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Typical sold price, PR1
£143,250
250 real sales, 25 March 2026 to 21 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £100,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £122,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in City centre / Avenham: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since March 2026 make City centre / Avenham a steady market, which suits pricing from the latest sold homes better than from any single average or trend.
To judge an offer, £143,250 is only the middle of a market that runs from £72,400 to £292,200, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Compare optionsA steady market makes the open market a reasonable default, with a cash sale as the route for when time is short; a rough guide, not a quote: 70–85% of a typical £143,250 home is about £100,000 to £122,000, so ask how any offer compares with homes that sold nearby.
Missing paperwork slows many sales, so pull together proof of ownership and the title plan; an up-to-date EPC; and planning and building-regulation sign-off for any extension or conversion now, and ask your conveyancer what else will be wanted.
Not sure which route suits you? Ask one cash buyer to get in touch, hear the offer, and weigh it against selling on the open market.
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
City centre / Avenham at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£72,400 to £292,200
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
6.6%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£790 a month
Preston, August 2026
Planning applications
2,507
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What City centre / Avenham homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for PR1, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in PR1
Detached homes had the highest typical price in PR1 at £292,500, from 26 sales; flats came to £72,500.
- Detached11%
- Semi-detached35%
- Terraced40%
- Flats14%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £292,500 | 26 |
| Semi-detached | £201,500 | 83 |
| Terraced | £110,000 | 96 |
| Flats | £72,500 | 33 |
HM Land Registry, 25 March 2026 to 21 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Preston homes rent for
Average private rent in Preston was £790 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 6.6% on the PR1 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £579, 2 bed £731, 3 bed £859, 4+ bed £1,250 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just PR1.
Planning activity near City centre / Avenham
2,507 planning applications within 500 m of the PR1 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 11 Feb 2026 and 23 Apr 2026, and 0 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 21 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsContains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Student and professional lets.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in City centre / Avenham (Preston), 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 City centre / Avenham actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for PR1.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Preston, up 5.9% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just PR1, and PR1 also reaches South Ribble. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £579, 2 bed £731, 3 bed £859, 4+ bed £1,250.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the PR1 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 PR1, 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.
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What actually sold in PR1
Filter by property type and radius around the PR1 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, CAIRNSMORE AVENUE, PRESTONPR1 4UN | £187,500 | 2026-08-21 | Semi-detached | Leasehold |
| 4, HIGHLAND AVENUE, PRESTONPR1 0TJ | £300,000 | 2026-08-21 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 6, WOODLANDS AVENUE, PRESTONPR1 9JP | £147,000 | 2026-08-18 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 47, CALLON STREET, PRESTONPR1 4QR | £135,000 | 2026-08-17 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 3, CRAWFORD AVENUE, PRESTONPR1 4UP | £195,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 22, PRIORY CRESCENT, PRESTONPR1 0AL | £295,000 | 2026-08-07 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| STATION TERRACE, 8 - 10, WALTONS PARADE, PRESTONPR1 8QT | £76,500 | 2026-08-07 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 73, FARRINGDON CRESCENT, PRESTONPR1 5TY | £182,000 | 2026-08-07 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 228, LEYLAND ROAD, PRESTONPR1 9TA | £305,000 | 2026-08-06 | Detached | Freehold |
| 3, TYNE STREET, PRESTONPR1 8ED | £54,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Freehold |
| JUBILEE COURT, FYLDE ROAD, PRESTONPR1 2XP | £9,000 | 2026-08-05 | Other | Leasehold |
| 38, CHARNOCK STREET, PRESTONPR1 6DR | £33,250 | 2026-08-04 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 5, WEMBLEY AVENUE, PRESTONPR1 9UY | £281,000 | 2026-08-03 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 90, WELLINGTON STREET, PRESTONPR1 8TP | £112,500 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 19, CHESTER ROAD, PRESTONPR1 5HR | £101,000 | 2026-07-31 | Flat / maisonette | Freehold |
| 38, FARFIELD, PRESTONPR1 9YQ | £280,000 | 2026-07-31 | Detached | Freehold |
| 84, HARLING ROAD, PRESTONPR1 5YR | £150,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 50, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, PRESTONPR1 0EL | £290,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 16, MEADWAY, PRESTONPR1 0JL | £294,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| WOODVILLE COURT, WOODVILLE ROAD, PRESTONPR1 9BW | £129,950 | 2026-07-31 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
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