That is the middle of 582 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 5.4 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.
582 homes sold in three years: 148 detached houses, 192 semi-detached houses, 205 terraced houses and 37 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£422K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£475K
Last 12 months
£447K36 sold
New build
£440K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 192 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£212K–£310K
Last 12 months
£240K61 sold
Terraced houses£196K
median sale · 205 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£151K–£250K
Last 12 months
£210K68 sold
Flats and maisonettes£160K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£180K
Last 12 months
£162K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Ulverston’s homes sold for between £185K and £350K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £453K. 49% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
582 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,000 in 1995 to £241,000 in the last 12 months (£185,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
177 sales in the last 12 months, against 348 in 2006, the busiest year, and 138 in 2009. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 35% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ulverston costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ulverston, 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
£85K
£115K
£188K
£233K
£265K
£350K
£447K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£69K
£140K
£148K
£161K
£205K
£240K
Terraced houses
£37K
£45K
£125K
£129K
£143K
£164K
£210K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£45K
£115K
£116K
£125K
£119K
£162K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 29% in 2022
614 new homes have been sold in Ulverston since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2022.
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 £439,950
against £240,000 for a home sold on, 83% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.2% sold leasehold in Ulverston. 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
Leven Road is Ulverston’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
42 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Leven Road
LA12
17
£420,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Charters Way
LA12
15
£452,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Bigland Drive
LA12
14
£252,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Birchwood Drive
LA12
14
£223,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Birkett Drive
LA12
10
£355,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Monument Way
LA12
10
£282,500
Mixed
7
Oakwood Drive
LA12
10
£221,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Cinder Road
LA12
9
£439,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Furnace Close
LA12
9
£430,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Sir John Barrow Way
LA12
8
£302,200
Mixed
11
Sun Street
LA12
8
£256,750
Mostly terraced houses
12
Dorchester Crescent
LA12
8
£255,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Casson Street
LA12
8
£220,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
North Lonsdale Road
LA12
8
£160,750
Mostly terraced houses
15
Steel Street
LA12
8
£158,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Kennedy Place: £592,500
Ulverston median£250K
Kennedy Place£593K
Charters Way£453K
Cinder Road£440K
Alice Fold£438K
Furnace Close£431K
Cheapest streets
Neville Street: £130,000
Ulverston median£250K
Neville Street£130K
Cox Street£140K
Byron Street£140K
Kennedy Street£152K
Oxford Street£155K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.6 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
Ulverston is the 7th most expensive of 23 towns in Cumbria
Ulverston 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 Ulverston
What is the average house price in Ulverston?
The median home in Ulverston sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 582 standard sales (£241,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £421,995, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £196,000 and flats and maisonettes £160,000.
Are house prices going up in Ulverston?
The median was £247,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£262,500), and £241,000 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 Ulverston each year?
177 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 222 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ulverston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Kennedy Place (LA12, £592,500), Charters Way (LA12, £452,995) and Cinder Road (LA12, £439,995).
How much does a new build cost in Ulverston?
New homes sold for a median £439,950 over three years, against £240,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.4% of sales.
Is Ulverston expensive for Cumbria?
Ulverston is the 7th 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.