That is the middle of 65 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 3.5 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.
65 homes sold in three years: 20 detached houses, 18 semi-detached houses, 25 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£419K
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£451K
Last 12 months
£418K7 sold
Semi-detached houses£295K
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£382K
Terraced houses£208K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£182K–£240K
Last 12 months
£215K12 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses38%
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 Fence’s homes sold for between £208K and £400K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £457K. 40% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £280,000, sits in the £250–300K band
65 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £68,000 in 1995 to £241,000 in the last 12 months (£180,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
25 sales in the last 12 months, against 47 in 2004, the busiest year, and 12 in 2009. Sales fell by 63% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Fence costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Fence, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£105K
£215K
£258K
£255K
£326K
£418K
Terraced houses
£51K
£60K
£125K
£145K
£140K
£188K
£215K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 30% in 2017
37 new homes have been sold in Fence since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
29% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 27% sold leasehold in Fence. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Fence’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Brierfield, Barrowford and Nelson.
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 Fence
What is the average house price in Fence?
The median home in Fence sold for £280,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 65 standard sales (£241,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £419,000, semi-detached houses £294,975 and terraced houses £208,000.
Are house prices going up in Fence?
The median was £282,500 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£297,500), 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 Fence each year?
25 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 28 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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.