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Latchford market report WA4 1, Warrington
The standing WA4 1 (Latchford) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 5,658 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in WA4 1 (Warrington) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
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 WA4 1 (Warrington) is £196,000, from 71 registered sales, up 40% on five years earlier; the mean is £202,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,260 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 5,658 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
A postcode sector like WA4 1 is a single group of streets within WA4 (Warrington), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where WA4 1 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.
What WA4 1 homes really sell for
Take the 71 registered 2026 sales in WA4 1 and the middle price, the median, is £196,000. The mean lands at £202,800, nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.
WA4 1 prices by floor area
Measured by floor area, the last five years of WA4 1 sales average about £2,260 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.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, WA4 1 runs 31% below it.
A typical WA4 1 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £196,000 | £196,000 | 71 |
| 2025 | £165,000 | £168,946 | 153 |
| 2024 | £165,000 | £175,429 | 139 |
| 2023 | £164,500 | £180,745 | 142 |
| 2022 | £165,000 | £193,481 | 221 |
| 2021 | £140,000 | £177,258 | 179 |
| 2020 | £135,000 | £175,165 | 139 |
| 2019 | £129,800 | £170,137 | 177 |
| 2018 | £120,000 | £159,962 | 181 |
| 2017 | £117,200 | £159,849 | 168 |
| 2016 | £123,500 | £172,778 | 239 |
| 2015 | £128,000 | £180,864 | 197 |
| 2014 | £107,800 | £152,933 | 204 |
| 2013 | £112,000 | £161,157 | 153 |
| 2012 | £94,000 | £138,356 | 130 |
| 2011 | £97,500 | £147,188 | 121 |
| 2010 | £109,000 | £170,940 | 132 |
| 2009 | £94,000 | £151,106 | 123 |
| 2008 | £110,000 | £180,313 | 128 |
| 2007 | £114,000 | £193,376 | 314 |
| 2006 | £97,500 | £169,248 | 238 |
| 2005 | £103,000 | £183,298 | 275 |
| 2004 | £89,500 | £162,549 | 170 |
| 2003 | £68,500 | £126,194 | 227 |
| 2002 | £56,000 | £105,364 | 222 |
| 2001 | £41,400 | £79,589 | 213 |
| 2000 | £38,000 | £74,575 | 181 |
| 1999 | £37,000 | £73,739 | 205 |
| 1998 | £35,000 | £70,650 | 185 |
| 1997 | £33,000 | £67,676 | 176 |
| 1996 | £32,600 | £68,752 | 146 |
| 1995 | £33,500 | £72,824 | 109 |
In cash terms the typical WA4 1 home went from £33,500 in 1995 to £196,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 169%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs.
Year-on-year change in the WA4 1 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 2002 (+35.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−14.5%). 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
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +18.8% | +16.0% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +7.0% | +2.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.7% | +1.3% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
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.
How many homes change hands in WA4 1
How many homes change hands
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.
Over the last twelve months of data, 71 sales completed in WA4 1. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 230 sales a year before the financial crisis and 145 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.
What tenants pay around WA4 1
For renting purposes WA4 1 sits in Warrington. The ONS average private rent there is £885 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £663 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,436 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Warrington
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £196,000 median purchase price, a rent of £885 a month (£10,620 a year) works out at a 5.4% 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 WA4 1 market
Within WA4, this sector trades 38% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
Asked and answered: WA4 1 (Latchford)
Is WA4 1 (Latchford) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in WA4 1 (Latchford)?
Are property prices falling in WA4 1 (Latchford)?
Where do WA4 1 prices go next?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 40% over five years in cash and up 11% 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 you could buy in WA4 now
Turning to what is actually available: 324 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole WA4 district, not just WA4 1: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 23% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Blackmoor Way, Appleton, Warrington, Warrington
- Taylor Street, WARRINGTON, Cheshire, WA4
- Secker Avenue, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4
"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 WA4 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 WA
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the WA area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £265,000 | £385,000 (+45%) | £645,000 (+68%) | £1,000,000 (+55%) |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | £210,000 (+17%) | £270,000 (+29%) | £440,000 (+63%) | £692,500 (+57%) |
| Terraced | £134,000 | £145,000 (+8%) | £190,000 (+31%) | £360,000 (+89%) | £675,500 (+88%) |
| Flat | £118,787 | £180,000 (+52%) | £350,000 (+94%) | — | — |
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. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the WA area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the WA area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in WA4
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are WA4's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| WA4 2 | £362,500 | 100 |
| WA4 3 | £324,000 | 36 |
| WA4 4 | £385,000 | 17 |
| WA4 5 | £542,500 | 46 |
| WA4 6 | £271,000 | 60 |
Zoom out to the full WA4 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how WA4 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in WA4 1? Start from the sold record
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at WA4 1's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim WA4 1.
Go deeper
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about WA4 1. Free, with a one click sign in.
See every individual WA4 1 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.