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Bank Hey market report BB1 8, Blackburn

The standing BB1 8 (Bank Hey) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 4,807 registered sales in BB1 8 (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 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

In short: a typical BB1 8 (Blackburn) home changed hands for £195,000 in 2026 (median of 34 registered sales, up 12% on five years earlier), with the mean at £177,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,200 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 4,807 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.

BB1 8 is one sector of BB1 (Blackburn): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.

Where BB1 8 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.

£195,000typical sale, 2026
£2,200/m²5-year average per m²
+12%cash move in five years
34sales, most recent 12 months
4.4%gross yield, estimated

What BB1 8 homes really sell for

The BB1 8 median stands at £195,000 for 2026, built from 34 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £177,700, below it, which usually means a cluster of very cheap recorded transfers is dragging the average down.

What a square metre costs in BB1 8

The last five years of sales put BB1 8 at roughly £2,200 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.

The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts BB1 8 32% below the country at large.

BB1 8's median sold price, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£63k£125k£188k£250k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £48,200 at the time · £104,779 in today's money · 166 sales1996: £45,500 at the time · £95,957 in today's money · 171 sales1997: £47,500 at the time · £97,413 in today's money · 161 sales1998: £44,600 at the time · £90,028 in today's money · 169 sales1999: £46,800 at the time · £93,270 in today's money · 180 sales2000: £50,000 at the time · £98,125 in today's money · 207 sales2001: £55,000 at the time · £105,735 in today's money · 199 sales2002: £58,800 at the time · £110,632 in today's money · 236 sales2003: £76,000 at the time · £140,010 in today's money · 189 sales2004: £95,000 at the time · £172,539 in today's money · 223 sales2005: £111,100 at the time · £197,713 in today's money · 194 sales2006: £130,000 at the time · £225,663 in today's money · 227 sales2007: £140,000 at the time · £237,479 in today's money · 186 sales2008: £126,500 at the time · £207,360 in today's money · 117 sales2009: £120,500 at the time · £193,705 in today's money · 94 sales2010: £115,000 at the time · £180,350 in today's money · 105 sales2011: £125,000 at the time · £188,702 in today's money · 105 sales2012: £118,000 at the time · £173,681 in today's money · 87 sales2013: £120,000 at the time · £172,668 in today's money · 105 sales2014: £129,000 at the time · £183,009 in today's money · 89 sales2015: £124,300 at the time · £175,636 in today's money · 134 sales2016: £132,000 at the time · £184,669 in today's money · 129 sales2017: £130,000 at the time · £177,307 in today's money · 127 sales2018: £131,500 at the time · £175,292 in today's money · 110 sales2019: £156,800 at the time · £205,527 in today's money · 126 sales2020: £150,800 at the time · £195,666 in today's money · 118 sales2021: £174,500 at the time · £220,940 in today's money · 198 sales2022: £200,000 at the time · £234,523 in today's money · 206 sales2023: £212,500 at the time · £233,486 in today's money · 164 sales2024: £205,000 at the time · £217,957 in today's money · 149 sales2025: £185,000 at the time · £189,424 in today's money · 102 sales2026: £195,000 at the time · £195,000 in today's money · 34 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£195,000£195,00034
2025£185,000£189,424102
2024£205,000£217,957149
2023£212,500£233,486164
2022£200,000£234,523206
2021£174,500£220,940198
2020£150,800£195,666118
2019£156,800£205,527126
2018£131,500£175,292110
2017£130,000£177,307127
2016£132,000£184,669129
2015£124,300£175,636134
2014£129,000£183,00989
2013£120,000£172,668105
2012£118,000£173,68187
2011£125,000£188,702105
2010£115,000£180,350105
2009£120,500£193,70594
2008£126,500£207,360117
2007£140,000£237,479186
2006£130,000£225,663227
2005£111,100£197,713194
2004£95,000£172,539223
2003£76,000£140,010189
2002£58,800£110,632236
2001£55,000£105,735199
2000£50,000£98,125207
1999£46,800£93,270180
1998£44,600£90,028169
1997£47,500£97,413161
1996£45,500£95,957171
1995£48,200£104,779166

In cash terms the typical BB1 8 home went from £48,200 in 1995 to £195,000 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 86%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2007. The market now sits about 18% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.

Year-on-year change in the BB1 8 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · −5.6% on the year before1997 · +4.4% on the year before1998 · −6.1% on the year before1999 · +4.9% on the year before2000 · +6.8% on the year before2001 · +10.0% on the year before2002 · +6.9% on the year before2003 · +29.3% on the year before2004 · +25.0% on the year before2005 · +16.9% on the year before2006 · +17.0% on the year before2007 · +7.7% on the year before2008 · −9.6% on the year before2009 · −4.7% on the year before2010 · −4.6% on the year before2011 · +8.7% on the year before2012 · −5.6% on the year before2013 · +1.7% on the year before2014 · +7.5% on the year before2015 · −3.6% on the year before2016 · +6.2% on the year before2017 · −1.5% on the year before2018 · +1.2% on the year before2019 · +19.2% on the year before2020 · −3.8% on the year before2021 · +15.7% on the year before2022 · +14.6% on the year before2023 · +6.3% on the year before2024 · −3.5% on the year before2025 · −9.8% on the year before2026 · +5.4% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+29.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2025 (−9.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+5.4%+2.9%
5 years (since 2021)+2.2%−2.5%
10 years (since 2016)+4.0%+0.5%
20 years (since 2006)+2.0%−0.7%

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.

The turnover behind the prices

How many homes change hands

Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.

63125188250 1995: 166 sales1996: 171 sales1997: 161 sales1998: 169 sales1999: 180 sales2000: 207 sales2001: 199 sales2002: 236 sales2003: 189 sales2004: 223 sales2005: 194 sales2006: 227 sales2007: 186 sales2008: 117 sales2009: 94 sales2010: 105 sales2011: 105 sales2012: 87 sales2013: 105 sales2014: 89 sales2015: 134 sales2016: 129 sales2017: 127 sales2018: 110 sales2019: 126 sales2020: 118 sales2021: 198 sales2022: 206 sales2023: 164 sales2024: 149 sales2025: 102 sales2026: 34 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 34 BB1 8 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 208 sales a year before the financial crisis and 131 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.

The rental side of BB1 8

BB1 8 falls under Blackburn with Darwen, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £711 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £532 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,111, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Blackburn with Darwen

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £532 a month£5321 bed2 bed: £659 a month£6592 bed3 bed: £778 a month£7783 bed4+ bed: £1,111 a month£1,1114+ bed

Set against the £195,000 median sold price, £711 a month is £8,532 a year, a gross yield of 4.4%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

What kind of market BB1 8 is

Only 34 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes BB1 8 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Against the BB1 district median, BB1 8 sits 22% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

BB1 8 (Bank Hey): the questions that come up

Are property prices falling in BB1 8 (Bank Hey)?
In BB1 8 (Bank Hey) the median moved up 5% year on year; over five years it is up 12%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is BB1 8 (Bank Hey) a good place to buy a house?
BB1 8 (Bank Hey) sold prices are up 12% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in BB1 8 (Bank Hey)?
Land Registry recorded 34 sales in BB1 8 (Bank Hey) in 2026, with a median sold price of £195,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.

Are BB1 8 prices heading up or down?

Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 12% over five years in cash but down 12% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.

What is for sale in BB1 right now

This is what you could actually buy today: 71 homes currently on the market from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole BB1 district, not just BB1 8: live asking prices are collected per district.

£159,950Typical asking price now (BB1 district)
13 below what sold nearby26 in line with nearby sales19 above nearby sales8 well above nearby sales

20% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.

"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.

See every BB1 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.

The price of an extra bedroom in BB

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the BB area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£225,000£309,995 (+38%)£460,000 (+48%)£670,000 (+46%)
Semi-detached£149,975£175,000 (+17%)£215,000 (+23%)£290,000 (+35%)£383,750 (+32%)
Terraced£97,500£100,000 (+3%)£129,950 (+30%)£170,000 (+31%)£230,000 (+35%)
Flat£90,200£125,000 (+39%)£170,000 (+36%)

Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the BB area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in BB1

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are BB1's other sectors, each with its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
BB1 1£132,50023
BB1 2£160,50030
BB1 3£155,00015
BB1 4£129,00034
BB1 5£136,20016
BB1 6£170,0004
BB1 7£132,5006
BB1 9£215,00053

Zoom out to the full BB1 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BB1 compares with its neighbours.

Selling in BB1 8? 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 BB1 8'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.

For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim BB1 8.

Dig further

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with BB1 8 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

See every individual BB1 8 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.

About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.