Aldeburgh’s property market, as recorded on 27 September 2026, is a market defined by a small number of high value properties rather than high volume turnover. The average asking price stands at £1,185,000, with current listings spanning £950,000 to £1,750,000. There are 16 properties listed for sale in the town, of which 13 remain actively on the market and 3 are sold subject to contract, giving a sold subject to contract rate of +18.8%. The average period a property spends on the market before finding a buyer is 98 days.
Taken together, these figures place Aldeburgh’s current conditions in the category of an Extreme Buyers’ Market, a classification that reflects the proportion of stock still awaiting an offer relative to the small number of agreed sales, rather than any lack of buyer interest in the town itself.
The clearest trend in the current Aldeburgh data is the gap between the volume of stock and the volume of agreed sales. Of the 16 properties listed, only 3 have reached sold subject to contract status, a rate of +18.8%, while 13 remain actively marketed. Average days on market of 98 is considerably shorter than the wider Suffolk county figure, which points to reasonably efficient price discovery once a property is correctly positioned, even though the overall balance of supply and demand currently favours buyers.
Price itself ranges widely, from £950,000 to £1,750,000, a spread of £800,000 across only 16 properties, which is itself a notable feature of this small, high value market.
At a SSTC rate of +18.8%, with 13 of the 16 current listings still actively seeking a buyer, Aldeburgh sits firmly within buyers’ market conditions, formally classified here as an Extreme Buyers’ Market. This does not mean property is failing to sell; the average marketing period of 98 days is comparatively brisk. It means that, at the snapshot date, the volume of available stock relative to the rate of agreed sales gives buyers more choice and more negotiating room than sellers currently have.
Momentum in Aldeburgh should be read carefully given the small total number of properties involved. A SSTC rate of +18.8%, representing 3 agreed sales out of 16 listings, indicates that transactions are continuing to complete, and the 98 day average marketing period suggests this is happening without prolonged delay once a buyer is found.
This is better described as steady, low volume activity than as either an accelerating or a sharply cooling market. With only 16 properties in total, small changes in count can move the percentages significantly without reflecting a genuine shift in underlying demand.
Buyers approaching Aldeburgh at present hold a reasonably strong negotiating position. With 13 properties still actively for sale against only 3 sold subject to contract, and the market formally classified as an Extreme Buyers’ Market, there is no shortage of choice at this price level, and sellers are competing for a comparatively small pool of buyers able to transact at £950,000 and above.
That said, the average marketing period of 98 days is not especially long, so well priced property is still moving. Buyers should enter negotiations informed rather than assume every seller is under pressure.
In our experience working this stretch of the Suffolk coast, Aldeburgh’s market rarely behaves the way the headline classification suggests. An Extreme Buyers’ Market label, applied because only 3 of the current 16 listings have moved to sold subject to contract, can read as a soft market to anyone unfamiliar with the town. It is not.
Aldeburgh’s housing stock at this price point, from £950,000 to £1,750,000, is limited by geography as much as by demand. There is only so much property within walking distance of the High Street, Crag Path and the shingle beach, and that scarcity does not disappear just because the percentage of agreed sales looks modest in a given month. What we do see, consistently, is that property priced with genuine reference to current market conditions in the town, rather than to aspiration, still finds a buyer within the 98 day average.
One detail in Aldeburgh’s current dataset worth noting on its own terms is where the £1,185,000 average sits within the £950,000 to £1,750,000 range. It is £235,000 above the floor of that range but £565,000 below the ceiling, which suggests the bulk of current listings cluster toward the lower and middle part of the price band, with a smaller number of higher priced properties stretching the top of the range upward.
That pattern matters for anyone reading the average in isolation. A buyer working to a budget nearer £1,185,000 is likely to find more comparable stock to consider than the headline price span might imply, while a property listed at or near £1,750,000 is competing in a genuinely thin segment of this already small market.
Buying in Aldeburgh at the current price level, between £950,000 and £1,750,000, means competing in a small field. With only 16 properties on the market at the snapshot date and 13 of those still actively seeking a buyer, a serious buyer is not choosing between dozens of similar options. They are often choosing between a handful of genuinely distinct properties, each with its own position relative to the beach, the town centre or the surrounding marshland.
The average 98 day marketing period gives buyers room to view properly, arrange a second visit, and commission a survey without feeling rushed, which matters more in a town where period construction, flood risk near the river, and conservation area restrictions are all genuine considerations rather than small print.
Our considered view is that Aldeburgh’s current Extreme Buyers’ Market classification reflects a temporary imbalance in the ratio of listings to agreed sales rather than any underlying weakness in the town’s appeal. A price range running up to £1,750,000, an average of £1,185,000, and a stock count of only 16 properties describe a market that is small by nature, not shrinking.
Buyers who wait for a dramatic correction in a town this constrained in supply may find themselves waiting through several reporting periods while the percentage swings on the back of one or two transactions either way.
An investor looking at Aldeburgh today is looking at a market with an average price of £1,185,000 and a price floor, among current listings, of £950,000. That is a high entry point, and with only 16 properties listed and 13 of them still active, there is no large pool of comparable stock to benchmark against.
The average marketing period of 98 days is considerably shorter than the Suffolk county average of 366 days, which is a relevant data point for anyone modelling likely time to transact. The SSTC rate of +18.8% is modest in volume terms, 3 properties, but should be read against the small total count rather than compared directly with larger markets.
Specific property type data is not broken down in this report, but the current price range of £950,000 to £1,750,000 across only 16 listings itself indicates a market with meaningful variation in size, position and specification rather than a uniform stock of similar houses.
At an average price of £1,185,000, Aldeburgh sits well above the Suffolk county average generally, which is consistent with a town where the available stock skews toward larger or more established properties rather than smaller entry level homes.
As at 27 September 2026, 16 properties are listed for sale in Aldeburgh. Of these, 13 remain actively on the market and 3 are sold subject to contract, giving a SSTC rate of +18.8%. Asking prices range from £950,000 to £1,750,000, with an average across all current listings of £1,185,000.
This is a genuinely small market at any one time, and the current stock represents the full range of what a buyer can choose from at this snapshot rather than a sample of a much larger pool.
No Land Registry completed sale price data is available within this report’s current dataset for Aldeburgh. The figures given elsewhere in this report, including the £1,185,000 average and the current sold subject to contract transactions, describe current asking prices and agreed sales still progressing through legal completion, not finalised Land Registry transactions, and should not be read as completed sale prices.
Aldeburgh’s average price of £1,185,000 stands £378,887 above the Suffolk county average of £806,113, a premium of 47.0%. The town’s average marketing period of 98 days is also 268 days fewer than the Suffolk average of 366 days.
Together these figures describe a market that commands a substantial price premium over the county as a whole while, on average, taking considerably less time to move from listing to agreed sale.
Set against its three nearest markets, Aldeburgh’s position is mixed. Thorpeness carries a higher average price, at £1,250,000, £65,000 above Aldeburgh, but currently shows a SSTC rate of 0.0%, compared with Aldeburgh’s +18.8%. Aldringham is priced lower, at £1,075,000, £110,000 below Aldeburgh, and also shows a 0.0% SSTC rate.
Iken sits in a different price bracket entirely, averaging £432,735, £752,265 below Aldeburgh, yet records the strongest transactional activity of the four areas, with a SSTC rate of +21.5%. Aldeburgh’s own +18.8% rate places it ahead of both of its higher priced neighbours on current sales activity, even while its own classification remains a buyers’ market.
Aldeburgh is a working Suffolk coastal town as much as a destination, with a high street of independent shops and galleries running parallel to the shingle beach rather than facing directly onto it. Fishing boats are still hauled up on the beach itself, and the fish huts selling the morning’s catch remain a genuine part of daily life rather than a tourist set piece.
The town’s cultural identity is shaped heavily by its association with the Aldeburgh Festival and the nearby Snape Maltings concert hall, which draws a particular kind of visitor and, over time, a particular kind of buyer. Architecturally the town mixes Georgian and Victorian terraces along the High Street and Crag Path with later development further back from the sea, which helps explain why current listings span such a wide price range, from £950,000 to £1,750,000, within a single small town.
Selling in Aldeburgh at present means positioning a property within a genuinely small pool of competitors. Only 16 properties are listed at the snapshot date, 13 of them actively competing for buyer attention alongside yours, and the average time to find a buyer is 98 days.
With the market classified as an Extreme Buyers’ Market and only 3 properties currently sold subject to contract, sellers need to price with reference to what buyers are actually agreeing to pay within the current £950,000 to £1,750,000 range, rather than to the top of that range by default. Realistic pricing from the outset tends to outperform a strategy of listing high and reducing later, particularly in a market this small, where every listing is visible to the same limited pool of serious buyers.
The Ivybridge Collection works this part of the Suffolk coast closely enough to know that a town with only 16 properties on the market at any given time cannot be assessed using generic regional benchmarks.
We track Aldeburgh’s figures, its SSTC rate, its average days on market and its price spread, on their own terms, and we price and position property accordingly rather than importing assumptions from larger, more liquid markets nearby.
The Ivybridge Collection maintains an active working knowledge of Aldeburgh as part of its wider coverage of the Suffolk Heritage Coast. We monitor the town’s listings, its sold subject to contract activity and its pricing pattern as a matter of course, which is how we are able to report, at the snapshot date of 27 September 2026, that 16 properties are on the market here, 3 of them already agreed.
That ongoing attention, rather than a one off valuation visit, is the basis of our presence in the town.
Our professional advice to anyone transacting in Aldeburgh at present is to treat the Extreme Buyers’ Market classification as a description of current conditions, not a prediction of future ones. It is derived from a SSTC rate of +18.8%, three agreed sales out of sixteen listings, a figure that can move substantially with a single additional transaction given how small this market is.
Sellers should price with reference to the realistic range of £950,000 to £1,750,000 rather than its upper boundary, and should expect a genuine marketing period in the order of the current 98 day average. Buyers should use the current conditions to negotiate properly, but should not assume that a 98 day average, itself considerably faster than the Suffolk county figure of 366 days, means there is unlimited time to deliberate on a property that is genuinely well priced.
This report on the Aldeburgh property market is compiled by The Ivybridge Collection from active listing data current as at 27 September 2026, supplemented by Land Registry records where available and the firm’s own local market monitoring.
The figures presented, including the average price of £1,185,000, the total of 16 listed properties, the SSTC rate of +18.8% and the average marketing period of 98 days, reflect a snapshot at that date rather than a continuous average, and should be read accordingly.
If you are weighing up a move in Aldeburgh, whether buying within the current £950,000 to £1,750,000 range or considering what your own property might realistically achieve, we would welcome the conversation. A valuation from our team is grounded in what is actually happening in the town right now, not a generic estimate, and costs nothing to arrange.
For a wider view of this part of the Suffolk coast, our market reports for Thorpeness, Aldringham and Iken sit alongside this one, each using the same snapshot methodology and the same approach to SSTC rates, days on market and pricing, so the figures can be read across all four areas on a like for like basis.
