Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Preston sell for a median £885,000
That is the middle of 35 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. 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.
Three quarters of Preston’s sales are detached houses
35 homes sold in three years: 27 detached houses, 6 semi-detached houses, 1 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 27 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £780K–£1.6M
- New build
- £1.1M
Semi-detached houses: 6 sold, median £493K
Terraced houses: 1 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: three quarters of homes sold stand on their own plot
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 Preston’s homes sold for between £620K and £1.5M
One sale in ten was under £575K and one in ten over £1.7M. 3% sold for under £250K.
The median, £885,000, sits in the £750K–1M band
35 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Preston’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Hitchin, Stevenage and Codicote.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | — | £885K | 5 | — |
| Whitwell | 2.3 | £586K | 8 | +17% |
| Little Wymondley | 2.7 | £375K | 7 | +13% |
| Hitchin | 3 | £450K | 443 | +36% |
| Kimpton | 4.1 | £568K | 11 | +25% |
| Ickleford | 4.3 | £595K | 28 | +45% |
| Stevenage | 4.4 | £340K | 819 | +33% |
| Codicote | 4.8 | £515K | 50 | +72% |
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 Preston
What is the average house price in Preston?
The median home in Preston sold for £885,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 35 standard sales. By type: detached houses £1,170,000 and semi-detached houses £492,500.
Are house prices going up in Preston?
The median was £930,000 in 2025, down 11% on 2024 (£1,050,000). A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How much does a new build cost in Preston?
New homes sold for a median £1,000,000 over three years, against £782,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 60% of sales.
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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