That is the middle of 484 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.
484 homes sold in three years: 148 detached houses, 122 semi-detached houses, 176 terraced houses and 38 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 1.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£328K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£450K
Last 12 months
£315K49 sold
New build
£350K
Semi-detached houses£238K
median sale · 122 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£209K–£290K
Last 12 months
£243K42 sold
New build
£300K
Terraced houses£197K
median sale · 176 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£168K–£245K
Last 12 months
£181K50 sold
New build
£288K
Flats and maisonettes£212K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£182K–£237K
Last 12 months
£190K11 sold
New build
£210K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Beccles’s homes sold for between £195K and £305K
One sale in ten was under £165K and one in ten over £435K. 54% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £240,000, sits in the £200–250K band
484 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 £43,500 in 1995 to £236,500 in the last 12 months (£210,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
152 sales in the last 12 months, against 293 in 1999, the busiest year, and 117 in 2020. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 98% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Beccles costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Beccles, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£63K
£88K
£178K
£233K
£237K
£265K
£315K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£60K
£126K
£158K
£166K
£250K
£243K
Terraced houses
£34K
£47K
£112K
£124K
£142K
£187K
£181K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£32K
£73K
—
—
£133K
£190K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
487 new homes have been sold in Beccles since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2023.
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 £279,950
against £237,500 for a home sold on, 18% 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, 1.8% sold leasehold in Beccles. 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
Cricket Lane is Beccles’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
33 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
Cricket Lane
NR34
21
£287,500
Mixed · new builds
2
Elliott Garrood Gardens
NR34
21
£236,950
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Denmark Road
NR34
15
£205,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Butterfly Drive
NR34
13
£305,000
Mixed · new builds
5
Field View Gardens
NR34
13
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Will Rede Close
NR34
12
£355,250
Mostly detached houses
7
Fredericks Road
NR34
12
£256,000
Mixed
8
Grove Road
NR34
12
£227,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Fair Close
NR34
11
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Darby Road
NR34
10
£288,750
Mostly detached houses
11
St Georges Road
NR34
10
£195,000
Mixed
12
Rigbourne Hill
NR34
9
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Ingate
NR34
9
£143,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Puddingmoor
NR34
8
£407,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Richard Crampton Road
NR34
8
£300,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Ballygate: £470,000
Beccles median£240K
Ballygate£470K
Homefield Paddock£455K
London Road£410K
Puddingmoor£408K
Will Rede Close£355K
Cheapest streets
Beetle Close: £96,000
Beccles median£240K
Beetle Close£96K
Ingate£143K
Peddars Lane£170K
Field View Gardens£180K
Alexandra Road£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.9 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 Suffolk
Beccles is the 31st most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Beccles is one of Suffolk’s cheapest 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 Beccles
What is the average house price in Beccles?
The median home in Beccles sold for £240,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 484 standard sales (£236,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £327,500, semi-detached houses £238,000, terraced houses £196,750 and flats and maisonettes £212,475.
Are house prices going up in Beccles?
The median was £245,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£237,500), and £236,500 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 Beccles each year?
152 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 173 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Beccles?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ballygate (NR34, £470,000), Homefield Paddock (NR34, £455,000) and London Road (NR34, £410,000).
How much does a new build cost in Beccles?
New homes sold for a median £279,950 over three years, against £237,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 13% of sales.
Is Beccles expensive for Suffolk?
Beccles is the 31st most expensive of 35 towns of 2,500 or more in Suffolk 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.