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Hensingham market report CA28, Whitehaven
The standing CA28 (Hensingham) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 14,091 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in CA28 (Whitehaven) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales recorded to August 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: 235 registered 2026 sales put the CA28 (Whitehaven) median at £160,000, up 16% on five years earlier, with a mean of £184,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,790 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 14,091 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.
CA28 is the postcode district covering Hensingham, Moresby, Parton in Whitehaven. 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 CA28 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 CA28 prices, from the sold record
The 2026 median for CA28 is £160,000, taken from 235 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £184,600, a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.
What a square metre costs in CA28
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in CA28 costs about £1,790 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving CA28 44% below the national figure.
A typical CA28 home, priced year by year (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 | £160,000 | £160,000 | 235 |
| 2025 | £160,000 | £163,826 | 500 |
| 2024 | £165,000 | £175,429 | 468 |
| 2023 | £145,000 | £159,320 | 387 |
| 2022 | £146,000 | £171,202 | 523 |
| 2021 | £138,000 | £174,726 | 619 |
| 2020 | £136,200 | £176,722 | 473 |
| 2019 | £131,800 | £172,758 | 452 |
| 2018 | £125,000 | £166,627 | 433 |
| 2017 | £130,000 | £177,307 | 467 |
| 2016 | £120,000 | £167,881 | 441 |
| 2015 | £123,000 | £173,799 | 424 |
| 2014 | £114,800 | £162,864 | 374 |
| 2013 | £115,500 | £166,193 | 368 |
| 2012 | £120,000 | £176,625 | 332 |
| 2011 | £121,500 | £183,418 | 329 |
| 2010 | £120,000 | £188,191 | 305 |
| 2009 | £105,800 | £170,074 | 300 |
| 2008 | £105,000 | £172,117 | 327 |
| 2007 | £117,500 | £199,313 | 615 |
| 2006 | £99,500 | £172,719 | 586 |
| 2005 | £91,400 | £162,655 | 519 |
| 2004 | £78,200 | £142,026 | 510 |
| 2003 | £62,000 | £114,219 | 596 |
| 2002 | £50,700 | £95,392 | 578 |
| 2001 | £45,900 | £88,240 | 542 |
| 2000 | £43,000 | £84,388 | 440 |
| 1999 | £43,000 | £85,697 | 484 |
| 1998 | £42,000 | £84,780 | 350 |
| 1997 | £40,000 | £82,032 | 387 |
| 1996 | £40,200 | £84,780 | 380 |
| 1995 | £41,500 | £90,215 | 347 |
In cash terms the typical CA28 home went from £41,500 in 1995 to £160,000 in 2026, roughly 3.9 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 77%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. The real-terms peak came in 2007, and today's median remains roughly 20% under it: a 2007 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the CA28 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 (+26.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−10.6%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What CA28 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | 0.0% | −2.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.0% | −1.7% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +2.7% | −1.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.9% | −0.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.4% | −0.4% |
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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of semi-detached homes dominate the record here, 45% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £298,500 against £79,000 for a flat, 3.8 times the price.
Median by property type, CA28
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 | £298,500 | 46 | 2,773 |
| Semi-detached | £168,000 | 109 | 6,295 |
| Terraced | £127,000 | 72 | 4,172 |
| Flats | £79,000 | 8 | 851 |
Sales activity in CA28
How many homes change hands
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The last five years, month by month
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
Over the last twelve months of data, 399 sales completed in CA28. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 548 sales a year before the financial crisis and 423 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.
The rental side of CA28
For renting purposes CA28 sits in Cumberland. The ONS average private rent there is £666 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £496 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,071, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Cumberland
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £160,000 median purchase price, a rent of £666 a month (£7,992 a year) works out at a 5.0% 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.
CA28 (Hensingham): the questions that come up
Is CA28 (Hensingham) a good place to buy a house?
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What happens to CA28 prices now?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 16% over five years in cash but down 8% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
CA28's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in CA28 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 3 homes on the market right now, from an agent publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 38% below the CA28 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 0% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
See every CA28 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 CA28 change hands
Across the 2,497 sales completed in CA28 from 2021 to 2025, September was the busiest month for completions (10.7% of the total) and January the quietest (5.9%). 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 | 147 | 5.9% |
| February | 185 | 7.4% |
| March | 241 | 9.7% |
| April | 177 | 7.1% |
| May | 206 | 8.2% |
| June | 240 | 9.6% |
| July | 198 | 7.9% |
| August | 212 | 8.5% |
| September | 266 | 10.7% |
| October | 227 | 9.1% |
| November | 213 | 8.5% |
| December | 185 | 7.4% |
The price of an extra bedroom in CA
Real sold prices by size across the CA area, straight from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| 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 |
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
CA28 ranks 12 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.
Five-year change in the median, CA area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside CA28, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CA28 6 | £197,500 | 83 |
| CA28 7 | £179,000 | 30 |
| CA28 8 | £137,500 | 56 |
| CA28 9 | £154,500 | 66 |
How CA28 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 | £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 (this report) | £160,000 | +16% |
| CA1 | £151,000 | +15% |
| CA2 | £150,000 | +22% |
| CA25 | £138,000 | -5% |
Selling a home in CA28? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in CA28, open the average prices map and zoom from the CA28 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded CA28 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Keep digging
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to CA28. Free after a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every CA28 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.
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.