That is the middle of 1,938 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 4.3 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.
1,938 homes sold in three years: 207 detached houses, 586 semi-detached houses, 840 terraced houses and 305 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£390K
median sale · 207 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£308K–£465K
Last 12 months
£407K60 sold
New build
£443K
Semi-detached houses£217K
median sale · 586 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£265K
Last 12 months
£228K172 sold
Terraced houses£160K
median sale · 840 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£136K–£204K
Last 12 months
£160K251 sold
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 305 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£161K
Last 12 months
£123K78 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 43% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses11%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses43%
Flats and maisonettes16%
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 Lancaster’s homes sold for between £140K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £110K and one in ten over £350K. 75% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £180,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,938 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,000 in 1995 to £184,000 in the last 12 months (£145,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
561 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,630 in 2002, the busiest year, and 608 in 2012. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 38% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Lancaster costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lancaster, 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
£82K
£126K
£246K
£230K
£277K
£294K
£407K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£53K
£126K
£137K
£162K
£167K
£228K
Terraced houses
£39K
£43K
£105K
£116K
£125K
£130K
£160K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£42K
£105K
£111K
£125K
£111K
£123K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 25% in 2016
2,632 new homes have been sold in Lancaster since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2016.
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 £440,000
against £180,000 for a home sold on, 144% 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.
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5.7% sold leasehold in Lancaster. 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
Kershaw Drive is Lancaster’s busiest street, with 38 sales in three years
141 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 43 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
Kershaw Drive
LA1
38
£220,000
Mostly flats
2
Scotforth Road
LA1
32
£141,500
Mixed
3
Bowerham Road
LA1
23
£230,000
Mixed
4
Westbourne Road
LA1
18
£197,475
Mixed
5
Torrisholme Road
LA1
17
£175,000
Mixed
6
Old Quarry Lane
LA1
16
£445,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Windermere Road
LA1
16
£260,750
Mostly terraced houses
8
New Quay Road
LA1
16
£170,500
Mixed
9
Westham Street
LA1
16
£131,375
Mostly terraced houses
10
Spinners Court
LA1
16
£71,250
Mostly flats
11
Spruce Avenue
LA1
14
£210,000
Mostly flats
12
Barton Road
LA1
13
£287,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Abram Close
LA1
13
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Lymm Avenue
LA1
13
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Clare Road
LA1
13
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Haverbreaks Road: £700,000
Lancaster median£180K
Haverbreaks Road£700K
Standen Park House£483K
Old Quarry Lane£445K
Gleneagles Drive£440K
Farm Lane£430K
Cheapest streets
Spinners Court: £71,250
Lancaster median£180K
Spinners Court£71K
Alfred Street£74K
Wheatfield Court£76K
Greaves Road£80K
Lune Street£85K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.8 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
Lancaster is the 40th most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Lancaster is in the middle of Lancashire’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 Lancaster
What is the average house price in Lancaster?
The median home in Lancaster sold for £180,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,938 standard sales (£184,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £390,000, semi-detached houses £217,000, terraced houses £160,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Lancaster?
The median was £189,475 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£175,000), and £184,000 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 Lancaster each year?
561 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 835 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lancaster?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Haverbreaks Road (LA1, £700,000), Standen Park House (LA1, £482,500) and Old Quarry Lane (LA1, £445,000).
How much does a new build cost in Lancaster?
New homes sold for a median £440,000 over three years, against £180,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.8% of sales.
Is Lancaster expensive for Lancashire?
Lancaster is the 40th 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.