That is the middle of 2,721 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 5.5 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.
2,721 homes sold in three years: 935 detached houses, 720 semi-detached houses, 977 terraced houses and 89 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 935 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£362K
Last 12 months
£290K301 sold
New build
£300K
Semi-detached houses£225K
median sale · 720 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£253K
Last 12 months
£230K190 sold
Terraced houses£168K
median sale · 977 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£138K–£200K
Last 12 months
£170K297 sold
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£98K–£150K
Last 12 months
£124K29 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Lowestoft’s homes sold for between £170K and £281K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £360K. 63% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £220,000, sits in the £200–250K band
2,721 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £41,000 in 1995 to £225,000 in the last 12 months (£174,650 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
817 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,100 in 2001, the busiest year, and 828 in 2008. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Lowestoft costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lowestoft, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£62K
£84K
£174K
£180K
£206K
£265K
£290K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£59K
£125K
£130K
£154K
£185K
£230K
Terraced houses
£32K
£39K
£93K
£100K
£110K
£140K
£170K
Flats and maisonettes
£26K
£31K
£75K
£84K
£86K
£100K
£124K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
2,615 new homes have been sold in Lowestoft since 1995; the share peaked at 13% in 2003.
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 £300,000
against £220,000 for a home sold on, 36% 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.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Lowestoft. 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
London Road South is Lowestoft’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
190 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 48 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
London Road South
NR33
29
£250,000
Mixed
2
Long Road
NR33
24
£209,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Raglan Street
NR32
24
£112,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Stradbroke Road
NR33
23
£177,500
Mixed
5
Lime Avenue
NR32
22
£300,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Beccles Road
NR33
22
£272,500
Mixed
7
Carlton Road
NR33
21
£220,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Gorleston Road
NR32
21
£220,000
Mixed
9
Victoria Road
NR33
21
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Kimberley Road
NR33
21
£170,000
Mixed
11
Chapel Road
NR33
17
£270,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Colville Road
NR33
17
£245,500
Mixed
13
St Margarets Road
NR32
17
£165,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Rushton Drive
NR33
16
£267,500
Mixed
15
Higher Drive
NR32
16
£239,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Corton Long Lane: £535,000
Lowestoft median£220K
Corton Long Lane£535K
Gunton Church Lane£425K
Borrow Road£415K
Cotmer Road£413K
Gunton Drive£403K
Cheapest streets
Kelly Pain Court: £102,500
Lowestoft median£220K
Kelly Pain Court£103K
Tennyson Road£103K
Reeve Street£103K
Seago Street£105K
Haward Street£110K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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
Lowestoft is the 33rd most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Lowestoft 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 Lowestoft
What is the average house price in Lowestoft?
The median home in Lowestoft sold for £220,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,721 standard sales (£225,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £225,000, terraced houses £167,500 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Lowestoft?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£220,000), and £225,000 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 Lowestoft each year?
817 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,155 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lowestoft?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Corton Long Lane (NR32, £535,000), Gunton Church Lane (NR32, £425,000) and Borrow Road (NR32, £415,000).
How much does a new build cost in Lowestoft?
New homes sold for a median £300,000 over three years, against £220,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.4% of sales.
Is Lowestoft expensive for Suffolk?
Lowestoft is the 33rd 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.