Analysis of recent property sales -- official HM Land Registry data
The average house price in PL1 (PL1 1AB) is £199,411, based on 45 transactions recorded by HM Land Registry. The median price is £153,000, giving a price range from £42,000 to £1,400,000.
| Date | Price | Type | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | £103,000 | F | 42.0 m² |
| 2026-01-14 | £153,000 | F | 75.0 m² |
| 2026-01-09 | £145,000 | F | 72.0 m² |
| 2026-01-09 | £115,000 | F | 42.0 m² |
| 2026-01-08 | £141,000 | F | 73.0 m² |
Standard residential rates for primary residence. Does not include surcharges for additional properties or non-UK residents.
Market Overview: PL1
PL1 recorded 45 residential sales in the twelve-month window, enough to ground the median but not so many that property-type or street-level differences wash out. Individual sales ranged from £42k to £1.40m, which is a normal spread for a postcode of this size.
The local market is dominated by flats, which made up 78% of all sales in the sample, while terraced houses accounted for 16%. A flats-heavy composition like this usually points to a city-centre or regeneration postcode where high-density apartment blocks have replaced or supplemented older stock.
The PL1 1AB dataset is a reasonable baseline, but decisions at the individual-property level should still lean on matched comparables rather than the area median alone. On the rental side, the estimated gross yield on a median-priced property here is around 7.1%, based on ONS regional rents.