Maple Road, Downham Market house prices are built from 143 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 21 Aug 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £84,000. Across the 15 years from 2007 to 2022 the median moved +72.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +15.0%.
Median price paid
£84,000
Change in cash, 2007–2022
+72.5%
Change in real terms
+15.0%
Median per m²
£1,729
HM Land Registry143 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 21 Aug 2025
Section 01
How Maple Road, Downham Market prices moved
The chart tracks the median Maple Road, Downham Market house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2022. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £31,000 | £68,835 |
| 2000s | 7 | £73,000 | £132,984 |
| 2010s | 2 | £102,500 | £144,525 |
| 2020s | 1 | £172,500 | £176,250 |
The highest yearly median on record for Maple Road, Downham Market is £185,000 in 2018; the lowest is £30,500 in 1998. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £31,125 to £172,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £69,112, so the real change over the whole record is +189.2% — about +4.01% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +72.5% in cash against +15.0% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 21 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| 53 | 4 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| 69 | 13 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £137,935 |
| 27 | 12 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £210,300 | £221,286 |
| 83 | 12 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £130,000 | £136,791 |
| 38 | 29 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £163,097 |
| 20 | 13 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £140,460 |
| 52 | 29 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £129,270 | £139,671 |
| 103 | 28 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £107,000 | £115,609 |
| 35 | 19 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £259,310 |
| 101 | 9 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £144,823 |
| 1 | 30 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £254,889 |
| 29 | 24 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 115 | 10 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £110,066 |
| 38 | 15 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £133,237 |
| 3 | 18 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £254,889 |
| 75 | 18 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £96,000 | £121,290 |
| 36 | 20 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £164,247 |
| 29 | 22 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £198,000 | £250,161 |
| 7 | 15 May 2020 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £271,901 |
| 33 | 4 Nov 2019 | Detached | £180,000 | £235,436 |
| 38 | 21 Aug 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £112,500 | £147,147 |
| 109 | 19 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £119,000 | £155,649 |
| 36 | 28 Feb 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £93,500 | £122,296 |
| 25 | 10 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £190,000 | £253,214 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Maple Road, Downham Market values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 Maple Road | £27,500 (1996) | £145,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 83 Maple Road | £31,000 (1997) | £130,000 (2024) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 38 Maple Road | £78,000 (2016) | £155,000 (2024) | +9.0% | +5.2% |
| 20 Maple Road | £33,500 (1999) | £130,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 103 Maple Road | £30,500 (1995) | £107,000 (2023) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 35 Maple Road | £115,000 (2009) | £240,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.3% |
| 101 Maple Road | £30,000 (1999) | £125,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.8% |
| 1 Maple Road | £102,000 (2006) | £220,000 (2022) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
| 29 Maple Road | £128,000 (2003) | £250,000 (2022) | +3.6% | +1.0% |
| 115 Maple Road | £31,000 (1999) | £95,000 (2022) | +5.0% | +2.4% |
| 36 Maple Road | £29,000 (1997) | £130,000 (2021) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| 7 Maple Road | £139,000 (2016) | £210,000 (2020) | +10.9% | +8.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Maple Road, Downham Market is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 94 | 65.7% | £69,750 | £25,000 – £155,000 |
| Semi-detached | 34 | 23.8% | £135,000 | £28,000 – £250,000 |
| Detached | 14 | 9.8% | £135,000 | £75,000 – £272,500 |
| Terraced | 1 | 0.7% | £130,000 | £130,000 – £130,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Maple Road, Downham Market
103 of the sales on record are leasehold and 40 freehold — 72.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £70,000 and the median freehold sale £139,500 — a gap of +99.3%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 103 | 72.0% | £70,000 |
| Freehold | 40 | 28.0% | £139,500 |
A further 4 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Maple Road, Downham Market
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across East Cambridgeshire, 47.9% of 44,518 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 748 | 1.7% |
| B | 6,858 | 15.4% |
| C | 13,740 | 30.9% |
| D | 14,050 | 31.6% |
| E | 6,646 | 14.9% |
| F | 2,028 | 4.6% |
| G | 448 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in East Cambridgeshire at £1,029 a month as of Jun 2026 — £725 for a one-bedroom home and £1,157 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £84,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 14.70% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of PE38, 22 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 7 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 7 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 7.6 times quieter.
Against the 87,762 residents the 2021 census counted in East Cambridgeshire, that is 0.25 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Maple Road, Downham Market
The 2021 census counted 87,762 residents in East Cambridgeshire across 37,202 households. 69.5% of those households own their home and 30.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
6 state and independent schools have a PE38 postcode: 5 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downham Market Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,329 |
| Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School | Primary | Community school | 404 |
| Nelson Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 386 |
| Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 108 |
| Southery Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 83 |
| Hilgay Riverside Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 75 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Downham Market Rail Station | Rail | 1.8 km |
| Watlington Rail Station | Rail | 9.4 km |
| Littleport Rail Station | Rail | 14.6 km |
| Manea Rail Station | Rail | 16.8 km |
Section 09
How Maple Road, Downham Market compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Maple Road, Downham Market sits below that national figure — -46.7%.
Within Downham Market the street ranks 257 of 268 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £154,000 (-45.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,729 per square metre, across 31 of the 143 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £25,000 to £272,500. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Maple Road, Downham Market sits in East Cambridgeshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in East Cambridgeshire at 10.0 times median local earnings of £34,117 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Priory Road£115,225 median
- Rosemary Way£160,000 median
- Lynn Road£120,000 median
- Civray Avenue£182,500 median
- Bexwell Road£172,000 median
- Richmond Road£145,000 median
- Railway Road£108,000 median
- Feltwell Road£131,250 median
- Paradise Road£105,000 median
- Wimbotsham Road£167,750 median
- Grimshoe Road£180,000 median
- Landseer Drive£166,500 median
- Church Road£135,000 median
- High Street£116,500 median
- Bennett Street£140,000 median
- London Road£186,250 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 109 Maple Road7 sales
- 36 Maple Road5 sales
- 22 Maple Road5 sales
- 46 Maple Road5 sales
- 38 Maple Road4 sales
- 20 Maple Road4 sales
- 1 Maple Road4 sales
- 29 Maple Road4 sales
- 19 Maple Road4 sales
- 26 Maple Road4 sales
- 113 Maple Road4 sales
- 89 Maple Road4 sales
- 53 Maple Road3 sales
- 83 Maple Road3 sales
- 35 Maple Road3 sales
- 7 Maple Road3 sales
- 30 Maple Road3 sales
- 2 Maple Road3 sales
- 57 Maple Road3 sales
- 103 Maple Road2 sales
- 101 Maple Road2 sales
- 115 Maple Road2 sales
- 33 Maple Road2 sales
- 6 Maple Road2 sales
Back to Downham Market house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Maple Road, Downham Market?
The median price paid in Maple Road, Downham Market across every sale on the register is £84,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Maple Road, Downham Market?
143 sales are on record for Maple Road, Downham Market, the most recent completing on 21 Aug 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Maple Road, Downham Market house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +72.5% between 2007 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +15.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Maple Road, Downham Market house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £185,000, set in 2018. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Maple Road, Downham Market?
£1,729 per square metre, from the 31 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 21 Aug 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Maple Road, Downham Market house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.