The median home in Linton sells for £405,000
That is the middle of 195 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 7.2 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Linton’s sales are detached houses
195 homes sold in three years: 96 detached houses, 56 semi-detached houses, 37 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 96 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £430K–£675K
- Last 12 months
- £580K28 sold
- New build
- £632K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £300K–£435K
- Last 12 months
- £400K15 sold
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £241K–£385K
- Last 12 months
- £360K13 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £185K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Linton’s homes sold for between £310K and £570K
One sale in ten was under £235K and one in ten over £695K. 12% sold for under £250K.
The median, £405,000, sits in the £400–500K band
195 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 7.2 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,000 in 1995 to £432,500 in the last 12 months (£305,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
58 sales in the last 12 months, against 156 in 1997, the busiest year, and 32 in 2020. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 197% more sales than 2020.
Linton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Linton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £132K | £145K | £278K | £295K | £376K | £460K | £580K |
| Semi-detached houses | £60K | £100K | £182K | £206K | £280K | £340K | £400K |
| Terraced houses | £58K | £91K | £167K | £175K | £256K | — | £360K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
257 new homes have been sold in Linton since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 1997.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £620,000
against £390,000 for a home sold on, 59% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Linton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Trout Beck is Linton’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trout Beck | CB21 | 14 | £618,750 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | High Street | CB21 | 13 | £515,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Finchams Close | CB21 | 12 | £308,500 | Mixed |
| 4 | Otter Burn | CB21 | 8 | £621,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 5 | Bartlow Road | CB21 | 8 | £595,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Wheatsheaf Way | CB21 | 7 | £350,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Rivey Way | CB21 | 6 | £482,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Dolphin Close | CB21 | 6 | £395,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | The Grip | CB21 | 5 | £735,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Coles Lane | CB21 | 5 | £361,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 11 | Dovehouse Close | CB21 | 5 | £220,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Green Hill Mews | CB21 | 5 | £220,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
The Grip: £735,000
Green Hill Mews: £220,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Linton is the 11th most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Linton is in the middle of Cambridgeshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Linton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Haverhill.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton | — | £405K | 58 | +14% |
| Balsham | 2.6 | £410K | 19 | +17% |
| Great Chesterford | 4.3 | £490K | 21 | +20% |
| Sawston | 5.1 | £406K | 66 | +35% |
| Duxford | 5.5 | £473K | 12 | +17% |
| Saffron Walden | 5.7 | £415K | 212 | +28% |
| Whittlesford | 6 | £540K | 10 | +20% |
| Haverhill | 6.4 | £270K | 272 | +38% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Linton
What is the average house price in Linton?
The median home in Linton sold for £405,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 195 standard sales (£432,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £570,000, semi-detached houses £360,000, terraced houses £338,000 and flats and maisonettes £185,000.
Are house prices going up in Linton?
The median was £400,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£423,000), and £432,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Linton each year?
58 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 63 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Linton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: The Grip (CB21, £735,000), Otter Burn (CB21, £621,000) and Trout Beck (CB21, £618,750).
How much does a new build cost in Linton?
New homes sold for a median £620,000 over three years, against £390,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 13% of sales.
Is Linton expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Linton is the 11th most expensive of 51 towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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