Horncastle house prices are built from 6,477 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £136,500. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +2.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -26.3%.
Median price paid
£136,500
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+2.9%
Change in real terms
-26.3%
Median per m²
£1,704
HM Land Registry6,477 sales1,380 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Horncastle prices moved
The chart tracks the median Horncastle 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 | £51,500 | £114,354 |
| 2000s | 10 | £132,750 | £241,831 |
| 2010s | 10 | £155,000 | £218,550 |
| 2020s | 7 | £217,250 | £221,973 |
The highest yearly median on record for Horncastle is £227,248 in 2025; the lowest is £43,500 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £43,850 to £180,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £97,368, so the real change over the whole record is +84.9% — about +2.00% 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: +2.9% in cash against -26.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Cowling Close | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 8 Osborne Way | 1 Jun 2026 | Detached | £499,950 | £499,950 |
| 1 Watsons Yard | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| FLAT 4 21 North Street | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 52 College Park | 26 May 2026 | Terraced | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 17 College Park | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 92 Banovallum Gardens | 21 May 2026 | Detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 16 College Close | 14 May 2026 | Terraced | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 4 Stonewell Row | 12 May 2026 | Terraced | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 3 Lord Raglan Terrace | 11 May 2026 | Terraced | £108,000 | £108,000 |
| THE GREEN Main Road | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £334,600 | £334,600 |
| 11 Barley Way | 6 May 2026 | Detached | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 60 Queen Street | 24 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 28 Bells Yard Close | 24 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 9 Southwells Lane | 17 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| SPRING MEADOW FARM Green Lane | 13 Apr 2026 | Detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 67 Winceby Gardens | 1 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 46A South Street | 25 Mar 2026 | Detached | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 34 Queen Street | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £355,500 | £355,500 |
| 1 Fairfax Close | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 38 Lodington Court | 20 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 2 Grundys Court | 20 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £122,500 | £122,500 |
| 13 Malsters Drive | 13 Mar 2026 | Detached | £313,000 | £313,000 |
| 13 Cowling Close | 13 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £159,000 | £159,000 |
| 38 Malt Kiln Crescent | 9 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £162,500 | £162,500 |
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 Horncastle values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Cowling Close | £145,000 (2016) | £180,000 (2026) | +2.2% | -1.2% |
| 8 Osborne Way | £349,950 (2021) | £499,950 (2026) | +7.4% | +2.5% |
| 1 Watsons Yard | £38,000 (1998) | £115,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.4% |
| FLAT 4 21 North Street | £32,000 (1995) | £70,000 (2026) | +2.6% | 0.0% |
| 52 College Park | £34,000 (1999) | £145,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 17 College Park | £135,000 (2022) | £145,000 (2026) | +1.8% | -1.9% |
| 92 Banovallum Gardens | £70,000 (1997) | £280,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 16 College Close | £48,000 (2003) | £105,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| 4 Stonewell Row | £34,000 (1998) | £130,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 3 Lord Raglan Terrace | £41,000 (2000) | £108,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +1.1% |
| THE GREEN Main Road | £162,000 (2002) | £334,600 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.3% |
| 11 Barley Way | £46,000 (1997) | £180,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Horncastle 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 | 3,529 | 54.5% | £180,000 | £9,000 – £1,050,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1,461 | 22.6% | £124,950 | £12,500 – £390,000 |
| Terraced | 1,363 | 21.0% | £87,000 | £8,000 – £440,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 124 | 1.9% | £70,000 | £11,000 – £132,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Horncastle
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,708 certificates cover Horncastle, and their median floor area is 80 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +5.3%. 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 | 80 m² | about 861 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 64 m² | about 689 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 112 m² | about 1,206 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 17.7% | 303 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 12.3% | 210 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Horncastle
117 of the sales on record are leasehold and 6,360 freehold — 1.8% 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 £69,500 and the median freehold sale £139,000 — a gap of +100.0%. 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 | 117 | 1.8% | £69,500 |
| Freehold | 6,360 | 98.2% | £139,000 |
| New build | 825 | 12.7% | £146,750 |
| Existing home | 5,652 | 87.3% | £135,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +8.7%. 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 346 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 Horncastle compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Horncastle sits below that national figure — -13.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,704 per square metre, across 1,380 of the 6,477 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 £8,000 to £1,050,000. 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 Horncastle
- College Close217 sales
- Foundry Street171 sales
- Lincoln Road162 sales
- Banovallum Gardens158 sales
- College Park145 sales
- Mareham Road115 sales
- Langton Hill106 sales
- Spilsby Road106 sales
- Carlisle Gardens105 sales
- Prospect Street105 sales
- West Street104 sales
- Lodington Court103 sales
- Mill Lane103 sales
- Queen Street95 sales
- Mark Avenue87 sales
- Thornton Crescent87 sales
- Roman Way85 sales
- Louth Road84 sales
- Baggaley Drive82 sales
- Thomas Gibson Drive82 sales
- Tennyson Gardens80 sales
- Wesley Way80 sales
- Boston Road79 sales
- Osborne Way77 sales
- Elmhirst Road75 sales
- Winceby Gardens75 sales
- Main Street71 sales
- Chapel Lane69 sales
- Church Lane67 sales
- Main Road65 sales
- Holly Close64 sales
- East Street63 sales
- Accommodation Road62 sales
- Bonnetable Road61 sales
- Albert Street60 sales
- Oak Tree Meadow59 sales
- Madely Close58 sales
- Bells Yard Close57 sales
- West Lane57 sales
- North Street55 sales
- Southwells Lane52 sales
- Ashwood Close51 sales
- South Road47 sales
- Stourton Place47 sales
- Conging Street45 sales
- Tudor Park45 sales
- Whelpton Close43 sales
- The Sidings42 sales
- Russell Danby Drive40 sales
- Saxon Way40 sales
- Maltby Way39 sales
- Silver Street39 sales
- Granary Way37 sales
- Revesby Lane37 sales
- Stanhope Road37 sales
- Thomas Sully Close37 sales
- New End36 sales
- North Road36 sales
- Millstone Close35 sales
- Low Toynton Road33 sales
Postcode districts covering Horncastle
- LN9£136,500 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Horncastle?
The median price paid in Horncastle across every sale on the register is £136,500. 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 Horncastle?
6,477 sales are on record for Horncastle, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Horncastle house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +2.9% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -26.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Horncastle house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £227,248, set in 2025. 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 Horncastle?
£1,704 per square metre, from the 1,380 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 12 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, “Horncastle 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.