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Liverpool is experiencing rising house prices<\/p>\nAverage house prices increased across all boroughs of Merseyside compared to a year ago<\/p>\n
23:45, 20 Sep 2025Updated 09:24, 21 Sep 2025<\/p>\n
Liverpool is experiencing rising house prices<\/p>\n
House prices are booming in Liverpool, with the average home costing \u00a316,000 more than a year ago. It cost \u00a3182,000 to buy the average home in Liverpool in the 12 months to July, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s 9.7% more than a year earlier, an increase of \u00a316,000. Back in 2023, the average home in the city was \u00a3159,000, meaning prices have increased \u00a323,000 in just two years. Sefton<\/a> saw the next largest increase in Merseyside.<\/p>\n The average house price increased by 7.9% to \u00a3219,000, which is also an increase of \u00a316,000 compared to a year earlier.<\/p>\n In Knowsley<\/a>, average house prices increased by 6.4% to \u00a3189,000. In Wirral<\/a> they increase by 3.4% to \u00a3210,000 and in St. Helens<\/a> by 2.0% to \u00a3172,000.<\/p>\n Local authority<\/strong><\/p>\n Average house price<\/strong><\/p>\n Annual change (%)<\/strong><\/p>\n Liverpool<\/p>\n \u00a3182,000<\/p>\n 9.7<\/p>\n Sefton<\/p>\n \u00a3219,000<\/p>\n 7.9<\/p>\n Knowsley<\/p>\n \u00a3189,000<\/p>\n 6.4<\/p>\n Wirral<\/p>\n \u00a3210,000<\/p>\n 3.4<\/p>\n St. Helens<\/p>\n \u00a3172,000<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n You can see how prices have changed in your local area using our interactive map:<\/strong><\/p>\n Average UK house prices increased by 2.8%, to \u00a3270,000, in the 12 months to July 2025.<\/p>\n That\u2019s an increase of \u00a37,000 per home on average.<\/p>\n The annual growth rate is down from 3.6% in June but up from 0.5% in July last year. In July 2023, prices fell by 0.7% compared to a year earlier.<\/p>\n The period between July 2023 and March 2024 was the first time since 2012 that house prices in the UK had fallen compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n A total of 61 of the UK\u2019s 360 local authority areas have seen a fall in average house prices in the 12 months to July, and in another 36, prices have either remained the same or grown by 1.0% or less.<\/p>\n The East Sussex seaside town of Eastbourne has seen the biggest decrease in average property prices over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n The average home there sold for \u00a3243,000 in the year to July. That\u2019s 10.4% less than a year earlier.<\/p>\n In Ceredigion, Wales, prices fell by an average of 6.8% to \u00a3218,000, while in Wandsworth the average fall was 6.4% to \u00a3691,000 and in Mid Devon it was 5.6% to \u00a3281,000.<\/p>\n The property market in London is struggling more than anywhere else in the country.<\/p>\n House prices increased by just 0.7% in the capital over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n That\u2019s compared to increases such as 7.9% in the North East, 5.5% in Northern Ireland, and 4.8% in the North West – the three regions with the highest growth.<\/p>\n In fact, 13 London boroughs have seen property prices decrease over the last 12 months – Wandsworth (-6.4%), Hammersmith and Fulham (-5.3%), City of Westminster (-4.8%), Barnet (-4.7%), Brent (-4.6%), Tower Hamlets (-4.5%), City of London (-4.2%), Islington (-3.9%), Greenwich (-3.6%), Kensington and Chelsea (-2.5%), Lambeth (-1.5%), Southwark (-1.4%), and Hackney (-0.7%).<\/p>\n By contrast, Sunderland is the UK\u2019s property hotspot of the moment.<\/p>\n The average home in the North East city cost \u00a3147,000 in the 12 months to July. That\u2019s 12.7% more than a year earlier.<\/p>\n In Renfrewshire, the average home costs \u00a3162,000, which is 11.0% more than a year ago.<\/p>\n