Kirkby Stephen house prices are built from 2,362 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £155,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +56.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +12.0%.
Median price paid
£155,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+56.3%
Change in real terms
+12.0%
Median per m²
£1,752
HM Land Registry2,362 sales292 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Kirkby Stephen prices moved
The chart tracks the median Kirkby Stephen house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £58,000 | £128,787 |
| 2000s | 10 | £160,000 | £291,473 |
| 2010s | 10 | £170,000 | £239,700 |
| 2020s | 7 | £265,000 | £270,761 |
The highest yearly median on record for Kirkby Stephen is £300,000 in 2023; the lowest is £49,500 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £49,500 to £265,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £109,913, so the real change over the whole record is +141.1% — about +2.88% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +56.3% in cash against +12.0% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STABLE COTTAGE, 10 North Road | 24 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| BARCLAYS BANK FLAT 33 Market Street | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 39 the Crescent | 8 May 2026 | Terraced | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 21 the Crescent | 8 May 2026 | Terraced | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| The Coach House | 7 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £427,500 | £427,500 |
| 21 Charter Gardens | 7 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 15 Croft Close | 6 May 2026 | Terraced | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| Fenham Barn | 1 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £372,000 | £372,000 |
| Fenham Cottage | 30 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 3 Croglam Park | 9 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £277,000 | £277,000 |
| 23 North Road | 9 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 1 Mellbecks Mews | 6 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £157,500 | £157,500 |
| 16 Croft Close | 4 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £128,000 | £128,000 |
| 1 EDEN FLATS Stoneshott | 27 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| LOWSPOT COTTAGE Greenside Lane | 18 Feb 2026 | Detached | £505,000 | £505,000 |
| 27 Charter Gardens | 18 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 10A Market Street | 13 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| Poachersend Roe Bank | 12 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £136,500 | £136,500 |
| 6 Manor Court | 8 Feb 2026 | Detached | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| Ashleigh | 26 Jan 2026 | Detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 25 North Road | 26 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 32 South Road | 6 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| Bankfoot | 18 Dec 2025 | Detached | £780,000 | £796,957 |
| HARCLA COTTAGE Faraday Road | 18 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| 15 South Road | 18 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £205,000 | £209,457 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Kirkby Stephen values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STABLE COTTAGE, 10 North Road | £187,500 (2021) | £240,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +0.3% |
| BARCLAYS BANK FLAT 33 Market Street | £174,000 (2004) | £360,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| 39 the Crescent | £120,000 (2011) | £150,000 (2026) | +1.5% | -1.3% |
| 21 the Crescent | £120,000 (2003) | £150,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.8% |
| 21 Charter Gardens | £255,000 (2022) | £265,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -2.7% |
| 15 Croft Close | £70,000 (2012) | £145,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.4% |
| 3 Croglam Park | £60,000 (2004) | £277,000 (2026) | +7.2% | +4.2% |
| 23 North Road | £82,350 (2003) | £270,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.4% |
| 1 Mellbecks Mews | £127,000 (2018) | £157,500 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.9% |
| 1 EDEN FLATS Stoneshott | £61,000 (2000) | £220,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 27 Charter Gardens | £294,950 (2022) | £315,000 (2026) | +1.7% | -2.0% |
| 10A Market Street | £114,500 (2015) | £260,000 (2026) | +7.7% | +4.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Kirkby Stephen is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 890 | 37.7% | £237,500 | £20,250 – £1,420,000 |
| Terraced | 818 | 34.6% | £123,000 | £10,000 – £940,000 |
| Semi-detached | 593 | 25.1% | £157,500 | £17,000 – £690,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 61 | 2.6% | £82,000 | £29,000 – £455,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Kirkby Stephen
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 705 certificates cover Kirkby Stephen, and their median floor area is 101 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +32.9%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 101 m² | about 1,087 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 79 m² | about 850 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 141 m² | about 1,518 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 8.9% | 63 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 22.0% | 155 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Kirkby Stephen
64 of the sales on record are leasehold and 2,298 freehold — 2.7% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £82,750 and the median freehold sale £155,000 — a gap of +87.3%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 64 | 2.7% | £82,750 |
| Freehold | 2,298 | 97.3% | £155,000 |
| New build | 216 | 9.1% | £169,000 |
| Existing home | 2,146 | 90.9% | £150,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +12.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 207 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Kirkby Stephen compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Kirkby Stephen sits below that national figure — -1.6%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,752 per square metre, across 292 of the 2,362 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £10,000 to £1,420,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets in Kirkby Stephen
- High Street124 sales
- South Road100 sales
- Fletcher Hill Park75 sales
- Birkbeck Gardens67 sales
- North Road66 sales
- Quarry Close54 sales
- Rowgate49 sales
- Nateby Road42 sales
- Main Street40 sales
- Market Street40 sales
- Faraday Road38 sales
- The Crescent37 sales
- Mellbecks35 sales
- Castle Park31 sales
- Charter Gardens28 sales
- Bridge Street25 sales
- Westgarth Road25 sales
- Lady Anne Drive22 sales
- Mell Wood22 sales
- Croglam Park21 sales
- Academy Close17 sales
- Market Square17 sales
- Redmayne Road16 sales
- Stonehill Mews16 sales
- Manor Court15 sales
- Park Terrace15 sales
- Victoria Square15 sales
- Winton Manor Court15 sales
- Christ Croft14 sales
- Helbeck Road14 sales
- Railway Cottages14 sales
- Westgarth Court14 sales
- Croft Close13 sales
- Pembroke Close13 sales
- Swan Avenue13 sales
- Appleby Road10 sales
- Castle View10 sales
- Kings Terrace10 sales
- Westgarth Avenue10 sales
- Church Walk9 sales
- Croft Street9 sales
- Fletcher Hill9 sales
- Hartley Road9 sales
- Old Midland Cottages9 sales
- Pump Square9 sales
- Brockbank Terrace8 sales
- Drovers Terrace8 sales
- Mill Street8 sales
- Victoria Terrace8 sales
- Mellbecks Mews7 sales
- Royal Arcade7 sales
- Vicarage Lane7 sales
- Bay Side6 sales
- Croglam Meadows6 sales
- Greenside Lane6 sales
- High Lane Terrace6 sales
- River Side6 sales
- Station Road6 sales
- The Green6 sales
- Crayton Terrace5 sales
Postcode districts covering Kirkby Stephen
- CA17£155,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Kirkby Stephen?
The median price paid in Kirkby Stephen across every sale on the register is £155,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Kirkby Stephen?
2,362 sales are on record for Kirkby Stephen, the most recent completing on 24 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Kirkby Stephen house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +56.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +12.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Kirkby Stephen house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £300,000, set in 2023. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Kirkby Stephen?
£1,752 per square metre, from the 292 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 24 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Kirkby Stephen house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.