales (£245,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £304,000, semi-detached houses £240,000, terraced houses £197,500 and flats and maisonettes £218,000.
Are house prices going up in Harleston?
The median was £247,500 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£265,000), and £245,000 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 Harleston each year?
75 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 103 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Harleston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Needham Road (IP20, £340,000), Kestrel Close (IP20, £334,000) and Cranes Meadow (IP20, £286,250).
How much does a new build cost in Harleston?
New homes sold for a median £309,995 over three years, against £252,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.1% of sales.
Is Harleston expensive for Norfolk?
Harleston is the 29th 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.