Homes in Bacton and Cotton sell for a median £331,500
That is the middle of 172 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 6.3 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.
Two thirds of Bacton and Cotton’s sales are detached houses
172 homes sold in three years: 120 detached houses, 43 semi-detached houses and 9 terraced houses.
median sale · 120 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £323K–£465K
- Last 12 months
- £435K19 sold
- New build
- £365K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £246K–£316K
- Last 12 months
- £265K8 sold
- New build
- £280K
Terraced houses: 9 sold, median £245K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: two thirds 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 Bacton and Cotton’s homes sold for between £293K and £432K
One sale in ten was under £246K and one in ten over £525K. 11% sold for under £250K.
The median, £331,500, sits in the £300–400K band
172 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,000 in 1995 to £330,000 in the last 12 months (£275,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
28 sales in the last 12 months, against 77 in 2025, the busiest year, and 14 in 2008. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 105% more sales than 2020.
Bacton and Cotton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bacton and Cotton, 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 | £64K | £102K | £300K | £228K | £300K | £400K | £435K |
| Semi-detached houses | £45K | £66K | £138K | £148K | £179K | £228K | £265K |
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.
39% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
155 new homes have been sold in Bacton and Cotton since 1995; the share peaked at 70% in 2025.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £335,000
against £318,750 for a home sold on, 5% 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.
1% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Bacton and Cotton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Duke Street is Bacton and Cotton’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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 | Duke Street | IP14 | 19 | £400,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Castell Road | IP14 | 16 | £370,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Farrow Road | IP14 | 14 | £273,120 | Mixed · new builds |
| 4 | Cage Street | IP14 | 12 | £324,497 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Queens Road | IP14 | 11 | £285,475 | Mixed · new builds |
| 6 | Buckingham Way | IP14 | 10 | £377,500 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 7 | Pound Hill | IP14 | 8 | £255,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Austin Close | IP14 | 6 | £423,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 9 | Woodward Avenue | IP14 | 6 | £261,250 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | Broad Road | IP14 | 5 | £595,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Church Road | IP14 | 5 | £530,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 12 | Baker Road | IP14 | 5 | £365,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
Broad Road: £595,000
Pound Hill: £255,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.3 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.
Bacton and Cotton’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacton and Cotton | — | £332K | 28 | +66% |
| Gislingham | 2.9 | £303K | 15 | +31% |
| Mendlesham | 3 | £275K | 7 | +5% |
| Haughley | 3.7 | £265K | 20 | +39% |
| Walsham le Willows | 4 | £328K | 9 | +36% |
| Stowupland | 4.6 | £290K | 31 | +39% |
| Elmswell | 4.6 | £320K | 81 | +36% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 5.2 | £331K | 25 | +12% |
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 Bacton and Cotton
What is the average house price in Bacton and Cotton?
The median home in Bacton and Cotton sold for £331,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 172 standard sales (£330,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £375,000, semi-detached houses £275,000 and terraced houses £245,000.
Are house prices going up in Bacton and Cotton?
The median was £330,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£324,497), and £330,000 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 Bacton and Cotton each year?
28 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 35 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bacton and Cotton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Broad Road (IP14, £595,000), Church Road (IP14, £530,000) and Austin Close (IP14, £423,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bacton and Cotton?
New homes sold for a median £335,000 over three years, against £318,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 62% 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.
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