That is the middle of 3,874 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 3.9 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.
3,874 homes sold in three years: 651 detached houses, 1,451 semi-detached houses, 1,455 terraced houses and 317 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£271K
median sale · 651 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£323K
Last 12 months
£280K163 sold
New build
£285K
Semi-detached houses£165K
median sale · 1,451 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£132K–£200K
Last 12 months
£170K439 sold
New build
£178K
Terraced houses£123K
median sale · 1,455 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£156K
Last 12 months
£130K426 sold
New build
£140K
Flats and maisonettes£93K
median sale · 317 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£70K–£125K
Last 12 months
£105K104 sold
New build
£206K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses38%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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.
Price range
Half of Carlisle’s homes sold for between £114K and £215K
One sale in ten was under £85K and one in ten over £280K. 84% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £152,000, sits in the £150–200K band
3,874 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,000 in 1995 to £155,000 in the last 12 months (£125,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,132 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,191 in 2003, the busiest year, and 898 in 2012. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Carlisle costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Carlisle, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£71K
£85K
£180K
£184K
£200K
£225K
£280K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£51K
£108K
£119K
£126K
£137K
£170K
Terraced houses
£35K
£37K
£82K
£95K
£94K
£98K
£130K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£35K
£87K
£82K
£79K
£78K
£105K
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.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 17% in 2019
5,688 new homes have been sold in Carlisle since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £209,972
against £147,000 for a home sold on, 43% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.9% sold leasehold in Carlisle. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Moorside Drive is Carlisle’s busiest street, with 53 sales in three years
273 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 93 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
Moorside Drive
CA1
53
£179,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Greymoor Way
CA3
45
£179,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Warwick Road
CA1
42
£222,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Edderside Drive
CA3
41
£223,245
Mixed · new builds
5
Blackthorn Way
CA2
33
£248,950
Mixed
6
Wigton Road
CA2
31
£155,000
Mixed
7
Denton Mill Close
CA2
31
£110,000
Mostly flats
8
Buttercup Lane
CA2
26
£311,450
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Elder Drive
CA2
26
£189,950
Mixed · new builds
10
Greystone Road
CA1
26
£124,725
Mostly terraced houses
11
Green Lane
CA2
25
£175,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Newtown Road
CA2
25
£168,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Blackwell Road
CA2
25
£135,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Bramble Way
CA2
24
£304,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
London Road
CA1
24
£203,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Longlands Road: £432,500
Carlisle median£152K
Longlands Road£433K
Lansdowne Close£395K
Portland Square£385K
Parkland Avenue£375K
Sandalwood Drive£368K
Cheapest streets
Caldew Close: £50,025
Carlisle median£152K
Caldew Close£50K
Close Street£68K
Threave Court£72K
Metcalfe Street£75K
Lindisfarne Street£76K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.6 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.
Across Cumbria
Carlisle is the 18th most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Carlisle is in the middle of Cumbria’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
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 Carlisle
What is the average house price in Carlisle?
The median home in Carlisle sold for £152,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,874 standard sales (£155,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £271,000, semi-detached houses £165,000, terraced houses £123,158 and flats and maisonettes £92,500.
Are house prices going up in Carlisle?
The median was £154,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£150,000), and £155,000 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 Carlisle each year?
1,132 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,458 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Carlisle?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Longlands Road (CA3, £432,500), Lansdowne Close (CA3, £394,950) and Portland Square (CA1, £385,000).
How much does a new build cost in Carlisle?
New homes sold for a median £209,972 over three years, against £147,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.6% of sales.
Is Carlisle expensive for Cumbria?
Carlisle is the 18th most expensive of 23 towns of 2,500 or more in Cumbria 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.
Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0