That is the middle of 513 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 5.5 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 Matlock’s sales are semi-detached houses
513 homes sold in three years: 152 detached houses, 177 semi-detached houses, 127 terraced houses and 57 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£399K
median sale · 152 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£485K
Last 12 months
£383K42 sold
Semi-detached houses£260K
median sale · 177 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£213K–£313K
Last 12 months
£260K55 sold
Terraced houses£215K
median sale · 127 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£181K–£265K
Last 12 months
£220K37 sold
Flats and maisonettes£161K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£210K
Last 12 months
£153K16 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses35%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Matlock’s homes sold for between £200K and £353K
One sale in ten was under £163K and one in ten over £468K. 45% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £270,000, sits in the £250–300K band
513 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,000 in 1995 to £276,875 in the last 12 months (£241,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
150 sales in the last 12 months, against 272 in 2006, the busiest year, and 140 in 2008. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Matlock costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Matlock, 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
£81K
£111K
£231K
£250K
£295K
£360K
£383K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£65K
£164K
£167K
£175K
£229K
£260K
Terraced houses
£41K
£60K
£135K
£128K
£161K
£173K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£39K
£180K
£145K
£133K
£155K
£153K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
590 new homes have been sold in Matlock since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2006.
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 £425,000
against £269,225 for a home sold on, 58% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Matlock. 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
Smedley Street is Matlock’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
30 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Smedley Street
DE4
21
£247,000
Mixed
2
Chesterfield Road
DE4
16
£294,500
Mixed
3
Cavendish Road
DE4
15
£210,000
Mixed
4
Bakewell Road
DE4
14
£182,750
Mixed
5
Starkholmes Road
DE4
13
£328,600
Mixed
6
Morledge
DE4
13
£280,000
Mixed
7
Matlock Green
DE4
13
£235,000
Mixed
8
Wolds Rise
DE4
12
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Rutland Street
DE4
12
£187,500
Mixed
10
Victoria Hall Gardens
DE4
12
£183,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Wellington Street
DE4
11
£287,000
Mixed
12
Church Street
DE4
10
£295,000
Mixed
13
Bentley Bridge Road
DE4
7
£385,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Old Hackney Lane
DE4
7
£377,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Hawleys Close
DE4
7
£345,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Bentley Bridge Road: £385,000
Matlock median£270K
Bentley Bridge Road£385K
Jackson Road£383K
Old Hackney Lane£378K
Tor Rise£365K
Hawleys Close£345K
Cheapest streets
Wellington Mews: £105,000
Matlock median£270K
Wellington Mews£105K
Baileys Mill£150K
Hurst Rise£162K
Mettesford£177K
Bakewell Road£183K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.7 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 Derbyshire
Matlock is the 12th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Matlock is in the middle of Derbyshire’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 Matlock
What is the average house price in Matlock?
The median home in Matlock sold for £270,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 513 standard sales (£276,875 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £398,500, semi-detached houses £260,000, terraced houses £215,010 and flats and maisonettes £161,000.
Are house prices going up in Matlock?
The median was £275,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£269,975), and £276,875 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 Matlock each year?
150 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 201 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Matlock?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bentley Bridge Road (DE4, £385,000), Jackson Road (DE4, £382,500) and Old Hackney Lane (DE4, £377,500).
How much does a new build cost in Matlock?
New homes sold for a median £425,000 over three years, against £269,225 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.4% of sales.
Is Matlock expensive for Derbyshire?
Matlock is the 12th most expensive of 59 towns of 2,500 or more in Derbyshire 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.