House prices in LA5 8 (Bolton Le Sands)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'LA5 8' (Bolton Le Sands) - statistics were last calculated on 04 October 2024.


Defining 'LA5 8'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "LA5 8", 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 Bolton Le Sands.

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

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

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Bolton Le Sands 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, St Nicholas Crescent, Bolton Le Sands, sold for £310,000 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 142 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,183.

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. £2,800-£3,000, £3,000-£3,200, £3,200-£3,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 74 sales in Bolton Le Sands (LA5 8) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Bolton Le Sands
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Bolton Le Sands

Generate a custom chart like the one above but based on your own criteria.

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 Bolton Le Sands (LA5 8). Of the 74 transactions, half were sold for between £2,350 and £3,490 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'LA5 8' is £2,950. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,490 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 Bolton Le Sands

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 Bolton Le Sands. 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.

Property price heatmap for Bolton Le Sands
House price heatmap for Bolton Le Sands

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'LA5 8' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
LA5 8 Bolton Le Sands £2,350 sqm £2,950 sqm £3,490 sqm
LA5 9 Carnforth £1,900 sqm £2,310 sqm £2,930 sqm
LA5 0 Arnside £3,240 sqm £3,570 sqm £4,120 sqm

Will Bolton Le Sands 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 LA5 8 (Bolton Le Sands) compared with both the wider area LA5 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Historic price per square metre in Bolton Le Sands,Bolton Le Sands
House price trends for Bolton Le Sands

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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.

Most recent LA5 8 sales
Recent trends for Bolton Le Sands

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 Bolton Le Sands 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 Bolton Le Sands 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
Sunnybank Road, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8H 80 sqm £2,780 14
Slyne Road, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8A 114 sqm £2,623 13
Greenwood Avenue, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8A 99 sqm £2,614 11
Main Road, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8D 101 sqm £3,050 11
Lowlands Road, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8H 76 sqm £2,638 10
Easedale Close, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8L 95 sqm £2,416 10
Church Brow, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8D 95 sqm £2,369 9
Merefell Road, Bolton Le Sands, LA5 8E 71 sqm £3,183 9

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Raw data

Our analysis of Bolton Le Sands 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
12, St Nicholas Crescent, Bolton Le Sands £310,000
May-2024
142 2,183
21, Westfield Drive, Bolton Le Sands £238,000
May-2024
94 2,531
4, Town End, Bolton Le Sands £162,000
Apr-2024
57 2,842

See the entire list of all sales in Bolton Le Sands (LA5 8) here.

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