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L40 vs PR9: house prices per square metre compared

L40 (Burscough) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,857 per against £2,301 in PR9 (Banks)PR9 is 19% cheaper per . The figures come from 171 and 514 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

L40

Burscough, Ormskirk

High confidence

£2,857median per m²

Median sale price
£275,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,386 – £3,462
Sales (last 12 months)
244
With a matched floor area
171
Mean floor area (matched sales)
111 m²
Change over 10 years
+44.1%
New-build premium
+20%
All L40 sold prices

PR9

Banks, Southport

High confidence

£2,301median per m²

Median sale price
£207,500
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,740 – £2,857
Sales (last 12 months)
531
With a matched floor area
514
Mean floor area (matched sales)
98 m²
Change over 10 years
+36.6%
New-build premium
+32%
All PR9 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.

L40 compared with PR9
MeasureL40PR9Difference
Median price per m²£2,857£2,301−19%
Median sale price£275,000£207,500−25%
Sales (last 12 months)244531+287
Change over 10 years+44.1%+36.6%−7.5 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 typeL40PR9
Detached£3,211n = 59£2,688n = 85
Semi-detached£2,744n = 70£2,419n = 277
Terraced£2,655n = 30£2,121n = 41
Flat£2,142n = 12£1,753n = 111

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