Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Langho (BB6 8)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Langho (BB6 8).


Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Langho 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. 2 Belfry Mansions, St Andrews Road, Langho, Great Harwood, sold for £210,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 97 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,164.

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. £3,800-£4,000, £4,000-£4,200, £4,200-£4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 90 sales in Langho (BB6 8) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Langho (BB6 8)
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Langho

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 Langho (BB6 8). Of the 90 transactions, half were sold for between £2,340 and £3,240 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,240m2. 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 'BB6 8' is £2,850. The table below shows how 'BB6 8' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
BB6 7 Great Harwood £970m2 £1,310m2 £2,010m2
BB6 8 Langho £2,340m2 £2,850m2 £3,240m2

Will Langho 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 BB6 8 (Langho). 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 BB6 8 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Price per square metre in Langho (BB6 8) over time
House price trends for Langho

Hover on any blue dot to see details of specific sales

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Langho 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 Langho data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Langho

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 Langho. 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.

Property price heatmap for Langho
House price heatmap for Langho

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 Recent sales
Hillcrest Road, Langho, BB6 8E 84m2 £3,019 19
Whalley Road, Langho, BB6 8E 91m2 £2,271 16
The Rydings, Langho, BB6 8B 169m2 £2,445 15
Moorland Road, Langho, BB6 8H 84m2 £2,769 11
Dickens Court, Langho, BB6 8H 125m2 £1,866 9
Bradyll Court, Langho, BB6 8A 134m2 £2,959 9
Highwoods Park, Langho, BB6 8H 202m2 £2,664 8
York Lane, Langho, BB6 8D 115m2 £3,210 8

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Langho 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
2 Belfry Mansions, St Andrews Rd, Langho, Great Harwood £210,000
Sep-2023
97 2,164
10, Portland Rd, Langho, Great Harwood £330,000
Sep-2023
139 2,374
75, The Rydings, Langho, Great Harwood £370,000
Aug-2023
112 3,303

See the entire list of all sales in Langho (BB6 8) here.

About

HouseMetric is a hobby, created out of a desire to see data and analysis not present on any free to use website. It is still a work in progress and I'll add more stuff in the near future.