District market report

L5 property market

£871/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

166 days typical time on market

£93k median asking price

Based on 90 listings on the market · L5 district · as at 10 Oct 2026

Market temperature

166 daystypical time on the market 110% slower than North West

36%of homes already sale agreed 16pp fewer than North West

5%cut their asking price in the last 28 days 8pp fewer than North West

9.5%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 flat	26	15%	172	82%	n=26

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for L5 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£697/mo	£620–£818	low confidence	n=9
1 bed flat	£800/mo	£706–£864	medium confidence	n=32
2 bed flat	£871/mo	£822–£981	medium confidence	n=27
3 bed flat	£1,020/mo	£664–£1,148	medium confidence	n=13
1 bed house	£756/mo	£752–£797	low confidence	n=4
2 bed house	£838/mo	£754–£1,006	medium confidence	n=13
3 bed house	£970/mo	£853–£1,250	medium confidence	n=14
4 bed house	£1,141/mo	£983–£1,157	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
4 bed house	14.9%	£1,482/mo	£119k
3 bed house	13.0%	£1,048/mo	£97k
2 bed house	11.6%	£876/mo	£91k
2 bed flat	11.2%	£868/mo	£93k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Flat/Maisonette	-5.5%	-3.6%	-26.2%
Terraced	+53.7%	+76.3%	+103.4%

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

The housing stock

31%built 1945–1979

31%built 1980–1999

25%built pre–1919

198 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.