Barrow-in-Furness Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

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The Barrow-in-Furness property market recorded 1,134 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £145,000. This places Barrow-in-Furness £17k below the Cumbria county median of £161,875, and £140k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Barrow-in-Furness have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +2.5%. Within Cumbria, Barrow-in-Furness ranks 6th by price out of 6 principal towns, and 2nd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Barrow-in-Furness median prices moved from £155,000 in Q4 2024 to £150,000 in Q1 2026, a change of -3.2% over 5 quarters.

Westmorland and Furness Council, the local planning authority covering Barrow-in-Furness, approved 99 residential planning applications and refused 11 in the last 12 months, with 115 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 90%.

Those applications propose around 616 homes, an estimated £90.7m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Westmorland and Furness Council covers more than one town in Cumbria, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Barrow-in-Furness alone.

Property prices in Barrow-in-Furness vary significantly by type. The table below compares Barrow-in-Furness prices with Cumbria county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Barrow-in-Furness command £312,500, while flat properties are most accessible at £69,250. The £243k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 7 new-build sales in Barrow-in-Furness for the past 12 months, 0.6% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Barrow-in-Furness.

Across the wider Cumbria market, 121 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Cumbria property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Barrow-in-Furness, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £115,000 to £217,500 illustrates the breadth of the Barrow-in-Furness market.

For developers considering Barrow-in-Furness, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £145,000 and detached homes at £312,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Barrow-in-Furness with a GDV of £312,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £203,125 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 2.5% year-on-year, Barrow-in-Furness presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Barrow-in-Furness's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Cumbria:

For the full Cumbria town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Cumbria property market report.