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Empress Street, BB5

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

Median sold price
£34,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£644
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
52
Distinct homes
34
Price range
£9,000 – £120,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Empress Street is a street almost entirely of terraced houses. The median sale price is £34,000, about 72% below the typical BB5 sale. The street has been outpacing the BB5 trend. With 52 sales across 34 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 52 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBB5 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k200520102015202020252001: £9,000 median · 5 sales2002: £19,500 median · 3 sales2003: £16,000 median · 8 sales2004: £32,500 median · 7 sales2005: £68,750 median · 2 sales2006: £60,000 median · 2 sales2007: £55,000 median · 2 sales2008: £76,500 median · 4 sales2011: £53,500 median · 2 sales2012: £64,000 median · 3 sales2013: £46,000 median · 2 sales2014: £48,500 median · 2 sales2016: £23,000 median · 2 sales2017: £47,500 median · 2 sales2018: £39,500 median · 2 sales2023: £50,000 median · 1 sale2025: £63,000 median · 3 sales

Median sold price by year vs the BB5 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 BB5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Manchester Road£149k · 113
Blackburn Road£125k · 142
New Lane£123k · 63
Burnley Road£122k · 109
Dill Hall Lane£119k · 96
Whalley Road£116k · 132
Roe Greave Road£105k · 53
Avenue Parade£90k · 60
Stanley Street£78k · 83
Empress Street£34k · 52*

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
£34,000
median · all recorded sales
BB5 district
£121,500
median · last 8 years · street -72%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Empress Street's £34,000 median sits about 72% below BB5's £121,500.

Street and BB5 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.

Every recorded sale on Empress Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
8 Dec 2025100 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£63,000
31 Oct 202513 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£85,000
29 Oct 2025100 · BB5 1SGnon-standardTerraced—£51,000
20 Jun 20259 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£56,000
1 Dec 202332 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£50,000
13 Aug 201894 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£45,000
25 May 201842 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£34,000
20 Jan 201713 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£45,000
6 Jan 201715 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£50,000
8 Dec 201660 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£20,000
24 Jun 201644 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£26,000
1 Jul 201434 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£32,000
21 Feb 201417 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£65,000
5 Jun 201317 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£70,000
16 Apr 201352 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£22,000
14 Jun 201260 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£47,000
1 Jun 201270 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£64,000
9 Feb 201264 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£65,000
30 Sept 201131 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£73,000
21 Jul 201128 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£34,000
25 Sept 200817 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£50,000
11 Aug 200880 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£120,000
8 Apr 200827 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£76,000
20 Mar 200833 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£77,000
5 Sept 200756 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£60,000
25 Jun 200782 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£50,000
27 Oct 200621 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£65,000
12 Jul 200636 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£55,000
1 Dec 200531 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£27,500
9 Sept 200580 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£110,000
20 Dec 200439 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£46,000
1 Dec 200472 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£48,000
24 Nov 200458 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£34,950
29 Oct 200422 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£29,000
22 Oct 200484 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£32,000
7 May 200436 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£32,500
12 Jan 200436 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£13,000
15 Dec 20039 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£25,000
30 Nov 200358 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£16,000
10 Nov 200340 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£10,000
29 Aug 200325 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£18,000
17 Apr 200384 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£13,000
1 Apr 200332 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£12,500
28 Mar 20032 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£16,000
14 Feb 200394 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£19,500
20 Dec 200221 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£19,500
10 Dec 200240 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£25,000
30 Aug 200230 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£10,000
21 Dec 200158 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£9,000
21 Dec 200138 · BB5 1SGTerraced—£11,000

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 BB5

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BB5 area guide.

Whalley RoadBlackburn RoadBurnley RoadManchester RoadStanley StreetDill Hall LaneAvenue ParadeBarnes StreetWater StreetBold StreetUnion RoadWillows Lane
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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.