That is the middle of 730 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 4.2 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.
730 homes sold in three years: 285 detached houses, 238 semi-detached houses, 130 terraced houses and 77 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£230K
median sale · 285 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£275K
Last 12 months
£243K75 sold
New build
£370K
Semi-detached houses£170K
median sale · 238 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£200K
Last 12 months
£177K71 sold
Terraced houses£153K
median sale · 130 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£114K–£175K
Last 12 months
£148K33 sold
New build
£185K
Flats and maisonettes£100K
median sale · 77 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£87K–£118K
Last 12 months
£98K24 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses18%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Skegness’s homes sold for between £140K and £230K
One sale in ten was under £99K and one in ten over £285K. 82% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £179,975, sits in the £150–200K band
730 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,750 in 1995 to £181,000 in the last 12 months (£153,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
203 sales in the last 12 months, against 538 in 2002, the busiest year, and 208 in 2010. Sales fell by 40% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 70% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Skegness costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Skegness, 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
£51K
£67K
£158K
£140K
£155K
£185K
£243K
Semi-detached houses
£40K
£50K
£115K
£115K
£130K
£150K
£177K
Terraced houses
£35K
£46K
£107K
£118K
£115K
£134K
£148K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£35K
£88K
£84K
£65K
£93K
£98K
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: 1.5% of sales in the last 12 months
651 new homes have been sold in Skegness since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 2008.
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 £239,950
against £178,500 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.1% sold leasehold in Skegness. 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
Greenland Square is Skegness’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
55 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Greenland Square
PE25
20
£214,950
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
2
Roman Bank
PE25
20
£162,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Burgh Road
PE25
16
£181,250
Mixed
4
Beacon Way
PE25
14
£212,475
Mostly detached houses
5
St Andrews Drive
PE25
13
£170,000
Mixed
6
Gleneagles Drive
PE25
12
£212,500
Mixed
7
Churchill Avenue
PE25
12
£148,500
Mixed
8
Hoylake Drive
PE25
11
£226,000
Mixed
9
Beacon Park Drive
PE25
11
£175,000
Mixed
10
Sutton Court
PE25
11
£105,000
Mostly flats
11
Beresford Avenue
PE25
10
£246,250
Mostly detached houses
12
Braceby Road
PE25
10
£172,000
Mixed
13
Sunningdale Drive
PE25
9
£275,000
Mixed
14
Martin Way
PE25
9
£156,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Cavendish Road
PE25
9
£130,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Wickenby Way: £300,000
Skegness median£180K
Wickenby Way£300K
Sunningdale Drive£275K
St Marys Road£265K
Sea View Road£250K
Beresford Avenue£246K
Cheapest streets
Langton Court: £83,500
Skegness median£180K
Langton Court£84K
Sutton Court£105K
Belton Park Road£116K
Rutland Road£120K
George Avenue£123K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.6 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
Skegness is the 54th most expensive of 64 towns in Lincolnshire
Skegness is one of Lincolnshire’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 Skegness
What is the average house price in Skegness?
The median home in Skegness sold for £179,975 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 730 standard sales (£181,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £230,000, semi-detached houses £170,000, terraced houses £153,000 and flats and maisonettes £100,000.
Are house prices going up in Skegness?
The median was £181,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£175,750), and £181,000 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 Skegness each year?
203 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 286 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Skegness?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Wickenby Way (PE25, £300,000), Sunningdale Drive (PE25, £275,000) and St Marys Road (PE25, £265,000).
How much does a new build cost in Skegness?
New homes sold for a median £239,950 over three years, against £178,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.2% of sales.
Is Skegness expensive for Lincolnshire?
Skegness is the 54th 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.