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

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The Barrow-in-Furness property market recorded 1,178 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £145,000. This places Barrow-in-Furness £15k below the Cumbria county median of £160,125, 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 +1.4%. 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 £150,000 in Q1 2025 to £140,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -6.7% over 5 quarters.

Westmorland and Furness, the local planning authority covering Barrow-in-Furness, approved 32 residential planning applications and refused 8 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 178 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 80%. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 2,165 homes, an estimated £306.1m 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 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 £316,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £69,950. The £246k 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 8 new-build sales in Barrow-in-Furness for the past 12 months, 0.7% 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, 135 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 £80,000 to £497,000 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 £316,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Barrow-in-Furness with a GDV of £316,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £205,400 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 1.4% 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.