House prices in BB3 0 (Lower Darwen)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BB3 0' (Lower Darwen, Darwen) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'BB3 0'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BB3 0", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Lower Darwen.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Lower Darwen 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. 491, Blackburn Road, Lower Darwen, Darwen, sold for £75,000 on Jul-2024. Given the internal area of 79 square metres, the price per sqm is £949.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters 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. £1,900-£2,000, £2,000-£2,100, £2,100-£2,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 184 sales in Lower Darwen (BB3 0) that took place in the last two years.

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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.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Lower Darwen (BB3 0). Of the 184 transactions, half were sold for between £1,290 and £2,360 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BB3 0' is £1,640. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £2,360 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Lower Darwen, Darwen

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Darwen. 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.

House price heatmap for Lower Darwen, Darwen

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BB3 0' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BB3 0 Lower Darwen	£1,290 sqm	£1,640 sqm	£2,360 sqm
BB3 1 Darwen	£1,020 sqm	£1,400 sqm	£1,880 sqm
BB3 2 Darwen	£1,180 sqm	£1,560 sqm	£2,090 sqm
BB3 3 Darwen	£1,160 sqm	£1,640 sqm	£2,400 sqm

Will Darwen 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 chart below for BB3 0 (Lower Darwen) compared with both the wider area BB3 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Darwen to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Darwen 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.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
Blackburn Road, Lower Darwen, BB3 0A	93 sqm	£1,037	18
Sandy Lane, Lower Darwen, BB3 0P	97 sqm	£1,693	17
Olive Lane, Lower Darwen, BB3 0E	76 sqm	£990	15
Delphinium Way, Lower Darwen, BB3 0S	79 sqm	£2,277	14
Lynwood Avenue, Lower Darwen, BB3 0J	88 sqm	£1,140	14
Aintree Drive, Lower Darwen, BB3 0Q	74 sqm	£2,409	14
Milking Lane, Lower Darwen, BB3 0R	106 sqm	£2,057	13
Birch Hall Avenue, Lower Darwen, BB3 0J	76 sqm	£1,460	12

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Raw data

Our analysis of Lower Darwen 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	sqm	£/sqm
491, Blackburn Rd, Lower Darwen, Darwen	£75,000 Jul-2024	79	949
41, Newton St, Lower Darwen, Darwen	£74,000 Jul-2024	92	804
2, Robin Bank Rd, Lower Darwen, Darwen	£75,000 Jul-2024	66	1,136

See the entire list of all sales in Lower Darwen (BB3 0) here.