marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,624/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
261 sales
+3.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
WA12 property market
Sold £2,624/m² · Median sold £217,814 (261 sales) · Index +3.7% y/y · Turnover 2.5% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is WA12?
- Buildings
- 11,188
- Mixed-use buildings
- 1.3%
- HMO-shaped units
- 32%
What does WA12 cost?
WA12: sold price per m² £2,624/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 261 sales). +3.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£217,814 12 months to Apr 2026
261 sales
+3.7% 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
£228,182 12 months to Aug 2026
524 listings
+8.2% 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 WA12 earn?
WA12: asking rent £936 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 207 lets).
Asking rent
£936 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
207 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
5.0% 12 months to Aug 2026
297 lets
-2.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does WA12 vary by home size?
Asking price in WA12 runs from £172,257 for 2 bedrooms to £397,021 for 4 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £172,257 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +10.3% on the previous 12 months | 167 |
| 3 bedrooms | £242,529 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +9.2% on the previous 12 months | 263 |
| 4 bedrooms | £397,021 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +8.1% on the previous 12 months | 93 |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
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 WA12?
WA12: turnover 2.5% (12 months to Jan 2026, 293 sales). +0.4% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.5% 12 months to Jan 2026
293 sales
+0.4% 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
387 12 months to Jan 2026
387 sales
+14.2% 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
413 12 months to Jul 2026
413 listings
Who is active in WA12?
12 agents listed homes for sale in WA12; the three largest took 60% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 12
- Top three agents’ share
- 60%
- New homes among listings
- 9.3%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns WA12?
Corporate landlords hold 95% of the 541 units in WA12 whose freeholder is classified; 96% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords95% of classified · 514 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)4.6% of classified · 25 units
- Housing associations0.4% 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 WA12 rank?
WA12 ranks 1st of 4 postcode districts in St. Helens for sold price per m², at £2,624/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in St. Helens
WA12 ranks 1st of 4 postcode districts in St. Helens for sold price per m², at £2,624/m².
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in St. Helens
WA12 ranks 4th of 4 postcode districts in St. Helens for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.0%.
Where next from WA12?
- St. HelensThe wider market this area sits in.
- WA10Neighbouring postcode district · £2,302/m²
- WA11Neighbouring postcode district · £2,594/m²
- WA9Neighbouring postcode district · £2,073/m²
- WA2Next door, in another authority · £2,665/m²
- WA3Next door, in another authority · £3,215/m²
- WA5Next door, in another authority · £3,220/m²
- WN4Next door, in another authority · £3,101/m²
- Homes for sale in WA12Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in WA12Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in WA12Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in WA12Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in WA12Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in WA12Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in WA12Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
- Estate agents in WA12Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Questions about WA12
- What is the median house price in WA12?
- Homes in WA12 sold for a median £217,814 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 261 sales. Per square metre that is £2,624/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in WA12 changed?
- +3.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in WA12?
- Homes to let in WA12 asked a median £936 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 207 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WA12?
- 5.0% 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 Aug 2026, 297 lets. -2.5% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in WA12?
- 2.5% of the homes in WA12 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 293 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 | 261 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 261 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 524 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 413 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | 42 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 207 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 297 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 293 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 387 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 413 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 402 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 122 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 20 Sep 2026 | 20 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion |
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