That is the middle of 3,257 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 4.6 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.
3,257 homes sold in three years: 546 detached houses, 907 semi-detached houses, 1,701 terraced houses and 103 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£279K
median sale · 546 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£236K–£330K
Last 12 months
£295K137 sold
New build
£303K
Semi-detached houses£175K
median sale · 907 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£215K
Last 12 months
£180K253 sold
New build
£225K
Terraced houses£88K
median sale · 1,701 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£66K–£120K
Last 12 months
£96K426 sold
Flats and maisonettes£88K
median sale · 103 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£68K–£112K
Last 12 months
£83K28 sold
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses52%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Burnley’s homes sold for between £84K and £200K
One sale in ten was under £60K and one in ten over £277K. 86% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £132,500, sits in the £100–150K band
3,257 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £30,125 in 1995 to £140,000 in the last 12 months (£87,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
844 sales in the last 12 months, against 3,134 in 2006, the busiest year, and 740 in 2012. Sales fell by 72% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Burnley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Burnley, 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
£74K
£84K
£170K
£167K
£166K
£225K
£295K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£54K
£115K
£122K
£123K
£140K
£180K
Terraced houses
£22K
£24K
£38K
£53K
£50K
£63K
£96K
Flats and maisonettes
£27K
£38K
£80K
£58K
£65K
£67K
£83K
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: 0.7% of sales in the last 12 months
2,720 new homes have been sold in Burnley since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 1997.
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 £275,000
against £125,000 for a home sold on, 120% 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.
61% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 59% sold leasehold in Burnley. 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
Kettledrum Drive is Burnley’s busiest street, with 49 sales in three years
222 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 59 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
Kettledrum Drive
BB10
49
£344,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Briercliffe Road
BB10
46
£120,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Brunshaw Road
BB10
40
£148,225
Mixed
4
Manchester Road
BB11
37
£172,000
Mixed
5
Buxton Close
BB10
33
£270,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Coal Clough Lane
BB11
33
£120,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Ribblesdale Avenue
BB10
30
£310,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Accrington Road
BB11
28
£78,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Yellowhammer Road
BB11
27
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
Lowerhouse Lane
BB12
27
£120,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Printers Fold
BB12
24
£188,975
Mixed
12
Padiham Road
BB12
23
£130,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Barden Lane (BB10)
BB10
23
£125,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Burnley Road
BB10
22
£124,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Colne Road
BB10
22
£123,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Easedale Close: £390,000
Burnley median£133K
Easedale Close£390K
Cumbrian Way£370K
Applecross Drive£365K
Kettledrum Drive£345K
Dawson Drive£336K
Cheapest streets
Ford Street: £45,000
Burnley median£133K
Ford Street£45K
Grange Street£48K
Willow Street£50K
Heap Street£50K
Howard Street£51K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.7 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 Lancashire
Burnley is the 61st most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Burnley is one of Lancashire’s cheapest 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 Burnley
What is the average house price in Burnley?
The median home in Burnley sold for £132,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,257 standard sales (£140,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £278,995, semi-detached houses £175,000, terraced houses £88,000 and flats and maisonettes £88,250.
Are house prices going up in Burnley?
The median was £135,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£128,500), and £140,000 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 Burnley each year?
844 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,213 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Burnley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Easedale Close (BB12, £390,000), Cumbrian Way (BB12, £370,000) and Applecross Drive (BB10, £365,000).
How much does a new build cost in Burnley?
New homes sold for a median £275,000 over three years, against £125,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6% of sales.
Is Burnley expensive for Lancashire?
Burnley is the 61st most expensive of 65 towns of 2,500 or more in Lancashire 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.