Merlin Way, Derby house prices are built from 216 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 26 Sep 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £186,500. Across the 10 years from 2007 to 2017 the median moved +10.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -13.2%.
Median price paid
£186,500
Change in cash, 2007–2017
+10.9%
Change in real terms
-13.2%
HM Land Registry216 salesLatest sale 26 Sep 2025
Section 01
How Merlin Way, Derby prices moved
The chart tracks the median Merlin Way, Derby house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2017. 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 | 2 | £116,500 | £258,685 |
| 2000s | 9 | £235,000 | £428,101 |
| 2010s | 5 | £310,000 | £437,100 |
The highest yearly median on record for Merlin Way, Derby is £321,000 in 2015; the lowest is £116,500 in 1999. Across the full 20-year record the cash median has moved from £121,000 to £316,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £250,897, so the real change over the whole record is +71.4% — 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: +10.9% in cash against -13.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 26 Sep 2025 | Detached | £487,000 | £497,587 |
| 60 | 27 Jun 2025 | Detached | £465,000 | £475,109 |
| 7 | 27 Feb 2025 | Detached | £420,000 | £429,130 |
| 91 | 3 Feb 2025 | Detached | £522,000 | £533,348 |
| 24 | 6 Dec 2024 | Detached | £402,500 | £423,526 |
| 46 | 31 Oct 2024 | Detached | £396,000 | £416,687 |
| 50 | 15 Nov 2023 | Detached | £370,000 | £399,770 |
| 130 | 16 Oct 2023 | Detached | £345,000 | £372,759 |
| 103 | 28 Oct 2022 | Detached | £470,000 | £544,536 |
| 77 | 17 Aug 2022 | Detached | £480,000 | £556,122 |
| 7 | 30 Sep 2021 | Detached | £355,000 | £448,522 |
| 97 | 11 Aug 2021 | Detached | £445,000 | £562,231 |
| 44 | 12 Feb 2021 | Detached | £265,000 | £334,812 |
| 36 | 17 Dec 2020 | Detached | £380,000 | £492,011 |
| 81 | 2 Oct 2020 | Detached | £380,000 | £492,011 |
| 53 | 19 Dec 2019 | Detached | £260,000 | £340,074 |
| 124 | 28 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £392,393 |
| 25 | 17 May 2019 | Detached | £405,000 | £529,731 |
| 59 | 29 Nov 2018 | Detached | £350,000 | £466,446 |
| 63 | 31 Aug 2018 | Detached | £344,000 | £458,450 |
| 99 | 30 Jul 2018 | Detached | £400,000 | £533,081 |
| 42 | 18 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £287,000 | £390,608 |
| 38 | 19 Oct 2017 | Terraced | £255,000 | £347,056 |
| 142 | 17 Aug 2017 | Detached | £316,000 | £430,077 |
| 79 | 19 Jan 2017 | Detached | £455,000 | £619,257 |
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 Merlin Way, Derby values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Merlin Way | £195,000 (2000) | £487,000 (2025) | +3.7% | +1.0% |
| 60 Merlin Way | £138,000 (2000) | £465,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 7 Merlin Way | £127,000 (2000) | £420,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
| 91 Merlin Way | £184,950 (2001) | £522,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 24 Merlin Way | £120,000 (1999) | £402,500 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 46 Merlin Way | £151,500 (2000) | £396,000 (2024) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 50 Merlin Way | £129,000 (2000) | £370,000 (2023) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 130 Merlin Way | £107,450 (1999) | £345,000 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 103 Merlin Way | £325,000 (2015) | £470,000 (2022) | +5.4% | +2.5% |
| 77 Merlin Way | £154,950 (2000) | £480,000 (2022) | +5.3% | +2.7% |
| 97 Merlin Way | £284,950 (2002) | £445,000 (2021) | +2.4% | +0.1% |
| 44 Merlin Way | £99,500 (1999) | £265,000 (2021) | +4.6% | +2.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Merlin Way, Derby 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 | 189 | 87.5% | £184,950 | £76,922 – £522,000 |
| Semi-detached | 17 | 7.9% | £155,000 | £97,000 – £300,000 |
| Terraced | 10 | 4.6% | £225,000 | £111,000 – £287,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Merlin Way, Derby
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 216 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 216 | 100.0% | £186,500 |
| New build | 96 | 44.4% | £134,450 |
| Existing home | 120 | 55.6% | £268,750 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -50.0%. 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.
Section 07
Living in Merlin Way, Derby
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Derby, 39.9% of 128,436 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 463 | 0.4% |
| B | 11,732 | 9.1% |
| C | 39,040 | 30.4% |
| D | 49,618 | 38.6% |
| E | 21,887 | 17.0% |
| F | 4,724 | 3.7% |
| G | 972 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Derby at £855 a month as of Jun 2026 — £604 for a one-bedroom home and £930 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £186,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.50% 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 DE3, 91 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 37 violent, 5 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 15 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times quieter.
Against the 261,364 residents the 2021 census counted in Derby, that is 0.35 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 Merlin Way, Derby
The 2021 census counted 261,364 residents in Derby across 105,651 households. 59.8% of those households own their home and 40.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a DE3 postcode: 7 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Park Community School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,277 |
| Silverhill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 418 |
| Mickleover Primary School | Primary | Community school | 409 |
| Wren Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 353 |
| Ravensdale Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 352 |
| Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School | Primary | Community school | 267 |
| Brookfield Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 238 |
| Hackwood Primary Academy | Primary | Free schools | 234 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Peartree Rail Station | Rail | 4.9 km |
| Derby Rail Station | Rail | 5.4 km |
| Willington Rail Station | Rail | 6.4 km |
| Spondon Rail Station | Rail | 8.9 km |
Section 09
How Merlin Way, Derby compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Merlin Way, Derby sits above that national figure — +18.4%.
Within Derby the street ranks 1166 of 3950 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £127,500 (+46.3%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £76,922 to £522,000. 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.
Merlin Way, Derby sits in Derby, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Derby at 5.3 times median local earnings of £41,924 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
- Uttoxeter Road£195,000 median
- Western Road£172,250 median
- Ladybank Road£143,000 median
- Starflower Way£250,000 median
- Girton Way£180,000 median
- Devonshire Drive£131,000 median
- Chestnut Avenue£162,000 median
- Archer Drive£299,950 median
- Chain Lane£186,000 median
- Brisbane Road£157,500 median
- Warner Street£104,500 median
- Farneworth Road£120,250 median
- Jackson Avenue£145,000 median
- Duesbury Court£149,500 median
- College Green Walk£184,998 median
- Crystal Close£195,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 97 Merlin Way5 sales
- 124 Merlin Way5 sales
- 7 Merlin Way4 sales
- 24 Merlin Way4 sales
- 46 Merlin Way4 sales
- 77 Merlin Way4 sales
- 53 Merlin Way4 sales
- 42 Merlin Way4 sales
- 38 Merlin Way4 sales
- 142 Merlin Way4 sales
- 9 Merlin Way4 sales
- 51 Merlin Way4 sales
- 1 Merlin Way4 sales
- 25 Merlin Way3 sales
- 50 Merlin Way3 sales
- 44 Merlin Way3 sales
- 36 Merlin Way3 sales
- 63 Merlin Way3 sales
- 43 Merlin Way3 sales
- 144 Merlin Way3 sales
- 71 Merlin Way3 sales
- 65 Merlin Way3 sales
- 87 Merlin Way3 sales
- 23 Merlin Way3 sales
Back to Derby house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Merlin Way, Derby?
The median price paid in Merlin Way, Derby across every sale on the register is £186,500. 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 Merlin Way, Derby?
216 sales are on record for Merlin Way, Derby, the most recent completing on 26 Sep 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Merlin Way, Derby house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +10.9% between 2007 and 2017. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -13.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Merlin Way, Derby house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £321,000, set in 2015. 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 Merlin Way, Derby?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 26 Sep 2025. 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, “Merlin Way, Derby 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.