That is the middle of 1,628 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 4.6 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.
1,628 homes sold in three years: 416 detached houses, 755 semi-detached houses, 356 terraced houses and 101 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£337K
median sale · 416 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£370K
Last 12 months
£335K93 sold
New build
£345K
Semi-detached houses£225K
median sale · 755 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£255K
Last 12 months
£223K187 sold
New build
£255K
Terraced houses£150K
median sale · 356 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£126K–£180K
Last 12 months
£155K97 sold
New build
£251K
Flats and maisonettes£105K
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£85K–£119K
Last 12 months
£113K34 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 46% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses46%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Prescot’s homes sold for between £160K and £285K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £358K. 63% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £221,500, sits in the £200–250K band
1,628 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.6 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £45,950 in 1995 to £210,000 in the last 12 months (£171,995 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
411 sales in the last 12 months, against 770 in 1999, the busiest year, and 277 in 2009. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 22% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Prescot costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Prescot, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£76K
£94K
£200K
£212K
£225K
£262K
£335K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£56K
£132K
£130K
£133K
£175K
£223K
Terraced houses
£36K
£36K
£95K
£113K
£94K
£113K
£155K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£44K
£95K
£84K
£76K
£89K
£113K
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
2,987 new homes have been sold in Prescot since 1995; the share peaked at 36% in 1995.
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 £302,635
against £195,000 for a home sold on, 55% 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.
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 12% sold leasehold in Prescot. 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
Firgrove Way is Prescot’s busiest street, with 43 sales in three years
104 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 28 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
Firgrove Way
L35
43
£277,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Tulip Avenue
L34
41
£280,995
Mixed · new builds
3
Warrington Road (L35)
L35
31
£215,000
Mixed
4
Grassland Road
L34
25
£270,995
Mixed · new builds
5
St Helens Road
L34
25
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Speakman Way
L34
25
£110,000
Mixed
7
Stratford Drive
L34
24
£232,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Theseus Avenue
L34
23
£281,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Manorwood Drive
L35
23
£180,000
Mixed
10
Discovery Way
L35
22
£302,245
Mixed · new builds
11
Acorn Drive
L34
21
£280,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Longton Lane
L35
19
£165,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Cross Lane
L35
17
£160,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Halsmeadow Lane
L35
15
£344,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Atherton Drive
L35
15
£265,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
View Road: £520,000
Prescot median£222K
View Road£520K
Forest Grove£465K
Central Avenue£398K
Sandstone Drive£349K
Siward Grove£348K
Cheapest streets
Ward Street: £100,000
Prescot median£222K
Ward Street£100K
Shaw Lane£106K
Speakman Way£110K
Bridge Road£113K
Hope Street£120K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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
Prescot is the 14th most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside
Prescot is in the middle of Merseyside’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 Prescot
What is the average house price in Prescot?
The median home in Prescot sold for £221,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,628 standard sales (£210,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £336,872, semi-detached houses £225,000, terraced houses £150,000 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Prescot?
The median was £227,250 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£224,995), and £210,000 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 Prescot each year?
411 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 574 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Prescot?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: View Road (L35, £520,000), Forest Grove (L34, £465,000) and Central Avenue (L34, £397,500).
How much does a new build cost in Prescot?
New homes sold for a median £302,635 over three years, against £195,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Prescot expensive for Merseyside?
Prescot is the 14th 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.