Homes in Scotby sell for a median £273,750
That is the middle of 128 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 4.2 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.
43% of Scotby’s sales are semi-detached houses
128 homes sold in three years: 41 detached houses, 55 semi-detached houses, 18 terraced houses and 14 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £345K–£445K
- Last 12 months
- £391K16 sold
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £231K–£335K
- Last 12 months
- £275K17 sold
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £137K–£225K
- Last 12 months
- £225K5 sold
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £98K–£160K
- Last 12 months
- £123K5 sold
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 43% of sales
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 Scotby’s homes sold for between £200K and £360K
One sale in ten was under £137K and one in ten over £450K. 40% sold for under £250K.
The median, £273,750, sits in the £250–300K band
128 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £71,000 in 1995 to £298,000 in the last 12 months (£223,500 in 2019).
More homes sell than in most years
43 sales in the last 12 months, against 65 in 2021, the busiest year, and 14 in 2012. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 19%.
Scotby costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Scotby, 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 | £87K | £123K | £338K | £263K | £272K | £338K | £391K |
| Semi-detached houses | £60K | £75K | £177K | £200K | £214K | £205K | £275K |
| Terraced houses | — | — | — | — | £135K | £116K | £225K |
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.
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
146 new homes have been sold in Scotby since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2014.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.3% sold leasehold in Scotby. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Scotby Road is Scotby’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
11 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 | Scotby Road | CA4 | 14 | £315,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | Broomfallen Road | CA4 | 13 | £350,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Lough Wood Crescent | CA4 | 11 | £147,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Alders Edge | CA4 | 8 | £310,250 | Mixed |
| 5 | The Old Tannery | CA4 | 8 | £241,250 | Mixed |
| 6 | Holme Fauld | CA4 | 7 | £287,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Park Road | CA4 | 7 | £285,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Scotby Village | CA4 | 7 | £195,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Scotby Green Steading | CA4 | 7 | £128,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | Ghyll Road | CA4 | 6 | £284,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Hill Head | CA4 | 5 | £265,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Scotby’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Carlisle and Brampton.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotby | — | £274K | 43 | +16% |
| Wetheral | 1.6 | £356K | 20 | +48% |
| Warwick Bridge | 2.5 | £219K | 11 | +75% |
| Carlisle | 2.6 | £152K | 1,132 | +29% |
| Houghton | 2.9 | £220K | 21 | +16% |
| Dalston | 5.5 | £255K | 17 | +21% |
| Brampton | 6.6 | £183K | 44 | +26% |
| Longtown | 9 | £162K | 39 | +20% |
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 Scotby
What is the average house price in Scotby?
The median home in Scotby sold for £273,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 128 standard sales (£298,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £370,000, semi-detached houses £270,000, terraced houses £151,250 and flats and maisonettes £122,500.
Are house prices going up in Scotby?
The median was £280,000 in 2025, up 40% on 2024 (£200,000), and £298,000 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 Scotby each year?
43 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 46 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Scotby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Broomfallen Road (CA4, £350,000), Scotby Road (CA4, £315,000) and Alders Edge (CA4, £310,250).
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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