That is the middle of 1,165 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 5.1 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.
1,165 homes sold in three years: 507 detached houses, 381 semi-detached houses, 224 terraced houses and 53 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£320K
median sale · 507 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£380K
Last 12 months
£325K132 sold
New build
£330K
Semi-detached houses£226K
median sale · 381 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£255K
Last 12 months
£226K87 sold
New build
£236K
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 224 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£230K
Last 12 months
£198K62 sold
New build
£225K
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£155K
Last 12 months
£126K14 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 44% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses44%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes5%
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 Bourne’s homes sold for between £205K and £315K
One sale in ten was under £168K and one in ten over £388K. 50% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £249,950, sits in the £200–250K band
1,165 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,500 in 1995 to £250,000 in the last 12 months (£208,747 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
295 sales in the last 12 months, against 558 in 2006, the busiest year, and 221 in 2009. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 17%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 55% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bourne costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bourne, 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
£67K
£93K
£185K
£183K
£217K
£280K
£325K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£57K
£133K
£138K
£159K
£205K
£226K
Terraced houses
£35K
£46K
£130K
£122K
£140K
£175K
£198K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£32K
£105K
£97K
£125K
£129K
£126K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,946 new homes have been sold in Bourne since 1995; the share peaked at 45% in 2023.
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 £275,555
against £240,000 for a home sold on, 15% 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.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.7% sold leasehold in Bourne. 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
Len Pick Way is Bourne’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
83 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 25 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
Len Pick Way
PE10
30
£284,996
Mixed · new builds
2
Hopper Road
PE10
26
£412,796
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Neal Drive
PE10
24
£255,547
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
Great Leighs
PE10
24
£208,000
Mixed
5
Lingfield Park
PE10
23
£220,000
Mixed · new builds
6
Beech Avenue
PE10
18
£343,750
Mostly detached houses
7
Bates Close
PE10
18
£274,497
Mixed · new builds
8
Conway Drive
PE10
18
£259,475
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Kingsway
PE10
16
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Austerby
PE10
16
£201,000
Mixed
11
Stephenson Way
PE10
15
£290,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Musselburgh Way
PE10
14
£261,250
Mixed
13
Spa Chase
PE10
14
£241,250
Mixed · new builds
14
Smith Crescent
PE10
13
£232,750
Mixed · new builds
15
Monaco Way
PE10
13
£231,800
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Hopper Road: £412,796
Bourne median£250K
Hopper Road£413K
Wingate Way£406K
West Road£390K
Buttercup Drive£379K
Wand Avenue£378K
Cheapest streets
Church Walk: £65,000
Bourne median£250K
Church Walk£65K
Badger Lane£153K
Hereward Street£154K
Wendover Mews£175K
The Pollards£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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 Lincolnshire
Bourne is the 16th most expensive of 64 towns in Lincolnshire
Bourne is in the middle of Lincolnshire’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 Bourne
What is the average house price in Bourne?
The median home in Bourne sold for £249,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,165 standard sales (£250,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £320,000, semi-detached houses £226,250, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Bourne?
The median was £245,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£250,000), and £250,000 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 Bourne each year?
295 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 437 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bourne?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hopper Road (PE10, £412,796), Wingate Way (PE10, £406,250) and West Road (PE10, £390,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bourne?
New homes sold for a median £275,555 over three years, against £240,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 21% of sales.
Is Bourne expensive for Lincolnshire?
Bourne is the 16th most expensive of 64 towns of 2,500 or more in Lincolnshire 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.
Photo: Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0