House prices in BL6 6 (Horwich)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BL6 6' (Horwich) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'BL6 6'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BL6 6", 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 Horwich.

You can click on the map labels to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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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 Horwich 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. 17, Higherbrook Close, Horwich, sold for £410,000 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 129 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,178.

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. £2,350-£2,500, £2,500-£2,650, £2,650-£2,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 196 sales in Horwich (BL6 6) 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.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Horwich (BL6 6). Of the 196 transactions, half were sold for between £1,980 and £2,970 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BL6 6' is £2,470. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £2,970 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 Horwich

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 Horwich. 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 Horwich

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BL6 6' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BL6 7 Horwich	£1,760 sqm	£2,090 sqm	£2,580 sqm
BL6 6 Horwich	£1,980 sqm	£2,470 sqm	£2,970 sqm
BL6 4 Lostock	£2,310 sqm	£2,800 sqm	£3,380 sqm
BL6 5 Horwich	£1,760 sqm	£2,220 sqm	£2,950 sqm

Will Horwich 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 BL6 6 (Horwich) compared with both the wider area BL6 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 Horwich 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 Horwich 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
Lowerbrook Close, Horwich, BL6 6S	63 sqm	£2,955	17
Bottom O Th Moor, Horwich, BL6 6Q	90 sqm	£2,538	13
Napier Drive, Horwich, BL6 6F	67 sqm	£2,550	12
Higherbrook Close, Horwich, BL6 6S	111 sqm	£2,852	12
Chorley New Road, Horwich, BL6 6E	94 sqm	£1,499	11
Dale Street West, Horwich, BL6 6J	58 sqm	£1,576	11
Church Street, Horwich, BL6 6A	89 sqm	£1,848	11
Stocks Park Drive, Horwich, BL6 6D	59 sqm	£2,056	11

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Raw data

Our analysis of Horwich 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
17, Higherbrook Close, Horwich	£410,000 May-2024	129	3,178
31 Victoria Court, Stocks Park Drive, Horwich	£110,000 May-2024	48	2,291
19, Sandringham Rd, Horwich	£250,000 Apr-2024	82	3,048

See the entire list of all sales in Horwich (BL6 6) here.