District market report

FY1 property market

£695/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

98 days typical time on market

£113k median asking price

Based on 395 listings on the market · FY1 district · as at 10 Oct 2026

Market temperature

98 daystypical time on the market 24% slower than North West

38%of homes already sale agreed 13pp fewer than North West

15%cut their asking price in the last 28 days in line with North West

5.1%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with North West. "Sale agreed" means the seller has accepted an offer (shown as Sold STC on portals); the sale hasn't completed yet.

How each kind of property is selling

Segment	On market	Under offer	Days on market	Stale >90d	Sample
2 bed terraced	52	44%	73	48%	n=52
3 bed semi-detached	56	41%	45	33%	n=56
4 bed terraced	22	41%	115	69%	n=22
3 bed terraced	91	41%	95	52%	n=91
2 bed flat	30	27%	183	73%	n=30
1 bed flat	38	24%	144	52%	n=38

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for FY1 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£426/mo	£400–£610	medium confidence	n=30
1 bed flat	£525/mo	£427–£658	high confidence	n=43
2 bed flat	£695/mo	£625–£830	high confidence	n=31
3 bed flat	£780/mo	£653–£937	low confidence	n=8
2 bed house	£753/mo	£677–£880	medium confidence	n=27
3 bed house	£913/mo	£825–£1,123	medium confidence	n=37
4 bed house	£1,010/mo	£975–£1,121	low confidence	n=9
5+ bed house	£1,251/mo	£1,037–£1,504	low confidence	n=4

Confidence reflects the listings behind each figure: High 30+, Medium 10–29, Low under 10 recent listings for that exact size and area.

Check a specific home in the Rent Checker.

Yields and long-term growth

Segment	Gross yield	Rent	Price basis
5+ bed house	15.6%	£1,529/mo	£118k
3 bed house	12.6%	£896/mo	£86k
4 bed house	12.2%	£1,071/mo	£106k
2 bed house	11.2%	£741/mo	£79k
1 bed flat	11.0%	£504/mo	£55k
2 bed flat	10.6%	£688/mo	£78k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Semi-Detached	+11.8%	+25.8%	+7.7%
Terraced	+8.6%	+31.1%	-4.1%

Investing round here? Open the Area Workbench for sector-by-sector rents and yields.

The housing stock

57%built pre–1919

27%built 1919–1944

122 m²typical registered plot (houses)

What does this era of housing typically need? The Good Buy Guide covers condition by era.

Buying here?Which kinds of property are the good buys the Good Buy Guide. Investing here?Sector-by-sector rents, yields and letting speed in the Workbench. Renting or letting?What a specific home rents for, in the Rent Checker.

About these figures. Statistics are aggregate figures from the uSurv Listings Index, compiled from publicly advertised residential listings across the UK, aggregated from multiple online sources, together with HM Land Registry price paid data, the EPC register and ONS statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). Small samples are suppressed rather than published. No individual listing content is reproduced.