Goldfinch Drive, Preston house prices are built from 135 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2007 and the most recent on 14 Jul 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £182,000. Across the 13 years from 2010 to 2023 the median moved +5.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -28.6%.
Median price paid
£182,000
Change in cash, 2010–2023
+5.6%
Change in real terms
-28.6%
HM Land Registry135 salesLatest sale 14 Jul 2025
Section 01
How Goldfinch Drive, Preston prices moved
The chart tracks the median Goldfinch Drive, Preston house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2007 to 2023. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | £172,750 | £314,700 |
| 2010s | 3 | £203,500 | £286,935 |
| 2020s | 4 | £152,625 | £155,943 |
The highest yearly median on record for Goldfinch Drive, Preston is £269,950 in 2019; the lowest is £108,423 in 2007. Across the full 17-year record the cash median has moved from £108,423 to £190,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £188,503, so the real change over the whole record is +8.9% — about +0.53% 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: +5.6% in cash against -28.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 14 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £217,000 | £221,717 |
| 48 | 3 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £225,000 | £229,891 |
| 4 | 25 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £228,500 | £233,467 |
| 21 | 7 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £86,848 |
| 4 | 29 Nov 2024 | Detached | £321,500 | £338,295 |
| 27 | 21 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £122,550 | £128,952 |
| 5 Swallow Court | 16 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £113,000 | £118,903 |
| 8 | 17 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £238,000 | £250,433 |
| 6 | 4 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £220,000 | £237,701 |
| 23 | 26 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £110,747 |
| 3 Swallow Court | 29 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £124,253 |
| 50 | 18 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 38 | 12 May 2023 | Terraced | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| 11 | 27 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £222,500 | £240,402 |
| 43 | 13 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £190,250 | £220,421 |
| 6 Swallow Court | 5 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £133,237 |
| 11 | 30 Jun 2022 | Detached | £345,000 | £399,712 |
| 27 | 31 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £133,237 |
| 20 | 27 May 2022 | Detached | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 29 | 7 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £96,500 | £111,804 |
| 30 | 17 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| 2 Swallow Court | 10 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| 18 | 30 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £246,371 |
| 19 | 25 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £118,000 | £149,086 |
| 26 | 19 May 2021 | Terraced | £185,000 | £233,737 |
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 Goldfinch Drive, Preston values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 Goldfinch Drive | £176,950 (2020) | £217,000 (2025) | +4.2% | -0.7% |
| 48 Goldfinch Drive | £264,000 (2007) | £225,000 (2025) | -0.9% | -3.8% |
| 4 Goldfinch Drive | £180,000 (2010) | £228,500 (2025) | +1.6% | -1.4% |
| 21 Goldfinch Drive | £124,950 (2006) | £85,000 (2025) | -2.0% | -4.8% |
| 27 Goldfinch Drive | £167,950 (2019) | £122,550 (2024) | -6.1% | -10.1% |
| 5 SWALLOW COURT Goldfinch Drive | £124,100 (2008) | £113,000 (2024) | -0.6% | -3.4% |
| 8 Goldfinch Drive | £173,000 (2009) | £238,000 (2024) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| 6 Goldfinch Drive | £169,500 (2009) | £220,000 (2023) | +1.9% | -1.1% |
| 23 Goldfinch Drive | £138,700 (2006) | £102,500 (2023) | -1.8% | -4.6% |
| 3 SWALLOW COURT Goldfinch Drive | £134,900 (2007) | £115,000 (2023) | -1.0% | -3.9% |
| 50 Goldfinch Drive | £225,000 (2020) | £250,000 (2023) | +3.6% | -2.5% |
| 38 Goldfinch Drive | £82,845 (2007) | £160,000 (2023) | +4.2% | +1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Goldfinch Drive, Preston 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 | 61 | 45.2% | £180,000 | £67,000 – £800,000 |
| Detached | 33 | 24.4% | £269,950 | £220,000 – £345,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 24 | 17.8% | £122,550 | £85,000 – £145,000 |
| Semi-detached | 17 | 12.6% | £178,500 | £167,950 – £232,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Goldfinch Drive, Preston
82 of the sales on record are leasehold and 53 freehold — 60.7% 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 £175,000 and the median freehold sale £264,950 — a gap of +51.4%. 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 | 82 | 60.7% | £175,000 |
| Freehold | 53 | 39.3% | £264,950 |
| New build | 52 | 38.5% | £249,950 |
| Existing home | 83 | 61.5% | £180,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +38.9%. 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 12 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 Goldfinch Drive, Preston
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Fylde, 38.6% of 46,027 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 6.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 247 | 0.5% |
| B | 6,534 | 14.2% |
| C | 10,982 | 23.9% |
| D | 17,604 | 38.2% |
| E | 7,917 | 17.2% |
| F | 2,071 | 4.5% |
| G | 672 | 1.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Fylde at £864 a month as of Jun 2026 — £606 for a one-bedroom home and £938 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £182,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.70% 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.
No street-level crime was published for PR3 in Jun 2026 by Lancashire. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Goldfinch Drive, Preston
The 2021 census counted 81,374 residents in Fylde across 37,606 households. 72.4% of those households own their home and 27.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
34 state and independent schools have a PR3 postcode: 29 primary, 4 secondary, 1 16 plus. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton High School | Secondary | Community school | 932 |
| Longridge High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 810 |
| Garstang Community Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 750 |
| St Cecilia's RC High School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 581 |
| Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 378 |
| Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 257 |
| Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge | Primary | Academy converter | 235 |
| Garstang Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 202 |
| Barnacre Road Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 201 |
| Longridge Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 200 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Salwick Rail Station | Rail | 11.4 km |
| Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station | Rail | 13.9 km |
| Bamber Bridge Rail Station | Rail | 16.0 km |
| Poulton-le-Fylde Rail Station | Rail | 17.9 km |
Section 09
How Goldfinch Drive, Preston compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Goldfinch Drive, Preston sits above that national figure — +15.6%.
Within Preston the street ranks 1242 of 3749 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £125,000 (+45.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £67,000 to £800,000. 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.
Goldfinch Drive, Preston sits in Fylde, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Fylde at 5.4 times median local earnings of £45,127 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
Streets nearby
- Garstang Road£179,950 median
- Whittingham Lane£220,000 median
- Moss Lane£170,000 median
- Lancaster Road£185,000 median
- Mersey Street£85,000 median
- Derby Road£111,600 median
- Raikes Road£72,725 median
- The Avenue£140,000 median
- Green Lane£134,000 median
- Bluebell Way£179,995 median
- Green Drive£188,000 median
- Higher Road£155,000 median
- Church Lane£182,500 median
- Inglewhite Road£138,750 median
- Hillcrest Avenue£116,500 median
- High Street£190,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 4 Goldfinch Drive6 sales
- 18 Goldfinch Drive6 sales
- 11 Goldfinch Drive4 sales
- 26 Goldfinch Drive4 sales
- 1 Goldfinch Drive4 sales
- 7 Goldfinch Drive4 sales
- 36 Goldfinch Drive4 sales
- 21 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 27 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 8 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 6 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 3, SWALLOW COURT Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 38 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 20 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 29 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 30 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 19 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 16 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 22 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 24 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 3 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 2 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 12 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
- 5 Goldfinch Drive3 sales
Back to Preston house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Goldfinch Drive, Preston?
The median price paid in Goldfinch Drive, Preston across every sale on the register is £182,000. 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 Goldfinch Drive, Preston?
135 sales are on record for Goldfinch Drive, Preston, the most recent completing on 14 Jul 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Goldfinch Drive, Preston house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +5.6% between 2010 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -28.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Goldfinch Drive, Preston house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £269,950, set in 2019. 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 Goldfinch Drive, Preston?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 14 Jul 2025. 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, “Goldfinch Drive, Preston 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.