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Blackburn With Darwen house price trends

How house prices are moving across Blackburn With Darwen, from all UK property sales, median-based.

Blackburn With Darwen market analysis

Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.

Across Blackburn With Darwen, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £152,500 — it fell 8.7% on the year before. That reflects 1,834 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £305,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £86,000. Over the past year, flat/maisonette homes moved the most (-25.2%). Within Blackburn With Darwen, the BB1 district saw the strongest recent growth (+2%) and BB3 the softest (-13%).

New-build homes were 0.2% of recent sales, a share that is falling.

These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.

£152,500
Median sold price (12m)
-8.7%
Year-on-year change
1,834
Sales in last 12 months
£155,578
Average, all time (2015–2026)

Median sold price by year

202120222023202420252026£130k£145k

New-build share of sales

14%202216.9%202314.6%202413%20250.2%2026

Median price by property type (last 12 months)

TypeMedian12-month changeSales
Terraced£118,000+0%923
Semi-detached£190,000+2.7%436
Detached£305,000+3.4%309
Flat/Maisonette£86,000-25.2%84
Other£258,000+14.9%82

Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.

Annual price change by postcode district

District20222023202420252026Median
BB1+6.8%-3.4%+7.1%-1.7%+1.7%£150,000
BB2+2.3%+9.8%+9.6%+6.3%-11.2%£151,000
BB3+9.8%+3.3%+5.8%+0%-13.3%£130,000
BL7-10.3%+6.6%-11.8%+33.2%-6%£358,750

Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.

Development activity

New-build homes were 0.2% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.

How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.

Towns in Blackburn With Darwen, by 12-month change

Town12-mo changeMedian
Blackburn-6.2%£150,000
Darwen-13.3%£130,000

Median sold price over the last 12 months and its change on the year before. Tap a town for its full breakdown.

Planning activity

Councils across Blackburn With Darwen received 622 planning applications in the year to 2026 Q1, -1% on the year before — a marker of how much development is in the pipeline, not a price forecast.

Source: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1), Open Government Licence.

Source: sold prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (updated monthly; the most recent 1–2 months are provisional). Median-based; figures track the mix of what sold, not a like-for-like index.