Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Burnley (BB12 0)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Burnley (BB12 0).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Burnley is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 12, Smith Street, Burnley, Padiham, sold for £50,000 on Oct-2023. Given the internal area of 66 square metres, the price per sqm is £757.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £1,800-£2,000, £2,000-£2,200, £2,200-£2,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 216 sales in Burnley (BB12 0) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Burnley (BB12 0). Of the 216 transactions, half were sold for between £1,020 and £2,480 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £2,480m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'BB12 0' is £1,990. The table below shows how 'BB12 0' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BB12 7 Padiham	£1,040m2	£1,440m2	£2,350m2
BB12 0 Burnley	£1,020m2	£1,990m2	£2,480m2
BB12 6 Burnley	£980m2	£1,230m2	£1,840m2
BB12 8 Padiham	£1,010m2	£1,430m2	£2,100m2
BB12 9 Fence	£2,390m2	£2,690m2	£3,070m2

Will Burnley house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for BB12 0 (Burnley). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for BB12 0 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Burnley and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Burnley data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Burnley

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Burnley. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Burnley

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Ightenhill Park Lane, Burnley, BB12 0L	135m2	£1,851	23
Lower Manor Lane, Burnley, BB12 0E	91m2	£2,032	22
The Spinney, Burnley, BB12 0P	76m2	£2,446	16
Westwood Road, Burnley, BB12 0H	75m2	£2,446	16
The Moorings, Burnley, BB12 0T	74m2	£2,475	15
Hargrove Avenue, Burnley, BB12 0J	73m2	£1,787	15
Padiham Road, Burnley, BB12 0H	92m2	£957	15
Foxcroft, Burnley, BB12 0E	75m2	£2,220	14

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Burnley is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	m2	£/m2
12, Smith St, Burnley, Padiham	£50,000 Oct-2023	66	757
20, Lark St, Burnley, Padiham	£51,000 Sep-2023	77	662
23, Harefield Rise, Burnley, Padiham	£235,000 Sep-2023	90	2,611

See the entire list of all sales in Burnley (BB12 0) here.