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Blackburn market report BB
The BB (Blackburn) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 274,906 registered sales in the BB postcode area (Blackburn) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in the BB postcode area (Blackburn) came in at £162,500, out of 3,123 registered, up 12% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £194,900, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,970 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 274,906 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
BB is the postcode area centred on Blackburn, taking in 13 districts. Figures this wide smooth over big local differences, so use the district reports below for anywhere specific.
Where BB sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What a home in BB sells for
Across 3,123 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) BB home went for £162,500. The mean is £194,900, a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.
Price per square metre in BB
A square metre of BB home has cost about £1,970 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving BB 43% below the national figure.
BB's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £162,500 | £162,500 | 3,123 |
| 2025 | £167,000 | £170,993 | 7,668 |
| 2024 | £160,000 | £170,113 | 7,404 |
| 2023 | £153,000 | £168,110 | 6,799 |
| 2022 | £152,000 | £178,237 | 8,331 |
| 2021 | £145,000 | £183,589 | 9,427 |
| 2020 | £133,000 | £172,570 | 6,829 |
| 2019 | £123,900 | £162,403 | 7,662 |
| 2018 | £120,000 | £159,962 | 7,548 |
| 2017 | £119,000 | £162,304 | 7,813 |
| 2016 | £110,000 | £153,891 | 7,443 |
| 2015 | £106,000 | £149,778 | 6,911 |
| 2014 | £106,000 | £150,380 | 6,599 |
| 2013 | £100,000 | £143,890 | 5,759 |
| 2012 | £98,000 | £144,244 | 4,663 |
| 2011 | £93,000 | £140,394 | 4,930 |
| 2010 | £94,800 | £148,671 | 5,119 |
| 2009 | £96,000 | £154,321 | 4,857 |
| 2008 | £98,000 | £160,643 | 6,043 |
| 2007 | £98,000 | £166,235 | 13,105 |
| 2006 | £86,800 | £150,674 | 14,836 |
| 2005 | £75,000 | £133,470 | 13,382 |
| 2004 | £60,000 | £108,972 | 14,913 |
| 2003 | £50,000 | £92,112 | 14,413 |
| 2002 | £41,500 | £78,082 | 13,721 |
| 2001 | £41,800 | £80,358 | 11,584 |
| 2000 | £40,000 | £78,500 | 10,140 |
| 1999 | £40,000 | £79,718 | 9,436 |
| 1998 | £38,000 | £76,706 | 9,372 |
| 1997 | £37,000 | £75,880 | 8,954 |
| 1996 | £34,000 | £71,704 | 7,834 |
| 1995 | £34,500 | £74,998 | 8,288 |
In cash terms the typical BB home went from £34,500 in 1995 to £162,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 117%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 11% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the BB median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2005 (+25.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−2.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What BB has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −2.7% | −5.0% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.3% | −2.4% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +3.4% | −1.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.0% | +0.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 58% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £325,000 against £103,000 for a flat, 3.2 times the price.
Median by property type, BB
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 533 | 45,064 |
| Semi-detached | £197,200 | 820 | 61,779 |
| Terraced | £125,000 | 1,647 | 160,316 |
| Flats | £103,000 | 123 | 7,747 |
Sales activity in BB
How many homes change hands
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
Over the last twelve months of data, 5,626 sales completed in BB. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 13,262 sales a year before the financial crisis and 6,665 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
The rental side of BB
For renting purposes BB sits in Blackburn with Darwen, the local authority covering most of the BB area (parts fall under Pendle and Burnley, where rents differ). The ONS average private rent there is £711 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £532 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,111 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Blackburn with Darwen
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£711 a month is £8,532 a year, which against the £162,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 5.3%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
Asked and answered: BB (Blackburn)
How much did a house sell for in BB (Blackburn)?
Are property prices falling in BB (Blackburn)?
Is BB (Blackburn) a good place to buy a house?
Are BB prices heading up or down?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 12% over five years in cash but down 11% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in BB right now
Everything above is what homes in BB sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 693 homes on the market right now, from 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 11% above the BB median sold price.
Set against 5,626 registered sales in the last twelve months, the 693 homes on the market here are roughly 6 weeks of supply at last year's pace, and more in reality, since only agents who publish to HomesIndex are counted.
8% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Marlon Crescent, Burnley, Lancashire
- Micklehurst Crescent, Burnley
- The Shambles Wharf Street, Rishton, Blackburn
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every BB home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
When homes in BB change hands
March is when BB changes hands most (10.0% of the 39,629 sales dated 2021 to 2025); January is the quiet end at 6.5%. The spread between the busiest and quietest months is small, so timing matters less here than in most markets; price and presentation decide more than the calendar.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2,591 | 6.5% |
| February | 3,099 | 7.8% |
| March | 3,980 | 10.0% |
| April | 2,769 | 7.0% |
| May | 3,000 | 7.6% |
| June | 3,613 | 9.1% |
| July | 3,285 | 8.3% |
| August | 3,423 | 8.6% |
| September | 3,691 | 9.3% |
| October | 3,385 | 8.5% |
| November | 3,293 | 8.3% |
| December | 3,500 | 8.8% |
Moving up a bedroom in BB: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the BB area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £200,000 | £230,000 (+15%) | £270,000 (+17%) | £342,995 (+27%) | £452,500 (+32%) |
| Semi-detached | £148,000 | £170,000 (+15%) | £197,000 (+16%) | £252,000 (+28%) | £310,000 (+23%) |
| Terraced | £96,000 | £100,000 (+4%) | £123,000 (+23%) | £152,000 (+24%) | £190,000 (+25%) |
| Flat | £80,375 | £99,950 (+24%) | £130,975 (+31%) | £162,475 (+24%) | £242,000 (+49%) |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the BB area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, BB area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
District by district
The spread inside BB matters more than its average. These are its districts with enough sales to measure, priciest first, each with a full report of its own.
| District | Median (2026) | 5-year | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB7 Clitheroe, Barrow | £269,500 | +8% | 278 |
| BB4 Acre, Balladen | £190,000 | +12% | 282 |
| BB2 Blackburn (west), Beardwood | £180,000 | +22% | 330 |
| BB6 Dinckley, Great Harwood | £170,000 | +0% | 123 |
| BB1 Blackburn (east), Bank Hey | £160,000 | +13% | 251 |
| BB18 Barnoldswick, Brogden | £160,000 | +13% | 118 |
| BB12 Burnley (west), Barley | £159,800 | +7% | 282 |
| BB3 Darwen, Bank Fold | £157,000 | +17% | 265 |
| BB8 Colne, Foulridge | £147,500 | -1% | 176 |
| BB5 Accrington, Altham | £140,000 | +13% | 342 |
| BB9 Nelson, Barrowford | £140,000 | +33% | 277 |
| BB11 Burnley (south and town centre), Dunnockshaw and Clowbridge | £135,000 | +35% | 153 |
| BB10 Burnley (east), Cliviger | £134,000 | +15% | 246 |
Selling in BB? Start from the sold record
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at BB's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with BB already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual BB sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.