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Seatoller market report CA12 4, Keswick
The standing CA12 4 (Seatoller) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 2,944 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in CA12 4 (Keswick) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the typical home in CA12 4 (Keswick) sold for £309,500 in 2026, the median of 24 registered sales, down 14% on five years earlier. The mean was £372,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,150 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 2,944 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
A postcode sector like CA12 4 is a single group of streets within CA12 (Keswick), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where CA12 4 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What CA12 4 homes really sell for
Take the 24 registered 2026 sales in CA12 4 and the middle price, the median, is £309,500. The mean lands at £372,500, a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.
CA12 4 prices by floor area
Per square metre, CA12 4 homes have averaged around £4,150 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, CA12 4 sits 9% above the national market.
The price of a typical CA12 4 home, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £309,500 | £309,500 | 24 |
| 2025 | £375,000 | £383,967 | 81 |
| 2024 | £432,000 | £459,305 | 73 |
| 2023 | £365,000 | £401,046 | 63 |
| 2022 | £386,000 | £452,629 | 81 |
| 2021 | £359,200 | £454,794 | 108 |
| 2020 | £325,000 | £421,694 | 89 |
| 2019 | £345,000 | £452,212 | 108 |
| 2018 | £300,000 | £399,906 | 96 |
| 2017 | £285,000 | £388,711 | 99 |
| 2016 | £300,000 | £419,703 | 84 |
| 2015 | £270,000 | £381,510 | 90 |
| 2014 | £285,000 | £404,322 | 85 |
| 2013 | £235,000 | £338,142 | 69 |
| 2012 | £265,000 | £390,047 | 65 |
| 2011 | £254,000 | £383,442 | 73 |
| 2010 | £248,000 | £388,928 | 53 |
| 2009 | £250,000 | £401,877 | 71 |
| 2008 | £270,000 | £442,587 | 69 |
| 2007 | £250,000 | £424,070 | 110 |
| 2006 | £260,000 | £451,327 | 111 |
| 2005 | £249,500 | £444,009 | 105 |
| 2004 | £245,000 | £444,968 | 107 |
| 2003 | £190,000 | £350,026 | 124 |
| 2002 | £170,000 | £319,854 | 137 |
| 2001 | £125,000 | £240,306 | 124 |
| 2000 | £105,000 | £206,063 | 101 |
| 1999 | £95,000 | £189,330 | 125 |
| 1998 | £94,500 | £190,755 | 114 |
| 1997 | £84,000 | £172,267 | 107 |
| 1996 | £80,000 | £168,716 | 97 |
| 1995 | £77,500 | £168,473 | 101 |
In cash terms the typical CA12 4 home went from £77,500 in 1995 to £309,500 in 2026, roughly 4.0 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 84%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2024; the current median sits about 33% below that. Someone who bought at the 2024 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CA12 4 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+36.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−17.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −17.5% | −19.4% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −2.9% | −7.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.3% | −3.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +0.9% | −1.9% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Over the last twelve months of data, 24 sales completed in CA12 4. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 115 sales a year before the financial crisis and 64 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around CA12 4
CA12 4 falls under Cumberland, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £666 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £496 a month here against £1,071 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Cumberland
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£666 a month is £7,992 a year, which against the £309,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 2.6%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
The shape of the CA12 4 market
Only 24 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes CA12 4 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching.
What people ask about CA12 4 (Seatoller)
Is CA12 4 (Seatoller) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in CA12 4 (Seatoller)?
Are property prices falling in CA12 4 (Seatoller)?
Will CA12 4 prices rise from here?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is down 14% over five years in cash but down 32% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
Moving up a bedroom in CA: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the CA area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £220,000 | £300,000 (+36%) | £430,000 (+43%) | £523,000 (+22%) |
| Semi-detached | £142,000 | £155,000 (+9%) | £205,000 (+32%) | £265,000 (+29%) | £357,500 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £105,000 | £115,000 (+10%) | £132,500 (+15%) | £184,000 (+39%) | £255,000 (+39%) |
| Flat | £92,000 | £124,950 (+36%) | £165,500 (+32%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CA area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the CA area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in CA12
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of CA12, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CA12 5 | £375,000 | 17 |
Zoom out to the full CA12 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CA12 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in CA12 4? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in CA12 4, open the average prices map and zoom from the CA12 4 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded CA12 4 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Estate agents working CA12 4: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim CA12 4.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with CA12 4 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual CA12 4 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.