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Housing in Bootle · HM Land Registry

The median home in Bootle sells for £145,000

That is the middle of 1,227 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 4.8 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.

25thmost expensive of 25 in Merseyside+84%since 2016
Median sale
£145K
1,227 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £112K to £180K
Sold in 12 months
371
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Median £152,500
New builds
0.1%
of sales in 3 years
In 10 years
+84%
median, 2016 to the last 12 months
£83K → £153K
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

Half of Bootle’s sales are terraced houses

1,227 homes sold in three years: 76 detached houses, 485 semi-detached houses, 579 terraced houses and 87 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.9 times what a flat does.

Detached houses£251K

median sale · 76 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£230K–£278K
Last 12 months
£265K23 sold
Semi-detached houses£174K

median sale · 485 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£150K–£200K
Last 12 months
£185K135 sold
Terraced houses£125K

median sale · 579 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£100K–£147K
Last 12 months
£130K176 sold
Flats and maisonettes£65K

median sale · 87 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£55K–£80K
Last 12 months
£65K37 sold
The mix

A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced

Detached houses6%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses47%
Flats and maisonettes7%

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 Bootle’s homes sold for between £112K and £180K

One sale in ten was under £78K and one in ten over £225K. 94% sold for under £250K.

Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

The median, £145,000, sits in the £100–150K band

0139278417Under £100K: 232 sold<£100K£100–150K: 417 sold£100–150K£150–200K: 361 sold£150–200K£200–250K: 143 sold£200–250K£250–300K: 54 sold£250–300K£300–400K: 19 sold£300–400K£400–500K: 1 sold£400–500K

1,227 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

Since 1995

The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s

Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £31,550 in 1995 to £152,500 in the last 12 months (£100,000 in 2019).

31 years of sales

Fewer homes sell than in most years

371 sales in the last 12 months, against 918 in 2003, the busiest year, and 235 in 2009. Sales fell by 71% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%.

Homes soldMedian sale price
0237475712950£50K£100K£150K£200K1996: 538 sold, typical £31K’961997: 493 sold, typical £30K1998: 619 sold, typical £32K’981999: 640 sold, typical £38K2000: 634 sold, typical £36K’002001: 619 sold, typical £35K2002: 766 sold, typical £37K’022003: 918 sold, typical £42K2004: 918 sold, typical £58K’042005: 795 sold, typical £75K2006: 812 sold, typical £84K’062007: 823 sold, typical £90K2008: 408 sold, typical £90K’082009: 235 sold, typical £85K2010: 289 sold, typical £84K’102011: 341 sold, typical £87K2012: 327 sold, typical £90K’122013: 405 sold, typical £80K2014: 496 sold, typical £86K’142015: 500 sold, typical £83K2016: 557 sold, typical £83K’162017: 558 sold, typical £92K2018: 615 sold, typical £94K’182019: 523 sold, typical £100K2020: 474 sold, typical £100K’202021: 557 sold, typical £115K2022: 495 sold, typical £125K’222023: 435 sold, typical £130K2024: 403 sold, typical £135K’242025: 449 sold, typical £150KLast 12 months: 371 sold, typical £153KNow
Against England

Bootle costs less than England as a whole

Median sale price each calendar year: Bootle, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Bootle 1995: £31,550Bootle 1996: £30,997Bootle 1997: £30,000Bootle 1998: £31,900Bootle 1999: £37,500Bootle 2000: £35,747Bootle 2001: £35,000Bootle 2002: £37,000Bootle 2003: £41,725Bootle 2004: £58,000Bootle 2005: £75,000Bootle 2006: £84,000Bootle 2007: £90,000Bootle 2008: £90,000Bootle 2009: £85,000Bootle 2010: £84,000Bootle 2011: £87,000Bootle 2012: £90,000Bootle 2013: £80,000Bootle 2014: £85,750Bootle 2015: £83,000Bootle 2016: £83,000Bootle 2017: £91,750Bootle 2018: £94,000Bootle 2019: £100,000Bootle 2020: £100,000Bootle 2021: £115,000Bootle 2022: £125,000Bootle 2023: £130,000Bootle 2024: £135,000Bootle 2025: £150,000England 1995: £55,000England 1996: £57,500England 1997: £60,000England 1998: £66,000England 1999: £74,000England 2000: £82,000England 2001: £92,000England 2002: £114,000England 2003: £132,000England 2004: £152,000England 2005: £159,950England 2006: £168,000England 2007: £178,000England 2008: £174,000England 2009: £170,000England 2010: £185,000England 2011: £180,000England 2012: £183,250England 2013: £188,000England 2014: £198,000England 2015: £212,995England 2016: £224,950England 2017: £235,000England 2018: £240,000England 2019: £245,000England 2020: £263,000England 2021: £281,500England 2022: £295,000England 2023: £292,500England 2024: £299,000England 2025: £300,000Typical UK town 1995: £52,000Typical UK town 1996: £53,142Typical UK town 1997: £56,973Typical UK town 1998: £59,973Typical UK town 1999: £65,500Typical UK town 2000: £74,375Typical UK town 2001: £83,995Typical UK town 2002: £104,750Typical UK town 2003: £128,250Typical UK town 2004: £148,000Typical UK town 2005: £155,000Typical UK town 2006: £161,000Typical UK town 2007: £171,500Typical UK town 2008: £166,000Typical UK town 2009: £156,725Typical UK town 2010: £166,500Typical UK town 2011: £160,500Typical UK town 2012: £164,575Typical UK town 2013: £167,000Typical UK town 2014: £176,000Typical UK town 2015: £187,000Typical UK town 2016: £200,000Typical UK town 2017: £212,500Typical UK town 2018: £224,250Typical UK town 2019: £229,950Typical UK town 2020: £240,000Typical UK town 2021: £255,000Typical UK town 2022: £275,000Typical UK town 2023: £274,500Typical UK town 2024: £275,000Typical UK town 2025: £280,000England £300KTypical UK town £280KBootle £150K
By type

Terraced houses rose the most since 1995

£75K£150K£225K£300K1995200020052010201520202025Detached houses 1995: £74,975Detached houses 1996: £71,450Detached houses 1998: £76,950Detached houses 1999: £83,995Detached houses 2000: £82,995Detached houses 2001: £87,500Detached houses 2002: £95,029Detached houses 2003: £123,000Detached houses 2004: £140,000Detached houses 2005: £162,995Detached houses 2006: £162,000Detached houses 2007: £169,500Detached houses 2008: £175,000Detached houses 2009: £156,500Detached houses 2010: £152,500Detached houses 2011: £182,497Detached houses 2012: £159,999Detached houses 2013: £145,000Detached houses 2014: £155,750Detached houses 2015: £167,497Detached houses 2016: £183,995Detached houses 2017: £188,297Detached houses 2018: £189,995Detached houses 2019: £188,995Detached houses 2020: £196,995Detached houses 2021: £208,000Detached houses 2022: £240,000Detached houses 2023: £241,000Detached houses 2024: £250,000Detached houses 2025: £250,000Semi-detached houses 1995: £41,750Semi-detached houses 1996: £43,750Semi-detached houses 1997: £43,000Semi-detached houses 1998: £47,000Semi-detached houses 1999: £51,000Semi-detached houses 2000: £50,000Semi-detached houses 2001: £48,475Semi-detached houses 2002: £59,000Semi-detached houses 2003: £77,247Semi-detached houses 2004: £101,000Semi-detached houses 2005: £115,500Semi-detached houses 2006: £119,950Semi-detached houses 2007: £127,500Semi-detached houses 2008: £125,000Semi-detached houses 2009: £113,750Semi-detached houses 2010: £119,000Semi-detached houses 2011: £105,000Semi-detached houses 2012: £110,000Semi-detached houses 2013: £100,000Semi-detached houses 2014: £110,000Semi-detached houses 2015: £118,995Semi-detached houses 2016: £120,000Semi-detached houses 2017: £117,000Semi-detached houses 2018: £132,750Semi-detached houses 2019: £125,500Semi-detached houses 2020: £137,000Semi-detached houses 2021: £146,500Semi-detached houses 2022: £163,500Semi-detached houses 2023: £162,000Semi-detached houses 2024: £165,000Semi-detached houses 2025: £180,000Terraced houses 1995: £26,625Terraced houses 1996: £25,256Terraced houses 1997: £25,625Terraced houses 1998: £25,000Terraced houses 1999: £27,975Terraced houses 2000: £26,000Terraced houses 2001: £27,300Terraced houses 2002: £29,250Terraced houses 2003: £32,950Terraced houses 2004: £47,975Terraced houses 2005: £65,000Terraced houses 2006: £73,500Terraced houses 2007: £82,000Terraced houses 2008: £84,250Terraced houses 2009: £70,000Terraced houses 2010: £75,000Terraced houses 2011: £69,250Terraced houses 2012: £65,000Terraced houses 2013: £67,000Terraced houses 2014: £67,000Terraced houses 2015: £65,000Terraced houses 2016: £63,000Terraced houses 2017: £67,000Terraced houses 2018: £73,000Terraced houses 2019: £78,000Terraced houses 2020: £80,000Terraced houses 2021: £90,000Terraced houses 2022: £107,500Terraced houses 2023: £115,000Terraced houses 2024: £120,000Terraced houses 2025: £125,000Flats and maisonettes 1995: £30,545Flats and maisonettes 1996: £27,000Flats and maisonettes 1997: £25,000Flats and maisonettes 1998: £27,750Flats and maisonettes 1999: £23,000Flats and maisonettes 2000: £27,475Flats and maisonettes 2001: £29,000Flats and maisonettes 2002: £32,500Flats and maisonettes 2003: £34,350Flats and maisonettes 2004: £57,000Flats and maisonettes 2005: £67,000Flats and maisonettes 2006: £73,685Flats and maisonettes 2007: £66,375Flats and maisonettes 2008: £59,000Flats and maisonettes 2009: £111,267Flats and maisonettes 2010: £73,750Flats and maisonettes 2011: £66,750Flats and maisonettes 2012: £42,500Flats and maisonettes 2013: £56,500Flats and maisonettes 2014: £74,250Flats and maisonettes 2015: £40,000Flats and maisonettes 2016: £68,950Flats and maisonettes 2017: £79,500Flats and maisonettes 2018: £56,950Flats and maisonettes 2019: £59,950Flats and maisonettes 2020: £79,400Flats and maisonettes 2021: £50,000Flats and maisonettes 2022: £65,000Flats and maisonettes 2023: £58,000Flats and maisonettes 2024: £67,500Flats and maisonettes 2025: £65,000Detached houses £250KSemi-detached houses £180KTerraced houses £125KFlats and maisonettes £65K
199520002005201020152020Last 12 months
Detached houses£75K£83K£163K£153K£167K£197K£265K
Semi-detached houses£42K£50K£116K£119K£119K£137K£185K
Terraced houses£27K£26K£65K£75K£65K£80K£130K
Flats and maisonettes£31K£27K£67K£74K£40K£79K£65K

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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months

1,294 new homes have been sold in Bootle since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 2012.

New-build share of sales1996: 5.2%’961997: 2.6%1998: 11%1999: 19%’992000: 10%2001: 0.2%2002: 6.8%’022003: 6.1%2004: 0.2%2005: 5.7%’052006: 1.4%2007: 2.4%2008: 2.9%’082009: 5.5%2010: 2.4%2011: 15%’112012: 19%2013: 16%2014: 19%’142015: 10%2016: 15%2017: 13%’172018: 15%2019: 13%2020: 16%’202021: 1.6%2022: 0%2023: 0%’232024: 0%2025: 0.2%Last 12 months: 0.3%Now

Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.

New builds and tenure · 3 years

36% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 31% sold leasehold in Bootle. 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

Southport Road is Bootle’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years

82 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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.

#StreetPostcode areaSalesMedianHomes
1Southport RoadL2027£185,000Mostly semi-detached houses
2Bedford RoadL2018£126,500Mostly terraced houses
3Springwell RoadL2013£205,000Mostly semi-detached houses
4Sterrix LaneL3013£150,000Mostly semi-detached houses
5Gloucester RoadL2013£137,500Mostly terraced houses
6Park Lane (L20)L2012£185,000Mostly semi-detached houses
7Lunar DriveL3012£177,500Mostly semi-detached houses
8Harris DriveL2011£170,000Mostly semi-detached houses
9Marina CrescentL3010£171,500Mostly semi-detached houses
10Lunt AvenueL3010£171,000Mostly terraced houses
11Louis Pasteur AvenueL3010£142,500Mostly terraced houses
12Hawthorne RoadL2010£114,000Mostly terraced houses
13Worcester RoadL2010£105,625Mostly terraced houses
14Litherland RoadL2010£87,500Mostly terraced houses
15Jersey CloseL2010£82,475Mostly flats
Dearest streets

Roseworth Avenue: £277,500

Bootle median£145K
Roseworth Avenue£278K
Netherton Grange£275K
Ridgewood Way£263K
Alexandra Drive£240K
Monfa Road£230K
Cheapest streets

Stanley Road: £54,000

Bootle median£145K
Stanley Road£54K
Halidon Court£65K
Balliol Road£65K
Clairville Close£70K
Merton Road£72K

Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.1 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 Merseyside

Bootle is the 25th most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside

Bootle is one of Merseyside’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.

Median sale, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1Meols£400K2West Kirby£330K3Formby£327K
⋯
23Haydock£169K24Kirkby£163K25Bootle£145K

Towns of 2,500 or more in Merseyside with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.

Bootle’s neighbours

The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.

All towns in Merseyside →
LitherlandCrosbyAintreeMaghullKirkbyLydiateLiverpoolLitherlandCrosbyAintreeMaghullKirkbyLydiateLiverpoolBootle
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Bootle—£145K371+75%
Litherland0.8£177K164+73%
Crosby2£248K505+46%
Aintree2.1£228K61+52%
Maghull3.5£246K214+49%
Kirkby4£163K307+63%
Lydiate4.3£245K90+42%
Liverpool4.8£179K3,752+46%

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 Bootle

What is the average house price in Bootle?

The median home in Bootle sold for £145,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,227 standard sales (£152,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £251,250, semi-detached houses £174,000, terraced houses £125,000 and flats and maisonettes £65,000.

Are house prices going up in Bootle?

The median was £150,000 in 2025, up 11% on 2024 (£135,000), and £152,500 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 Bootle each year?

371 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 506 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.

What are the most expensive streets in Bootle?

Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Roseworth Avenue (L9, £277,500), Netherton Grange (L30, £275,000) and Ridgewood Way (L9, £262,500).

Is Bootle expensive for Merseyside?

Bootle is the 25th most expensive of 25 towns of 2,500 or more in Merseyside 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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