Homes in Needham Market sell for a median £260,000
That is the middle of 340 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.
A third of Needham Market’s sales are semi-detached houses
340 homes sold in three years: 97 detached houses, 117 semi-detached houses, 89 terraced houses and 37 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 97 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£440K
Last 12 months
£345K29 sold
New build
£352K
Semi-detached houses£255K
median sale · 117 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£285K
Last 12 months
£250K33 sold
New build
£310K
Terraced houses£225K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£275K
Last 12 months
£220K21 sold
New build
£270K
Flats and maisonettes£140K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£155K
Last 12 months
£135K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Needham Market’s homes sold for between £210K and £335K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £425K. 43% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
340 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 £47,500 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£201,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
94 sales in the last 12 months, against 154 in 1999, the busiest year, and 61 in 2008. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 44% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Needham Market costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Needham Market, 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
£76K
£168K
£203K
£203K
£256K
£305K
£345K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£65K
£135K
£145K
£165K
£218K
£250K
Terraced houses
£44K
£62K
£118K
£133K
£175K
£200K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£47K
£75K
£70K
£123K
£126K
£135K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
332 new homes have been sold in Needham Market since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2014.
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 £335,000
against £243,750 for a home sold on, 37% 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.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.3% sold leasehold in Needham Market. 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
Sand Martin Way is Needham Market’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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
Sand Martin Way
IP6
26
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
2
High Street
IP6
17
£266,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Anderson Close
IP6
12
£237,500
Mixed
4
Foxglove Avenue
IP6
12
£172,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Kingfisher Crescent
IP6
11
£335,000
Mixed · new builds
6
Chainhouse Road
IP6
11
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Steggall Close
IP6
11
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Ludbrook Close
IP6
10
£255,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Coddenham Road
IP6
10
£184,750
Mixed
10
Barn Field Drive
IP6
9
£350,000
Mixed · new builds
11
Jubilee Crescent
IP6
9
£157,500
Mostly flats
12
Bosmere Court
IP6
9
£61,000
Mostly flats
13
Drumlin Drive
IP6
8
£327,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Cedar Walk
IP6
8
£310,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Barking Road
IP6
8
£287,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
St Marys Road: £410,000
Needham Market median£260K
St Marys Road£410K
Flordon Road£375K
Barn Field Drive£350K
Kingfisher Crescent£335K
Drumlin Drive£328K
Cheapest streets
Bosmere Court: £61,000
Needham Market median£260K
Bosmere Court£61K
Windsor Court£141K
Jubilee Crescent£158K
Foxglove Avenue£173K
Coddenham Road£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.7 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
Needham Market is the 25th most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Needham Market is in the middle of Suffolk’s 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 Needham Market
What is the average house price in Needham Market?
The median home in Needham Market sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 340 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £255,000, terraced houses £225,000 and flats and maisonettes £140,000.
Are house prices going up in Needham Market?
The median was £272,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£260,000), and £255,000 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 Needham Market each year?
94 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 111 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Needham Market?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: St Marys Road (IP6, £410,000), Flordon Road (IP6, £375,000) and Barn Field Drive (IP6, £350,000).
How much does a new build cost in Needham Market?
New homes sold for a median £335,000 over three years, against £243,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 21% of sales.
Is Needham Market expensive for Suffolk?
Needham Market is the 24th 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.
Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0