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Beechwood market report CH43 2, Prenton
The standing CH43 2 (Beechwood) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 2,501 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in CH43 2 (Prenton) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the typical home in CH43 2 (Prenton) sold for £222,800 in 2026, the median of 18 registered sales, up 25% on five years earlier. The mean was £239,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,340 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 2,501 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
A postcode sector like CH43 2 is a single group of streets within CH43 (Prenton), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where CH43 2 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 CH43 2
Take the 18 registered 2026 sales in CH43 2 and the middle price, the median, is £222,800. The mean lands at £239,200, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in CH43 2
Measured by floor area, the last five years of CH43 2 sales average about £2,340 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so CH43 2 trades 22% below the country as a whole.
The price of a typical CH43 2 home, 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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £222,800 | £222,800 | 18 |
| 2025 | £213,000 | £218,093 | 71 |
| 2024 | £200,000 | £212,641 | 75 |
| 2023 | £177,500 | £195,029 | 58 |
| 2022 | £171,000 | £200,517 | 91 |
| 2021 | £178,000 | £225,371 | 100 |
| 2020 | £161,200 | £209,160 | 52 |
| 2019 | £165,000 | £216,276 | 71 |
| 2018 | £158,000 | £210,617 | 74 |
| 2017 | £146,500 | £199,811 | 78 |
| 2016 | £140,500 | £196,561 | 80 |
| 2015 | £140,000 | £197,820 | 83 |
| 2014 | £143,000 | £202,870 | 86 |
| 2013 | £125,000 | £179,863 | 67 |
| 2012 | £131,000 | £192,816 | 49 |
| 2011 | £142,500 | £215,120 | 48 |
| 2010 | £127,500 | £199,953 | 48 |
| 2009 | £133,800 | £215,085 | 54 |
| 2008 | £175,000 | £286,862 | 47 |
| 2007 | £155,500 | £263,771 | 127 |
| 2006 | £147,200 | £255,520 | 102 |
| 2005 | £145,000 | £258,042 | 82 |
| 2004 | £127,900 | £232,291 | 80 |
| 2003 | £100,000 | £184,224 | 111 |
| 2002 | £77,000 | £144,875 | 93 |
| 2001 | £71,800 | £138,032 | 122 |
| 2000 | £63,000 | £123,638 | 108 |
| 1999 | £55,500 | £110,609 | 101 |
| 1998 | £48,500 | £97,901 | 93 |
| 1997 | £48,200 | £98,848 | 106 |
| 1996 | £48,000 | £101,230 | 63 |
| 1995 | £47,000 | £102,171 | 63 |
In cash terms the typical CH43 2 home went from £47,000 in 1995 to £222,800 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 118%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2008; the current median sits about 22% below that. Someone who bought at the 2008 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CH43 2 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 (+29.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−23.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +4.6% | +2.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +4.6% | −0.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.7% | +1.3% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.1% | −0.7% |
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
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The register shows 18 CH43 2 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 103 sales a year before the financial crisis and 63 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.
The rental side of CH43 2
CH43 2 falls under Wirral, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £838 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £558 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,222, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Wirral
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £222,800 median purchase price, a rent of £838 a month (£10,056 a year) works out at a 4.5% 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.
Reading the CH43 2 market
Only 18 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes CH43 2 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint.
Common questions on CH43 2 (Beechwood)
How much did a house sell for in CH43 2 (Beechwood)?
Are property prices falling in CH43 2 (Beechwood)?
Is CH43 2 (Beechwood) a good place to buy a house?
Are CH43 2 prices heading up or down?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 25% over five years in cash and flat after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in CH43 today
The live side of the market holds 208 homes at the moment, listed by 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole CH43 district, not just CH43 2: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 19% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Oakwood Drive, Prenton, Wirral
- Downing Close, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43
- Park Road South, Prenton, Wirral
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every CH43 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
What another bedroom costs in CH
What homes of each size actually sold for across the CH area, 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 | — | £248,000 | £350,000 (+41%) | £557,000 (+59%) | £782,500 (+40%) |
| Semi-detached | £170,000 | £200,000 (+18%) | £245,000 (+23%) | £330,000 (+35%) | £425,000 (+29%) |
| Terraced | £145,500 | £158,000 (+9%) | £170,000 (+8%) | £227,500 (+34%) | £310,000 (+36%) |
| Flat | £112,500 | £157,000 (+40%) | £230,000 (+46%) | £335,000 (+46%) | — |
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 CH area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, CH area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in CH43
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are CH43's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CH43 0 | £290,000 | 29 |
| CH43 1 | £281,000 | 16 |
| CH43 3 | £217,000 | 24 |
| CH43 4 | £214,000 | 7 |
| CH43 5 | £220,000 | 30 |
| CH43 6 | £259,000 | 10 |
| CH43 7 | £210,000 | 17 |
| CH43 8 | £260,000 | 7 |
| CH43 9 | £232,000 | 24 |
Zoom out to the full CH43 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CH43 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in CH43 2? Get a rough value first
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in CH43 2, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from CH43 2's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded CH43 2 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim CH43 2.
Keep digging
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to CH43 2. Free after a one click sign in.
See every individual CH43 2 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.