Lifton house prices are built from 1,034 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 8 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £187,725. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +61.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +15.6%.
Median price paid
£187,725
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+61.4%
Change in real terms
+15.6%
Median per m²
£1,924
HM Land Registry1,034 sales132 with floor areaLatest sale 8 May 2026
Section 01
How Lifton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lifton 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 | £55,000 | £122,126 |
| 2000s | 10 | £165,000 | £300,581 |
| 2010s | 10 | £197,000 | £277,770 |
| 2020s | 7 | £332,500 | £339,728 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lifton is £376,125 in 2026; the lowest is £53,725 in 1998. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £54,500 to £376,125.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £121,016, so the real change over the whole record is +210.8% — about +3.73% 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: +61.4% in cash against +15.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 the Orchard | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| Kernek House | 7 May 2026 | Detached | £335,250 | £335,250 |
| WOODBINE COTTAGE Station Road | 17 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| 2 the HAVEN Leat Road | 16 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £417,000 | £417,000 |
| The Thatched Cottage | 2 Mar 2026 | Detached | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| Garden Cottage | 3 Feb 2026 | Detached | £800,000 | £800,000 |
| West Park Cottage | 12 Dec 2025 | Detached | £462,000 | £472,043 |
| Orchard Way | 12 Dec 2025 | Detached | £390,000 | £398,478 |
| Jubilee Villa | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| Hornbrook House | 5 Nov 2025 | Detached | £941,000 | £961,457 |
| LITTLE BERE North Road | 24 Oct 2025 | Detached | £670,000 | £684,565 |
| 9 Millers Close | 7 Oct 2025 | Detached | £525,000 | £536,413 |
| 2 Riverside | 26 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| 5 Tinhay Court | 27 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £189,022 |
| 1 Cornerways | 22 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £289,000 | £295,283 |
| 1 Arthur Cottages | 15 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £290,000 | £296,304 |
| 4 Fore Street | 14 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| LEAT COTTAGE Leat Road | 31 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £465,000 | £475,109 |
| West Pinna | 25 Jul 2025 | Detached | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| Ulvik | 13 Jun 2025 | Detached | £290,000 | £296,304 |
| 6 Hornapark Close | 23 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £260,543 |
| Woodlands Farm Bungalow | 19 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| FLEMINGS Leat Road | 12 May 2025 | Detached | £440,000 | £449,565 |
| 4 Hornapark Close | 9 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £242,500 | £247,772 |
| Cobden Farm | 29 Apr 2025 | Detached | £860,000 | £878,696 |
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 Lifton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODBINE COTTAGE Station Road | £40,000 (1996) | £305,000 (2026) | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| LITTLE BERE North Road | £75,000 (1996) | £670,000 (2025) | +7.8% | +5.1% |
| 9 Millers Close | £525,000 (2022) | £525,000 (2025) | 0.0% | -4.1% |
| 4 Fore Street | £40,000 (1995) | £240,000 (2025) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| LEAT COTTAGE Leat Road | £89,000 (1996) | £465,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 6 Hornapark Close | £169,000 (2016) | £255,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.1% |
| 4 Hornapark Close | £82,500 (2001) | £242,500 (2025) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 19 Arundell Gardens | £48,500 (1998) | £247,500 (2025) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 1 STATION COTTAGES Station Road | £83,750 (2002) | £157,500 (2025) | +2.8% | 0.0% |
| 5 Hannaford Road | £150,000 (2005) | £269,950 (2024) | +3.1% | +0.2% |
| 14 Hannaford Road | £46,000 (1998) | £250,000 (2024) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 3 the Old Rice Mill | £130,000 (2013) | £269,450 (2024) | +6.9% | +3.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lifton 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 | 541 | 52.3% | £250,000 | £34,000 – £2,700,000 |
| Semi-detached | 276 | 26.7% | £158,000 | £20,000 – £700,000 |
| Terraced | 209 | 20.2% | £143,000 | £25,000 – £610,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 8 | 0.8% | £97,000 | £36,000 – £112,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Lifton
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 334 certificates cover Lifton, and their median floor area is 91 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +19.1%. 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 | 91 m² | about 974 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 72 m² | about 778 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 124 m² | about 1,332 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 12.6% | 42 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 14.4% | 48 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lifton
6 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1,028 freehold — 0.6% 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 £100,000 and the median freehold sale £189,725 — a gap of +89.7%. 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 | 6 | 0.6% | £100,000 |
| Freehold | 1,028 | 99.4% | £189,725 |
| New build | 94 | 9.1% | £151,975 |
| Existing home | 940 | 90.9% | £191,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -20.5%. 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 98 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 Lifton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lifton sits above that national figure — +19.2%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,924 per square metre, across 132 of the 1,034 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 £20,000 to £2,700,000. 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 Lifton
- Park Wood Rise56 sales
- Ash Vale50 sales
- North Road49 sales
- Oak Ridge38 sales
- Park Court36 sales
- Station Road36 sales
- Leat Road27 sales
- Fore Street26 sales
- New Road22 sales
- Hannaford Road19 sales
- Hornapark Close18 sales
- Park Road17 sales
- Arundell Gardens14 sales
- Moorfield14 sales
- Darkey Lane13 sales
- Arundell Close12 sales
- Chillaton Court12 sales
- The Crescent11 sales
- Millers Close10 sales
- The Old Rice Mill10 sales
- Lower Weir Cottages7 sales
- Tinhay Court7 sales
- Arthur Cottages6 sales
- Broad Street6 sales
- Great Oak Gardens6 sales
- Marlow Crescent6 sales
- Park View6 sales
- Tudor Close6 sales
- Warracott Court6 sales
- Westend Cottages6 sales
- Barn Cottages5 sales
- Burnshall Cottages5 sales
- Duntz Hill5 sales
- Parsonage Court5 sales
- West Week Cottages5 sales
Postcode districts covering Lifton
- PL16£187,950 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lifton?
The median price paid in Lifton across every sale on the register is £187,725. 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 Lifton?
1,034 sales are on record for Lifton, the most recent completing on 8 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lifton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +61.4% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +15.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lifton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £376,125, set in 2026. 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 Lifton?
£1,924 per square metre, from the 132 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 8 May 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, “Lifton 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.