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Halton house price trends

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

Halton 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 Halton, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £180,000 — it rose 2.9% on the year before. That reflects 1,428 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £347,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £95,000. Over the past year, other homes moved the most (+18.5%). New-build homes were 0.3% 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.

£180,000
Median sold price (12m)
+2.9%
Year-on-year change
1,428
Sales in last 12 months
£178,052
Average, all time (2015–2026)

Median sold price by year

202120222023202420252026£150k£180k

New-build share of sales

3.7%20228.5%20237.4%20245.3%20250.3%2026

Median price by property type (last 12 months)

TypeMedian12-month changeSales
Terraced£135,000+9.5%551
Semi-detached£208,000+4%448
Detached£347,000+0.6%315
Flat/Maisonette£95,000+11.6%80
Other£205,000+18.5%34

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

Annual price change by postcode district

District20222023202420252026Median
WA7+8.7%+2.6%-4.5%+6.7%+3.1%£165,000
WA8+3.2%-3.1%+12.9%+2.9%+2.8%£185,000

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 0.3% 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 Halton, by 12-month change

Town12-mo changeMedian
Runcorn+3.1%£165,000
Widnes+2.8%£185,000

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 Halton received 261 planning applications in the year to 2026 Q1, -6% 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.