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Ainsdale market report PR8 6, Southport

The PR8 6 (Ainsdale) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 6,722 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in PR8 6 (Southport) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.

Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.

In short: 61 registered 2026 sales put the PR8 6 (Southport) median at £220,000, up 19% on five years earlier, with a mean of £228,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,170 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 6,722 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.

A postcode sector like PR8 6 is a single group of streets within PR8 (Southport), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where PR8 6 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.

£220,0002026 median sold price
£2,170/m²average price per m², last 5 years
+19%five-year change (cash)
61homes sold, last 12 months
5.1%gross yield, estimated

The going rate for a home in PR8 6

61 sales were registered in PR8 6 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £220,000. The mean works out at £228,100, practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.

Price per square metre in PR8 6

Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in PR8 6 costs about £2,170 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.

England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving PR8 6 23% below the national figure.

A typical PR8 6 home, priced year by year (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.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £49,000 at the time · £106,518 in today's money · 187 sales1996: £49,500 at the time · £104,393 in today's money · 218 sales1997: £52,500 at the time · £107,667 in today's money · 269 sales1998: £52,000 at the time · £104,966 in today's money · 297 sales1999: £55,000 at the time · £109,612 in today's money · 332 sales2000: £59,700 at the time · £117,161 in today's money · 306 sales2001: £66,000 at the time · £126,882 in today's money · 270 sales2002: £77,800 at the time · £146,380 in today's money · 296 sales2003: £106,800 at the time · £196,751 in today's money · 298 sales2004: £135,000 at the time · £245,186 in today's money · 263 sales2005: £140,000 at the time · £249,144 in today's money · 205 sales2006: £147,500 at the time · £256,041 in today's money · 288 sales2007: £158,000 at the time · £268,012 in today's money · 229 sales2008: £154,000 at the time · £252,439 in today's money · 140 sales2009: £146,500 at the time · £235,500 in today's money · 85 sales2010: £165,000 at the time · £258,762 in today's money · 89 sales2011: £150,000 at the time · £226,442 in today's money · 144 sales2012: £138,500 at the time · £203,855 in today's money · 174 sales2013: £135,000 at the time · £194,252 in today's money · 154 sales2014: £144,000 at the time · £204,289 in today's money · 219 sales2015: £157,000 at the time · £221,841 in today's money · 191 sales2016: £159,000 at the time · £222,443 in today's money · 219 sales2017: £160,000 at the time · £218,224 in today's money · 202 sales2018: £162,000 at the time · £215,949 in today's money · 197 sales2019: £160,000 at the time · £209,722 in today's money · 204 sales2020: £175,000 at the time · £227,066 in today's money · 189 sales2021: £185,000 at the time · £234,234 in today's money · 260 sales2022: £200,000 at the time · £234,523 in today's money · 213 sales2023: £216,000 at the time · £237,331 in today's money · 167 sales2024: £202,500 at the time · £215,299 in today's money · 185 sales2025: £225,000 at the time · £230,380 in today's money · 171 sales2026: £220,000 at the time · £220,000 in today's money · 61 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£220,000£220,00061
2025£225,000£230,380171
2024£202,500£215,299185
2023£216,000£237,331167
2022£200,000£234,523213
2021£185,000£234,234260
2020£175,000£227,066189
2019£160,000£209,722204
2018£162,000£215,949197
2017£160,000£218,224202
2016£159,000£222,443219
2015£157,000£221,841191
2014£144,000£204,289219
2013£135,000£194,252154
2012£138,500£203,855174
2011£150,000£226,442144
2010£165,000£258,76289
2009£146,500£235,50085
2008£154,000£252,439140
2007£158,000£268,012229
2006£147,500£256,041288
2005£140,000£249,144205
2004£135,000£245,186263
2003£106,800£196,751298
2002£77,800£146,380296
2001£66,000£126,882270
2000£59,700£117,161306
1999£55,000£109,612332
1998£52,000£104,966297
1997£52,500£107,667269
1996£49,500£104,393218
1995£49,000£106,518187

In cash terms the typical PR8 6 home went from £49,000 in 1995 to £220,000 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 107%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2007, and today's median remains roughly 18% under it: a 2007 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.

Year-on-year change in the PR8 6 median

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

+50% -10% 0% 1996 · +1.0% on the year before1997 · +6.1% on the year before1998 · −1.0% on the year before1999 · +5.8% on the year before2000 · +8.5% on the year before2001 · +10.6% on the year before2002 · +17.9% on the year before2003 · +37.3% on the year before2004 · +26.4% on the year before2005 · +3.7% on the year before2006 · +5.4% on the year before2007 · +7.1% on the year before2008 · −2.5% on the year before2009 · −4.9% on the year before2010 · +12.6% on the year before2011 · −9.1% on the year before2012 · −7.7% on the year before2013 · −2.5% on the year before2014 · +6.7% on the year before2015 · +9.0% on the year before2016 · +1.3% on the year before2017 · +0.6% on the year before2018 · +1.3% on the year before2019 · −1.2% on the year before2020 · +9.4% on the year before2021 · +5.7% on the year before2022 · +8.1% on the year before2023 · +8.0% on the year before2024 · −6.3% on the year before2025 · +11.1% on the year before2026 · −2.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+37.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−9.1%). 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)−2.2%−4.5%
5 years (since 2021)+3.5%−1.2%
10 years (since 2016)+3.3%−0.1%
20 years (since 2006)+2.0%−0.8%

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.

How many homes change hands in PR8 6

The year-by-year sales count

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

125250375500 1995: 187 sales1996: 218 sales1997: 269 sales1998: 297 sales1999: 332 sales2000: 306 sales2001: 270 sales2002: 296 sales2003: 298 sales2004: 263 sales2005: 205 sales2006: 288 sales2007: 229 sales2008: 140 sales2009: 85 sales2010: 89 sales2011: 144 sales2012: 174 sales2013: 154 sales2014: 219 sales2015: 191 sales2016: 219 sales2017: 202 sales2018: 197 sales2019: 204 sales2020: 189 sales2021: 260 sales2022: 213 sales2023: 167 sales2024: 185 sales2025: 171 sales2026: 61 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 61 PR8 6 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 269 sales a year before the financial crisis and 159 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.

Rents around PR8 6

The local authority for PR8 6 is Sefton, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £928 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £616 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,400, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Sefton

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £616 a month£6161 bed2 bed: £805 a month£8052 bed3 bed: £982 a month£9823 bed4+ bed: £1,400 a month£1,4004+ bed

Against the £220,000 median purchase price, a rent of £928 a month (£11,136 a year) works out at a 5.1% 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.

What kind of market PR8 6 is

Against the PR8 district median, PR8 6 sits 8% lower, marking it as a cheaper pocket of the district.

What people ask about PR8 6 (Ainsdale)

Are property prices falling in PR8 6 (Ainsdale)?
In PR8 6 (Ainsdale) the median moved down 2% year on year; over five years it is up 19%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is PR8 6 (Ainsdale) a good place to buy a house?
PR8 6 (Ainsdale) sold prices are up 19% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in PR8 6 (Ainsdale)?
Land Registry recorded 61 sales in PR8 6 (Ainsdale) in 2026, with a median sold price of £220,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.

Where do PR8 6 prices go next?

No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 19% over five years in cash but down 6% 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.

PR8's current homes for sale

This is what you could actually buy today: 68 homes currently on the market from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole PR8 district, not just PR8 6: live asking prices are collected per district.

£310,000Typical asking price now (PR8 district)
7 below what sold nearby26 in line with nearby sales10 above nearby sales22 well above nearby sales

11% 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.

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 PR8 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.

Moving up a bedroom in PR: the cost

Real sold prices by size across the PR 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£243,000£325,000 (+34%)£475,000 (+46%)£654,500 (+38%)
Semi-detached£164,975£189,950 (+15%)£228,000 (+20%)£295,000 (+29%)£410,000 (+39%)
Terraced£126,180£138,000 (+9%)£167,850 (+22%)£233,000 (+39%)£300,000 (+29%)
Flat£98,000£130,000 (+33%)£195,000 (+50%)£280,000 (+44%)

Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit 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 PR area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in PR8

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are PR8's other sectors, each with its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
PR8 1£132,50022
PR8 2£265,00067
PR8 3£268,00072
PR8 4£245,00055
PR8 5£207,50040

Zoom out to the full PR8 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how PR8 compares with its neighbours.

Thinking of selling in PR8 6? 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 PR8 6, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from PR8 6's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded PR8 6 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.

Estate agents working PR8 6: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim PR8 6.

Dig further

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with PR8 6 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

The live map plots every individual PR8 6 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.

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.