The median home in Capel St Mary sells for £349,000
That is the middle of 126 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 5.7 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 Capel St Mary’s sales are detached houses
126 homes sold in three years: 64 detached houses, 38 semi-detached houses, 20 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £365K–£490K
- Last 12 months
- £423K14 sold
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £278K–£330K
- Last 12 months
- £318K8 sold
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £260K–£345K
- Last 12 months
- £259K8 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half 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 Capel St Mary’s homes sold for between £290K and £425K
One sale in ten was under £255K and one in ten over £500K. 10% sold for under £250K.
The median, £349,000, sits in the £300–400K band
126 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £61,000 in 1995 to £345,000 in the last 12 months (£339,995 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
33 sales in the last 12 months, against 80 in 2022, the busiest year, and 29 in 2008. Sales fell by 35% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Capel St Mary costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Capel St Mary, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £76K | £120K | £233K | £245K | £310K | £373K | £423K |
| Semi-detached houses | £56K | £77K | £161K | £180K | £210K | £265K | £318K |
| Terraced houses | £50K | — | £145K | — | — | £262K | £259K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 51% in 2020
191 new homes have been sold in Capel St Mary since 1995; the share peaked at 51% in 2020.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Capel St Mary. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
The Street is Capel St Mary’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
7 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | The Street | IP9 | 13 | £425,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 2 | London Road | IP9 | 6 | £361,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Dove Close | IP9 | 6 | £159,975 | Mostly flats |
| 4 | Thorney Road | IP9 | 5 | £400,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Pipistrelle Way | IP9 | 5 | £330,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 6 | Link Road | IP9 | 5 | £315,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Boundary Oaks | IP9 | 5 | £313,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Capel St Mary is the 3rd most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Capel St Mary is one of Suffolk’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Suffolk with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Capel St Mary’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capel St Mary | — | £349K | 33 | +32% |
| East Bergholt | 2.1 | £470K | 21 | +34% |
| Brantham | 2.8 | £345K | 33 | +47% |
| Manningtree | 4.1 | £330K | 21 | +48% |
| Lawford | 4.3 | £381K | 64 | +40% |
| Mistley | 4.6 | £300K | 55 | +46% |
| Hadleigh | 4.9 | £320K | 110 | +28% |
| Holbrook | 4.9 | £366K | 13 | +31% |
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 Capel St Mary
What is the average house price in Capel St Mary?
The median home in Capel St Mary sold for £349,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 126 standard sales (£345,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £310,000 and terraced houses £285,000.
Are house prices going up in Capel St Mary?
The median was £360,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£345,000), and £345,000 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 Capel St Mary each year?
33 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 53 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Capel St Mary expensive for Suffolk?
Capel St Mary is the 3rd 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.
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