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Belmont market report BL7 9, Bolton

The standing BL7 9 (Belmont) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 6,918 registered sales in BL7 9 (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 2026 median for BL7 9 (Bolton) is £263,000, from 66 registered sales, up 12% on five years earlier; the mean is £322,900, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,960 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 6,918 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

BL7 9 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside BL7 (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 BL7 9 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.

£263,000typical sale, 2026
£2,960/m²per square metre, 5-year average
+12%five-year change (cash)
66sales in the last 12 months
4.0%gross rental yield (est.)

Today's BL7 9 prices, from the sold record

In the BL7 9 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £263,000, from 66 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £322,900, sitting well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

House prices per square metre in BL7 9

Per square metre, BL7 9 homes have averaged around £2,960 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.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so BL7 9 trades 8% below the country as a whole.

BL7 9's median sold price, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £57,800 at the time · £125,648 in today's money · 174 sales1996: £60,000 at the time · £126,537 in today's money · 209 sales1997: £60,000 at the time · £123,048 in today's money · 251 sales1998: £65,000 at the time · £131,207 in today's money · 249 sales1999: £66,500 at the time · £132,531 in today's money · 227 sales2000: £77,800 at the time · £152,683 in today's money · 228 sales2001: £94,500 at the time · £181,671 in today's money · 358 sales2002: £107,600 at the time · £202,448 in today's money · 347 sales2003: £125,000 at the time · £230,280 in today's money · 289 sales2004: £146,100 at the time · £265,346 in today's money · 254 sales2005: £155,000 at the time · £275,838 in today's money · 207 sales2006: £167,000 at the time · £289,891 in today's money · 273 sales2007: £180,000 at the time · £305,330 in today's money · 283 sales2008: £181,000 at the time · £296,697 in today's money · 166 sales2009: £175,000 at the time · £281,314 in today's money · 150 sales2010: £152,000 at the time · £238,375 in today's money · 159 sales2011: £160,000 at the time · £241,538 in today's money · 146 sales2012: £152,500 at the time · £224,461 in today's money · 133 sales2013: £154,800 at the time · £222,742 in today's money · 174 sales2014: £161,800 at the time · £229,542 in today's money · 169 sales2015: £175,000 at the time · £247,275 in today's money · 237 sales2016: £175,000 at the time · £244,827 in today's money · 203 sales2017: £190,000 at the time · £259,141 in today's money · 225 sales2018: £180,000 at the time · £239,943 in today's money · 234 sales2019: £190,000 at the time · £249,045 in today's money · 202 sales2020: £200,000 at the time · £259,504 in today's money · 190 sales2021: £235,000 at the time · £297,540 in today's money · 266 sales2022: £265,200 at the time · £310,977 in today's money · 246 sales2023: £245,000 at the time · £269,195 in today's money · 178 sales2024: £261,500 at the time · £278,028 in today's money · 219 sales2025: £267,500 at the time · £273,897 in today's money · 206 sales2026: £263,000 at the time · £263,000 in today's money · 66 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£263,000£263,00066
2025£267,500£273,897206
2024£261,500£278,028219
2023£245,000£269,195178
2022£265,200£310,977246
2021£235,000£297,540266
2020£200,000£259,504190
2019£190,000£249,045202
2018£180,000£239,943234
2017£190,000£259,141225
2016£175,000£244,827203
2015£175,000£247,275237
2014£161,800£229,542169
2013£154,800£222,742174
2012£152,500£224,461133
2011£160,000£241,538146
2010£152,000£238,375159
2009£175,000£281,314150
2008£181,000£296,697166
2007£180,000£305,330283
2006£167,000£289,891273
2005£155,000£275,838207
2004£146,100£265,346254
2003£125,000£230,280289
2002£107,600£202,448347
2001£94,500£181,671358
2000£77,800£152,683228
1999£66,500£132,531227
1998£65,000£131,207249
1997£60,000£123,048251
1996£60,000£126,537209
1995£57,800£125,648174

In cash terms the typical BL7 9 home went from £57,800 in 1995 to £263,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 109%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2022, and today's median remains roughly 15% under it: a 2022 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.

Year-on-year change in the BL7 9 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+25% -20% 0% 1996 · +3.8% on the year before1997 · +0.0% on the year before1998 · +8.3% on the year before1999 · +2.3% on the year before2000 · +17.0% on the year before2001 · +21.5% on the year before2002 · +13.9% on the year before2003 · +16.2% on the year before2004 · +16.9% on the year before2005 · +6.1% on the year before2006 · +7.7% on the year before2007 · +7.8% on the year before2008 · +0.6% on the year before2009 · −3.3% on the year before2010 · −13.1% on the year before2011 · +5.3% on the year before2012 · −4.7% on the year before2013 · +1.5% on the year before2014 · +4.5% on the year before2015 · +8.2% on the year before2016 · +0.0% on the year before2017 · +8.6% on the year before2018 · −5.3% on the year before2019 · +5.6% on the year before2020 · +5.3% on the year before2021 · +17.5% on the year before2022 · +12.9% on the year before2023 · −7.6% on the year before2024 · +6.7% on the year before2025 · +2.3% on the year before2026 · −1.7% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2001 (+21.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2010 (−13.1%). 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

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−1.7%−4.0%
5 years (since 2021)+2.3%−2.4%
10 years (since 2016)+4.2%+0.7%
20 years (since 2006)+2.3%−0.5%

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

How many homes change hands

Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.

125250375500 1995: 174 sales1996: 209 sales1997: 251 sales1998: 249 sales1999: 227 sales2000: 228 sales2001: 358 sales2002: 347 sales2003: 289 sales2004: 254 sales2005: 207 sales2006: 273 sales2007: 283 sales2008: 166 sales2009: 150 sales2010: 159 sales2011: 146 sales2012: 133 sales2013: 174 sales2014: 169 sales2015: 237 sales2016: 203 sales2017: 225 sales2018: 234 sales2019: 202 sales2020: 190 sales2021: 266 sales2022: 246 sales2023: 178 sales2024: 219 sales2025: 206 sales2026: 66 sales1995200020052010201520202026

Over the last twelve months of data, 66 sales completed in BL7 9. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 280 sales a year before the financial crisis and 183 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 tenants pay around BL7 9

For renting purposes BL7 9 sits in Bolton. The ONS average private rent there is £883 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £646 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,433, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Bolton

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £646 a month£6461 bed2 bed: £805 a month£8052 bed3 bed: £975 a month£9753 bed4+ bed: £1,433 a month£1,4334+ bed

Set against the £263,000 median sold price, £883 a month is £10,596 a year, a gross yield of 4.0%: 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.

What kind of market BL7 9 is

Within BL7, this sector trades 14% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.

Asked and answered: BL7 9 (Belmont)

How much did a house sell for in BL7 9 (Belmont)?
Land Registry recorded 66 sales in BL7 9 (Belmont) in 2026, with a median sold price of £263,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in BL7 9 (Belmont)?
In BL7 9 (Belmont) the median moved down 2% year on year; over five years it is up 12%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is BL7 9 (Belmont) a good place to buy a house?
BL7 9 (Belmont) sold prices are up 12% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.

Are BL7 9 prices heading up or down?

No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 12% over five years in cash but down 12% 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.

What is for sale in BL7 right now

This is what you could actually buy today: 66 homes currently on the market from 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole BL7 district, not just BL7 9: live asking prices are collected per district.

£245,000Typical asking price now (BL7 district)
15 below what sold nearby29 in line with nearby sales18 above nearby sales2 well above nearby sales

Of everything listed here, 23% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

"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 →

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.

The price of an extra bedroom 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.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 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. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the BL area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

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:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
BL7 0£320,00015
BL7 8£373,2006

Zoom out to the full BL7 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BL7 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in BL7 9: what the record supports

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in BL7 9, open the average prices map and zoom from the BL7 9 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded BL7 9 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim BL7 9.

Keep digging

Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about BL7 9. Free, with a one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every BL7 9 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.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.