Burnley Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Burnley: M65 corridor town with some of England's most affordable property and growing BTL investor interest.

The Burnley property market recorded 1,799 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £115,000. This places Burnley £51k below the Lancashire county median of £165,875, and £170k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Burnley have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of 0%. Within Lancashire, Burnley ranks 8th by price out of 8 principal towns, and 6th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Burnley median prices moved from £122,500 in Q4 2024 to £110,000 in Q1 2026, a change of -10.2% over 5 quarters.

Burnley Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Burnley, approved 94 residential planning applications and refused 23 in the last 12 months, with 37 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 80%.

Those applications propose around 50 homes, an estimated £5.9m 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.

Property prices in Burnley vary significantly by type. The table below compares Burnley prices with Lancashire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Burnley command £295,000, while terraced properties are most accessible at £85,000. The £210k 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 11 new-build sales in Burnley 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 Burnley.

Across the wider Lancashire market, 480 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Lancashire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Burnley, 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.

For developers considering Burnley, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £115,000 and detached homes at £295,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Burnley with a GDV of £295,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £191,750 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.

While prices have remained flat year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Burnley by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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