Houghton Lane, Swaffham house prices

Houghton Lane, Swaffham house prices are built from 59 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 13 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £180,000. Across the 12 years from 2002 to 2014 the median moved +233.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +147.9%.

HM Land Registry59 sales2 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Feb 2026

There are too few years of sales in Houghton Lane, Swaffham to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.

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.

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 Houghton Lane, Swaffham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Houghton Lane, Swaffham is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 59 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.

Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Breckland, 43.6% of 70,247 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.

The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Breckland at £923 a month as of Jun 2026 — £661 for a one-bedroom home and £1,039 for three bedrooms.

Against the median sale of £180,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.15% 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 PE37, 61 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 16 violent, 3 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 16 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.7 times quieter.

Against the 141,476 residents the 2021 census counted in Breckland, that is 0.43 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.

The 2021 census counted 141,476 residents in Breckland across 60,358 households. 67.8% of those households own their home and 32.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.

5 state and independent schools have a PE37 postcode: 4 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Houghton Lane, Swaffham sits above that national figure — +14.3%.

Within Swaffham the street ranks 99 of 227 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £158,000 (+13.9%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,026 per square metre, across 2 of the 59 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 £17,480 to £530,000. 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.

Houghton Lane, Swaffham sits in Breckland, in the East of England.

The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Breckland at 7.9 times median local earnings of £33,621 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.

Streets nearby

• Southlands£155,500 median
• London Street£93,300 median
• Heathlands£112,000 median
• Northwell Place£89,975 median
• Montagu Close£103,500 median
• Masons Drive£146,500 median
• Kendle Road£204,750 median
• Brackenwoods£138,000 median
• Elizabeth Drive£133,500 median
• Longfields£163,500 median
• Lynn Road£104,500 median
• Greenhoe Place£157,500 median
• Mill Farm Nurseries£152,000 median
• Chantry Lane£159,995 median
• Lee Warner Road£135,226 median
• Partridge Grove£91,250 median

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

• 44 Houghton Lane4 sales
• THE COTTAGE Houghton Lane4 sales
• THE SYCAMORES Houghton Lane4 sales
• RICHMOND HOUSE Houghton Lane4 sales
• BLUE LION Houghton Lane3 sales
• ALPHA BETA Houghton Lane3 sales
• MEADOW VIEW Houghton Lane3 sales
• FIRBROOK Houghton Lane2 sales
• ALMADA Houghton Lane2 sales
• 58 Houghton Lane2 sales
• 40 Houghton Lane2 sales
• CROOKED COTTAGE Houghton Lane2 sales
• OLD BARRACK YARD Houghton Lane2 sales
• HOMESTEAD Houghton Lane2 sales

Back to Swaffham house prices.

What is the average house price in Houghton Lane, Swaffham?

The median price paid in Houghton Lane, Swaffham across every sale on the register is £180,000. 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 Houghton Lane, Swaffham?

59 sales are on record for Houghton Lane, Swaffham, the most recent completing on 13 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have Houghton Lane, Swaffham house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +233.3% between 2002 and 2014. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +147.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were Houghton Lane, Swaffham house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £250,000, set in 2014. 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 Houghton Lane, Swaffham?

£2,026 per square metre, from the 2 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 13 Feb 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, “Houghton Lane, Swaffham 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.