King's Lynn Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

King's Lynn: West Norfolk market town with heritage waterfront and growing residential demand.

The King's Lynn property market recorded 2,548 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £262,080. This places King's Lynn £1k below the Norfolk county median of £263,540, and £23k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in King's Lynn have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.1%. Within Norfolk, King's Lynn ranks 5th by price out of 8 principal towns, and 1st by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, King's Lynn median prices moved from £265,000 in Q3 2024 to £259,998 in Q4 2025, a change of -1.9% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, the local planning authority covering King's Lynn, approved 595 residential planning applications and refused 120 in the last 12 months, with 164 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 83%.

Those applications propose around 724 homes, an estimated £160.4m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in King's Lynn vary significantly by type. The table below compares King's Lynn prices with Norfolk county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in King's Lynn command £335,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £125,000. The £210k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 74 new-build sales in King's Lynn for the past 12 months, 2.9% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in King's Lynn sold at a premium of 20.7% to existing stock.

Across the wider Norfolk market, 379 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Norfolk property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in King's Lynn, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £225,000 to £325,000 illustrates the breadth of the King's Lynn market.

For developers considering King's Lynn, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £262,080 and detached homes at £335,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in King's Lynn with a GDV of £335,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £217,750 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have softened 1.1% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in King's Lynn by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put King's Lynn's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Norfolk:

For the full Norfolk town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Norfolk property market report.