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Typical sold price, BB3
£140,000
250 real sales, 26 February 2026 to 21 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £98,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £119,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Darwen: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Darwen is neither busy nor quiet, at about 43 sales a month, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
To judge an offer, with detached homes at £300,000 and terraced homes at £121,900, the £80,000 to £295,500 spread is really several markets, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Compare optionsAt this pace the open market works but takes time, so a cash sale is a fair option when you need certainty on the date; on the typical £140,000 home, a cash offer at 70–85% of market value would be about £98,000 to £119,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), so compare any offer with sold homes like yours.
Have gas and electrical safety certificates; a clear list of what the sale includes (fixtures and fittings); and the lease paperwork if it is leasehold to hand before anyone asks; your conveyancer will say what else is needed.
If you need the date more than the price, ask one independent cash buyer to contact you about your Darwen home; it is free to you, and any offer comes from the buyer, not us.
Get Cash OfferOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
Key figures
Darwen at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£80,000 to £295,500
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
6.1%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£714 a month
Blackburn with Darwen, August 2026
Planning applications
882
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Darwen homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for BB3, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in BB3
Detached homes had the highest typical price in BB3 at £300,000, from 29 sales; terraced came to £121,900.
- Detached12%
- Semi-detached19%
- Terraced69%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £300,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £190,000 | 45 |
| Terraced | £121,900 | 161 |
HM Land Registry, 26 February 2026 to 21 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Blackburn with Darwen homes rent for
Average private rent in Blackburn with Darwen was £714 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 6.1% on the BB3 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £535, 2 bed £662, 3 bed £782, 4+ bed £1,113 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just BB3.
Planning activity
Planning near Darwen
882 planning applications within 500 m of the BB3 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 7 are still undecided.
- Decided65%
- Undecided35%
Planning detail
Planning activity near Darwen
882 planning applications within 500 m of the BB3 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 5 Aug 2025 and 3 Jun 2026, and 7 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 23 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Neighbouring town, low entry prices.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in Darwen (Blackburn), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Darwen actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for BB3.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Blackburn with Darwen, up 4.4% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just BB3. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £535, 2 bed £662, 3 bed £782, 4+ bed £1,113.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the BB3 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for BB3, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in BB3
Filter by property type and radius around the BB3 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, BLUEBELL TERRACE, DARWENBB3 3SR | £210,000 | 2026-08-21 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 20, WATERY LANE, DARWENBB3 2ET | £195,000 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 5A, BULL HILL COTTAGES, DARWENBB3 2TU | £178,000 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 8, DUDDON AVENUE, DARWENBB3 0JJ | £130,000 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 41, BEDFORD STREET, DARWENBB3 0BN | £105,000 | 2026-08-12 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 69, SNAPE STREET, DARWENBB3 1EW | £125,000 | 2026-08-11 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 9, VICTORIA STREET, DARWENBB3 3HB | £110,000 | 2026-08-11 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 30, NAPLES ROAD, DARWENBB3 3JL | £135,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 10, HIGH BANK CRESCENT, DARWENBB3 2TD | £285,000 | 2026-08-07 | Detached | Freehold |
| 16, HIGHER CHURCH STREET, DARWENBB3 3HU | £64,000 | 2026-08-06 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 2, KINGS DRIVE, DARWENBB3 3RB | £289,950 | 2026-08-04 | Detached | Leasehold |
| 6, CUCKOO CLOSE, DARWENBB3 2FL | £330,000 | 2026-08-04 | Detached | Freehold |
| 3, BRANCH ROAD, DARWENBB3 0PQ | £113,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 13, BARLEY BANK STREET, DARWENBB3 1NW | £180,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 12, ELLISON FOLD TERRACE, DARWENBB3 3EB | £75,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 22, WYRE CRESCENT, DARWENBB3 0JG | £186,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| GARDEN COTTAGE, DARWENBB3 3QQ | £880,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
| 13, BEECH AVENUE, DARWENBB3 3AF | £170,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 224, HARWOOD STREET, DARWENBB3 1JD | £230,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Leasehold |
| 16, LANESHAW CLOSE, DARWENBB3 0HN | £142,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
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