Combs Lane, Stowmarket house prices are built from 106 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £190,000. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +61.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +25.5%.
Median price paid
£190,000
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+61.8%
Change in real terms
+25.5%
Median per m²
£2,550
HM Land Registry106 sales23 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Combs Lane, Stowmarket prices moved
The chart tracks the median Combs Lane, Stowmarket 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 | 3 | £59,000 | £131,008 |
| 2000s | 1 | £124,500 | £226,802 |
| 2010s | 2 | £170,000 | £239,700 |
| 2020s | 3 | £290,000 | £296,304 |
The highest yearly median on record for Combs Lane, Stowmarket is £400,000 in 2021; the lowest is £44,000 in 1995. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £44,000 to £275,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £97,701, so the real change over the whole record is +226.1% — about +4.48% 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: +61.8% in cash against +25.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelford Barn | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £900,000 | £900,000 |
| 60 | 6 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 4 Fen Farm Cottages | 18 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| 8 | 31 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 6 | 31 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| 1 Oak Cottages | 4 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £486,207 |
| The Gables | 22 Aug 2023 | Detached | £475,000 | £513,218 |
| 4 | 30 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £200,000 | £216,092 |
| 18 | 16 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £460,000 | £532,950 |
| Valley Farm Barn | 8 Nov 2022 | Detached | £975,000 | £1,129,622 |
| 22 | 21 Sep 2022 | Detached | £365,000 | £422,884 |
| 12 | 9 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £210,000 | £243,303 |
| The Hollies | 29 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £221,000 | £256,048 |
| 8 | 22 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £225,000 | £260,682 |
| 12 | 8 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £190,000 | £220,131 |
| 68 | 31 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £376,541 |
| 58 | 18 Nov 2021 | Detached | £400,000 | £505,376 |
| Bud Cottage | 25 Jun 2021 | Detached | £400,000 | £505,376 |
| 62 | 22 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £265,323 |
| The Kinders | 26 Mar 2021 | Detached | £480,000 | £606,452 |
| 2 | 10 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £180,000 | £227,419 |
| 1 Oak Cottages | 14 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £453,168 |
| 78 | 17 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £271,901 |
| 50 | 3 Jul 2020 | Detached | £245,000 | £317,218 |
| 94 | 5 Jun 2020 | Detached | £300,000 | £388,430 |
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 Combs Lane, Stowmarket values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 Combs Lane | £162,500 (2008) | £370,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.7% |
| 4 FEN FARM COTTAGES Combs Lane | £54,000 (1999) | £340,000 (2025) | +7.3% | +4.5% |
| 8 Combs Lane | £44,000 (1995) | £245,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 6 Combs Lane | £125,000 (2014) | £220,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.1% |
| 1 OAK COTTAGES Combs Lane | £135,000 (2000) | £450,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| 4 Combs Lane | £35,000 (1999) | £200,000 (2023) | +7.5% | +4.7% |
| VALLEY FARM BARN Combs Lane | £299,950 (1999) | £975,000 (2022) | +5.3% | +2.7% |
| 12 Combs Lane | £190,000 (2022) | £210,000 (2022) | +10.5% | +10.5% |
| 68 Combs Lane | £66,000 (1999) | £325,000 (2022) | +7.2% | +4.6% |
| 62 Combs Lane | £42,500 (1995) | £210,000 (2021) | +6.3% | +4.1% |
| THE KINDERS Combs Lane | £82,500 (1997) | £480,000 (2021) | +7.6% | +5.3% |
| 2 Combs Lane | £125,000 (2010) | £180,000 (2021) | +3.4% | +1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Combs Lane, Stowmarket 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 | 47 | 44.3% | £254,250 | £45,000 – £975,000 |
| Terraced | 30 | 28.3% | £165,000 | £25,000 – £340,000 |
| Semi-detached | 29 | 27.4% | £165,000 | £42,500 – £460,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Combs Lane, Stowmarket
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 106 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 106 | 100.0% | £190,000 |
| New build | 3 | 2.8% | £125,000 |
| Existing home | 103 | 97.2% | £190,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -34.2%. 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 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 Combs Lane, Stowmarket
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Mid Suffolk, 47.8% of 50,465 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 655 | 1.3% |
| B | 10,339 | 20.5% |
| C | 13,142 | 26.0% |
| D | 14,881 | 29.5% |
| E | 7,684 | 15.2% |
| F | 2,954 | 5.9% |
| G | 810 | 1.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Mid Suffolk at £998 a month as of Jun 2026 — £715 for a one-bedroom home and £1,114 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £190,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.30% 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 IP14, 6 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 2 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 1 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 27.8 times quieter.
Against the 102,699 residents the 2021 census counted in Mid Suffolk, that is 0.06 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 Combs Lane, Stowmarket
The 2021 census counted 102,699 residents in Mid Suffolk across 44,344 households. 74.9% of those households own their home and 25.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
21 state and independent schools have a IP14 postcode: 18 primary, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowmarket High School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 901 |
| Stowupland High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 846 |
| Debenham High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 714 |
| Cedars Park Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 389 |
| Abbot's Hall Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 366 |
| Wood Ley Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 307 |
| Combs Ford Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 299 |
| Grace Cook Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 203 |
| Freeman Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 197 |
| Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 177 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Stowmarket Rail Station | Rail | 2.8 km |
| Needham Market Rail Station | Rail | 6.2 km |
| Elmswell Rail Station | Rail | 8.7 km |
| Thurston Rail Station | Rail | 15.8 km |
Section 09
How Combs Lane, Stowmarket compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Combs Lane, Stowmarket sits above that national figure — +20.6%.
Within Stowmarket the street ranks 330 of 669 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £168,000 (+13.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,550 per square metre, across 23 of the 106 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 £975,000. 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.
Combs Lane, Stowmarket sits in Mid Suffolk, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Mid Suffolk at 8.0 times median local earnings of £39,404 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
- Spencer Way£136,000 median
- Church Road£235,000 median
- The Street£249,998 median
- Regent Street£100,000 median
- Lime Tree Place£107,750 median
- Violet Hill Road£82,000 median
- Osprey Drive£207,750 median
- Melford Road£100,000 median
- Phoenix Way£160,000 median
- Kipling Way£133,000 median
- Bridge Street£120,000 median
- Poplar Hill£130,000 median
- Buzzard Rise£181,750 median
- Gardeners Road£145,000 median
- Nightingale Close£125,225 median
- Victoria Road£101,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 8 Combs Lane7 sales
- 68 Combs Lane6 sales
- 4, FEN FARM COTTAGES Combs Lane5 sales
- VALLEY FARM BARN Combs Lane5 sales
- 6 Combs Lane3 sales
- 1, OAK COTTAGES Combs Lane3 sales
- 62 Combs Lane3 sales
- THE KINDERS Combs Lane3 sales
- BLACKSMITHS MEADOW Combs Lane3 sales
- HOLLY COTTAGE Combs Lane3 sales
- 46 Combs Lane3 sales
- ROWAN HOUSE Combs Lane3 sales
- 60 Combs Lane2 sales
- 4 Combs Lane2 sales
- 12 Combs Lane2 sales
- 2 Combs Lane2 sales
- 41 Combs Lane2 sales
- 30 Combs Lane2 sales
- 29 Combs Lane2 sales
- 2, VALLEY FARM BUNGALOW Combs Lane2 sales
- 28 Combs Lane2 sales
- 80 Combs Lane2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Combs Lane, Stowmarket?
The median price paid in Combs Lane, Stowmarket across every sale on the register is £190,000. 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 Combs Lane, Stowmarket?
106 sales are on record for Combs Lane, Stowmarket, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Combs Lane, Stowmarket house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +61.8% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +25.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Combs Lane, Stowmarket house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £400,000, set in 2021. 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 Combs Lane, Stowmarket?
£2,550 per square metre, from the 23 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 12 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, “Combs Lane, Stowmarket 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.