That is the middle of 116 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 5.4 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.
116 homes sold in three years: 43 detached houses, 37 semi-detached houses, 33 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£425K
Last 12 months
£393K16 sold
Semi-detached houses£248K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£229K–£270K
Last 12 months
£251K6 sold
Terraced houses£239K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£203K–£295K
Last 12 months
£275K8 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Halton’s homes sold for between £230K and £348K
One sale in ten was under £190K and one in ten over £425K. 36% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £269,000, sits in the £250–300K band
116 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,000 in 1995 to £320,000 in the last 12 months (£238,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
31 sales in the last 12 months, against 92 in 2020, the busiest year, and 19 in 2009. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Halton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Halton, 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
£75K
£134K
£210K
£250K
£359K
£381K
£393K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£75K
£160K
£178K
£185K
£222K
£251K
Terraced houses
—
£51K
£125K
—
£207K
£197K
£275K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
225 new homes have been sold in Halton since 1995; the share peaked at 60% in 2012.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 7.1% sold leasehold in Halton. 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
High Road is Halton’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
High Road
LA2
18
£231,250
Mostly terraced houses
2
Forest Heights
LA2
12
£411,500
Mixed
3
Foundry Close
LA2
9
£425,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Beech Road
LA2
8
£258,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Lythe Fell Avenue
LA2
7
£320,000
Mixed
6
Town End Way
LA2
6
£306,250
Mostly terraced houses
7
Oak Drive
LA2
6
£268,500
Mostly detached houses
8
Sykelands Avenue
LA2
5
£265,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
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
Halton is the 10th most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Halton is one of Lancashire’s dearest 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 Halton
What is the average house price in Halton?
The median home in Halton sold for £269,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 116 standard sales (£320,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £247,500 and terraced houses £239,000.
Are house prices going up in Halton?
The median was £302,500 in 2025, up 15% on 2024 (£263,750), and £320,000 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 Halton each year?
31 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 54 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Halton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Foundry Close (LA2, £425,000), Forest Heights (LA2, £411,500) and Lythe Fell Avenue (LA2, £320,000).
Is Halton expensive for Lancashire?
Halton is the 10th 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.