Spencer Street, Burnley house prices are built from 160 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 Mar 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £19,000. Across the 11 years from 2007 to 2018 the median moved -20.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -39.2%.
Median price paid
£19,000
Change in cash, 2007–2018
-20.6%
Change in real terms
-39.2%
Median per m²
£362
HM Land Registry160 sales44 with floor areaLatest sale 22 Mar 2024
Section 01
How Spencer Street, Burnley prices moved
The chart tracks the median Spencer Street, Burnley house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2018. 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 | 1 | £8,250 | £18,319 |
| 2000s | 8 | £12,250 | £22,316 |
| 2010s | 1 | £30,000 | £42,300 |
The highest yearly median on record for Spencer Street, Burnley is £40,000 in 2006; the lowest is £4,250 in 2001. Across the full 24-year record the cash median has moved from £8,250 to £30,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £18,319, so the real change over the whole record is +118.3% — about +3.45% 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: -20.6% in cash against -39.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 22 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £65,000 | £68,396 |
| 14 | 8 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £50,000 | £52,612 |
| 40 | 5 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £55,000 | £57,873 |
| 74 | 18 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £66,000 | £76,467 |
| 19 | 15 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £39,999 | £46,342 |
| 60 | 13 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £65,000 | £75,308 |
| 42 | 23 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £40,000 | £50,538 |
| 24 | 3 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £40,000 | £50,538 |
| 65 | 30 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £39,500 | £49,906 |
| 75 | 6 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £50,000 | £64,738 |
| 6 | 29 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £37,000 | £47,906 |
| 71 | 19 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £59,999 | £77,685 |
| 29 | 8 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £29,500 | £38,585 |
| 22 | 1 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £43,000 | £56,243 |
| 29 | 6 Dec 2018 | Terraced | £21,000 | £27,987 |
| 73 | 18 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £55,000 | £73,299 |
| 1 | 27 Jul 2018 | Terraced | £39,404 | £52,514 |
| 66 | 17 May 2018 | Terraced | £20,000 | £26,654 |
| 3 | 29 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £30,000 | £39,981 |
| 43 | 25 Oct 2017 | Terraced | £62,000 | £84,382 |
| 41 | 25 Oct 2017 | Terraced | £62,000 | £84,382 |
| 2 | 26 Sep 2017 | Terraced | £22,000 | £29,942 |
| 47 | 27 Apr 2017 | Terraced | £54,995 | £74,848 |
| 74 | 12 Aug 2016 | Terraced | £34,500 | £48,163 |
| 56 | 10 Jun 2016 | Terraced | £35,000 | £48,861 |
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 Spencer Street, Burnley values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 Spencer Street | £12,000 (2000) | £65,000 (2024) | +7.3% | +4.5% |
| 14 Spencer Street | £7,000 (2000) | £50,000 (2024) | +8.5% | +5.7% |
| 40 Spencer Street | £28,500 (2005) | £55,000 (2024) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| 74 Spencer Street | £20,000 (2004) | £66,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| 19 Spencer Street | £8,500 (1996) | £39,999 (2022) | +6.1% | +3.6% |
| 60 Spencer Street | £19,950 (2005) | £65,000 (2022) | +7.2% | +4.4% |
| 42 Spencer Street | £30,000 (2005) | £40,000 (2021) | +1.8% | -0.5% |
| 24 Spencer Street | £18,500 (2003) | £40,000 (2021) | +4.4% | +2.1% |
| 65 Spencer Street | £18,000 (2001) | £39,500 (2021) | +4.0% | +1.7% |
| 6 Spencer Street | £12,500 (2002) | £37,000 (2020) | +6.2% | +3.9% |
| 71 Spencer Street | £8,750 (2001) | £59,999 (2020) | +10.7% | +8.3% |
| 29 Spencer Street | £21,000 (2018) | £29,500 (2019) | +40.5% | +37.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Spencer Street, Burnley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 160 | 100.0% | £19,000 | £2,250 – £66,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Spencer Street, Burnley
157 of the sales on record are leasehold and 3 freehold — 98.1% 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 £19,000 and the median freehold sale £30,000 — a gap of +57.9%. 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 | 157 | 98.1% | £19,000 |
| Freehold | 3 | 1.9% | £30,000 |
A further 13 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 07
Living in Spencer Street, Burnley
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Burnley, 32.1% of 54,820 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 6.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 219 | 0.4% |
| B | 3,170 | 5.8% |
| C | 14,182 | 25.9% |
| D | 23,487 | 42.8% |
| E | 10,209 | 18.6% |
| F | 2,497 | 4.6% |
| G | 1,056 | 1.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Burnley at £625 a month as of Jun 2026 — £461 for a one-bedroom home and £689 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £19,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 39.47% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of BB10, 301 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 119 violent, 21 burglary, 13 vehicle-related and 48 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times busier.
Against the 94,646 residents the 2021 census counted in Burnley, that is 3.18 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Spencer Street, Burnley
The 2021 census counted 94,646 residents in Burnley across 39,871 households. 60.0% of those households own their home and 39.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a BB10 postcode: 11 primary, 2 nursery, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,261 |
| Sir John Thursby Community College | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,121 |
| Heasandford Primary School | Primary | Community school | 630 |
| Barden Primary School | Primary | Community school | 474 |
| Burnley Brunshaw Primary School | Primary | Community school | 414 |
| Reedley Primary School | Primary | Community school | 408 |
| Briercliffe Primary School | Primary | Community school | 388 |
| Casterton Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 291 |
| St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 279 |
| Worsthorne Primary School | Primary | Community school | 213 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Burnley Manchester Road Rail Station | Rail | 2.5 km |
| Burnley Barracks Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Brierfield Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Nelson Rail Station | Rail | 4.0 km |
Section 09
How Spencer Street, Burnley compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Spencer Street, Burnley sits below that national figure — -87.9%.
Within Burnley the street ranks 1283 of 1300 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £65,000 (-70.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £362 per square metre, across 44 of the 160 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 £2,250 to £66,000. 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.
Spencer Street, Burnley sits in Burnley, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Burnley at 4.2 times median local earnings of £31,087 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Burnley Road£83,000 median
- Briercliffe Road£55,000 median
- Brunshaw Road£85,000 median
- Colne Road£60,000 median
- Barden Lane£56,000 median
- Waterbarn Street£30,000 median
- Cleaver Street£44,000 median
- Melville Street£50,500 median
- Church Street£73,500 median
- Aspen Drive£96,500 median
- Hurtley Street£28,500 median
- Brownside Road£111,000 median
- Lyndhurst Road£52,000 median
- Brockenhurst Street£50,500 median
- Grassington Drive£87,250 median
- New Hall Street£28,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 65 Spencer Street8 sales
- 17 Spencer Street8 sales
- 6 Spencer Street7 sales
- 71 Spencer Street7 sales
- 3 Spencer Street7 sales
- 73 Spencer Street5 sales
- 13 Spencer Street5 sales
- 9 Spencer Street5 sales
- 20 Spencer Street5 sales
- 74 Spencer Street4 sales
- 24 Spencer Street4 sales
- 22 Spencer Street4 sales
- 1 Spencer Street4 sales
- 2 Spencer Street4 sales
- 32 Spencer Street4 sales
- 14 Spencer Street3 sales
- 19 Spencer Street3 sales
- 31 Spencer Street3 sales
- 18 Spencer Street3 sales
- 10 Spencer Street3 sales
- 36 Spencer Street3 sales
- 52 Spencer Street2 sales
- 40 Spencer Street2 sales
- 60 Spencer Street2 sales
Back to Burnley house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Spencer Street, Burnley?
The median price paid in Spencer Street, Burnley across every sale on the register is £19,000. 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 Spencer Street, Burnley?
160 sales are on record for Spencer Street, Burnley, the most recent completing on 22 Mar 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Spencer Street, Burnley house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -20.6% between 2007 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -39.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Spencer Street, Burnley house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £40,000, set in 2006. 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 Spencer Street, Burnley?
£362 per square metre, from the 44 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 22 Mar 2024. 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, “Spencer Street, Burnley 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.