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First Avenue, BL8

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

Median sold price
£152,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,760
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
23
Distinct homes
14
Price range
£85,000 – £265,000
Sales recorded
2003 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on First Avenue are mostly semi-detached houses. The median sale price is £152,000, about 32% below the typical BL8 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £2,760, above the district's £2,556. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; BL8 prices as a whole have been rising. HM Land Registry records 23 sales across 14 homes since 2003 — homes here come up rarely.

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First Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 23 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL8 district trend
£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k£300k200520102015202020252003: £102,000 median · 3 sales2006: £136,000 median · 1 sale2007: £139,000 median · 1 sale2008: £196,000 median · 1 sale2009: £116,000 median · 1 sale2011: £140,000 median · 3 sales2013: £139,375 median · 2 sales2014: £152,000 median · 1 sale2015: £153,250 median · 2 sales2017: £151,000 median · 1 sale2019: £165,000 median · 1 sale2021: £220,000 median · 1 sale2022: £247,500 median · 2 sales2023: £198,050 median · 2 sales2025: £200,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the BL8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How First Avenue compares

First Avenue against the BL8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Premier Way£335k · 51
Holcombe Road£246k · 64
Brandlesholme Road£245k · 54
Bolton Road£205k · 112
Ainsworth Road£178k · 81
Bury Road£173k · 95
Walshaw Road£166k · 119
First Avenue£152k · 23*
Tottington Road£150k · 107
Prospect Terrace£141k · 68

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
£152,000
median · all recorded sales
BL8 district
£223,000
median · last 8 years · street -32%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

First Avenue's £152,000 median sits about 32% below BL8's £223,000; on floor space it runs £2,760/m² against the district's £2,556/m² (+8%).

Street and BL8 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 First Avenue.

Semi-detached
£153,500
17 sales
Terraced
£152,000
4 sales
Detached
£152,000
1 sale
Flat
£138,950
1 sale

Every recorded sale on First Avenue

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
11 Dec 202516 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£200,000
15 Nov 20233 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£234,100
9 Oct 20236 · BL8 3JATerraced—£162,000
7 Oct 202211 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£230,000
8 Jul 20227 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£265,000
21 Sept 202118 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£220,000
1 Nov 20195 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£165,000
16 Mar 20178 · BL8 3JATerraced—£151,000
21 Jul 20158 · BL8 3JATerraced—£153,000
1 Jun 20157 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£153,500
23 Oct 201413 · BL8 3JADetached—£152,000
27 Sept 201311 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£132,750
26 Sept 20133 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£146,000
18 Nov 201114 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£185,000
1 Sept 201120 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£140,000
31 Mar 20111 · BL8 3JAFlat—£138,950
24 Jul 20096 · BL8 3JATerraced—£116,000
27 Jun 200824 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£196,000
6 Jul 20073 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£139,000
25 Aug 200611 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£136,000
22 Oct 20037 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£85,000
10 Oct 200326 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£110,000
26 Jun 200314 · BL8 3JASemi-detached—£102,000
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More streets in BL8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider BL8 area guide.

Tottington RoadBolton RoadWalshaw RoadBury RoadAinsworth RoadHolcombe RoadBrandlesholme RoadWood StreetBooth StreetKingsbury CloseScobell StreetWatling Street
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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.