That is the middle of 127 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 5.2 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.
127 homes sold in three years: 48 detached houses, 55 semi-detached houses and 24 terraced houses.
Detached houses£270K
median sale · 48 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£305K
Last 12 months
£271K14 sold
Semi-detached houses£170K
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£193K
Last 12 months
£173K25 sold
Terraced houses£103K
median sale · 24 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£89K–£135K
Last 12 months
£107K8 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 43% of sales
Detached houses38%
Semi-detached houses43%
Terraced houses19%
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 Dearham’s homes sold for between £135K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £104K and one in ten over £293K. 76% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £185,000, sits in the £150–200K band
127 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £33,750 in 1995 to £175,000 in the last 12 months (£178,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
More homes sell than in most years
47 sales in the last 12 months, against 77 in 2016, the busiest year, and 15 in 2010. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 31%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 89% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Dearham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Dearham, 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
£56K
£70K
£206K
£245K
£192K
£210K
£271K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£38K
£96K
£105K
£140K
£135K
£173K
Terraced houses
£27K
£28K
£74K
£89K
£90K
£103K
£107K
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 68% in 2016
206 new homes have been sold in Dearham since 1995; the share peaked at 68% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Dearham. 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
Went Meadows Close is Dearham’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Went Meadows Close
CA15
26
£168,475
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Central Road
CA15
15
£115,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
St Mungos Close
CA15
14
£260,000
Mixed
4
Lonsdale View
CA15
11
£225,000
Mixed
5
Newlands Park
CA15
11
£185,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Maryport Road
CA15
8
£146,250
Mixed
7
Main Street
CA15
7
£195,000
Mixed
8
Towncroft
CA15
7
£129,950
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Craika Road
CA15
5
£220,000
Mixed
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.
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 Dearham
What is the average house price in Dearham?
The median home in Dearham sold for £185,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 127 standard sales (£175,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £270,000, semi-detached houses £170,000 and terraced houses £102,500.
Are house prices going up in Dearham?
The median was £203,750 in 2025, up 13% on 2024 (£180,000), and £175,000 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 Dearham each year?
47 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 50 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dearham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: St Mungos Close (CA15, £260,000), Lonsdale View (CA15, £225,000) and Craika Road (CA15, £220,000).
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.