marketcodeSold price per m²
£1,844/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
463 sales
+5.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
BB3 property market
Sold £1,844/m² · Median sold £165,558 (463 sales) · Index +5.5% y/y · Turnover 3.1% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is BB3?
- Buildings
- 15,149
- Mixed-use buildings
- 85%
- HMO-shaped units
- 29%
What does BB3 cost?
BB3: sold price per m² £1,844/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 463 sales). +5.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£165,558 12 months to Apr 2026
463 sales
+5.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£224,419 12 months to Aug 2026
1,291 listings
+11.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does BB3 earn?
BB3: asking rent £806 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 237 lets).
Asking rent
£806 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
237 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
5.3% 12 months to Aug 2026
648 lets
+16.7% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does BB3 vary by home size?
Asking price in BB3 runs from £120,401 for 2 bedrooms to £402,017 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £120,401 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +7.5% on the previous 12 months | 356 |
| 3 bedrooms | £211,057 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +11.4% on the previous 12 months | 463 |
| 4 bedrooms | £332,067 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.2% on the previous 12 months | 384 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £402,017 | 12 months to Jul 2026 | — | 93 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is BB3?
BB3: turnover 3.1% (12 months to Jan 2026, 521 sales). -18.5% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
3.1% 12 months to Jan 2026
521 sales
-18.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
721 12 months to Jan 2026
721 sales
-8.6% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
768 12 months to Jul 2026
768 listings
Who is active in BB3?
27 agents listed homes for sale in BB3; the three largest took 48% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 27
- Top three agents’ share
- 48%
- New homes among listings
- 11%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns BB3?
Corporate landlords hold 89% of the 1,598 units in BB3 whose freeholder is classified; 92% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords89% of classified · 1,430 units
- Housing associations7.7% of classified · 123 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)2.4% of classified · 39 units
- RMC0.4% of classified · 6 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does BB3 rank?
BB3 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Blackburn with Darwen for sold price per m², at £1,844/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Blackburn with Darwen
BB3 ranks 3rd of 3 postcode districts in Blackburn with Darwen for sold price per m², at £1,844/m².
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Blackburn with Darwen
BB3 ranks 1st of 3 postcode districts in Blackburn with Darwen for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.3%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BB3 | 5.3% | 648 | measured |
| 2 | BB1 | 4.7% | 274 | measured |
Where next from BB3?
- Blackburn with DarwenThe wider market this area sits in.
- BB1Neighbouring postcode district · £2,363/m²
- BL7Neighbouring postcode district · £3,394/m²
- BB2Next door, in another authority · £2,127/m²
- BB4Next door, in another authority · £3,012/m²
- PR6Next door, in another authority · £2,883/m²
- BB5Next door, in another authority · £1,824/m²
- PR5Next door, in another authority · £2,574/m²
- Homes for sale in BB3Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in BB3Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in BB3Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in BB3Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in BB3Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in BB3Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in BB3Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
- Estate agents in BB3Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Questions about BB3
- What is the median house price in BB3?
- Homes in BB3 sold for a median £165,558 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 463 sales. Per square metre that is £1,844/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in BB3 changed?
- +5.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in BB3?
- Homes to let in BB3 asked a median £806 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 237 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in BB3?
- 5.3% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 648 lets. +16.7% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in BB3?
- 3.1% of the homes in BB3 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 521 sales.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 463 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 463 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,291 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 768 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 130 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 237 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 648 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 521 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 721 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 768 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 929 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 362 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 20 Sep 2026 | 20 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion |
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