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Empress Street, BB3

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£62,250
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,544
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
36
Distinct homes
20
Price range
£26,000 – £119,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Empress Street is almost entirely terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £62,250 — roughly 55% below the BB3 norm. On floor area that works out near £1,544 per square metre, in line with the district's £1,554. The street has been outpacing the BB3 trend. With 36 sales across 20 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Empress Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 36 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBB3 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k200520102015202020252001: £37,950 median · 1 sale2002: £35,000 median · 4 sales2003: £42,475 median · 2 sales2004: £51,500 median · 2 sales2005: £57,250 median · 4 sales2006: £77,000 median · 5 sales2008: £95,000 median · 1 sale2010: £64,000 median · 3 sales2014: £62,250 median · 2 sales2016: £63,000 median · 1 sale2017: £52,000 median · 1 sale2018: £71,000 median · 1 sale2019: £51,000 median · 1 sale2020: £56,000 median · 2 sales2022: £86,750 median · 2 sales2023: £92,000 median · 1 sale2024: £109,000 median · 2 sales2025: £119,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the BB3 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Empress Street compares

Empress Street against the BB3 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Earnsdale Road£160k · 45
Sandy Lane£150k · 45
Avondale Road£145k · 39
Harwood Street£137k · 39
Bolton Road£129k · 36
Marsh House Lane£110k · 66
Cemetery Road£110k · 44
Blackburn Road£94k · 56
Olive Lane£80k · 54
Empress Street£62k · 36*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£62,250
median · all recorded sales
BB3 district
£137,500
median · last 8 years · street -55%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Empress Street's £62,250 median sits about 55% below BB3's £137,500; on floor space it runs £1,544/m² against the district's £1,554/m².

Street and BB3 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Empress Street.

Terraced
£62,000
35 sales
Semi-detached
£100,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Empress Street

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
31 Jul 202523 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£119,000
19 Dec 20248 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£108,000
29 Nov 202410 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£110,000
27 Jul 202311 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£92,000
11 Aug 202215 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£90,000
8 Jul 20222 · BB3 0QGnon-standardTerraced—£95,000
25 Feb 20228 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£83,500
29 Jul 202015 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£50,000
26 Jun 202023 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£62,000
11 Jan 201919 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£51,000
5 Jun 201816 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£71,000
2 Feb 20176 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£52,000
22 Jul 201621 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£63,000
10 Oct 201414 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£62,000
3 Oct 201417 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£62,500
15 Jul 201020 · BB3 0QGSemi-detached—£100,000
8 Mar 201010 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£46,500
15 Jan 201013 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£64,000
7 May 20088 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£95,000
27 Nov 200618 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£88,000
21 Nov 200623 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£77,000
17 Nov 20064 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£88,500
28 Feb 200612 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£69,000
27 Feb 200617 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£71,360
11 Aug 20052 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£51,000
11 May 20053 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£52,500
1 Apr 20058 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£68,500
18 Feb 200513 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£62,000
3 Feb 20047 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£49,000
23 Jan 20048 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£54,000
24 Oct 200316 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£44,950
7 Mar 20034 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£40,000
24 Jul 200218 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£36,000
31 May 200217 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£34,000
19 Apr 200218 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£26,000
28 Mar 200212 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£36,950
7 Dec 20015 · BB3 0QGTerraced—£37,950

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in BB3

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BB3 area guide.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.