marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,813/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
322 sales
+4.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
BL5 property market
Sold £2,813/m² · Median sold £244,546 (322 sales) · Index +4.5% y/y · Turnover 2.9% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is BL5?
- Buildings
- 11,097
- Mixed-use buildings
- 76%
- HMO-shaped units
- 3.0%
What does BL5 cost?
BL5: sold price per m² £2,813/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 322 sales). +4.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£244,546 12 months to Apr 2026
322 sales
+4.5% 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
£284,691 12 months to Aug 2026
1,043 listings
+5.6% 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 BL5 earn?
BL5: asking rent £915 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 226 lets).
Asking rent
£915 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
226 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
3.4% 12 months to Aug 2026
279 lets
-18.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does BL5 vary by home size?
Asking price in BL5 runs from £182,233 for 2 bedrooms to £686,201 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £182,233 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.1% on the previous 12 months | 234 |
| 3 bedrooms | £261,848 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +3.8% on the previous 12 months | 408 |
| 4 bedrooms | £404,763 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -0.5% on the previous 12 months | 323 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £686,201 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 68 |
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 BL5?
BL5: turnover 2.9% (12 months to Jan 2026, 381 sales). -14% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.9% 12 months to Jan 2026
381 sales
-14% 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
549 12 months to Jan 2026
549 sales
+7.6% 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
594 12 months to Jul 2026
594 listings
Who is active in BL5?
28 agents listed homes for sale in BL5; the three largest took 49% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 28
- Top three agents’ share
- 49%
- New homes among listings
- 3.6%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns BL5?
Corporate landlords hold 96% of the 933 units in BL5 whose freeholder is classified; 93% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords96% of classified · 898 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)3.5% of classified · 33 units
- Housing associations0.2% of classified · 2 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 BL5 rank?
BL5 ranks 1st of 6 postcode districts in Bolton for sold price per m², at £2,813/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Bolton
BL5 ranks 1st of 6 postcode districts in Bolton for sold price per m², at £2,813/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BL5 | £2,813/m² | 322 | measured |
| 2 | BL6 | £2,700/m² | 384 | measured |
| 3 | BL2 | £2,595/m² | 444 | measured |
| 4 | BL3 | £2,381/m² | 388 | measured |
| 5 | BL1 | £2,378/m² | 550 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Bolton →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Bolton
BL5 ranks 6th of 6 postcode districts in Bolton for gross yield, asking basis, at 3.4%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Where next from BL5?
- BoltonThe wider market this area sits in.
- BL1Neighbouring postcode district · £2,554/m²
- BL2Neighbouring postcode district · £2,732/m²
- BL3Neighbouring postcode district · £2,519/m²
- BL4Neighbouring postcode district · £2,317/m²
- BL6Neighbouring postcode district · £3,167/m²
- M29Next door, in another authority · £3,388/m²
- M38Next door, in another authority · £2,879/m²
- M46Next door, in another authority · £3,015/m²
- WN2Next door, in another authority · £2,324/m²
- WN7Next door, in another authority · £2,674/m²
- M28Next door, in another authority · £3,418/m²
- Homes for sale in BL5Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in BL5Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in BL5Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in BL5Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in BL5Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in BL5Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in BL5Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
Questions about BL5
- What is the median house price in BL5?
- Homes in BL5 sold for a median £244,546 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 322 sales. Per square metre that is £2,813/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in BL5 changed?
- +4.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in BL5?
- Homes to let in BL5 asked a median £915 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 226 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in BL5?
- 3.4% 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, 279 lets. -18.3% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in BL5?
- 2.9% of the homes in BL5 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 381 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 | 322 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 322 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,043 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 594 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 | 78 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 226 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 279 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 381 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 549 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 594 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 650 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 393 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 19 Sep 2026 | 19 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion |
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