The average Broadland home was £313,407 in July, up 2.9% in a year. The annual rise has more than halved since May, and prices have barely moved since December.
The average home in Broadland was worth £313,407 in July, according to the UK House Price Index published by HM Land Registry on 16 September.
That is £8,847 more than in July 2025, a rise of 2.9%. Three months ago the same index had Broadland running at 8.1% a year.
The district has not suddenly got cheaper. It has gone quiet. The average price moved by £957 in the seven months from December to July, a shift of 0.3%. What changed was the year it is measured against.
The eight months when nothing happened
Broadland’s average passed £312,000 in December 2025 and has sat there ever since.
The annual percentage told a very different story over those same months, because it compares each month with the one a year before:
- April 2026: up 7.2%
- May 2026: up 8.1%
- June 2026: up 6.4%
- July 2026: up 2.9%
The reason is in the summer of 2025. Broadland’s average jumped 3.6% in the single month of July 2025, from £294,045 to £304,560. Once that jump entered the comparison, the annual rate fell away without a single Broadland home changing price.
What we reported last month, and what has changed
On 21 August we reported that the average Broadland home reached £315,128 in June, up 7.2%. That was the figure HM Land Registry had published at the time.
The July release revises June down to £312,773, a rise of 6.4%. The index is recalculated every month as late Land Registry entries arrive, and revisions of £2,355 are ordinary. It does mean June was a slower month than it first appeared.
Broadland in Norfolk, and in England
Broadland is still the most expensive of Norfolk’s seven districts, and it is still near the top of the county for growth. It is no longer alone at the top.
| District | Average, July 2026 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | £265,715 | up 3.0% |
| Broadland | £313,407 | up 2.9% |
| South Norfolk | £311,587 | up 1.5% |
| Great Yarmouth | £209,114 | up 0.7% |
| Breckland | £268,905 | up 0.6% |
| Norwich | £224,323 | down 2.3% |
| North Norfolk | £292,563 | down 3.1% |
Two Norfolk districts are now falling over the year. Norwich lost 2.2% in the month of July alone, and North Norfolk 2.3%.
Against all 295 local authority districts in England, Broadland ranks 103rd on annual growth, down from 38th in June. Eighty-five of those 295 districts are now falling, against 63 a month earlier.
For wider context, England as a whole rose 1.1% over the year to £293,479, the East of England 0.5% to £337,518, and Norfolk as a county 0.7% to £269,185.
Still short of the 2022 peak
Broadland’s average peaked at £320,007 in September 2022. July’s £313,407 is £6,600 below that, almost four years later. Anyone who bought at the top of the market has not recovered in cash terms, let alone after inflation.
What is rising and what is not
| Type of home | Average, July 2026 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £421,798 | up 2.6% |
| Semi-detached | £274,748 | up 3.6% |
| Terraced | £226,397 | up 2.9% |
| Flat or maisonette | £145,444 | down 0.3% |
Semi-detached homes, the stock that fills Sprowston, Thorpe St Andrew and Hellesdon, are the only type above the district average. Flats are the only type going backwards.
The average paid by a first-time buyer in Broadland was £269,619, up 3.2% on the year. Cash buyers paid an average of £320,000 and mortgaged buyers £310,381.
Sales are thin
The index publishes sale counts about three months behind the prices, so the newest months are blank. The most recent complete figure is May 2026, when 108 homes changed hands in Broadland. April recorded 112 and March 148.
Those are small numbers, which is worth remembering when reading any monthly movement in a district this size. The August figures are due at 9.30am on Wednesday 21 October.
What it means for you
If you are selling, the annual percentage is no longer doing you any favours. Price against what has actually sold in your village in the last few months, not against a district figure that has been static since Christmas.
If you are buying, £313,407 is a mean average across a district that runs from Norwich suburbs to Broads-side villages. Our Broadland house prices page carries median sold prices for 23 individual parishes, which is a far better guide to what one village costs than any district-wide number.
If you are a first-time buyer, £269,619 is only £43,788 below the district average, because the cheaper stock has been rising faster than the expensive stock. On the usual 10% deposit assumption that is £26,962 to find before fees.
One caveat that matters. The UK House Price Index publishes a mean average, not a median. A handful of expensive sales pulls it upward in a way a median would not, which is why the district figure sits above what most Broadland homes actually sell for.
If you are moving within the district, our guides to Broadland council tax bands and bin collection days cover the two questions that come up first after the keys change hands.
Sources
- HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, Broadland, July 2026 release for the district average, annual change, monthly series, type splits, first-time buyer and cash or mortgage averages, and sales volumes.
- UK HPI full data file, July 2026 for the England-wide ranking of all 295 local authority districts, the revised June figure and the six neighbouring Norfolk districts, all taken from the same release.
- HM Land Registry: about the UK House Price Index for the methodology, including the use of a mean average and the monthly revisions.
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