The median home in Old Newton sells for £284,495
That is the middle of 52 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 5.3 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 Old Newton’s sales are detached houses
52 homes sold in three years: 28 detached houses, 15 semi-detached houses, 6 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £284K–£408K
- Last 12 months
- £392K12 sold
- New build
- £400K
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £230K–£325K
Terraced houses: 6 sold, median £178K
Flats and maisonettes: 3 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 Old Newton’s homes sold for between £230K and £395K
One sale in ten was under £165K and one in ten over £415K. 33% sold for under £250K.
The median, £284,495, sits in the £250–300K band
52 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £62,750 in 1995 to £335,000 in the last 12 months (£250,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
19 sales in the last 12 months, against 28 in 2025, the busiest year, and 5 in 2008. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Old Newton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Old Newton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £65K | £91K | £178K | £234K | — | — | £392K |
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.
26% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
48 new homes have been sold in Old Newton since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 2005.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £397,995
against £261,000 for a home sold on, 52% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.1% sold leasehold in Old Newton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Copperfield Way is Old Newton’s busiest street, with 8 sales in three years
4 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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 | Copperfield Way | IP14 | 8 | £394,997 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Church Road | IP14 | 8 | £248,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 3 | Greenacres | IP14 | 6 | £171,250 | Mixed |
| 4 | Stowmarket Road | IP14 | 5 | £335,000 | Mostly semi-detached 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.
Old Newton’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Newton | — | £284K | 19 | — |
| Haughley | 1.3 | £265K | 20 | +39% |
| Stowupland | 1.8 | £290K | 31 | +39% |
| Stowmarket | 2.4 | £260K | 332 | +29% |
| Bacton and Cotton | 3 | £332K | 28 | +66% |
| Elmswell | 3.8 | £320K | 81 | +36% |
| Mendlesham | 3.8 | £275K | 7 | +5% |
| Woolpit | 4.6 | £365K | 19 | +20% |
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 Old Newton
What is the average house price in Old Newton?
The median home in Old Newton sold for £284,495 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 52 standard sales (£335,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £377,497, semi-detached houses £280,000 and terraced houses £177,500.
Are house prices going up in Old Newton?
The median was £296,247 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£322,750), and £335,000 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 Old Newton each year?
19 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 14 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Old Newton?
New homes sold for a median £397,995 over three years, against £261,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 23% 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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