That is the middle of 3,982 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
3,982 homes sold in three years: 995 detached houses, 1,313 semi-detached houses, 1,505 terraced houses and 169 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£295K
median sale · 995 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£350K
Last 12 months
£300K192 sold
New build
£315K
Semi-detached houses£185K
median sale · 1,313 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£224K
Last 12 months
£195K348 sold
New build
£229K
Terraced houses£117K
median sale · 1,505 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£148K
Last 12 months
£121K398 sold
New build
£225K
Flats and maisonettes£100K
median sale · 169 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£78K–£125K
Last 12 months
£101K50 sold
New build
£136K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses38%
Flats and maisonettes4%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Blackburn’s homes sold for between £119K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £86K and one in ten over £320K. 75% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £170,000, sits in the £150–200K band
3,982 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £34,100 in 1995 to £170,000 in the last 12 months (£125,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
988 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,695 in 2003, the busiest year, and 852 in 2012. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Blackburn costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Blackburn, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£76K
£86K
£170K
£179K
£175K
£240K
£300K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£53K
£117K
£119K
£120K
£142K
£195K
Terraced houses
£26K
£28K
£69K
£77K
£75K
£87K
£121K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£30K
£85K
£69K
£83K
£76K
£101K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
5,436 new homes have been sold in Blackburn since 1995; the share peaked at 18% in 2023.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £285,995
against £155,000 for a home sold on, 85% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
25% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 22% sold leasehold in Blackburn. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Preston Old Road is Blackburn’s busiest street, with 65 sales in three years
237 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 92 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Preston Old Road
BB2
65
£156,250
Mixed
2
Livesey Branch Road
BB2
64
£129,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Whalley New Road
BB1
49
£125,000
Mixed
4
Hadrians Turn
BB2
46
£263,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
White Clover Avenue
BB2
45
£308,196
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Brackenwood
BB1
38
£267,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Sycamore Drive
BB2
36
£388,745
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Wood Avens Close
BB2
36
£310,272
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Entwistle Drive
BB2
36
£282,450
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Bolton Road
BB2
34
£92,250
Mixed
11
Christabelle Lane
BB2
33
£276,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Revidge Road (BB2)
BB2
28
£157,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Juniper Grove
BB2
26
£387,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Alastairs Place
BB2
26
£327,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Meadowbrook Rise
BB2
25
£235,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
The Hazels: £545,000
Blackburn median£170K
The Hazels£545K
Whalley Road£420K
Acorn Way£395K
Sycamore Drive£389K
Juniper Grove£387K
Cheapest streets
Preston New Road: £69,000
Blackburn median£170K
Preston New Road£69K
Infirmary Street£70K
Queen Victoria Street£75K
Bonsall Street£75K
Gainsborough Avenue£80K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.9 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Lancashire
Blackburn is the 47th most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Blackburn is in the middle of Lancashire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Blackburn
What is the average house price in Blackburn?
The median home in Blackburn sold for £170,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,982 standard sales (£170,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £294,995, semi-detached houses £185,000, terraced houses £117,025 and flats and maisonettes £100,000.
Are house prices going up in Blackburn?
The median was £175,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£170,000), and £170,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Blackburn each year?
988 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,378 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Blackburn?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: The Hazels (BB1, £545,000), Whalley Road (BB1, £420,000) and Acorn Way (BB2, £394,995).
How much does a new build cost in Blackburn?
New homes sold for a median £285,995 over three years, against £155,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
Is Blackburn expensive for Lancashire?
Blackburn is the 47th most expensive of 65 towns of 2,500 or more in Lancashire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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