Homes in Debenham sell for a median £341,000
That is the middle of 112 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 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 Debenham’s sales are detached houses
112 homes sold in three years: 60 detached houses, 28 semi-detached houses, 23 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 60 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £342K–£570K
- Last 12 months
- £419K20 sold
- New build
- £488K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £266K–£345K
- Last 12 months
- £285K5 sold
- New build
- £353K
median sale · 23 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £215K–£270K
- New build
- £265K
Flats and maisonettes: 1 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 Debenham’s homes sold for between £265K and £475K
One sale in ten was under £223K and one in ten over £653K. 19% sold for under £250K.
The median, £341,000, sits in the £300–400K band
112 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £62,000 in 1995 to £371,000 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
29 sales in the last 12 months, against 73 in 1997, the busiest year, and 19 in 2023. Sales fell by 66% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 19%.
Debenham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Debenham, 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 | £70K | £93K | £250K | £220K | £311K | £363K | £419K |
| Semi-detached houses | £45K | £77K | £155K | £183K | £168K | £320K | £285K |
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.
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
162 new homes have been sold in Debenham since 1995; the share peaked at 52% in 2024.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £380,000
against £315,000 for a home sold on, 21% 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.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Debenham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Greensleeves is Debenham’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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 | Greensleeves | IP14 | 23 | £455,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Gardeners Road | IP14 | 13 | £285,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Gracechurch Street | IP14 | 7 | £350,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Raedwald Way | IP14 | 5 | £445,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Deben Rise | IP14 | 5 | £245,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Great Back Lane | IP14 | 5 | £223,000 | Mostly terraced 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.
Debenham’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Needham Market.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debenham | — | £341K | 29 | +38% |
| Mendlesham | 4.4 | £275K | 7 | +5% |
| Stowupland | 6.9 | £290K | 31 | +39% |
| Framlingham | 7 | £328K | 64 | +21% |
| Eye | 7 | £333K | 30 | +54% |
| Needham Market | 7.2 | £260K | 94 | +44% |
| Bacton and Cotton | 7.4 | £332K | 28 | +66% |
| Stradbroke | 7.6 | £330K | 15 | +39% |
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 Debenham
What is the average house price in Debenham?
The median home in Debenham sold for £341,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 112 standard sales (£371,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £461,250, semi-detached houses £290,000 and terraced houses £245,000.
Are house prices going up in Debenham?
The median was £340,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£345,000), and £371,000 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 Debenham each year?
29 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 38 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Debenham?
New homes sold for a median £380,000 over three years, against £315,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 26% 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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