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Lorton market report CA13, Cockermouth
The standing CA13 (Lorton) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 9,386 registered sales in CA13 (Cockermouth) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 1 October 2026.
In short: the typical home in CA13 (Cockermouth) sold for £242,500 in 2026, the median of 111 registered sales, down 1% on five years earlier. The mean was £263,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,650 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 9,386 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
CA13 is the postcode district covering Cockermouth, Lorton, Buttermere in Cockermouth. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where CA13 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.
Today's CA13 prices, from the sold record
In the CA13 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £242,500, from 111 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £263,100, sitting modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
CA13 prices by floor area
A square metre of CA13 home has cost about £2,650 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, CA13 sits 15% below the national market.
A typical CA13 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £242,500 | £242,500 | 111 |
| 2025 | £255,500 | £261,610 | 268 |
| 2024 | £260,000 | £276,433 | 283 |
| 2023 | £245,000 | £269,195 | 291 |
| 2022 | £240,000 | £281,427 | 360 |
| 2021 | £245,000 | £310,202 | 379 |
| 2020 | £223,500 | £289,996 | 258 |
| 2019 | £218,500 | £286,401 | 299 |
| 2018 | £215,000 | £286,599 | 313 |
| 2017 | £213,000 | £290,511 | 287 |
| 2016 | £213,000 | £297,989 | 274 |
| 2015 | £180,000 | £254,340 | 306 |
| 2014 | £189,500 | £268,839 | 282 |
| 2013 | £180,000 | £259,002 | 270 |
| 2012 | £195,000 | £287,016 | 185 |
| 2011 | £190,000 | £286,827 | 167 |
| 2010 | £188,000 | £294,832 | 197 |
| 2009 | £175,000 | £281,314 | 192 |
| 2008 | £180,000 | £295,058 | 200 |
| 2007 | £189,000 | £320,597 | 333 |
| 2006 | £185,000 | £321,136 | 405 |
| 2005 | £170,000 | £302,531 | 305 |
| 2004 | £150,000 | £272,429 | 300 |
| 2003 | £115,000 | £211,858 | 371 |
| 2002 | £89,800 | £168,958 | 390 |
| 2001 | £83,000 | £159,563 | 427 |
| 2000 | £75,000 | £147,188 | 354 |
| 1999 | £67,000 | £133,528 | 345 |
| 1998 | £56,000 | £113,040 | 313 |
| 1997 | £59,000 | £120,997 | 333 |
| 1996 | £57,000 | £120,210 | 342 |
| 1995 | £57,000 | £123,909 | 246 |
In cash terms the typical CA13 home went from £57,000 in 1995 to £242,500 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 96%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2006; the current median sits about 24% below that. Someone who bought at the 2006 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CA13 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 2004 (+30.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2013 (−7.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 36% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £360,000 against £114,400 for a flat, 3.1 times the price.
Median by property type, CA13
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 37 | 3,391 |
| Semi-detached | £267,500 | 32 | 2,536 |
| Terraced | £166,500 | 32 | 2,590 |
| Flats | £114,400 | 10 | 869 |
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −5.1% | −7.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −0.2% | −4.8% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +1.4% | −2.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.3% | −2.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.4% | −1.4% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Month by month, five years back
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
Over the last twelve months of data, 209 sales completed in CA13. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 361 sales a year before the financial crisis and 263 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 CA13
CA13 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.
Against the £242,500 median purchase price, a rent of £666 a month (£7,992 a year) works out at a 3.3% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Common questions on CA13 (Lorton)
Are property prices falling in CA13 (Lorton)?
Is CA13 (Lorton) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in CA13 (Lorton)?
Will CA13 prices rise from here?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 22% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
On the market in CA13 today
Everything above is what homes in CA13 sold for. The live side of the market holds 1 home at the moment, listed by an agent publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 11% below the CA13 median sold price.
See every CA13 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
When homes in CA13 change hands
Take the 1,581 CA13 sales dated 2021 to 2025 and sort them by month: March completions lead with 10.8% of the total, January trails with 5.8%. That is a marked seasonal rhythm. A sale completes weeks after it is agreed, so the busy month reflects deals struck earlier in the year; a seller who wants competition should be on the market ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 92 | 5.8% |
| February | 121 | 7.7% |
| March | 171 | 10.8% |
| April | 106 | 6.7% |
| May | 127 | 8.0% |
| June | 137 | 8.7% |
| July | 106 | 6.7% |
| August | 160 | 10.1% |
| September | 166 | 10.5% |
| October | 161 | 10.2% |
| November | 116 | 7.3% |
| December | 118 | 7.5% |
Moving up a bedroom in CA: the cost
Real sold prices by size across the CA area, straight from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £201,500 | £220,000 (+9%) | £260,000 (+18%) | £325,000 (+25%) | £415,000 (+28%) |
| Semi-detached | £140,000 | £150,000 (+7%) | £175,000 (+17%) | £223,525 (+28%) | £261,050 (+17%) |
| Terraced | £105,000 | £110,000 (+5%) | £125,000 (+14%) | £159,000 (+27%) | £214,000 (+35%) |
| Flat | £90,000 | £113,125 (+26%) | £151,000 (+33%) | — | £236,000 |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
CA13 ranks 25 of 28 in the CA area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
CA area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside CA13, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
How CA13 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the CA area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| CA12 | £370,000 | +12% |
| CA19 | £336,200 | +3% |
| CA4 | £325,000 | +23% |
| CA21 | £295,000 | +28% |
| CA10 | £285,000 | +8% |
| CA5 | £278,800 | +8% |
| CA17 | £265,000 | +6% |
| CA20 | £244,000 | +28% |
| CA13 (this report) | £242,500 | -1% |
| CA16 | £240,000 | +6% |
| CA11 | £235,500 | +11% |
| CA9 | £235,000 | +15% |
| CA27 | £235,000 | +21% |
| CA8 | £232,500 | +6% |
| CA18 | £220,000 | -3% |
| CA6 | £215,000 | +16% |
| CA7 | £210,000 | +17% |
| CA3 | £205,000 | +11% |
| CA14 | £165,500 | +35% |
| CA15 | £165,000 | +35% |
| CA28 | £160,000 | +16% |
| CA1 | £151,000 | +15% |
| CA2 | £150,000 | +22% |
| CA25 | £138,000 | -5% |
Selling a home in CA13? Price it on the evidence
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at CA13's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Keep digging
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about CA13. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every CA13 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.