That is the middle of 1,134 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 5.7 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.
1,134 homes sold in three years: 370 detached houses, 335 semi-detached houses, 336 terraced houses and 93 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 370 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£410K
Last 12 months
£335K109 sold
New build
£363K
Semi-detached houses£260K
median sale · 335 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£233K–£287K
Last 12 months
£260K98 sold
New build
£280K
Terraced houses£218K
median sale · 336 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£253K
Last 12 months
£218K94 sold
New build
£291K
Flats and maisonettes£137K
median sale · 93 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£111K–£155K
Last 12 months
£145K31 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Stowmarket’s homes sold for between £210K and £315K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £395K. 43% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
1,134 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,625 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£225,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
332 sales in the last 12 months, against 690 in 2007, the busiest year, and 329 in 2023. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 69% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Stowmarket costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Stowmarket, 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
£69K
£100K
£200K
£210K
£250K
£289K
£335K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£76K
£142K
£150K
£180K
£225K
£260K
Terraced houses
£34K
£56K
£120K
£130K
£165K
£190K
£218K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£44K
£88K
£103K
£121K
£130K
£145K
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
6% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,778 new homes have been sold in Stowmarket since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2008.
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 £313,500
against £250,000 for a home sold on, 25% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Stowmarket. 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
Spencer Way is Stowmarket’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
86 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 22 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
Spencer Way
IP14
29
£280,000
Mixed
2
Osprey Drive
IP14
23
£270,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Hare Road
IP14
19
£294,995
Mixed · new builds
4
Brett Drive
IP14
18
£301,323
Mixed · new builds
5
Bridge Street
IP14
18
£202,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Moore Road
IP14
17
£425,000
Mixed · new builds
7
Fuller Way
IP14
16
£294,625
Mixed
8
Buzzard Rise
IP14
16
£230,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Galleon Road
IP14
15
£435,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Hummingbird Drive
IP14
14
£307,623
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Phoenix Way
IP14
13
£264,000
Mixed
12
Poplar Hill
IP14
13
£240,000
Mixed
13
Regent Street
IP14
13
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Honeysuckle Way
IP14
12
£425,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Violet Hill Road
IP14
12
£159,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Galleon Road: £435,000
Stowmarket median£260K
Galleon Road£435K
Peregrine Drive£430K
Honeysuckle Way£425K
Moore Road£425K
Finborough Road£405K
Cheapest streets
The Grove: £68,500
Stowmarket median£260K
The Grove£69K
Lucena Court£100K
Gipping Place£123K
Treeview£146K
Nuthatch Close£150K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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
Stowmarket is the 24th most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Stowmarket 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 Stowmarket
What is the average house price in Stowmarket?
The median home in Stowmarket sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,134 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £260,000, terraced houses £217,500 and flats and maisonettes £136,500.
Are house prices going up in Stowmarket?
The median was £260,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£260,000), and £260,000 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 Stowmarket each year?
332 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 443 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Stowmarket?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Galleon Road (IP14, £435,000), Peregrine Drive (IP14, £430,000) and Honeysuckle Way (IP14, £425,000).
How much does a new build cost in Stowmarket?
New homes sold for a median £313,500 over three years, against £250,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
Is Stowmarket expensive for Suffolk?
Stowmarket 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.
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