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CH42, Birkenhead, Wirral

Postcode district in Wirral · 959 sales in the last 24 months, 659 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£1,680659 sales · £156 per sq ft · up 7.9% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in CH42 are up 7.9% on a year ago, at a median of £1,680 (£156 per sq ft).

Half of the 659 counted sales were between £1,370 and £2,140 per square metre, and the median price paid was £155,000. HM Land Registry records 16,800 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£155,000
£ per m², middle half£1,370 to £2,140
Sales, 24 months959659 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area88 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached45£2,430£1,950–2,930£480,000
Flat or maisonette49£1,510£1,250–1,890£97,500
Semi-detached226£2,010£1,670–2,400£195,000
Terraced339£1,510£1,290–1,770£130,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in CH42 by quarter, up 7.9% on a year ago
1,5501,7251,900£1,9002024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
3501,0851,820£1,82019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in CH42

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Borough Road24£2,140
Old Chester Road22£1,450
Woodchurch Road22—
Mount Road20£1,910
Bebington Road18£2,070
Merlin Road18£1,550
Bedford Road17—
Elmswood Road13—
Prenton Lane13—
Rocky Bank Road12—
Briardale Road11—
Fountain Street11—
Parkside Road11—
Singleton Avenue11—
Baytree Road10—
Everest Road10—
Gorsefield Road10—
Larch Road10—
Moorland Road10—
Rock Lane West10—
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026195£168,000£1,820
2025385£150,000£1,630
2024300£145,000£1,570
2023344£135,000£1,530
2022411£133,000£1,490
2021442£127,000£1,370
2020287£112,500£1,200
2019356£117,300£1,230
2018461£115,000£1,250
2017421£112,000£1,250
2016406£103,400£1,100
2015327£97,500£1,080
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 88 m² · change on a year ago +7.9% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.