L23 house prices are built from 13,983 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £162,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +36.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -2.0%.
Median price paid
£162,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+36.8%
Change in real terms
-2.0%
Median per m²
£1,885
HM Land Registry13,983 sales2,152 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How L23 prices moved
The chart tracks the median L23 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 | £59,995 | £133,217 |
| 2000s | 10 | £159,225 | £290,061 |
| 2010s | 10 | £180,000 | £253,800 |
| 2020s | 7 | £265,000 | £270,761 |
The highest yearly median on record for L23 is £294,500 in 2025; the lowest is £55,500 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £55,500 to £260,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £123,236, so the real change over the whole record is +111.0% — about +2.44% 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: +36.8% in cash against -2.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Halifax Crescent | 19 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 9 Carrfield Avenue | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £179,000 | £179,000 |
| 45 Jubilee Road | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £177,300 | £177,300 |
| 20 Sherwood Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £307,500 | £307,500 |
| 3A Ivanhoe Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 24 Wylva Avenue | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £307,500 | £307,500 |
| 20 Vermont Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| FLAT 1 the KNOWLES, 2 Blundellsands Road West | 10 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £203,248 | £203,248 |
| 26A Rossett Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £352,000 | £352,000 |
| 114 Woodend Avenue | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 39 Brookfield Avenue | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 43 Rosedale Avenue | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £250,500 | £250,500 |
| 132 Chesterfield Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 11 ELSINORE COURT Abbotsford Road | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £186,000 | £186,000 |
| FLAT 14 SANDHURST Blundellsands Road East | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 74 Riverslea Road | 28 May 2026 | Terraced | £266,000 | £266,000 |
| 31 Lupton Drive | 26 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £251,000 | £251,000 |
| 6 Virgins Lane | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 53 Moor Lane | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 30 Brenda Crescent | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £366,500 | £366,500 |
| 10 Chellow Dene | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 57 Ronaldsway | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| 3 Thornfield Road | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 91 Alexandra Road | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £267,000 | £267,000 |
| 5 Hillary Drive | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £160,000 | £160,000 |
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 L23 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Jubilee Road | £122,950 (2007) | £177,300 (2026) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| 44 Halifax Crescent | £58,000 (1997) | £250,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 24 Wylva Avenue | £117,000 (2003) | £307,500 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 20 Vermont Road | £153,500 (2007) | £185,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.9% |
| 3A Ivanhoe Road | £350,000 (2015) | £550,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.0% |
| 26A Rossett Road | £49,950 (1995) | £352,000 (2026) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 114 Woodend Avenue | £205,000 (2022) | £260,000 (2026) | +6.1% | +2.3% |
| FLAT 14 SANDHURST Blundellsands Road East | £41,000 (1995) | £185,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 11 ELSINORE COURT Abbotsford Road | £57,000 (1995) | £186,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| 43 Rosedale Avenue | £27,000 (2004) | £250,500 (2026) | +10.7% | +7.6% |
| 39 Brookfield Avenue | £60,000 (1995) | £280,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 74 Riverslea Road | £40,000 (1997) | £266,000 (2026) | +6.8% | +4.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. L23 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 | 7,449 | 53.3% | £170,000 | £3,700 – £900,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2,540 | 18.2% | £120,000 | £10,000 – £550,000 |
| Detached | 2,124 | 15.2% | £315,000 | £653 – £2,125,000 |
| Terraced | 1,870 | 13.4% | £127,000 | £12,000 – £740,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in L23
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 3,301 certificates cover L23, and their median floor area is 87 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +14.5%. 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 | 87 m² | about 936 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 67 m² | about 721 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 120 m² | about 1,292 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 17.9% | 591 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 13.9% | 459 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in L23
3,857 of the sales on record are leasehold and 10,126 freehold — 27.6% 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 £142,000 and the median freehold sale £170,000 — a gap of +19.7%. 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 | 3,857 | 27.6% | £142,000 |
| Freehold | 10,126 | 72.4% | £170,000 |
| New build | 689 | 4.9% | £249,995 |
| Existing home | 13,294 | 95.1% | £159,950 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +56.3%. 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 650 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 L23
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Sefton, 39.6% of 142,149 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 481 | 0.3% |
| B | 11,559 | 8.1% |
| C | 44,235 | 31.1% |
| D | 53,974 | 38.0% |
| E | 23,722 | 16.7% |
| F | 6,022 | 4.2% |
| G | 2,156 | 1.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Sefton at £932 a month as of Jun 2026 — £618 for a one-bedroom home and £986 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £162,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.90% 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 L23, 167 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 79 violent, 7 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 21 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 279,233 residents the 2021 census counted in Sefton, that is 0.60 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 L23
The 2021 census counted 279,233 residents in Sefton across 123,073 households. 67.3% of those households own their home and 32.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a L23 postcode: 9 primary, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,692 |
| Holy Family Catholic High School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 1,012 |
| Great Crosby Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 725 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 613 |
| St Michaels Church of England Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 547 |
| Ursuline Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 408 |
| Forefield Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 362 |
| Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School | Primary | Academy converter | 318 |
| St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 234 |
| St William of York Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 234 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Blundellsands & Crosby Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Hall Road Rail Station | Rail | 1.9 km |
| Seaforth & Litherland Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
| Hightown Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
Section 09
How L23 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. L23 sits above that national figure — +2.9%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,885 per square metre, across 2,152 of the 13,983 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 £653 to £2,125,000. 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.
L23 sits in Sefton, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Sefton at 7.0 times median local earnings of £33,028 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 L23
- L23 0£153,500 median
- L23 1£151,975 median
- L23 2£175,000 median
- L23 3£150,000 median
- L23 4£240,000 median
- L23 5£132,500 median
- L23 6£159,973 median
- L23 7£185,400 median
- L23 8£280,000 median
- L23 9£154,250 median
The closest districts
- L204.8 km · £64,000
- L316.2 km · £150,000
- CH457.2 km · £113,000
- L377.7 km · £205,000
- L39.6 km · £130,000
- L1210.5 km · £112,950
- CH4611.3 km · £115,000
- L3911.4 km · £168,080
This district mostly covers Liverpool.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in L23?
The median price paid in L23 across every sale on the register is £162,000. 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 L23?
13,983 sales are on record for L23, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have L23 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +36.8% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -2.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were L23 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £294,500, 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 L23?
£1,885 per square metre, from the 2,152 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 19 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, “L23 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.