PE12 8 house prices are built from 2,964 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 1 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £140,500. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +76.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +26.4%.
Median price paid
£140,500
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+76.5%
Change in real terms
+26.4%
Median per m²
£1,274
HM Land Registry2,964 sales43 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Jun 2026
Section 01
How PE12 8 prices moved
The chart tracks the median PE12 8 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £50,000 | £111,024 |
| 2000s | 10 | £130,000 | £236,822 |
| 2010s | 10 | £160,000 | £225,600 |
| 2020s | 7 | £250,000 | £255,435 |
The highest yearly median on record for PE12 8 is £300,000 in 2026; the lowest is £41,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £41,000 to £300,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £91,039, so the real change over the whole record is +229.5% — about +3.92% 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: +76.5% in cash against +26.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPEL COTTAGE Sots Hole Bank | 1 Jun 2026 | Detached | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 6 Eastgate | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 5 Star Lane | 21 May 2026 | Detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 13 Joys Bank | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £124,995 | £124,995 |
| CHESTNUT LODGE Lowgate | 27 Apr 2026 | Detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 40 Joys Bank | 10 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| HIGHCROFT BARN Stotons Gate | 8 Apr 2026 | Detached | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| KIWANJA Hurn Bank | 8 Apr 2026 | Detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| BRAMLEY, 110 Roman Bank | 8 Apr 2026 | Detached | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| CHERRY TREES Saltney Gate | 31 Mar 2026 | Detached | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 3 NEW COTTAGES Hurn Bank | 18 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £77,000 | £77,000 |
| 6 Proctors Close | 13 Mar 2026 | Detached | £317,750 | £317,750 |
| 3A Gamekeeper Close | 3 Mar 2026 | Detached | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 22 Keightley Road | 19 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 1 FIELD HOUSE COTTAGES Old Main Road | 13 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 25 Jekils Bank | 6 Feb 2026 | Detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 10 Cavell Way | 5 Feb 2026 | Detached | £392,000 | £392,000 |
| CARP LODGE Roman Bank | 30 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £196,000 | £196,000 |
| 7 Strawberry Fields Drive | 29 Jan 2026 | Detached | £222,500 | £222,500 |
| THE LAWNS, 74 Fleet Road | 16 Jan 2026 | Detached | £700,000 | £700,000 |
| HOMEFIELD VILLA St Marks Road | 19 Dec 2025 | Detached | £323,565 | £330,599 |
| 31 Fleet Road | 18 Dec 2025 | Detached | £367,000 | £374,978 |
| SANDERI Winslow Gate | 18 Dec 2025 | Detached | £295,000 | £301,413 |
| THIMBLE COTTAGE Hocklesgate | 15 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £173,696 |
| TREETOPS St Marks Road | 10 Dec 2025 | Detached | £218,000 | £222,739 |
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 PE12 8 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Eastgate | £184,995 (2016) | £235,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.9% |
| 5 Star Lane | £122,995 (2002) | £315,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
| 13 Joys Bank | £31,350 (1996) | £124,995 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| CHESTNUT LODGE Lowgate | £95,000 (2000) | £320,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 40 Joys Bank | £90,000 (2020) | £140,000 (2026) | +7.6% | +3.1% |
| BRAMLEY, 110 Roman Bank | £164,450 (2005) | £285,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| KIWANJA Hurn Bank | £66,000 (1996) | £370,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 3 NEW COTTAGES Hurn Bank | £23,000 (1997) | £77,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 6 Proctors Close | £84,500 (1999) | £317,750 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 3A Gamekeeper Close | £340,000 (2022) | £330,000 (2026) | -0.7% | -4.3% |
| 22 Keightley Road | £31,500 (1999) | £120,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 25 Jekils Bank | £72,500 (1996) | £320,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. PE12 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 2,065 | 69.7% | £160,000 | £10,000 – £1,000,000 |
| Semi-detached | 803 | 27.1% | £117,500 | £7,000 – £385,000 |
| Terraced | 96 | 3.2% | £87,000 | £11,500 – £290,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in PE12 8
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 842 certificates cover PE12 8, and their median floor area is 88 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +15.8%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 88 m² | about 947 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 72 m² | about 775 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 113 m² | about 1,216 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 9.0% | 76 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 11.0% | 93 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in PE12 8
5 of the sales on record are leasehold and 2,959 freehold — 0.2% 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 £78,000 and the median freehold sale £142,000 — a gap of +82.1%. 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 | 5 | 0.2% | £78,000 |
| Freehold | 2,959 | 99.8% | £142,000 |
| New build | 317 | 10.7% | £140,000 |
| Existing home | 2,647 | 89.3% | £141,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -0.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 135 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 PE12 8
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Boston, 42.3% of 38,000 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 291 | 0.8% |
| B | 4,905 | 12.9% |
| C | 10,859 | 28.6% |
| D | 12,955 | 34.1% |
| E | 6,217 | 16.4% |
| F | 2,120 | 5.6% |
| G | 653 | 1.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Boston at £800 a month as of Jun 2026 — £600 for a one-bedroom home and £916 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £140,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.83% 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.
No street-level crime was published for PE12 in Jun 2026. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around PE12 8
The 2021 census counted 70,502 residents in Boston across 29,404 households. 60.1% of those households own their home and 39.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
21 state and independent schools have a PE12 postcode: 19 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Academy Holbeach | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,378 |
| University Academy Long Sutton | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 708 |
| Long Sutton County Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 420 |
| Holbeach Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 309 |
| The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 309 |
| The John Harrox Primary School, Moulton | Primary | Community school | 268 |
| Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 204 |
| Whaplode Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 186 |
| Fleet Wood Lane School | Primary | Community school | 163 |
| Sutton St James Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 140 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Rail Station | Rail | 12.2 km |
| Boston Rail Station | Rail | 21.7 km |
| Hubberts Bridge Rail Station | Rail | 23.0 km |
| Swineshead Rail Station | Rail | 25.0 km |
Section 09
How PE12 8 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. PE12 8 sits below that national figure — -10.8%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,274 per square metre, across 43 of the 2,964 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 £7,000 to £1,000,000. 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.
PE12 8 sits in Boston, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Boston at 6.8 times median local earnings of £30,129 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
Other sectors in PE12
The wider district is PE12.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in PE12 8?
The median price paid in PE12 8 across every sale on the register is £140,500. 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 PE12 8?
2,964 sales are on record for PE12 8, the most recent completing on 1 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have PE12 8 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +76.5% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +26.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were PE12 8 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £300,000, set in 2026. 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 PE12 8?
£1,274 per square metre, from the 43 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 1 Jun 2026. 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, “PE12 8 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.