That is the middle of 937 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 4.4 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.
937 homes sold in three years: 379 detached houses, 340 semi-detached houses, 185 terraced houses and 33 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£275K
median sale · 379 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£330K
Last 12 months
£275K104 sold
New build
£278K
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 340 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£168K–£215K
Last 12 months
£184K99 sold
New build
£210K
Terraced houses£153K
median sale · 185 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£183K
Last 12 months
£150K46 sold
New build
£197K
Flats and maisonettes£80K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£75K–£110K
Last 12 months
£99K8 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 40% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses40%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Sleaford’s homes sold for between £165K and £265K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £338K. 70% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £205,000, sits in the £200–250K band
937 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,500 in 1995 to £198,000 in the last 12 months (£173,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
257 sales in the last 12 months, against 796 in 2001, the busiest year, and 203 in 2009. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 39% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sleaford costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Sleaford, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£60K
£79K
£164K
£170K
£184K
£239K
£275K
Semi-detached houses
£38K
£47K
£118K
£111K
£125K
£165K
£184K
Terraced houses
£33K
£37K
£100K
£100K
£105K
£130K
£150K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£82K
£76K
£74K
£80K
£99K
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
6% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,502 new homes have been sold in Sleaford since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 1995.
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 £225,000
against £200,000 for a home sold on, 13% 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.
5% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.3% sold leasehold in Sleaford. 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
Grantham Road is Sleaford’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
62 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 16 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
Grantham Road
NG34
33
£250,000
Mixed
2
Lancaster Street
NG34
21
£215,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Thornton Close
NG34
19
£147,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
North Parade
NG34
17
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Marion Avenue
NG34
17
£204,250
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
Whittle Road
NG34
17
£190,000
Mixed
7
Thewlis Avenue
NG34
16
£242,500
Mixed · new builds
8
Rothwell Avenue
NG34
15
£213,750
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
9
London Road
NG34
14
£264,950
Mixed
10
Burnham Way
NG34
13
£205,000
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
11
Jermyn Street
NG34
12
£73,000
Mostly flats
12
Winchester Way
NG34
11
£152,500
Mixed
13
Howe Way
NG34
10
£220,375
Mixed · new builds
14
Mareham Lane
NG34
10
£181,750
Mixed
15
West Banks
NG34
10
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Town Road: £400,000
Sleaford median£205K
Town Road£400K
St Edmunds Road£365K
Bede Close£330K
Park Hill£310K
Northumbria Road£308K
Cheapest streets
Jermyn Street: £73,000
Sleaford median£205K
Jermyn Street£73K
Berkeley Court£106K
Castle Street£117K
Eastgate£123K
Spring Gardens£124K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.5 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
Sleaford is the 42nd most expensive of 64 towns in Lincolnshire
Sleaford 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 Sleaford
What is the average house price in Sleaford?
The median home in Sleaford sold for £205,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 937 standard sales (£198,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £275,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £152,500 and flats and maisonettes £80,000.
Are house prices going up in Sleaford?
The median was £218,250 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£199,500), and £198,000 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 Sleaford each year?
257 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 362 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sleaford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Town Road (NG34, £400,000), St Edmunds Road (NG34, £365,000) and Bede Close (NG34, £330,000).
How much does a new build cost in Sleaford?
New homes sold for a median £225,000 over three years, against £200,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Sleaford expensive for Lincolnshire?
Sleaford is the 42nd 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.
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