House prices and demand rise in Carlisle

The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 13.4% annual growth.

It is thought that greater demand as well as peoples attitudes to their homes changing after coronavirus has contributed to the rise in property prices.

Valuer and Branch Manager at PFK Carlisle, Tessa Milner said: "There has definitely been growth in house prices on the market it the past year, the demand is outstripping the supply and lending has been low interest allowing people to push themselves.

"With their being more demand in the area than supply that has obviously pushed prices up."

Tessa attributes the past 18 months living under lockdown as a major reason in why people are deciding to buy different homes in the area.

She believes that people's attitudes to their homes and their lifestyle has altered hugely.

Tessa said: "People have had a lot of reconsiderations on their life styles a lot of lifestyle considerations have changed and their work life balance has changed, a lot of people have realised they may be hybrid working or working from home so they've maybe wanted extra space by way of more reception rooms for an office or extra outside space because they are spending more time at home they have got more time to look after a garden and enjoy their outside space more."

The average Carlisle house price in September was £156,898, Land Registry figures show – a 2.2% increase on August.

Over the month, the picture was less good than that across the North West, where prices increased 5.3%, and Carlisle underperformed compared to the 2.5% rise for the UK as a whole.

Tessa said: "You can get more for your money, it is the most densely populated area in the county.

"I think that Carlisle has been realistically priced and that is beneficial for the city because it has long been an affordable place to buy, so this is just bringing it in line with other cities really."