That is the middle of 773 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.
773 homes sold in three years: 180 detached houses, 178 semi-detached houses, 298 terraced houses and 117 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 180 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£594K
Last 12 months
£475K39 sold
Semi-detached houses£295K
median sale · 178 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£355K
Last 12 months
£295K57 sold
Terraced houses£245K
median sale · 298 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£278K
Last 12 months
£245K97 sold
Flats and maisonettes£169K
median sale · 117 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£255K
Last 12 months
£178K38 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses39%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Newmarket’s homes sold for between £222K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £166K and one in ten over £500K. 37% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £275,000, sits in the £250–300K band
773 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 £52,500 in 1995 to £270,000 in the last 12 months (£235,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
231 sales in the last 12 months, against 560 in 2006, the busiest year, and 231 in 2023. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Newmarket costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Newmarket, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£78K
£142K
£235K
£270K
£324K
£365K
£475K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£85K
£160K
£175K
£206K
£275K
£295K
Terraced houses
£44K
£70K
£134K
£137K
£180K
£210K
£245K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£62K
£120K
£128K
£135K
£167K
£178K
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
757 new homes have been sold in Newmarket since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 2004.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Newmarket. 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
Exning Road is Newmarket’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
58 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 17 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
Exning Road
CB8
28
£239,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Aureole Walk
CB8
23
£226,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
New Cheveley Road
CB8
19
£252,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Lowther Street
CB8
17
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Cheveley Road
CB8
15
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Park Lane
CB8
14
£280,000
Mixed
7
All Saints Road
CB8
14
£231,250
Mixed
8
George Lambton Avenue
CB8
13
£260,000
Mixed
9
Croft Road
CB8
13
£232,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Edinburgh Road
CB8
12
£406,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Manderston Road
CB8
12
£318,500
Mixed
12
Bill Rickaby Drive
CB8
11
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Brewers Lane
CB8
11
£280,000
Mostly flats
14
Bury Road
CB8
10
£510,000
Mostly detached houses
15
King Edward Vii Road
CB8
10
£316,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Meadow Lane: £752,500
Newmarket median£275K
Meadow Lane£753K
Ashley Road£555K
Duchess Drive£518K
Bury Road£510K
Woodditton Road£500K
Cheapest streets
Weston Way: £111,000
Newmarket median£275K
Weston Way£111K
High Street£144K
Church Lane£151K
Old Station Road£165K
Stanley Road£205K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.8 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
Newmarket is the 18th most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Newmarket 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 Newmarket
What is the average house price in Newmarket?
The median home in Newmarket sold for £275,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 773 standard sales (£270,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £295,000, terraced houses £245,000 and flats and maisonettes £169,000.
Are house prices going up in Newmarket?
The median was £284,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£275,000), and £270,000 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 Newmarket each year?
231 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 309 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Newmarket?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Meadow Lane (CB8, £752,500), Ashley Road (CB8, £555,000) and Duchess Drive (CB8, £517,500).
Is Newmarket expensive for Suffolk?
Newmarket is the 18th 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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