That is the middle of 1,448 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 5.1 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.
A third of Kendal’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,448 homes sold in three years: 309 detached houses, 446 semi-detached houses, 403 terraced houses and 290 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£436K
median sale · 309 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£349K–£550K
Last 12 months
£377K76 sold
New build
£534K
Semi-detached houses£268K
median sale · 446 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£325K
Last 12 months
£265K127 sold
New build
£350K
Terraced houses£228K
median sale · 403 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£188K–£275K
Last 12 months
£231K118 sold
New build
£200K
Flats and maisonettes£150K
median sale · 290 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£234K
Last 12 months
£145K84 sold
New build
£305K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses31%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes20%
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 Kendal’s homes sold for between £195K and £350K
One sale in ten was under £136K and one in ten over £495K. 46% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
1,448 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,750 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
405 sales in the last 12 months, against 919 in 2002, the busiest year, and 384 in 2011. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kendal costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Kendal, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£88K
£127K
£250K
£270K
£308K
£318K
£377K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£70K
£165K
£168K
£190K
£235K
£265K
Terraced houses
£45K
£60K
£142K
£150K
£159K
£180K
£231K
Flats and maisonettes
£41K
£45K
£116K
£114K
£123K
£123K
£145K
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
Hardly any new homes: 1.7% of sales in the last 12 months
1,920 new homes have been sold in Kendal since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 1995.
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 £383,475
against £246,750 for a home sold on, 55% 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.
23% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.2% sold leasehold in Kendal. 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
Shap Road is Kendal’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
102 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 28 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
Shap Road
LA9
29
£300,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Lingmoor Rise
LA9
28
£216,500
Mixed
3
Dockray Hall Road
LA9
23
£302,950
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Sycamore Rise
LA9
22
£501,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Burneside Road
LA9
20
£291,750
Mostly terraced houses
6
Windermere Road
LA9
19
£416,500
Mixed
7
Webb View
LA9
19
£195,000
Mostly flats
8
Stramongate
LA9
18
£148,500
Mostly flats
9
Paddock Drive
LA9
17
£520,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Valley Drive
LA9
17
£312,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Websters Yard
LA9
17
£127,500
Mostly flats
12
Sandes Avenue
LA9
17
£111,000
Mostly flats
13
Chalk Grove
LA9
16
£686,750
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Chestnut Crescent
LA9
16
£517,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Vicarage Drive
LA9
16
£307,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Chalk Grove: £686,750
Kendal median£260K
Chalk Grove£687K
Horncop Lane£630K
Shelly Avenue£600K
Lumley Road£533K
Paddock Drive£520K
Cheapest streets
Kent Court: £50,000
Kendal median£260K
Kent Court£50K
Lound Place£63K
Aspen Close£70K
Blackhall Road£83K
Sandes Avenue£111K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 13.7 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
Kendal is the 5th most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Kendal 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 Kendal
What is the average house price in Kendal?
The median home in Kendal sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,448 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £436,000, semi-detached houses £267,750, terraced houses £227,500 and flats and maisonettes £150,000.
Are house prices going up in Kendal?
The median was £256,250 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£267,750), and £255,000 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 Kendal each year?
405 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 541 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kendal?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Chalk Grove (LA9, £686,750), Horncop Lane (LA9, £630,000) and Shelly Avenue (LA9, £600,000).
How much does a new build cost in Kendal?
New homes sold for a median £383,475 over three years, against £246,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 11% of sales.
Is Kendal expensive for Cumbria?
Kendal is the 5th 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.