Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Wirral (CH49 0)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Wirral (CH49 0).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Wirral 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. 104a, Ford Road, Wirral, sold for £81,000 on Jul-2023. Given the internal area of 62 square metres, the price per sqm is £1,306.

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. £1,900-£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 58 sales in Wirral (CH49 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 Wirral (CH49 0). Of the 58 transactions, half were sold for between £2,060 and £2,740 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £2,740m². 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 'CH49 0' is £2,420. The table below shows how 'CH49 0' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CH49 1 Greasby	£2,590m2	£2,910m2	£3,220m2
CH49 6 Upton	£2,170m2	£2,660m2	£2,900m2
CH49 9 Wirral	£1,440m2	£1,690m2	£1,840m2
CH49 0 Wirral	£2,060m2	£2,420m2	£2,740m2
CH49 5 Wirral	£1,440m2	£1,870m2	£2,280m2
CH49 8 Upton	£1,380m2	£1,630m2	£1,750m2
CH49 3 Greasby	£2,570m2	£3,190m2	£3,790m2
CH49 4 Upton	£2,220m2	£2,730m2	£3,070m2
CH49 2 Greasby	£2,400m2	£2,810m2	£3,300m2
CH49 7 Woodchurch	£1,610m2	£1,700m2	£1,920m2

Will Wirral 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 CH49 0 (Wirral). 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 CH49 0 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

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

Price map for Wirral

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 Wirral. 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 Wirral

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Slingsby Drive, Wirral, CH49 0T	88m2	£2,300	11
Mavis Drive, Wirral, CH49 0U	106m2	£1,954	9
Ford Road, Wirral, CH49 0T	130m2	£2,230	8
Arrowe Park Road, Wirral, CH49 0U	83m2	£1,823	8
Denny Close, Wirral, CH49 0X	79m2	£2,514	7
Rake Lane, Wirral, CH49 0U	83m2	£2,077	6
Garfield Terrace, Wirral, CH49 0T	85m2	£1,926	5
Arkill Gardens, Wirral, CH49 0W	109m2	£2,859	5

Search for your street here.

New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	New build sales
Atholl Duncan Drive, Wirral, CH49 0W	98m2	£2,552	10

Atholl Duncan Drive, Wirral, CH49 0W has seen 10 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £238,365). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 98 m2, with an average price of £2,552 m2. This £sqm average is £132 above the average for CH49 0. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium so this is normal.

Raw data

Our analysis of Wirral 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
104a, Ford Rd, Wirral	£81,000 Jul-2023	62	1,306
2, Garfield Terrace, Wirral	£158,000 Jul-2023	67	2,358
15, Atholl Duncan Drive, Wirral	£300,000 Jul-2023	89	3,370

See the entire list of all sales in Wirral (CH49 0) here.