Higher Lane, Lymm house prices are built from 232 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 15 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £422,500. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +91.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +38.9%.
Median price paid
£422,500
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+91.7%
Change in real terms
+38.9%
Median per m²
£3,313
HM Land Registry232 sales30 with floor areaLatest sale 15 May 2026
Section 01
How Higher Lane, Lymm prices moved
The chart tracks the median Higher Lane, Lymm house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. 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 | 3 | £150,000 | £333,071 |
| 2000s | 8 | £295,000 | £537,403 |
| 2010s | 9 | £632,500 | £891,825 |
| 2020s | 6 | £803,000 | £820,457 |
The highest yearly median on record for Higher Lane, Lymm is £1,010,000 in 2023; the lowest is £122,000 in 1997. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £150,000 to £835,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £325,385, so the real change over the whole record is +162.2% — about +3.38% 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: +91.7% in cash against +38.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51a | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £735,000 | £735,000 |
| 98 | 30 Mar 2026 | Detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 108 | 6 Nov 2025 | Detached | £533,333 | £544,927 |
| 133 | 31 Oct 2025 | Detached | £875,000 | £894,022 |
| 53 | 5 Sep 2025 | Detached | £1,165,000 | £1,190,326 |
| 47 | 21 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £710,000 | £725,435 |
| 103 | 3 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £320,000 | £326,957 |
| 135b | 19 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,250,000 | £1,277,174 |
| 93 | 19 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £795,000 | £812,283 |
| 135a | 13 Mar 2025 | Detached | £1,230,000 | £1,256,739 |
| 32 | 15 Nov 2024 | Detached | £755,000 | £794,440 |
| 35 | 9 Aug 2024 | Detached | £515,000 | £541,903 |
| 236 | 4 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £534,000 | £561,896 |
| The Coach House | 19 Mar 2024 | Detached | £700,000 | £736,567 |
| 40 | 21 Feb 2024 | Detached | £1,885,000 | £1,983,470 |
| 76 | 24 Nov 2023 | Detached | £1,107,500 | £1,196,609 |
| Orchard House, 21 | 5 Oct 2023 | Detached | £1,077,000 | £1,163,655 |
| Penny Hill Cottage, 12 | 5 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £490,000 | £529,425 |
| 79a | 22 Jun 2023 | Detached | £1,010,000 | £1,091,264 |
| 10 | 12 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £418,000 | £451,632 |
| 30 | 25 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £698,600 | £809,389 |
| 318 | 22 Nov 2022 | Detached | £1,200,000 | £1,390,304 |
| 100 | 4 Nov 2022 | Detached | £1,150,000 | £1,332,375 |
| 219 | 14 Apr 2022 | Detached | £1,100,000 | £1,274,445 |
| 117 | 22 Feb 2022 | Detached | £804,000 | £931,504 |
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 Higher Lane, Lymm values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51A Higher Lane | £360,000 (2011) | £735,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +1.9% |
| 98 Higher Lane | £646,000 (2015) | £450,000 (2026) | -3.2% | -6.2% |
| 53 Higher Lane | £667,000 (2016) | £1,165,000 (2025) | +6.4% | +2.8% |
| 47 Higher Lane | £150,000 (1996) | £710,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 103 Higher Lane | £140,000 (2003) | £320,000 (2025) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
| 93 Higher Lane | £370,000 (2009) | £795,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +1.8% |
| 236 Higher Lane | £427,500 (2007) | £534,000 (2024) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| THE COACH HOUSE Higher Lane | £184,000 (2003) | £700,000 (2024) | +6.6% | +3.6% |
| 40 Higher Lane | £755,000 (2006) | £1,885,000 (2024) | +5.2% | +2.2% |
| 76 Higher Lane | £265,000 (1999) | £1,107,500 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| PENNY HILL COTTAGE, 12 Higher Lane | £234,000 (2015) | £490,000 (2023) | +9.7% | +6.1% |
| ORCHARD HOUSE, 21 Higher Lane | £665,000 (2010) | £1,077,000 (2023) | +3.8% | +0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Higher Lane, Lymm 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 | 137 | 59.1% | £550,000 | £60,000 – £1,900,000 |
| Semi-detached | 53 | 22.8% | £385,000 | £38,000 – £815,000 |
| Terraced | 42 | 18.1% | £205,000 | £65,000 – £795,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Higher Lane, Lymm
2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 230 freehold — 0.9% 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 £557,500 and the median freehold sale £420,000 — a gap of -24.7%. 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 | 2 | 0.9% | £557,500 |
| Freehold | 230 | 99.1% | £420,000 |
| New build | 3 | 1.3% | £150,000 |
| Existing home | 229 | 98.7% | £425,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -64.7%. 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 10 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 Higher Lane, Lymm compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Higher Lane, Lymm sits above that national figure — +168.3%.
Within Lymm the street ranks 34 of 220 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £226,000 (+86.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,313 per square metre, across 30 of the 232 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 £38,000 to £1,900,000. 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 nearby
- Bucklow Gardens£233,950 median
- Rushgreen Road£191,000 median
- Lady Acre Close£250,000 median
- Chaise Meadow£184,950 median
- Cyril Bell Close£140,000 median
- Sandy Lane£195,000 median
- Springbank Gardens£220,000 median
- Albany Road£169,475 median
- Whitbarrow Road£278,500 median
- Booths Hill Road£220,000 median
- White Clover Square£139,500 median
- Cherry Lane£285,000 median
- Statham Avenue£240,000 median
- Scholars Green Lane£225,950 median
- Hunts Field Close£370,000 median
- Mardale Crescent£203,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 103 Higher Lane6 sales
- 85 Higher Lane5 sales
- 47 Higher Lane4 sales
- 76 Higher Lane4 sales
- PENNY HILL COTTAGE, 12 Higher Lane4 sales
- 18C Higher Lane4 sales
- 238 Higher Lane4 sales
- 278 Higher Lane4 sales
- 172 Higher Lane4 sales
- 99 Higher Lane4 sales
- 68 Higher Lane4 sales
- 73 Higher Lane4 sales
- 93 Higher Lane3 sales
- 40 Higher Lane3 sales
- 18B Higher Lane3 sales
- 123 Higher Lane3 sales
- 89 Higher Lane3 sales
- 107 Higher Lane3 sales
- 141 Higher Lane3 sales
- 102 Higher Lane3 sales
- 97 Higher Lane3 sales
- 78 Higher Lane3 sales
- 91 Higher Lane3 sales
- 19 Higher Lane3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Higher Lane, Lymm?
The median price paid in Higher Lane, Lymm across every sale on the register is £422,500. 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 Higher Lane, Lymm?
232 sales are on record for Higher Lane, Lymm, the most recent completing on 15 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Higher Lane, Lymm house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +91.7% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +38.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Higher Lane, Lymm house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £1,010,000, 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 Higher Lane, Lymm?
£3,313 per square metre, from the 30 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 15 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, “Higher Lane, Lymm 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.