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Altham market report BB5 0, Accrington
The BB5 0 (Altham) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 4,798 sales registered with HM Land Registry in BB5 0 (Accrington) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the 2026 median for BB5 0 (Accrington) is £125,500, from 34 registered sales, up 61% on five years earlier; the mean is £139,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £1,350 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 4,798 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
BB5 0 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside BB5 (Accrington). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where BB5 0 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.
The going rate for a home in BB5 0
Take the 34 registered 2026 sales in BB5 0 and the middle price, the median, is £125,500. The mean lands at £139,300, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in BB5 0
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in BB5 0 costs about £1,350 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving BB5 0 56% below the national figure.
BB5 0's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £125,500 | £125,500 | 34 |
| 2025 | £90,000 | £92,152 | 84 |
| 2024 | £92,800 | £98,665 | 100 |
| 2023 | £100,000 | £109,876 | 113 |
| 2022 | £95,500 | £111,985 | 134 |
| 2021 | £78,000 | £98,758 | 117 |
| 2020 | £54,000 | £70,066 | 94 |
| 2019 | £59,000 | £77,335 | 83 |
| 2018 | £60,000 | £79,981 | 99 |
| 2017 | £58,000 | £79,106 | 111 |
| 2016 | £70,000 | £97,931 | 141 |
| 2015 | £61,500 | £86,900 | 132 |
| 2014 | £51,000 | £72,352 | 121 |
| 2013 | £57,800 | £83,168 | 102 |
| 2012 | £62,000 | £91,256 | 83 |
| 2011 | £75,000 | £113,221 | 150 |
| 2010 | £67,500 | £105,857 | 98 |
| 2009 | £61,000 | £98,058 | 74 |
| 2008 | £70,000 | £114,745 | 118 |
| 2007 | £68,800 | £116,704 | 232 |
| 2006 | £59,000 | £102,416 | 254 |
| 2005 | £58,000 | £103,217 | 292 |
| 2004 | £38,000 | £69,015 | 335 |
| 2003 | £21,000 | £38,687 | 291 |
| 2002 | £18,000 | £33,867 | 258 |
| 2001 | £18,000 | £34,604 | 210 |
| 2000 | £19,000 | £37,288 | 159 |
| 1999 | £21,200 | £42,250 | 144 |
| 1998 | £15,000 | £30,279 | 147 |
| 1997 | £15,500 | £31,787 | 174 |
| 1996 | £15,000 | £31,634 | 167 |
| 1995 | £17,000 | £36,955 | 147 |
In cash terms the typical BB5 0 home went from £17,000 in 1995 to £125,500 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 240%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper.
Year-on-year change in the BB5 0 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 (+81.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2012 (−17.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +39.4% | +36.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +10.0% | +4.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +6.0% | +2.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
How many homes change hands in BB5 0
The year-by-year sales count
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, 34 sales completed in BB5 0. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 254 sales a year before the financial crisis and 93 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.
Reading the BB5 0 market
Only 34 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes BB5 0 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. Within BB5, this sector trades 10% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
What tenants pay around BB5 0
For renting purposes BB5 0 sits in Hyndburn. The ONS average private rent there is £640 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £480 a month here against £933 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Hyndburn
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £125,500 median purchase price, a rent of £640 a month (£7,680 a year) works out at a 6.1% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
BB5 0 (Altham): the questions that come up
How much did a house sell for in BB5 0 (Altham)?
Are property prices falling in BB5 0 (Altham)?
Is BB5 0 (Altham) a good place to buy a house?
Will BB5 0 prices rise from here?
Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 61% over five years in cash and up 27% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.
BB5's current homes for sale
The live side of the market holds 208 homes at the moment, listed by 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole BB5 district, not just BB5 0: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 14% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Henry Street, Church, Accrington, Lan...
- St. Johns Close, Accrington, Accrington
- Grimshaw Street, Church, Accrington, ...
"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 BB5 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Bedroom by bedroom: BB prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the BB area, from the Land Registry record. 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 | — | £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%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. 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.
BB area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in BB5
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are BB5's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| BB5 1 | £120,000 | 8 |
| BB5 2 | £175,000 | 43 |
| BB5 3 | £122,000 | 45 |
| BB5 4 | £157,500 | 42 |
| BB5 5 | £165,000 | 59 |
| BB5 6 | £137,500 | 66 |
Zoom out to the full BB5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BB5 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in BB5 0? 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 BB5 0'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.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim BB5 0.
Keep digging
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about BB5 0. Free, with a one click sign in.
See every individual BB5 0 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.