Southwold house prices are built from 3,815 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 30 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £265,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved -8.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -34.3%.
Median price paid
£265,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
-8.3%
Change in real terms
-34.3%
Median per m²
£3,736
HM Land Registry3,815 sales335 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Southwold prices moved
The chart tracks the median Southwold 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 | £80,000 | £177,638 |
| 2000s | 10 | £235,000 | £428,101 |
| 2010s | 10 | £347,500 | £489,975 |
| 2020s | 7 | £500,000 | £510,870 |
The highest yearly median on record for Southwold is £565,500 in 2023; the lowest is £70,750 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £70,750 to £330,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £157,098, so the real change over the whole record is +110.1% — about +2.42% 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: -8.3% in cash against -34.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 High Street | 30 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £620,000 | £620,000 |
| 5 St Andrews Close | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £975,000 | £975,000 |
| FLAT 2 BEECHWOOD HOUSE, 68 High Street | 1 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 16 High Street | 27 Apr 2026 | Detached | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 19 Halesworth Road | 27 Apr 2026 | Detached | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 2 EVERSLEY COURT Wymering Road | 17 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 98 Wangford Road | 16 Apr 2026 | Detached | £800,000 | £800,000 |
| 6 Mount Pleasant Road | 16 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 12B Stradbroke Road | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| RYDE VILLA Mount Pleasant | 26 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 3 Ewen Close | 25 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| GREENWAYS the Green | 11 Mar 2026 | Detached | £820,000 | £820,000 |
| BOX BUSH Seven Acres Lane | 5 Mar 2026 | Detached | £2,100,000 | £2,100,000 |
| 35 Green Lane | 3 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 2 Teal Close | 20 Feb 2026 | Detached | £605,000 | £605,000 |
| 6 Belcher Green | 9 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 10A Kingfisher Crescent | 6 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 118 Wangford Road | 2 Feb 2026 | Detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 24 Sea View Road | 2 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £242,500 | £242,500 |
| SOUTHGATE HOUSE, 1 Old School Drive | 30 Jan 2026 | Detached | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 9 Oaklands | 30 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 1 the Drive | 26 Jan 2026 | Detached | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 12A Field Stile Road | 19 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £286,000 | £286,000 |
| 15 York Road | 16 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £925,000 | £925,000 |
| 57 Wangford Road | 16 Jan 2026 | Detached | £730,000 | £730,000 |
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 Southwold values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 High Street | £265,000 (2007) | £620,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| 5 St Andrews Close | £835,000 (2014) | £975,000 (2026) | +1.3% | -1.7% |
| FLAT 2 BEECHWOOD HOUSE, 68 High Street | £210,000 (2013) | £235,000 (2026) | +0.9% | -2.0% |
| 19 Halesworth Road | £79,600 (1997) | £560,000 (2026) | +7.0% | +4.2% |
| 16 High Street | £375,000 (2005) | £580,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| 2 EVERSLEY COURT Wymering Road | £220,000 (2016) | £235,000 (2026) | +0.7% | -2.6% |
| 6 Mount Pleasant Road | £106,000 (2003) | £270,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 98 Wangford Road | £470,000 (2013) | £800,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.2% |
| 12B Stradbroke Road | £157,500 (2003) | £320,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.3% |
| RYDE VILLA Mount Pleasant | £77,500 (1997) | £425,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 3 Ewen Close | £33,500 (1995) | £180,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| BOX BUSH Seven Acres Lane | £1,800,000 (2022) | £2,100,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +0.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Southwold 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 | 1,583 | 41.5% | £300,000 | £10,000 – £3,500,000 |
| Terraced | 1,195 | 31.3% | £240,000 | £6,999 – £2,223,158 |
| Semi-detached | 747 | 19.6% | £225,000 | £20,000 – £1,922,550 |
| Flat or maisonette | 290 | 7.6% | £241,000 | £12,833 – £945,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Southwold
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 901 certificates cover Southwold, and their median floor area is 86 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +13.2%. 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 | 86 m² | about 926 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 67 m² | about 721 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 129 m² | about 1,389 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 19.1% | 172 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 18.2% | 164 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Southwold
385 of the sales on record are leasehold and 3,430 freehold — 10.1% 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 £200,000 and the median freehold sale £275,000 — a gap of +37.5%. 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 | 385 | 10.1% | £200,000 |
| Freehold | 3,430 | 89.9% | £275,000 |
| New build | 171 | 4.5% | £239,995 |
| Existing home | 3,644 | 95.5% | £265,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -9.4%. 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 249 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 09
How Southwold compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Southwold sits above that national figure — +68.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,736 per square metre, across 335 of the 3,815 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 £6,999 to £3,500,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Southwold
- Pier Avenue129 sales
- High Street128 sales
- Wangford Road124 sales
- The Street104 sales
- Stradbroke Road98 sales
- The Drive88 sales
- Halesworth Road87 sales
- Victoria Street85 sales
- Marlborough Road81 sales
- Oaklands80 sales
- North Road79 sales
- Hotson Road71 sales
- North Parade71 sales
- Kingfisher Crescent68 sales
- Old School Drive66 sales
- Covert Road62 sales
- Lowestoft Road59 sales
- Fieldstile Road55 sales
- Sea View Road54 sales
- Ferry Road52 sales
- Windsor Road50 sales
- St Edmunds Road48 sales
- Nightingale Avenue47 sales
- Tibbys Way46 sales
- East Street45 sales
- The Firs43 sales
- Nicholas Drive41 sales
- Lakeside Park Drive39 sales
- Wymering Road39 sales
- Lodge Road38 sales
- Manor Close37 sales
- The Crescents37 sales
- Hillfield Court36 sales
- Mill Lane36 sales
- Palmers Lane36 sales
- Hurn Crag Road35 sales
- Mount Pleasant35 sales
- North Green33 sales
- South Green33 sales
- St Georges Square33 sales
- St James Green32 sales
- Green Lane31 sales
- Jermyns Road30 sales
- Gorse Road27 sales
- Park Lane27 sales
- Queens Road27 sales
- Shearwater Way27 sales
- The Green27 sales
- Barn Close26 sales
- Chester Road26 sales
- Coxs Lane26 sales
- Elliott Avenue25 sales
- Lorne Road25 sales
- Millfield Road25 sales
- Bridge Road24 sales
- Mallard Road24 sales
- Keens Lane23 sales
- Fairfield Road21 sales
- Godyll Road20 sales
- Mount Pleasant Road20 sales
Postcode districts covering Southwold
- IP18£265,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Southwold?
The median price paid in Southwold across every sale on the register is £265,000. 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 Southwold?
3,815 sales are on record for Southwold, the most recent completing on 30 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Southwold house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -8.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -34.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Southwold house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £565,500, set in 2023. 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 Southwold?
£3,736 per square metre, from the 335 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 30 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, “Southwold 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.