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Bolton centre market report BL1 5, Bolton
The BL1 5 (Bolton centre) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 5,659 registered sales in BL1 5 (Bolton) 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.
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 BL1 5 (Bolton) came in at £315,500, out of 56 registered, up 26% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £352,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,640 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 5,659 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
BL1 5 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside BL1 (Bolton). 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 BL1 5 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.
BL1 5 sold prices: where the market stands
Across 56 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) BL1 5 home went for £315,500. The mean is £352,400, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in BL1 5
Per square metre, BL1 5 homes have averaged around £2,640 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.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, BL1 5 sits 11% above the national market.
BL1 5'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 | £315,500 | £315,500 | 56 |
| 2025 | £250,000 | £255,978 | 173 |
| 2024 | £259,000 | £275,370 | 149 |
| 2023 | £245,000 | £269,195 | 141 |
| 2022 | £240,000 | £281,427 | 167 |
| 2021 | £251,000 | £317,798 | 243 |
| 2020 | £245,000 | £317,893 | 154 |
| 2019 | £218,000 | £285,746 | 164 |
| 2018 | £230,000 | £306,594 | 193 |
| 2017 | £226,200 | £308,514 | 238 |
| 2016 | £200,000 | £279,802 | 203 |
| 2015 | £175,000 | £247,275 | 181 |
| 2014 | £185,000 | £262,455 | 171 |
| 2013 | £170,800 | £245,764 | 134 |
| 2012 | £170,000 | £250,219 | 102 |
| 2011 | £176,900 | £267,051 | 116 |
| 2010 | £193,800 | £303,928 | 100 |
| 2009 | £153,800 | £247,235 | 152 |
| 2008 | £205,500 | £336,858 | 147 |
| 2007 | £186,200 | £315,847 | 240 |
| 2006 | £205,000 | £355,854 | 215 |
| 2005 | £172,500 | £306,980 | 169 |
| 2004 | £151,200 | £274,609 | 238 |
| 2003 | £120,000 | £221,069 | 231 |
| 2002 | £120,000 | £225,779 | 270 |
| 2001 | £90,800 | £174,558 | 185 |
| 2000 | £123,000 | £241,388 | 205 |
| 1999 | £108,000 | £215,238 | 197 |
| 1998 | £80,000 | £161,486 | 190 |
| 1997 | £74,000 | £151,759 | 209 |
| 1996 | £79,000 | £166,607 | 183 |
| 1995 | £86,500 | £188,038 | 143 |
In cash terms the typical BL1 5 home went from £86,500 in 1995 to £315,500 in 2026, roughly 3.6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 68%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2006, and today's median remains roughly 11% under it: a 2006 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the BL1 5 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 1999 (+35.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2001 (−26.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What BL1 5 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +26.2% | +23.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +4.7% | −0.1% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.7% | +1.2% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.2% | −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
The year-by-year sales count
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.
BL1 5 recorded 56 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 219 sales a year before the financial crisis and 137 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.
What homes rent for around BL1 5
For renting purposes BL1 5 sits in Bolton. The ONS average private rent there is £883 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £646 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,433 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Bolton
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £315,500 median purchase price, a rent of £883 a month (£10,596 a year) works out at a 3.4% 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.
How BL1 5 trades
This is a thin market: 56 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. 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. Against the BL1 district median, BL1 5 sits 68% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.
What people ask about BL1 5 (Bolton centre)
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Are BL1 5 prices heading up or down?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 26% over five years in cash and flat after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
On the market in BL1 today
Turning to what is actually available: 212 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole BL1 district, not just BL1 5: live asking prices are collected per district.
24% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every BL1 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.
What another bedroom costs in BL
Real sold prices by size across the BL area, straight from the Land Registry record. 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.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £279,995 | £365,000 (+30%) | £530,500 (+45%) | £775,000 (+46%) |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | £209,000 (+16%) | £255,000 (+22%) | £337,500 (+32%) | £444,000 (+32%) |
| Terraced | £131,000 | £153,500 (+17%) | £180,000 (+17%) | £245,000 (+36%) | £358,000 (+46%) |
| Flat | £106,000 | £135,000 (+27%) | £208,500 (+54%) | — | — |
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
The spread across the BL area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, BL area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in BL1
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of BL1, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| BL1 1 | £75,000 | 2 |
| BL1 2 | £120,000 | 4 |
| BL1 3 | £143,500 | 43 |
| BL1 4 | £141,500 | 43 |
| BL1 6 | £202,500 | 50 |
| BL1 7 | £253,500 | 48 |
| BL1 8 | £190,000 | 35 |
Zoom out to the full BL1 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BL1 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in BL1 5? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in BL1 5, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from BL1 5's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded BL1 5 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim BL1 5.
Go deeper
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to BL1 5. Free after a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every BL1 5 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.
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.