Areas on the move: North West

North West local authorities ranked by how their average price moved in the year to July 2026, on the official UK House Price Index

In the year to July 2026 the average price in the North West rose 4.4% to £221,445. Of the 35 local authorities ranked in the North West, 34 rose and 1 fell. The biggest rise was in Trafford, up 9.6%, and the biggest fall in Tameside, down 0.1%.

Rising fastest over the year

  1. Trafford: +9.6%, average price £400,688
  2. Burnley: +8.6%, average price £135,012
  3. Hyndburn: +8.5%, average price £141,430
  4. Pendle: +8.3%, average price £152,798
  5. Liverpool: +8.1%, average price £189,036
  6. Westmorland and Furness: +7.7%, average price £230,449
  7. Preston: +7.3%, average price £188,629
  8. St Helens: +7.3%, average price £185,154
  9. Fylde: +7.2%, average price £235,793
  10. Blackpool: +6.8%, average price £137,386
  11. Wirral: +6.7%, average price £221,849
  12. Bolton: +5.9%, average price £204,379
  13. Cheshire West and Chester: +5.8%, average price £270,104
  14. Warrington: +5.4%, average price £260,040
  15. Blackburn with Darwen: +5.2%, average price £165,131
  16. West Lancashire: +5.2%, average price £236,194
  17. Cheshire East: +5.0%, average price £309,121
  18. Lancaster: +4.9%, average price £202,966
  19. Oldham: +4.7%, average price £217,171
  20. Wyre: +4.7%, average price £193,650
  21. Rochdale: +4.5%, average price £209,389
  22. Stockport: +4.2%, average price £317,913
  23. Ribble Valley: +3.9%, average price £285,610
  24. Wigan: +3.9%, average price £194,551
  25. Sefton: +3.7%, average price £224,289

Falling fastest over the year

  1. Tameside: −0.1%, average price £209,723

Figures are HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index for July 2026. For a local authority the index is a three-month average (May to July 2026), and the annual change compares it with May to July 2025. The average price is the index's standardised average, a mix-adjusted geometric mean, not the mean or median of sales, so it will not match a list of sold prices.

July 2026 is a first estimate: HM Land Registry make it from around 40% of the sales they expect to register, and revise it and the 11 months before it every month. This page updates with each monthly release. HM Land Registry warn that figures for local authorities with few sales are volatile, so read a small gap between two authorities as no gap.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, and Office for National Statistics data, both licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.