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BB5 vs BB6: house prices per square metre compared

BB6 (Great Harwood) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,731 per against £1,609 in BB5 (Oswaldtwistle)BB5 is 41% cheaper per . The figures come from 50 and 447 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

BB5

Oswaldtwistle, Accrington

High confidence

£1,609median per m²

Median sale price
£140,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,098 – £2,535
Sales (last 12 months)
680
With a matched floor area
447
Mean floor area (matched sales)
89 m²
Change over 10 years
+69.6%
All BB5 sold prices

BB6

Great Harwood, Blackburn

Low confidence

£2,731median per m²

Median sale price
£181,500
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,156 – £3,305
Sales (last 12 months)
194
With a matched floor area
50
Mean floor area (matched sales)
106 m²
Change over 10 years
+48.0%
All BB6 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

BB5 compared with BB6
MeasureBB5BB6Difference
Median price per m²£1,609£2,731+70%
Median sale price£140,000£181,500+30%
Sales (last 12 months)680194−486
Change over 10 years+69.6%+48.0%−21.6 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeBB5BB6
Detached£2,717n = 56£2,865n = 21
Semi-detached£2,461n = 112£2,849n = 14
Terraced£1,262n = 268£2,022n = 14
Flat£1,431n = 11

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