Residential dwellings
16,145
Addressable residential units in the area (OS AddressBase).
BL8 house prices
Sold £2,884/m² · Median sold £260,113 (379 sales) · Index +3.1% y/y · Turnover 2.2% · 12 months, sales to Jun 2026, listings to Sep 2026
What is BL8?
BL8: residential dwellings 16,145.
HMO-shaped dwellings
0.1%
BL8 has the lowest HMO-shaped dwellings of the 5 neighbouring postcode districts compared.
Share of dwellings OS AddressBase classifies RH01/RH02/RH03: laid out as a house in multiple occupation. A statement about built form, not about a licence.
- Buildings
- 15,547
- Mixed-use buildings
- 85%
- HMO-shaped units
- 5.0%
- EPC A or B
- 4.4%
- EPC D or worse
- 63%
What does BL8 cost?
BL8: sold price per m² £2,884/m² (12 months to Jun 2026, 379 sales). +3.1% over the year to Jul 2026 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price per m²
£2,884/m² 12 months to Jun 2026
379 sales
+3.1% over the year to Jul 2026 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales per square metre (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 379 sales.
Sold price
£260,113 12 months to Jun 2026
379 sales
+3.1% over the year to Jul 2026 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Jun 2026, 379 sales.
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
£280,804 12 months to Sep 2026
994 listings
+2.4% on the previous 12 months.
Median ASKING price of residential sale listings that came to market in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 994 listings.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Jul 2026; the dashed tail is the published projection of the index 8 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 BL8 earn?
BL8: asking rent £994/month (12 months to Sep 2026, 173 lets).
Asking rent
£994/month 12 months to Sep 2026
173 lets
Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 173 lets.
Gross yield, asking basis
4.0% 12 months to Sep 2026
250 lets
-4.2% on the previous 12 months.
Cell asking rent × 12 over the same cell's asking sale price, before costs, voids and finance (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built). 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 250 lets.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does BL8 vary by home size?
Asking price in BL8 runs from £194,459 for 2 bedrooms to £677,895 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £194,459 | 12 months to Sep 2026 | +6.9% on the previous 12 months | 314 |
| 3 bedrooms | £289,411 | 12 months to Sep 2026 | +7% on the previous 12 months | 401 |
| 4 bedrooms | £430,402 | 12 months to Sep 2026 | +0.6% on the previous 12 months | 199 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £677,895 | 12 months to Sep 2026 · 6 of 12 months observed | — | 50 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, within the last 12 calendar months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is BL8?
BL8: turnover 2.2% (12 months to Mar 2026, 357 sales). -32.1% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.2% 12 months to Mar 2026
357 sales
-32.1% on the previous 12 months.
Registered sales as a share of the dwelling stock, monthly; the 12-month figure adds the months. UPRN-matched sales, a floor on the registry count; the newest months fill in as registrations land. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Mar 2026, 357 sales.
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
537 12 months to Mar 2026
537 sales
-15.8% on the previous 12 months.
Count of HM Land Registry Price Paid completions in the month for the postcode district, straight off the registry; the newest months are still registering. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Mar 2026, 537 sales.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
607 12 months to Sep 2026
607 listings
Residential sale listings observed in the month, from portal listings. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 607 listings.
Who is active in BL8?
18 agents listed homes for sale in BL8; the three largest took 43% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 18
- Top three agents’ share
- 43%
- New homes among listings
- 1.1%
Days to completion is on the listings matched to a registered sale, not a sell-through rate.
Who owns BL8?
Corporate landlords hold 93% of the 1,224 units in BL8 whose freeholder is classified; 93% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords93% of classified · 1,134 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)6.3% of classified · 77 units
- Housing associations0.7% of classified · 8 units
- RMC0.4% of classified · 5 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 BL8 rank?
BL8 ranks 3rd of 5 postcode districts in Bury for sold price per m², at £2,884/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Bury
BL8 ranks 3rd of 5 postcode districts in Bury for sold price per m², at £2,884/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M25 | £3,376/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 272 | measured |
| 2 | M45 | £3,078/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 226 | measured |
| 3 | BL8 | £2,884/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 379 | measured |
| 4 | BL9 | £2,610/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 468 | measured |
| 5 | M26 | £2,508/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 361 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Bury
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Bury
BL8 ranks 5th of 5 postcode districts in Bury for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.0%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M26 | 5.1% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 697 | measured |
| 2 | M45 | 4.6% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 225 | measured |
| 3 | M25 | 4.4% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 488 | measured |
| 4 | BL9 | 4.3% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 599 | measured |
| 5 | BL8 | 4.0% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 250 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across postcode districts in Bury
Turnover · postcode districts in Bury
BL8 ranks 1st of 4 postcode districts in Bury for turnover, at 2.2%.
| # | Area | Turnover | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BL8 | 2.2% | 12 months to Mar 2026 · from monthly figures | 357 | measured |
| 2 | BL9 | 2.1% | 12 months to Mar 2026 · from monthly figures | 484 | measured |
| 3 | M26 | 2.1% | 12 months to Mar 2026 · from monthly figures | 351 | measured |
| 4 | M25 | 1.8% | 12 months to Mar 2026 · from monthly figures | 255 | measured |
Where next from BL8?
- BuryThe wider market this area sits in.
- BL9Neighbouring postcode district · Asking £3,737/m² · Sep 2026
- M25Neighbouring postcode district · Asking £3,874/m² · Sep 2026
- M26Neighbouring postcode district · Asking £3,076/m² · Sep 2026
- M45Neighbouring postcode district · Asking £3,504/m² · Sep 2026
- BB4Next door, in another authority · Asking £2,529/m² · Sep 2026
- BL0Next door, in another authority · Asking £3,471/m² · Sep 2026
- BL2Next door, in another authority · Asking £2,902/m² · Sep 2026
- BL7Next door, in another authority · Asking £2,986/m² · Sep 2026
Questions about BL8
- What is the median house price in BL8?
- Homes in BL8 sold for a median £260,113 over the 12 months to Jun 2026, 379 sales. Per square metre that is £2,884/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in BL8 changed?
- +3.1% over the year to Jul 2026 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in BL8?
- Homes to let in BL8 asked a median £994/month over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 173 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in BL8?
- 4.0% 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 Sep 2026, 250 lets. -4.2% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in BL8?
- 2.2% of the homes in BL8 changed hands over the 12 months to Mar 2026, 357 sales.
- What kind of homes are in BL8?
- BL8 has 16,145 homes, 0.1% laid out as houses in multiple occupation.
Construction costs Context for residential research
Sector and regional evidence. These figures are not a quote for an individual property.
Reading the cost index and the regional factors…
Everything else about BL8
- Property values in BL8Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Land and development sites in BL8Registered land with its area, tenure and what stands on it.
- Houses and flats for sale in BL8What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Flats and houses to rent in BL8What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Sold house prices in BL8Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in BL8What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents in BL8Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential dwellings | HM Land Registry Price Paid and the address register, 12-month rollup | Latest published | — | — |
| HMO-shaped dwellings | HM Land Registry Price Paid and the address register, 12-month rollup | Latest published | — | — |
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 | 379 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 | 379 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 994 listings |
| Asking price per m² | Portal listings | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 607 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | 38 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 173 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 250 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 | 357 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 | 537 sales |
| Listings for sale | Portal listings | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 607 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 645 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 349 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 4 Nov 2026 | 4 Nov 2026 | — |
| Days to completion | First listing to registered completion, over the listings matched to a registered sale; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | 38 matched sales |
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