That is the middle of 1,105 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 4.8 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.
1,105 homes sold in three years: 429 detached houses, 364 semi-detached houses, 235 terraced houses and 77 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£304K
median sale · 429 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£368K
Last 12 months
£300K92 sold
New build
£340K
Semi-detached houses£180K
median sale · 364 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£151K–£210K
Last 12 months
£180K111 sold
New build
£225K
Terraced houses£135K
median sale · 235 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£169K
Last 12 months
£155K73 sold
Flats and maisonettes£105K
median sale · 77 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£130K
Last 12 months
£103K22 sold
New build
£105K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Retford’s homes sold for between £145K and £282K
One sale in ten was under £108K and one in ten over £368K. 67% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,105 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,500 in 1995 to £190,000 in the last 12 months (£157,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
298 sales in the last 12 months, against 567 in 2006, the busiest year, and 258 in 2009. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Retford costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Retford, 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
£60K
£80K
£186K
£175K
£196K
£262K
£300K
Semi-detached houses
£39K
£44K
£112K
£110K
£120K
£150K
£180K
Terraced houses
£31K
£33K
£88K
£94K
£106K
£118K
£155K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£32K
£100K
£105K
£80K
£100K
£103K
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: 2.3% of sales in the last 12 months
1,970 new homes have been sold in Retford since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2013.
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 £324,995
against £185,000 for a home sold on, 76% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Retford. 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
Charter Court is Retford’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
72 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 23 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
Charter Court
DN22
21
£135,000
Mostly flats
2
Trinity Fields Road
DN22
19
£299,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Albert Road
DN22
19
£115,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Mill Bridge Close
DN22
18
£97,500
Mostly flats
5
Cricketers View
DN22
15
£515,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Dowbiggin Place
DN22
15
£269,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Cobwell Road
DN22
14
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Farrier Way
DN22
13
£369,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Bigsby Road
DN22
13
£205,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Moorgate
DN22
13
£140,000
Mixed
11
Panola Way
DN22
12
£415,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Bacopa Drive
DN22
12
£357,000
Mixed
13
Galway Crescent
DN22
12
£192,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Ollerton Road
DN22
12
£168,000
Mixed
15
Gardener Drive
DN22
11
£269,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Cricketers View: £515,000
Retford median£195K
Cricketers View£515K
Dianthus Grove£494K
Panola Way£415K
Rutland Road£388K
Farrier Way£370K
Cheapest streets
Chapelgate: £65,000
Retford median£195K
Chapelgate£65K
Darrel Road£90K
Whitehall Road£95K
Mill Bridge Close£98K
Carolgate Court£100K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.9 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 Nottinghamshire
Retford is the 33rd most expensive of 49 towns in Nottinghamshire
Retford is in the middle of Nottinghamshire’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 Retford
What is the average house price in Retford?
The median home in Retford sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,105 standard sales (£190,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £303,500, semi-detached houses £180,000, terraced houses £135,000 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Retford?
The median was £195,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£208,225), and £190,000 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 Retford each year?
298 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 Retford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cricketers View (DN22, £515,000), Dianthus Grove (DN22, £494,000) and Panola Way (DN22, £415,000).
How much does a new build cost in Retford?
New homes sold for a median £324,995 over three years, against £185,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Retford expensive for Nottinghamshire?
Retford is the 33rd most expensive of 49 towns of 2,500 or more in Nottinghamshire 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.