marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,135/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
473 sales
+8.2% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
WA9 property market
Sold £2,135/m² · Median sold £174,778 (473 sales) · Index +8.2% y/y · Turnover 2.1% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is WA9?
- Buildings
- 23,594
- Mixed-use buildings
- 92%
- HMO-shaped units
- 31%
What does WA9 cost?
WA9: sold price per m² £2,135/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 473 sales). +8.2% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£174,778 12 months to Apr 2026
473 sales
+8.2% 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
£187,974 12 months to Aug 2026
1,326 listings
+2.3% 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 WA9 earn?
WA9: asking rent £915 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 432 lets).
Asking rent
£915 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
432 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
5.8% 12 months to Aug 2026
645 lets
+9.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does WA9 vary by home size?
Asking price in WA9 runs from £108,692 for 2 bedrooms to £313,659 for 4 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £108,692 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -4.7% on the previous 12 months | 323 |
| 3 bedrooms | £196,031 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +1.5% on the previous 12 months | 674 |
| 4 bedrooms | £313,659 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -5.3% on the previous 12 months | 279 |
| 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 WA9?
WA9: turnover 2.1% (12 months to Jan 2026, 538 sales). -13.4% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.1% 12 months to Jan 2026
538 sales
-13.4% 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
848 12 months to Jan 2026
848 sales
+5.3% 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
784 12 months to Jul 2026
784 listings
Who is active in WA9?
27 agents listed homes for sale in WA9; the three largest took 41% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 27
- Top three agents’ share
- 41%
- New homes among listings
- 7.2%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns WA9?
Corporate landlords hold 90% of the 1,972 units in WA9 whose freeholder is classified; 93% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords90% of classified · 1,774 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)5.1% of classified · 101 units
- Housing associations4.6% of classified · 90 units
- RMC0.4% of classified · 7 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 WA9 rank?
WA9 ranks 3rd of 4 postcode districts in St. Helens for sold price per m², at £2,135/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in St. Helens
WA9 ranks 3rd of 4 postcode districts in St. Helens for sold price per m², at £2,135/m².
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in St. Helens
WA9 ranks 1st of 4 postcode districts in St. Helens for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.8%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WA9 | 5.8% | 645 | measured |
| 2 | WA11 |
Where next from WA9?
- St. HelensThe wider market this area sits in.
- WA10Neighbouring postcode district · £2,302/m²
- WA11Neighbouring postcode district · £2,594/m²
- WA12Neighbouring postcode district · £3,423/m²
- L35Next door, in another authority · £2,727/m²
- WA5Next door, in another authority · £3,220/m²
- WA8Next door, in another authority · £2,729/m²
- L34Next door, in another authority · £2,714/m²
- WN4Next door, in another authority · £3,101/m²
- WN5Next door, in another authority · £2,716/m²
- Homes for sale in WA9Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in WA9Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in WA9Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in WA9Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in WA9Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in WA9Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in WA9Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
- Estate agents in WA9Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Questions about WA9
- What is the median house price in WA9?
- Homes in WA9 sold for a median £174,778 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 473 sales. Per square metre that is £2,135/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in WA9 changed?
- +8.2% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in WA9?
- Homes to let in WA9 asked a median £915 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 432 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WA9?
- 5.8% 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, 645 lets. +9.2% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in WA9?
- 2.1% of the homes in WA9 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 538 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 | 473 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 473 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,326 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 784 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | 94 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 432 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 645 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 538 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 848 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 784 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 951 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 375 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 20 Sep 2026 | 20 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion |
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