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Bank Fold market report BB3 3, Darwen
The standing BB3 3 (Bank Fold) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 5,840 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in BB3 3 (Darwen) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in BB3 3 (Darwen) came in at £162,000, out of 53 registered, up 12% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £188,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,060 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 5,840 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
A postcode sector like BB3 3 is a single group of streets within BB3 (Darwen), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where BB3 3 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.
Today's BB3 3 prices, from the sold record
In the BB3 3 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £162,000, from 53 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £188,600, sitting well clear of it: the mark of a market where a small number of costly homes drag the average upwards.
Price per square metre in BB3 3
Measured by floor area, the last five years of BB3 3 sales average about £2,060 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving BB3 3 43% below the national figure.
BB3 3's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £162,000 | £162,000 | 53 |
| 2025 | £210,000 | £215,022 | 209 |
| 2024 | £181,500 | £192,972 | 262 |
| 2023 | £200,000 | £219,751 | 222 |
| 2022 | £160,000 | £187,618 | 222 |
| 2021 | £145,000 | £183,589 | 202 |
| 2020 | £120,000 | £155,702 | 166 |
| 2019 | £113,400 | £148,640 | 164 |
| 2018 | £105,000 | £139,967 | 157 |
| 2017 | £110,000 | £150,029 | 137 |
| 2016 | £110,800 | £155,010 | 148 |
| 2015 | £102,500 | £144,833 | 129 |
| 2014 | £110,000 | £156,054 | 129 |
| 2013 | £100,000 | £143,890 | 117 |
| 2012 | £95,500 | £140,564 | 90 |
| 2011 | £100,000 | £150,962 | 88 |
| 2010 | £85,000 | £133,302 | 98 |
| 2009 | £110,000 | £176,826 | 80 |
| 2008 | £115,000 | £188,509 | 137 |
| 2007 | £107,500 | £182,350 | 282 |
| 2006 | £82,100 | £142,515 | 298 |
| 2005 | £67,500 | £120,123 | 346 |
| 2004 | £70,000 | £127,134 | 293 |
| 2003 | £43,200 | £79,585 | 268 |
| 2002 | £42,700 | £80,340 | 203 |
| 2001 | £42,500 | £81,704 | 224 |
| 2000 | £42,500 | £83,406 | 195 |
| 1999 | £35,000 | £69,753 | 159 |
| 1998 | £33,400 | £67,420 | 166 |
| 1997 | £38,000 | £77,930 | 199 |
| 1996 | £33,000 | £69,596 | 209 |
| 1995 | £43,900 | £95,432 | 188 |
In cash terms the typical BB3 3 home went from £43,900 in 1995 to £162,000 in 2026, roughly 3.7 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 70%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2023, and today's median remains roughly 26% under it: a 2023 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the BB3 3 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 2004 (+62.0% on the year before); the weakest, 1996 (−24.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −22.9% | −24.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.2% | −2.5% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.9% | +0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
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
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Over the last twelve months of data, 53 sales completed in BB3 3. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 264 sales a year before the financial crisis and 194 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 BB3 3
For renting purposes BB3 3 sits in Blackburn with Darwen. The ONS average private rent there is £711 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £532 a month here against £1,111 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Blackburn with Darwen
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £162,000 median sold price, £711 a month is £8,532 a year, a gross yield of 5.3%: 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.
How BB3 3 trades
Only 53 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes BB3 3 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching.
Common questions on BB3 3 (Bank Fold)
Are property prices falling in BB3 3 (Bank Fold)?
Is BB3 3 (Bank Fold) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in BB3 3 (Bank Fold)?
Where do BB3 3 prices go next?
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 BB3 right now
The live side of the market holds 178 homes at the moment, listed by 11 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole BB3 district, not just BB3 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
28% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Marsh House Lane, Darwen, Darwen
- Nicholas Street, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3
- Day Terrace, Darwen, Darwen
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 BB3 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
What another bedroom costs in BB
Real sold prices by size across the BB area, straight from the Land Registry record. 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 | — | £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. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the BB area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
BB area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in BB3
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of BB3, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| BB3 0 | £148,500 | 48 |
| BB3 1 | £142,500 | 52 |
| BB3 2 | £162,200 | 72 |
Zoom out to the full BB3 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BB3 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in BB3 3? Get a rough value first
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at BB3 3'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 BB3 3.
Go deeper
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See every individual BB3 3 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.