BL1 vs BL2: house prices per square metre compared

BL2 (Ainsworth) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,610 per against £2,363 in BL1 (Heaton)BL1 is 9% cheaper per . The figures come from 459 and 552 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

BL1

Heaton, Bolton

High confidence

£2,363median per

Median sale price
£195,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,785 – £3,136
Sales (last 12 months)
564
With a matched floor area
552
Mean floor area (matched sales)
91 m²
Change over 10 years
+67.4%
All BL1 sold prices

BL2

Ainsworth, Bolton

High confidence

£2,610median per

Median sale price
£205,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,004 – £3,215
Sales (last 12 months)
471
With a matched floor area
459
Mean floor area (matched sales)
84 m²
Change over 10 years
+63.1%
All BL2 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

BL1 compared with BL2
MeasureBL1BL2Difference
Median price per m²£2,363£2,610+10%
Median sale price£195,000£205,000+5%
Sales (last 12 months)564471−93
Change over 10 years+67.4%+63.1%−4.3 pts

By property type

Median price per for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Property typeBL1BL2
Detached£3,250n = 86£3,271n = 73
Semi-detached£2,868n = 171£2,713n = 205
Terraced£2,047n = 217£2,143n = 161
Flat£1,800n = 78£2,068n = 20

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