FY5 house prices are built from 31,645 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 26 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £115,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +34.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.6%.
Median price paid
£115,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+34.6%
Change in real terms
-3.6%
Median per m²
£1,535
HM Land Registry31,645 sales7,517 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Jun 2026
Section 01
How FY5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median FY5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £50,000 | £111,024 |
| 2000s | 10 | £120,000 | £218,605 |
| 2010s | 10 | £124,000 | £174,840 |
| 2020s | 7 | £173,000 | £176,761 |
The highest yearly median on record for FY5 is £175,000 in 2025; the lowest is £47,995 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £48,950 to £175,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £108,692, so the real change over the whole record is +61.0% — about +1.55% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +34.6% in cash against -3.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 Thornton Gate | 26 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 138 Eastpines Drive | 23 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 18 Oxendale Road | 22 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 32 Hillylaid Road | 18 Jun 2026 | Detached | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 9 Prenton Gardens | 18 Jun 2026 | Detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 26 Burgundy Crescent | 15 Jun 2026 | Detached | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 52 Conway Avenue | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2 Bonney Street | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £146,000 | £146,000 |
| 37 Fernwood Avenue | 11 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 15 Skylark Avenue | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £224,000 | £224,000 |
| 36 Beach Road | 8 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 58 Glenmere Crescent | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 19 Chaucer Avenue | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| 32 Greenfield Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £163,000 | £163,000 |
| 54 Westmorland Avenue | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 13 Allonby Avenue | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 16 Hawthorn Drive | 1 Jun 2026 | Detached | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 34 Redcar Avenue | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| 65 Sandwell Avenue | 1 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £137,500 | £137,500 |
| 3 Ashley Close | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £278,500 | £278,500 |
| 56 Halton Avenue | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 470 North Drive | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £203,500 | £203,500 |
| 6 Allen Close | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £227,000 | £227,000 |
| 5 Wimbledon Avenue | 27 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £181,000 | £181,000 |
| 46A Luton Road | 26 May 2026 | Detached | £293,000 | £293,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to FY5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 Thornton Gate | £109,500 (2002) | £210,000 (2026) | +2.8% | 0.0% |
| 138 Eastpines Drive | £42,500 (1997) | £165,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 18 Oxendale Road | £124,500 (2006) | £205,000 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| 9 Prenton Gardens | £104,500 (1999) | £280,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +1.0% |
| 32 Hillylaid Road | £89,500 (2001) | £285,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 26 Burgundy Crescent | £92,950 (2000) | £240,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +1.0% |
| 52 Conway Avenue | £135,000 (2019) | £195,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +1.4% |
| 2 Bonney Street | £74,950 (2002) | £146,000 (2026) | +2.8% | +0.0% |
| 37 Fernwood Avenue | £55,000 (1996) | £230,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 15 Skylark Avenue | £209,950 (2022) | £224,000 (2026) | +1.6% | -2.0% |
| 36 Beach Road | £35,500 (1995) | £130,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 32 Greenfield Road | £83,500 (2012) | £163,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +1.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. FY5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 17,805 | 56.3% | £113,500 | £1,000 – £565,000 |
| Detached | 7,371 | 23.3% | £172,500 | £2,625 – £1,195,000 |
| Terraced | 3,799 | 12.0% | £95,000 | £10,000 – £634,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2,670 | 8.4% | £70,000 | £485 – £289,950 |
Section 05
How big homes are in FY5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 5,670 certificates cover FY5, and their median floor area is 77 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are about the same size than average — +1.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 77 m² | about 829 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 63 m² | about 678 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 97 m² | about 1,044 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 20.7% | 1,171 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 3.7% | 212 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in FY5
6,497 of the sales on record are leasehold and 25,148 freehold — 20.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £92,000 and the median freehold sale £120,000 — a gap of +30.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 6,497 | 20.5% | £92,000 |
| Freehold | 25,148 | 79.5% | £120,000 |
| New build | 2,279 | 7.2% | £123,995 |
| Existing home | 29,366 | 92.8% | £115,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +7.8%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 1,430 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in FY5
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Blackpool, 28.9% of 96,476 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 8.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 229 | 0.2% |
| B | 3,136 | 3.3% |
| C | 24,552 | 25.4% |
| D | 41,379 | 42.9% |
| E | 19,420 | 20.1% |
| F | 5,686 | 5.9% |
| G | 2,074 | 2.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Blackpool at £710 a month as of Jun 2026 — £495 for a one-bedroom home and £783 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £115,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.41% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of FY5, 188 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 74 violent, 4 burglary, 7 vehicle-related and 34 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 141,036 residents the 2021 census counted in Blackpool, that is 1.33 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around FY5
The 2021 census counted 141,036 residents in Blackpool across 64,783 households. 57.8% of those households own their home and 42.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a FY5 postcode: 10 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millfield Science & Performing Arts College | Secondary | Community school | 877 |
| Anchorsholme Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 595 |
| Norbreck Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 593 |
| Stanah Primary School | Primary | Community school | 369 |
| Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School | Primary | Community school | 286 |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 215 |
| Northfold Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 209 |
| Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 200 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys | Primary | Academy converter | 186 |
| Thornton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 149 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveleys (Blackpool Tramway) | Metro or underground | 1.2 km |
| Cleveleys (Blackpool Tramway) | Tram | 1.2 km |
| West Drive (Blackpool Tramway) | Metro or underground | 1.3 km |
| West Drive (Blackpool Tramway) | Tram | 1.3 km |
Section 09
How FY5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. FY5 sits below that national figure — -27.0%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,535 per square metre, across 7,517 of the 31,645 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £485 to £1,195,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
FY5 sits in Blackpool, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Blackpool at 4.2 times median local earnings of £32,553 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside FY5
- FY5 1£110,000 median
- FY5 2£120,000 median
- FY5 3£109,000 median
- FY5 4£110,000 median
- FY5 5£132,500 median
The closest districts
- FY62.8 km · £143,000
- FY23.5 km · £103,000
- FY74.6 km · £84,000
- FY36.0 km · £88,000
- FY16.9 km · £70,000
- FY49.4 km · £90,000
- FY813.9 km · £152,000
- PR418.1 km · £165,000
This district mostly covers Thornton-cleveleys.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in FY5?
The median price paid in FY5 across every sale on the register is £115,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in FY5?
31,645 sales are on record for FY5, the most recent completing on 26 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have FY5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +34.6% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were FY5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £175,000, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in FY5?
£1,535 per square metre, from the 7,517 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 26 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “FY5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.