L26 vs WA8: house prices per square metre compared

L26 (Halewood) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,819 per against £2,500 in WA8 (Hough Green)WA8 is 11% cheaper per . The figures come from 110 and 582 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

L26

Halewood, Liverpool

High confidence

£2,819median per

Median sale price
£230,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,189 – £3,333
Sales (last 12 months)
117
With a matched floor area
110
Mean floor area (matched sales)
89 m²
Change over 10 years
+61.6%
New-build premium
+22%
All L26 sold prices

WA8

Hough Green, Widnes

High confidence

£2,500median per

Median sale price
£200,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,814 – £3,232
Sales (last 12 months)
584
With a matched floor area
582
Mean floor area (matched sales)
90 m²
Change over 10 years
+50.2%
All WA8 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.

L26 compared with WA8
MeasureL26WA8Difference
Median price per m²£2,819£2,500−11%
Median sale price£230,000£200,000−13%
Sales (last 12 months)117584+467
Change over 10 years+61.6%+50.2%−11.4 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 typeL26WA8
Detached£3,310n = 30£3,303n = 142
Semi-detached£2,759n = 53£2,677n = 201
Terraced£2,168n = 26£1,884n = 206
Flat£1,953n = 33

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