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Burscough market report L40 5, Ormskirk
The L40 5 (Burscough) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 1,958 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in L40 5 (Ormskirk) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the typical home in L40 5 (Ormskirk) sold for £242,000 in 2026, the median of 21 registered sales, up 21% on five years earlier. The mean was £239,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,600 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 1,958 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 L40 5 is a single group of streets within L40 (Ormskirk), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where L40 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.
The going rate for a home in L40 5
In the L40 5 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £242,000, from 21 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £239,600, sitting nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.
House prices per square metre in L40 5
The last five years of sales put L40 5 at roughly £2,600 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, L40 5 sits 15% below the national market.
L40 5's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £242,000 | £242,000 | 21 |
| 2025 | £242,800 | £248,606 | 56 |
| 2024 | £219,200 | £233,055 | 52 |
| 2023 | £217,500 | £238,979 | 64 |
| 2022 | £227,500 | £266,770 | 66 |
| 2021 | £200,000 | £253,226 | 83 |
| 2020 | £187,000 | £242,636 | 47 |
| 2019 | £234,500 | £307,373 | 78 |
| 2018 | £198,500 | £264,604 | 60 |
| 2017 | £176,700 | £241,001 | 54 |
| 2016 | £177,000 | £247,625 | 89 |
| 2015 | £168,000 | £237,384 | 79 |
| 2014 | £195,000 | £276,642 | 84 |
| 2013 | £182,000 | £261,880 | 41 |
| 2012 | £161,000 | £236,972 | 28 |
| 2011 | £154,500 | £233,236 | 32 |
| 2010 | £171,000 | £268,172 | 30 |
| 2009 | £190,000 | £305,427 | 28 |
| 2008 | £168,200 | £275,715 | 40 |
| 2007 | £167,500 | £284,127 | 84 |
| 2006 | £156,000 | £270,796 | 85 |
| 2005 | £142,500 | £253,593 | 125 |
| 2004 | £156,800 | £284,779 | 163 |
| 2003 | £167,400 | £308,391 | 130 |
| 2002 | £95,000 | £178,742 | 60 |
| 2001 | £79,000 | £151,873 | 54 |
| 2000 | £73,000 | £143,263 | 50 |
| 1999 | £59,000 | £117,584 | 38 |
| 1998 | £63,500 | £128,179 | 29 |
| 1997 | £64,400 | £132,071 | 36 |
| 1996 | £46,000 | £97,012 | 53 |
| 1995 | £61,800 | £134,344 | 19 |
In cash terms the typical L40 5 home went from £61,800 in 1995 to £242,000 in 2026, roughly 3.9 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 80%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2003, and today's median remains roughly 22% under it: a 2003 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the L40 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 2003 (+76.2% on the year before); the weakest, 1996 (−25.6%). 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) | −0.3% | −2.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.9% | −0.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.2% | −0.2% |
| 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.
Sales activity in L40 5
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 21 L40 5 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 94 sales a year before the financial crisis and 52 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.
Reading the L40 5 market
Only 21 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes L40 5 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. 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. Against the L40 district median, L40 5 sits 18% lower, marking it as a cheaper pocket of the district.
Rents around L40 5
The local authority for L40 5 is West Lancashire, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £799 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £584 a month here against £1,225 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, West Lancashire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£799 a month is £9,588 a year, which against the £242,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.0%. 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 L40 5 (Burscough)
Are property prices falling in L40 5 (Burscough)?
Is L40 5 (Burscough) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in L40 5 (Burscough)?
Are L40 5 prices heading up or down?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 21% over five years in cash but down 4% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
What you could buy in L40 now
Turning to what is actually available: 6 homes on the market right now, from 2 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole L40 district, not just L40 5: live asking prices are collected per district.
0% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
See every L40 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.
The price of an extra bedroom in L
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the L area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £247,500 | £342,995 (+39%) | £545,000 (+59%) | £755,000 (+39%) |
| Semi-detached | £160,000 | £194,995 (+22%) | £245,000 (+26%) | £350,000 (+43%) | £445,000 (+27%) |
| Terraced | £118,000 | £140,000 (+19%) | £165,000 (+18%) | £235,000 (+42%) | £317,050 (+35%) |
| Flat | £118,000 | £160,000 (+36%) | £230,000 (+44%) | £343,750 (+49%) | — |
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 L area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
L area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in L40
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are L40's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| L40 0 | £375,000 | 6 |
| L40 1 | £351,000 | 8 |
| L40 2 | £410,000 | 7 |
| L40 3 | £450,000 | 7 |
| L40 4 | £375,000 | 7 |
| L40 6 | £257,500 | 4 |
| L40 7 | £260,000 | 33 |
| L40 8 | £410,000 | 5 |
| L40 9 | £525,000 | 12 |
Zoom out to the full L40 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how L40 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in L40 5? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in L40 5, open the average prices map and zoom from the L40 5 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded L40 5 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 L40 5: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim L40 5.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with L40 5 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every L40 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.
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.