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Belmont market report BL7 0, Bolton
The BL7 0 (Belmont) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 1,726 registered sales in BL7 0 (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.
Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in BL7 0 (Bolton) came in at £320,000, out of 15 registered, up 3% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £363,000, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,170 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 1,726 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
BL7 0 is one sector of BL7 (Bolton): 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 BL7 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.
What buyers actually paid in BL7 0
In the BL7 0 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £320,000, from 15 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £363,000, sitting somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in BL7 0
By floor space, homes in BL7 0 have sold for about £3,170 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, BL7 0 runs 12% above it.
The price of a typical BL7 0 home, 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 | £320,000 | £320,000 | 15 |
| 2025 | £337,200 | £345,263 | 44 |
| 2024 | £288,000 | £306,203 | 59 |
| 2023 | £425,000 | £466,971 | 29 |
| 2022 | £325,000 | £381,100 | 57 |
| 2021 | £310,000 | £392,500 | 71 |
| 2020 | £305,000 | £395,744 | 59 |
| 2019 | £273,800 | £358,886 | 66 |
| 2018 | £232,000 | £309,260 | 76 |
| 2017 | £255,100 | £347,931 | 45 |
| 2016 | £278,800 | £390,044 | 58 |
| 2015 | £230,500 | £325,697 | 62 |
| 2014 | £275,000 | £390,136 | 47 |
| 2013 | £220,000 | £316,558 | 32 |
| 2012 | £247,000 | £363,553 | 37 |
| 2011 | £220,000 | £332,115 | 29 |
| 2010 | £258,500 | £405,395 | 42 |
| 2009 | £205,000 | £329,539 | 40 |
| 2008 | £176,500 | £289,321 | 38 |
| 2007 | £225,000 | £381,663 | 69 |
| 2006 | £223,800 | £388,488 | 60 |
| 2005 | £213,500 | £379,944 | 54 |
| 2004 | £175,000 | £317,834 | 59 |
| 2003 | £150,000 | £276,336 | 63 |
| 2002 | £142,500 | £268,113 | 64 |
| 2001 | £116,500 | £223,965 | 74 |
| 2000 | £93,500 | £183,494 | 59 |
| 1999 | £86,100 | £171,593 | 70 |
| 1998 | £62,600 | £126,363 | 56 |
| 1997 | £75,000 | £153,810 | 62 |
| 1996 | £67,200 | £141,722 | 68 |
| 1995 | £70,000 | £152,169 | 62 |
In cash terms the typical BL7 0 home went from £70,000 in 1995 to £320,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 110%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2023; the current median sits about 31% below that. Someone who bought at the 2023 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the BL7 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 1999 (+37.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−32.2%). 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) | −5.1% | −7.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.6% | −4.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.4% | −2.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.8% | −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 BL7 0
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.
Over the last twelve months of data, 15 sales completed in BL7 0. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 63 sales a year before the financial crisis and 41 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.
What kind of market BL7 0 is
This is a thin market: 15 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. 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.
What tenants pay around BL7 0
For renting purposes BL7 0 sits in Blackburn with Darwen. The ONS average private rent there is £711 a month (May 2026). 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.
£711 a month is £8,532 a year, which against the £320,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 2.7%. 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.
Common questions on BL7 0 (Belmont)
Is BL7 0 (Belmont) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in BL7 0 (Belmont)?
Are property prices falling in BL7 0 (Belmont)?
What happens to BL7 0 prices now?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 3% over five years in cash but down 18% 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 BL7 today
The live side of the market holds 66 homes at the moment, listed by 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole BL7 district, not just BL7 0: live asking prices are collected per district.
23% 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.
- Brookdale, Belmont, Bolton, Lancashire
- Higher Shady Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire
- New Court Drive, Egerton, Bolton, Lancashire
"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 BL7 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.
Bedroom by bedroom: BL prices by size
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%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. 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 biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in BL7
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are BL7's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| BL7 8 | £373,200 | 6 |
| BL7 9 | £263,000 | 66 |
Zoom out to the full BL7 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BL7 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in BL7 0? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in BL7 0, open the average prices map and zoom from the BL7 0 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded BL7 0 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Estate agents working BL7 0: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim BL7 0.
Take it further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to BL7 0. Free after a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual BL7 0 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on 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.