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Acre market report BB4, Rossendale
The standing BB4 (Acre) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. The raw material for this page is 22,161 HM Land Registry entries for BB4 (Rossendale), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Covers registered sales to August 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the 2026 median for BB4 (Rossendale) is £190,000, from 282 registered sales, up 12% on five years earlier; the mean is £231,000, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,350 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 22,161 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
BB4 is the postcode district covering Acre, Balladen, Bent Gate in Rossendale. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where BB4 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.
BB4 sold prices: where the market stands
Across 282 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) BB4 home went for £190,000. The mean is £231,000, well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
Price per square metre in BB4
Per square metre, BB4 homes have averaged around £2,350 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving BB4 33% below the national figure.
The price of a typical BB4 home, 1995 to 2026
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £190,000 | £190,000 | 282 |
| 2025 | £200,000 | £204,783 | 698 |
| 2024 | £190,500 | £202,541 | 605 |
| 2023 | £185,000 | £203,270 | 552 |
| 2022 | £195,000 | £228,660 | 698 |
| 2021 | £170,000 | £215,242 | 875 |
| 2020 | £155,000 | £201,116 | 581 |
| 2019 | £145,000 | £190,060 | 708 |
| 2018 | £136,000 | £181,291 | 689 |
| 2017 | £146,200 | £199,402 | 784 |
| 2016 | £130,000 | £181,871 | 751 |
| 2015 | £130,000 | £183,690 | 679 |
| 2014 | £126,000 | £178,753 | 648 |
| 2013 | £120,000 | £172,668 | 508 |
| 2012 | £110,000 | £161,906 | 387 |
| 2011 | £118,200 | £178,437 | 410 |
| 2010 | £118,500 | £185,839 | 394 |
| 2009 | £115,000 | £184,863 | 363 |
| 2008 | £117,500 | £192,607 | 443 |
| 2007 | £120,000 | £203,553 | 977 |
| 2006 | £111,000 | £192,682 | 969 |
| 2005 | £110,000 | £195,756 | 969 |
| 2004 | £100,000 | £181,620 | 1,140 |
| 2003 | £75,000 | £138,168 | 1,088 |
| 2002 | £55,000 | £103,482 | 1,012 |
| 2001 | £50,000 | £96,122 | 837 |
| 2000 | £46,500 | £91,256 | 750 |
| 1999 | £46,000 | £91,676 | 804 |
| 1998 | £47,000 | £94,873 | 886 |
| 1997 | £43,500 | £89,210 | 713 |
| 1996 | £35,000 | £73,813 | 428 |
| 1995 | £39,000 | £84,780 | 533 |
In cash terms the typical BB4 home went from £39,000 in 1995 to £190,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 124%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2022, and today's median remains roughly 17% under it: a 2022 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the BB4 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 2003 (+36.4% on the year before); the weakest, 1996 (−10.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 50% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £395,000 against £138,000 for a flat, 2.9 times the price.
Median by property type, BB4
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 | £395,000 | 50 | 4,906 |
| Semi-detached | £233,500 | 76 | 4,995 |
| Terraced | £161,500 | 138 | 11,056 |
| Flats | £138,000 | 18 | 1,199 |
What BB4 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −5.0% | −7.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.2% | −2.5% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +3.5% | −0.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.9% | +0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | −0.1% |
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
The year-by-year sales count
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
Month by month, five years back
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
The register shows 507 BB4 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 968 sales a year before the financial crisis and 567 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
What tenants pay around BB4
For renting purposes BB4 sits in Rossendale. The ONS average private rent there is £808 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £588 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,224 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Rossendale
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£808 a month is £9,696 a year, which against the £190,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 5.1%. 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.
The shape of the BB4 market
Among the 13 measurable districts of its area, BB4 ranks 2 by median price: firmly in the dearer tier.
BB4 (Acre): the questions that come up
How much did a house sell for in BB4 (Acre)?
Are property prices falling in BB4 (Acre)?
Is BB4 (Acre) a good place to buy a house?
Will BB4 prices rise from here?
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 you could buy in BB4 now
Everything above is what homes in BB4 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 24 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 4% below the BB4 median sold price.
BB4 registered 507 sales in the last twelve months; the 24 homes listed now would take about 2 weeks to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger. That is a thin shelf: buyers here are choosing from little, and a well priced home is unlikely to wait long.
Of everything listed here, 10% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
"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 BB4 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.
The BB4 sales calendar
March is when BB4 changes hands most (10.2% of the 3,428 sales dated 2021 to 2025); April is the quiet end at 5.5%. The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 235 | 6.9% |
| February | 263 | 7.7% |
| March | 351 | 10.2% |
| April | 189 | 5.5% |
| May | 237 | 6.9% |
| June | 315 | 9.2% |
| July | 263 | 7.7% |
| August | 325 | 9.5% |
| September | 350 | 10.2% |
| October | 312 | 9.1% |
| November | 287 | 8.4% |
| December | 301 | 8.8% |
What another bedroom costs in BB
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the BB area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| 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%) |
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. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
BB4 ranks 9 of 13 in the BB area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
BB area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside BB4, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| BB4 4 | £232,000 | 51 |
| BB4 5 | £143,100 | 38 |
| BB4 6 | £212,500 | 61 |
| BB4 7 | £192,500 | 29 |
| BB4 8 | £198,200 | 66 |
| BB4 9 | £175,000 | 37 |
How BB4 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the BB area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| BB7 | £269,500 | +8% |
| BB4 (this report) | £190,000 | +12% |
| BB2 | £180,000 | +22% |
| BB6 | £170,000 | +0% |
| BB1 | £160,000 | +13% |
| BB18 | £160,000 | +13% |
| BB12 | £159,800 | +7% |
| BB3 | £157,000 | +17% |
| BB8 | £147,500 | -1% |
| BB5 | £140,000 | +13% |
| BB9 | £140,000 | +33% |
| BB11 | £135,000 | +35% |
| BB10 | £134,000 | +15% |
Thinking of selling in BB4? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in BB4, open the average prices map and zoom from the BB4 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded BB4 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Go deeper
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Two maps carry on from here: every BB4 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices 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.