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BL1 vs BL3: house prices per square metre compared

BL1 (Heaton) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,363 per against £2,353 in BL3 (Little Lever)BL3 is 0% cheaper per . The figures come from 552 and 322 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

BL1

Heaton, Bolton

High confidence

£2,363median per m²

Median sale price
£195,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,785 – £3,136
Sales (last 12 months)
564
With a matched floor area
552
Mean floor area (matched sales)
91 m²
Change over 10 years
+67.4%
All BL1 sold prices

BL3

Little Lever, Bolton

High confidence

£2,353median per m²

Median sale price
£188,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,774 – £3,153
Sales (last 12 months)
417
With a matched floor area
322
Mean floor area (matched sales)
83 m²
Change over 10 years
+94.4%
All BL3 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.

BL1 compared with BL3
MeasureBL1BL3Difference
Median price per m²£2,363£2,353−0%
Median sale price£195,000£188,000−4%
Sales (last 12 months)564417−147
Change over 10 years+67.4%+94.4%+27.0 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 typeBL1BL3
Detached£3,250n = 86£3,218n = 62
Semi-detached£2,868n = 171£2,804n = 90
Terraced£2,047n = 217£1,972n = 147
Flat£1,800n = 78£1,762n = 23

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