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Blackley market report HX5 9, Elland
The standing HX5 9 (Blackley) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 2,377 sales registered with HM Land Registry in HX5 9 (Elland) 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.
Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: a typical HX5 9 (Elland) home changed hands for £132,500 in 2026 (median of 20 registered sales, down 15% on five years earlier), with the mean at £150,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,190 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 2,377 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
HX5 9 is one sector of HX5 (Elland): 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 HX5 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.
HX5 9 sold prices: where the market stands
In the HX5 9 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £132,500, from 20 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £150,800, sitting a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
Price per square metre in HX5 9
Per square metre, HX5 9 homes have averaged around £2,190 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.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts HX5 9 54% below the country at large.
HX5 9'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.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £132,500 | £132,500 | 20 |
| 2025 | £177,500 | £181,745 | 66 |
| 2024 | £165,000 | £175,429 | 63 |
| 2023 | £187,500 | £206,017 | 54 |
| 2022 | £165,000 | £193,481 | 61 |
| 2021 | £155,000 | £196,250 | 54 |
| 2020 | £138,800 | £180,096 | 50 |
| 2019 | £137,500 | £180,230 | 71 |
| 2018 | £131,500 | £175,292 | 66 |
| 2017 | £131,000 | £178,671 | 57 |
| 2016 | £115,000 | £160,886 | 77 |
| 2015 | £100,000 | £141,300 | 68 |
| 2014 | £102,000 | £144,705 | 71 |
| 2013 | £103,000 | £148,207 | 75 |
| 2012 | £119,000 | £175,153 | 40 |
| 2011 | £117,000 | £176,625 | 41 |
| 2010 | £125,000 | £196,032 | 44 |
| 2009 | £126,000 | £202,546 | 44 |
| 2008 | £122,500 | £200,803 | 90 |
| 2007 | £138,000 | £234,086 | 176 |
| 2006 | £148,000 | £256,909 | 136 |
| 2005 | £124,600 | £221,738 | 108 |
| 2004 | £107,000 | £194,333 | 109 |
| 2003 | £85,000 | £156,591 | 113 |
| 2002 | £69,200 | £130,199 | 126 |
| 2001 | £68,500 | £131,688 | 109 |
| 2000 | £55,600 | £109,115 | 96 |
| 1999 | £47,500 | £94,665 | 54 |
| 1998 | £47,500 | £95,882 | 51 |
| 1997 | £43,000 | £88,184 | 48 |
| 1996 | £45,000 | £94,903 | 55 |
| 1995 | £48,500 | £105,432 | 84 |
In cash terms the typical HX5 9 home went from £48,500 in 1995 to £132,500 in 2026, roughly 2.7 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 26%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2006; the current median sits about 48% below that. Someone who bought at the 2006 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the HX5 9 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 (+25.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−25.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What HX5 9 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −25.4% | −27.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −3.1% | −7.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.4% | −1.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | −0.6% | −3.3% |
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.
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
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.
The register shows 20 HX5 9 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 122 sales a year before the financial crisis and 53 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
Reading the HX5 9 market
This is a thin market: 20 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. Within HX5, this sector trades 24% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
The rental side of HX5 9
For renting purposes HX5 9 sits in Calderdale. The ONS average private rent there is £750 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £543 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,116, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Calderdale
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £132,500 median purchase price, a rent of £750 a month (£9,000 a year) works out at a 6.8% 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.
Asked and answered: HX5 9 (Blackley)
Are property prices falling in HX5 9 (Blackley)?
Is HX5 9 (Blackley) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in HX5 9 (Blackley)?
Are HX5 9 prices heading up or down?
Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 15% over five years in cash but down 32% 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.
What is for sale in HX5 right now
The live side of the market holds 16 homes at the moment, listed by 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole HX5 district, not just HX5 9: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 38% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
"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 HX5 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.
What another bedroom costs in HX
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the HX area. 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 | — | £255,000 | £367,500 (+44%) | £510,000 (+39%) | £611,250 (+20%) |
| Semi-detached | £163,000 | £185,000 (+13%) | £240,500 (+30%) | £319,000 (+33%) | £430,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £123,000 | £137,600 (+12%) | £178,000 (+29%) | £240,000 (+35%) | £310,000 (+29%) |
| Flat | £101,000 | £137,500 (+36%) | £220,000 (+60%) | — | — |
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. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the HX area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, HX area districts
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in HX5
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of HX5, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| HX5 0 | £188,800 | 38 |
Zoom out to the full HX5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how HX5 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in HX5 9: what the record supports
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in HX5 9, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from HX5 9's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded HX5 9 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 HX5 9.
Go deeper
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to HX5 9. Free after a one click sign in.
See every individual HX5 9 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.
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.