Kendal’s median completed-sale house price reached £249,000 in the year to 30 June 2026, according to local sale data covering 440 transactions. The figure provides a more specific guide to Kendal’s housing market than the headline annual increase reported for the much larger Westmorland and Furness area.
The local data matters to homeowners, buyers and sellers because Westmorland and Furness combines several distinct housing markets. The local authority area includes the former South Lakeland, Eden and Barrow-in-Furness areas, stretching from coastal Barrow to the Eden valley and South Lakes.
What happened to house prices across Westmorland and Furness?
The latest UK House Price Index, published by HM Land Registry on 19 August 2026, recorded an average property price of £230,066 across Westmorland and Furness. That was close to the area’s record average of £230,314, recorded in November 2024.
Prices rose by 11.1% over the year to June 2026, compared with a 1.8% increase across England. Westmorland and Furness ranked joint fourth-fastest among England’s 295 local authority districts.
Annual price growth in neighbouring areas was lower: 6.9% in Cumberland, 4.9% in Lancaster and 3.1% in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire remained more expensive overall, with an average property price of £270,569. The comparable averages were £172,036 in Cumberland, £219,922 across the North West and £293,262 for England.
However, the 11.1% rise was measured against a notably weak starting point. The Westmorland and Furness average stood at £207,080 in June 2025, when prices were already 5.0% lower than a year earlier. That was the lowest point in a downturn that began in spring 2025 and continued into the following winter.
Even in March 2026, the annual change was still negative at 3.7%. The June result therefore reflects both a recovery in prices and comparison with an unusually low figure from the previous summer.
Which types of homes saw the biggest increases?
Terraced properties recorded the largest annual increase across Westmorland and Furness, rising 12.0% to an average of £186,366. Semi-detached homes rose 11.6% to £249,512, while detached properties increased 10.5% to £391,284.
Flats and maisonettes recorded a smaller 7.9% increase, reaching an average of £133,604. The average home bought by a first-time buyer cost £192,798, up 11.5% in a year. That represented an increase of £19,842 and adds to the challenge for people saving for a deposit.
Former owner-occupier homes averaged £274,015, an annual increase of 10.8%.
Why the Kendal figure cannot be compared directly
Kendal’s £249,000 figure is a median completed-sale price, while the official Westmorland and Furness figure is a mean average. The Kendal figure was calculated from 440 sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026. The highest recorded sale in Kendal postcodes during that period was £4.5 million in Crook.
The local figures were matched sale by sale to civil parishes rather than reported by postcode district. Sales volumes for the two most recent months had not yet been published, so the latest Kendal comparison focuses on prices rather than the number of homes sold.
The Lakes parish, covering Ambleside, Grasmere and Elterwater, recorded a median price of £385,000 for comparison.
The difference between the measures is significant. A mean average can be pushed upwards by a small number of high-value sales, while the official index is also modelled to account for the mix of property types sold each month. Kendal’s median, by contrast, identifies the middle sale in the available transaction data.
For Kendal sellers, the figures point to a stronger market than a year earlier, but the wider area’s average has only just returned to its late-2024 level. The source advises that a 2024 valuation may be a more useful guide than simply adding 11% to a 2025 valuation.
Homeowners considering remortgaging may also want to check whether a change in their property’s value has moved them into a different loan-to-value band, which could affect the mortgage products available to them.
The figures remain subject to revision as more transactions are recorded. The May 2026 average, for example, was initially reported as £227,987 with annual growth of 6.8%, then revised to £226,980 and 6.3%. April’s figure was also revised down by £2,045.