That is the middle of 613 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 5.1 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.
613 homes sold in three years: 281 detached houses, 164 semi-detached houses, 125 terraced houses and 43 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£410K
median sale · 281 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£475K
Last 12 months
£415K69 sold
Semi-detached houses£295K
median sale · 164 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£268K–£335K
Last 12 months
£325K54 sold
Terraced houses£258K
median sale · 125 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£226K–£295K
Last 12 months
£250K35 sold
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£217K
Last 12 months
£182K13 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 46% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses46%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Kesgrave’s homes sold for between £270K and £410K
One sale in ten was under £220K and one in ten over £490K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
613 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £67,250 in 1995 to £342,000 in the last 12 months (£285,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
171 sales in the last 12 months, against 687 in 2006, the busiest year, and 190 in 2023. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 16%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kesgrave costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Kesgrave, 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
£82K
£126K
£222K
£250K
£298K
£360K
£415K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£80K
£158K
£178K
£215K
£269K
£325K
Terraced houses
£48K
£71K
£151K
£165K
£185K
£230K
£250K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£134K
£107K
£125K
£155K
£182K
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: 0.6% of sales in the last 12 months
1,997 new homes have been sold in Kesgrave since 1995; the share peaked at 49% in 2006.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Kesgrave. 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
Bell Lane is Kesgrave’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
49 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
Bell Lane
IP5
19
£490,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Mead Drive
IP5
12
£273,500
Mostly flats
3
Thomas Crescent
IP5
11
£355,000
Mixed
4
Penzance Road
IP5
10
£352,500
Mostly detached houses
5
Main Road
IP5
10
£342,500
Mixed
6
Trinity Close
IP5
10
£236,250
Mixed
7
Jeavons Lane
IP5
9
£395,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Spindler Close
IP5
9
£295,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Turing Court
IP5
9
£262,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Edmonton Road
IP5
8
£412,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Curtis Way
IP5
8
£400,000
Mixed
12
Wilkinson Drive
IP5
8
£362,500
Mixed
13
Dobbs Lane
IP5
8
£356,250
Mostly detached houses
14
Howards Way
IP5
8
£355,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Terry Gardens
IP5
8
£355,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Bell Lane: £490,000
Kesgrave median£325K
Bell Lane£490K
Wright Lane£435K
Edmonton Road£413K
St Agnes Way£410K
Curtis Way£400K
Cheapest streets
Offord Close: £170,000
Kesgrave median£325K
Offord Close£170K
Newman Drive£189K
Wards View£201K
Glanville Place£210K
Elmers Lane£230K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.9 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
Kesgrave is the 7th most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Kesgrave is one of Suffolk’s dearest 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 Kesgrave
What is the average house price in Kesgrave?
The median home in Kesgrave sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 613 standard sales (£342,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £410,000, semi-detached houses £295,000, terraced houses £258,000 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Kesgrave?
The median was £340,000 in 2025, up 11% on 2024 (£305,000), and £342,000 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 Kesgrave each year?
171 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 241 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kesgrave?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bell Lane (IP5, £490,000), Wright Lane (IP5, £435,000) and Edmonton Road (IP5, £412,500).
Is Kesgrave expensive for Suffolk?
Kesgrave is the 7th 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.