L25 5 house prices are built from 1,860 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 29 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £130,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +100.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +43.5%.
Median price paid
£130,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+100.3%
Change in real terms
+43.5%
Median per m²
£1,786
HM Land Registry1,860 sales362 with floor areaLatest sale 29 May 2026
Section 01
How L25 5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median L25 5 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 | £56,350 | £125,124 |
| 2000s | 10 | £127,500 | £232,267 |
| 2010s | 10 | £145,550 | £205,226 |
| 2020s | 7 | £210,000 | £214,565 |
The highest yearly median on record for L25 5 is £291,500 in 2026; the lowest is £52,000 in 1997. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £56,350 to £291,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £125,124, so the real change over the whole record is +133.0% — about +2.77% 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: +100.3% in cash against +43.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Gateacre Rise | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 6 Meadow Hey Close | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 3 Chartmount Way | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £572,000 | £572,000 |
| 41 Cherry Vale | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £246,000 | £246,000 |
| 16 Hillside Drive | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £690,000 | £690,000 |
| 27 Orient Drive | 11 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 6 GRANGEHURST COURT Grange Lane | 8 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £147,900 | £147,900 |
| 3 ASCOT COURT, 18 Woolton Street | 7 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 17 Merrivale Road | 23 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 25 Cambrian Way | 21 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £685,000 | £685,000 |
| 24 Gateacre Vale Road | 16 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £387,500 | £387,500 |
| APARTMENT 17 WOODFORD, 5 Hillside Drive | 9 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £293,000 | £293,000 |
| 4 YORK COTTAGES Grange Lane | 1 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £184,000 | £184,000 |
| 10 Broad Hey Close | 27 Mar 2026 | Detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 16 Grange Weint | 27 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £273,500 | £273,500 |
| 74 Hunts Cross Avenue | 11 Mar 2026 | Detached | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 14 Cherry Vale | 9 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £320,200 | £320,200 |
| 12A YORK COTTAGES Grange Lane | 2 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £193,000 | £193,000 |
| 16 Kingham Close | 20 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| FLAT 23 TURNERS COURT, 59 Halewood Road | 16 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £77,000 | £77,000 |
| 28 Orient Drive | 16 Jan 2026 | Detached | £460,000 | £460,000 |
| 1 KNOTTY CROSS MEWS, 86 Halewood Road | 16 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 101 Whitney Road | 19 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| VELOVA Grange Lane | 17 Dec 2025 | Detached | £505,000 | £515,978 |
| 1 Halewood Way | 9 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £147,000 | £150,196 |
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 L25 5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Meadow Hey Close | £205,000 (2016) | £290,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.1% |
| 5 Gateacre Rise | £85,000 (1995) | £440,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.8% |
| 41 Cherry Vale | £184,950 (2006) | £246,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -1.4% |
| 3 Chartmount Way | £230,000 (2013) | £572,000 (2026) | +7.3% | +4.2% |
| 16 Hillside Drive | £340,000 (2015) | £690,000 (2026) | +6.6% | +3.4% |
| 27 Orient Drive | £92,000 (2001) | £350,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 6 GRANGEHURST COURT Grange Lane | £72,000 (2011) | £147,900 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
| 3 ASCOT COURT, 18 Woolton Street | £118,000 (2014) | £185,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +0.7% |
| 17 Merrivale Road | £30,000 (2002) | £140,000 (2026) | +6.6% | +3.7% |
| 25 Cambrian Way | £234,000 (2020) | £685,000 (2026) | +19.6% | +14.6% |
| 24 Gateacre Vale Road | £177,500 (2006) | £387,500 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.0% |
| 4 YORK COTTAGES Grange Lane | £40,000 (1999) | £184,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. L25 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 534 | 28.7% | £117,500 | £10,400 – £750,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 472 | 25.4% | £91,000 | £1,450 – £499,999 |
| Semi-detached | 458 | 24.6% | £150,000 | £10,000 – £685,000 |
| Detached | 396 | 21.3% | £230,000 | £2,000 – £1,500,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in L25 5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 780 certificates cover L25 5, and their median floor area is 72 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -5.3%. 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 | 72 m² | about 775 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 50 m² | about 538 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 86 m² | about 926 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 34.7% | 271 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 4.4% | 34 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in L25 5
552 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1,308 freehold — 29.7% 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 £90,000 and the median freehold sale £155,250 — a gap of +72.5%. 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 | 552 | 29.7% | £90,000 |
| Freehold | 1,308 | 70.3% | £155,250 |
| New build | 174 | 9.4% | £150,000 |
| Existing home | 1,686 | 90.6% | £125,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +20.0%. 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 91 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 L25 5
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Knowsley, 58.9% of 83,978 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 327 | 0.4% |
| B | 11,832 | 14.1% |
| C | 37,337 | 44.5% |
| D | 24,964 | 29.7% |
| E | 7,221 | 8.6% |
| F | 1,672 | 2.0% |
| G | 625 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Knowsley at £829 a month as of Jun 2026 — £582 for a one-bedroom home and £898 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £130,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.65% 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 L25, 152 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 63 violent, 8 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 18 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 154,519 residents the 2021 census counted in Knowsley, that is 0.98 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 L25 5
The 2021 census counted 154,519 residents in Knowsley across 66,073 households. 60.3% of those households own their home and 39.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
11 state and independent schools have a L25 postcode: 8 primary, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateacre School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,196 |
| St Julie's Catholic High School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 1,018 |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 939 |
| Woolton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 640 |
| Much Woolton Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 402 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 342 |
| Hunts Cross Primary School | Primary | Community school | 328 |
| Belle Vale Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 272 |
| Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton | Primary | Academy converter | 235 |
| Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 224 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hunts Cross Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Liverpool South Parkway Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Liverpool South Parkway Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| West Allerton Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
Section 09
How L25 5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. L25 5 sits below that national figure — -17.5%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,786 per square metre, across 362 of the 1,860 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 £1,450 to £1,500,000. 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.
L25 5 sits in Knowsley, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Knowsley at 5.0 times median local earnings of £39,064 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
Other sectors in L25
- L25 0£145,000 median
- L25 1£126,000 median
- L25 2£101,000 median
- L25 3£123,250 median
- L25 4£244,950 median
- L25 6£176,507 median
- L25 7£167,250 median
- L25 8£162,735 median
- L25 9£126,000 median
The wider district is L25.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in L25 5?
The median price paid in L25 5 across every sale on the register is £130,000. 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 L25 5?
1,860 sales are on record for L25 5, the most recent completing on 29 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have L25 5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +100.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +43.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were L25 5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £291,500, set in 2026. 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 L25 5?
£1,786 per square metre, from the 362 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 29 May 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, “L25 5 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.