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Playfair Street, BL1

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

Median sold price
£124,498
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,569
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
24
Distinct homes
8
Price range
£63,500 – £185,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Playfair Street is almost entirely terraced houses. The median sale price is £124,498, about 20% below the typical BL1 sale. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across BL1 prices have been rising over the last few years. The record shows 24 sales across 8 homes since 2001.

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Playfair Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 24 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianBL1 district trend
£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k200520102015202020252001: £63,500 median · 1 sale2002: £84,975 median · 2 sales2003: £86,000 median · 1 sale2004: £119,998 median · 2 sales2006: £114,500 median · 1 sale2007: £133,750 median · 2 sales2008: £120,000 median · 1 sale2009: £110,500 median · 1 sale2011: £95,000 median · 1 sale2012: £116,500 median · 2 sales2014: £137,598 median · 2 sales2015: £136,000 median · 1 sale2016: £124,000 median · 1 sale2017: £144,250 median · 2 sales2020: £160,000 median · 1 sale2022: £173,750 median · 2 sales2024: £175,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the BL1 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Playfair Street compares

Playfair Street against the BL1 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

This street
£124,498
median · all recorded sales
BL1 district
£155,000
median · last 8 years · street -20%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Playfair Street's £124,498 median sits about 20% below BL1's £155,000.

Street and BL1 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 Playfair Street.

Terraced
£124,995
23 sales
Semi-detached
£110,500
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Playfair Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
15 Mar 202410 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£175,000
9 May 20226 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£185,000
31 Jan 20221 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£162,500
26 Feb 20212 · BL1 7LBnon-standardTerraced—£172,500
17 Apr 20204 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£160,000
3 Jul 20177 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£145,000
2 Jun 201710 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£143,500
22 Sept 20163 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£124,000
4 Sept 20157 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£136,000
26 Nov 20144 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£144,995
10 Oct 20141 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£130,200
28 Oct 20129 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£121,000
22 Oct 201210 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£112,000
18 Nov 20117 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£95,000
10 Aug 20091 · BL1 7LBSemi-detached—£110,500
29 Oct 200810 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£120,000
7 Dec 200710 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£131,000
28 Mar 20072 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£136,500
8 Sept 20063 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£114,500
31 Aug 20042 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£124,995
5 Mar 20049 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£115,000
2 May 200310 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£86,000
6 Dec 20022 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£89,950
28 Jun 20023 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£80,000
20 Mar 20016 · BL1 7LBTerraced—£63,500

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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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.