EPC rating and sold prices in North West
In North West, homes rated EPC C or better sold for 17% more per square metre than D–G homes (median £2,374 vs £2,021, 1,159,754 sales since 2015), but like for like the difference is +0.3% (95% range −0.1% to +0.6%): the EPC band itself is not reflected in sale prices here (random sample of 300,000 sales). Data: HM Land Registry to 30 September 2026, EPC register.
+0.3%like-for-like premium of C+ (95% range −0.1% to +0.6%)
+17%raw gap per m² (before like-for-like)
252postcode districts
From the raw gap to like-for-like
| Comparing C+ with D–G homes… | Difference | 95% range |
|---|---|---|
| Raw gap per m² (medians) | +17% | — |
| Whole price, nothing held equal | +15.1% | +14.6% to +15.5% |
| Same floor area | +18.2% | +17.9% to +18.6% |
| + same property type | +12.4% | +12.0% to +12.7% |
| + same build period | +5.6% | +5.3% to +6.0% |
| + same year of sale | +0.3% | −0.1% to +0.6% |
The first row compares median prices per m²; the second compares whole prices; each later row adds one more thing that must be equal, ending with the like-for-like premium (regression of log price; build period from the certificate, 12 bands). The raw gap per m² and the whole-price gap differ because C+ and D–G homes differ in size.
Postcode districts in North West
| District | Area | Sales | Raw gap | Like-for-like | Sectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB1 | Blackburn with Darwen | 7,257 | +28% | +2.7% ▲ | 9 |
| BB10 | Burnley | 6,408 | +53% | +1.9% | 4 |
| BB11 | Burnley | 4,168 | +54% | +3.8% ▲ | 5 |
| BB12 | Burnley | 6,865 | +48% | +4.2% ▲ | 5 |
| BB18 | Pendle | 3,581 | +43% | +4.8% ▲ | 2 |
| BB2 | Blackburn with Darwen | 9,050 | +45% | −2.4% ▼ | 7 |
| BB3 | Blackburn with Darwen | 6,647 | +51% | +3.7% ▲ | 4 |
| BB4 | Rossendale | 7,503 | +31% | +0.4% | 6 |
| BB5 | Hyndburn | 9,538 | +50% | +2.7% ▲ | 7 |
| BB6 | Hyndburn | 2,821 | +59% | +6.9% ▲ | 2 |
| BB7 | Ribble Valley | 7,761 | +25% | −2.0% ▼ | 5 |
| BB8 | Pendle | 4,413 | +58% | +2.0% | 4 |
| BB9 | Pendle | 6,554 | +59% | +4.8% ▲ | 6 |
| BL0 | Bury | 3,491 | +18% | +1.8% | 2 |
| BL1 | Bolton | 9,415 | +13% | +0.3% | 8 |
| BL2 | Bolton | 6,551 | +11% | −0.3% | 6 |
| BL3 | Bolton | 6,508 | +14% | +0.8% | 6 |
| BL4 | Bolton | 4,225 | +17% | +1.2% | 4 |
| BL5 | Bolton | 5,379 | +19% | +1.4% ▲ | 3 |
| BL6 | Bolton | 6,151 | +21% | +2.6% ▲ | 4 |
| BL7 | Bolton | 3,140 | 0% | +0.9% | 3 |
| BL8 | Bury | 6,053 | +13% | +2.0% ▲ | 4 |
| BL9 | Bury | 7,040 | +15% | −0.3% | 6 |
| CA1 | Cumberland | 4,919 | +45% | +2.7% ▲ | 3 |
| CA10 | Westmorland and Furness | 2,448 | +6% | −2.1% | 3 |
| CA11 | Westmorland and Furness | 4,958 | +8% | −3.8% ▼ | 4 |
| CA12 | Cumberland | 1,519 | −6% | −2.0% | 2 |
| CA13 | Cumberland | 3,208 | +12% | +1.2% | 2 |
| CA14 | Cumberland | 6,142 | +62% | +2.4% ▲ | 5 |
| CA15 | Cumberland | 2,609 | +65% | +5.9% ▲ | 3 |
| CA16 | Westmorland and Furness | 1,142 | +9% | −2.9% | 1 |
| CA17 | Westmorland and Furness | 789 | +23% | +3.0% | 1 |
| CA2 | Cumberland | 8,160 | +28% | +1.9% ▲ | 4 |
| CA20 | Cumberland | 696 | +15% | +5.0% ▲ | 1 |
| CA22 | Cumberland | 1,311 | +23% | +4.8% ▲ | 1 |
| CA23 | Cumberland | 271 | +20% | +9.3% | 1 |
| CA24 | Cumberland | 195 | +41% | +5.3% | 1 |
| CA25 | Cumberland | 988 | +49% | +7.2% ▲ | 1 |
| CA26 | Cumberland | 715 | +49% | +2.2% | 1 |
| CA27 | Cumberland | 313 | +13% | +2.6% | 1 |
| CA28 | Cumberland | 5,219 | +32% | 0.0% | 4 |
| CA3 | Cumberland | 3,419 | +12% | −1.8% | 3 |
| CA4 | Cumberland | 1,934 | +13% | +4.3% ▲ | 3 |
| CA5 | Cumberland | 1,281 | +8% | −2.0% | 2 |
| CA6 | Cumberland | 1,392 | +18% | +2.2% | 3 |
| CA7 | Cumberland | 3,726 | +29% | −1.3% | 8 |
| CA8 | Cumberland | 1,709 | +17% | +5.1% ▲ | 4 |
| CA9 | Westmorland and Furness | 319 | +10% | −17.6% ▼ | 1 |
| CH1 | Cheshire West and Chester | 4,947 | +13% | −3.9% ▼ | 6 |
| CH2 | Cheshire West and Chester | 6,106 | −1% | +1.1% | 4 |
| CH3 | Cheshire West and Chester | 7,139 | +3% | −2.9% ▼ | 5 |
| CH41 | Wirral | 2,295 | +35% | +1.7% | 10 |
| CH42 | Wirral | 4,235 | +25% | +2.7% ▲ | 10 |
| CH43 | Wirral | 5,677 | +2% | −1.0% | 10 |
| CH44 | Wirral | 3,933 | +5% | −3.0% ▼ | 10 |
| CH45 | Wirral | 5,256 | +22% | +0.7% | 10 |
| CH46 | Wirral | 3,933 | +11% | +1.5% | 9 |
| CH47 | Wirral | 2,089 | +10% | +3.9% ▲ | 9 |
| CH48 | Wirral | 2,823 | +5% | −0.6% | 10 |
| CH49 | Wirral | 4,955 | +6% | −1.7% ▼ | 10 |
| CH60 | Wirral | 2,468 | −5% | −0.7% | 10 |
| CH61 | Wirral | 3,106 | +2% | −1.7% | 10 |
| CH62 | Wirral | 5,247 | +16% | +2.9% ▲ | 10 |
| CH63 | Wirral | 4,597 | +9% | +0.9% | 9 |
| CH64 | Cheshire West and Chester | 3,375 | 0% | −4.9% ▼ | 9 |
| CH65 | Cheshire West and Chester | 4,065 | +12% | −2.1% ▼ | 9 |
| CH66 | Cheshire West and Chester | 6,360 | +12% | −0.4% | 6 |
| CW1 | Cheshire East | 7,917 | +24% | +1.0% | 5 |
| CW10 | Cheshire East | 3,195 | +9% | +1.4% | 2 |
| CW11 | Cheshire East | 6,728 | +3% | −2.5% ▼ | 4 |
| CW12 | Cheshire East | 7,687 | +14% | 0.0% | 4 |
| CW2 | Cheshire East | 8,068 | +21% | −0.3% | 4 |
| CW4 | Cheshire East | 2,455 | −1% | −1.5% | 2 |
| CW5 | Cheshire East | 7,346 | +4% | −1.6% | 4 |
| CW6 | Cheshire West and Chester | 2,467 | +3% | +2.4% | 2 |
| CW7 | Cheshire West and Chester | 5,814 | +21% | −2.8% ▼ | 4 |
| CW8 | Cheshire West and Chester | 8,902 | +13% | −0.7% | 4 |
| CW9 | Cheshire West and Chester | 6,762 | +16% | −0.7% | 4 |
| FY1 | Blackpool | 4,002 | +19% | +2.1% ▲ | 5 |
| FY2 | Blackpool | 4,298 | +9% | −0.2% | 2 |
| FY3 | Blackpool | 5,111 | +14% | +0.8% | 4 |
| FY4 | Blackpool | 7,817 | +30% | +1.7% ▲ | 5 |
| FY5 | Wyre | 10,551 | +14% | +1.2% ▲ | 5 |
| FY6 | Wyre | 6,477 | +18% | +1.0% | 4 |
| FY7 | Wyre | 3,807 | +9% | +1.3% | 3 |
| FY8 | Fylde | 10,147 | +7% | +0.9% | 5 |
| L1 | Liverpool | 2,047 | +25% | −0.7% | 7 |
| L10 | Sefton | 1,960 | +2% | +0.1% | 9 |
| L11 | Liverpool | 2,255 | +49% | +3.4% ▲ | 10 |
| L12 | Liverpool | 4,100 | +11% | +1.6% | 10 |
| L13 | Liverpool | 3,695 | +25% | +6.0% ▲ | 10 |
| L14 | Liverpool | 3,479 | +21% | −5.5% ▼ | 10 |
| L15 | Liverpool | 3,894 | +15% | 0.0% | 10 |
| L16 | Liverpool | 2,106 | +8% | +1.3% | 10 |
| L17 | Liverpool | 3,795 | +14% | +3.9% ▲ | 10 |
| L18 | Liverpool | 4,296 | +12% | +3.7% ▲ | 10 |
| L19 | Liverpool | 3,664 | +11% | +4.1% ▲ | 10 |
| L2 | Liverpool | 509 | +29% | +2.4% | 4 |
| L20 | Sefton | 3,425 | +55% | +0.7% | 8 |
| L21 | Sefton | 2,791 | +25% | +0.4% | 10 |
| L22 | Sefton | 2,141 | +14% | +1.4% | 10 |
| L23 | Sefton | 4,989 | +18% | +0.8% | 10 |
| L24 | Liverpool | 1,928 | +37% | +0.8% | 9 |
| L25 | Liverpool | 5,205 | +6% | +1.2% | 10 |
| L26 | Knowsley | 2,417 | +26% | +1.6% | 6 |
| L27 | Liverpool | 609 | +59% | +4.8% ▲ | 5 |
| L28 | Knowsley | 351 | +25% | +1.7% | 4 |
| L3 | Liverpool | 2,358 | +21% | +6.9% ▲ | 8 |
| L30 | Sefton | 1,958 | +20% | +2.2% | 9 |
| L31 | Sefton | 5,353 | +13% | +0.5% | 10 |
| L32 | Knowsley | 2,149 | +17% | −3.8% ▼ | 10 |
| L33 | Knowsley | 2,028 | +21% | −0.6% | 8 |
| L34 | Knowsley | 2,869 | +30% | −0.1% | 6 |
| L35 | Knowsley | 4,325 | +25% | +0.4% | 10 |
| L36 | Knowsley | 5,732 | +19% | −0.5% | 10 |
| L37 | Sefton | 4,351 | +6% | −0.9% | 7 |
| L38 | Sefton | 428 | +8% | +3.8% ▲ | 3 |
| L39 | West Lancashire | 4,344 | +5% | −1.0% | 9 |
| L4 | Liverpool | 4,056 | +54% | +5.1% ▲ | 10 |
| L40 | West Lancashire | 3,673 | +17% | −0.8% | 10 |
| L5 | Liverpool | 1,188 | +81% | +10.2% ▲ | 9 |
| L6 | Liverpool | 2,647 | +94% | +6.6% ▲ | 9 |
| L7 | Liverpool | 1,647 | +42% | +11.2% ▲ | 8 |
| L8 | Liverpool | 3,209 | +62% | +7.3% ▲ | 10 |
| L9 | Liverpool | 3,813 | +41% | +3.1% ▲ | 10 |
| LA1 | Lancaster | 9,173 | +17% | −0.4% | 5 |
| LA10 | Westmorland and Furness | 605 | +5% | +0.4% | 1 |
| LA11 | Westmorland and Furness | 2,191 | −1% | −4.2% ▼ | 2 |
| LA12 | Westmorland and Furness | 3,887 | +17% | −1.3% | 4 |
| LA13 | Westmorland and Furness | 3,694 | +24% | −0.1% | 2 |
| LA14 | Westmorland and Furness | 7,217 | +26% | +0.7% | 5 |
| LA15 | Westmorland and Furness | 1,691 | +46% | +3.8% ▲ | 1 |
| LA16 | Westmorland and Furness | 674 | +43% | +5.3% ▲ | 1 |
| LA18 | Cumberland | 1,352 | +35% | −2.5% | 2 |
| LA2 | Lancaster | 3,628 | +8% | −0.8% | 5 |
| LA20 | Westmorland and Furness | 161 | +1% | −9.4% | 1 |
| LA21 | Westmorland and Furness | 155 | −26% | +7.5% | 1 |
| LA22 | Westmorland and Furness | 818 | −13% | −7.5% ▼ | 2 |
| LA23 | Westmorland and Furness | 1,605 | +1% | −7.3% ▼ | 3 |
| LA3 | Lancaster | 4,418 | +10% | +2.8% ▲ | 3 |
| LA4 | Lancaster | 4,641 | +5% | +1.7% | 3 |
| LA5 | Lancaster | 3,294 | +13% | −0.2% | 3 |
| LA6 | Westmorland and Furness | 2,317 | +7% | −2.2% | 3 |
| LA7 | Westmorland and Furness | 855 | +3% | +2.2% | 1 |
| LA8 | Westmorland and Furness | 1,360 | −1% | 0.0% | 3 |
| LA9 | Westmorland and Furness | 6,346 | +5% | −0.3% | 4 |
| M1 | Manchester | 2,290 | +13% | +0.3% | 7 |
| M11 | Manchester | 2,046 | +41% | +3.6% ▲ | 4 |
| M12 | Manchester | 1,297 | +36% | +2.9% | 3 |
| M13 | Manchester | 1,202 | +47% | −0.1% | 2 |
| M14 | Manchester | 3,197 | +10% | +2.0% | 4 |
| M15 | Manchester | 4,241 | +41% | −1.2% | 3 |
| M16 | Trafford | 3,732 | +7% | +1.8% | 4 |
| M18 | Manchester | 2,374 | +51% | +2.4% | 2 |
| M19 | Manchester | 4,504 | +14% | +1.9% ▲ | 3 |
| M20 | Manchester | 8,016 | +3% | −0.2% | 6 |
| M21 | Manchester | 4,237 | −7% | −2.2% ▼ | 4 |
| M22 | Manchester | 4,237 | +7% | +0.1% | 6 |
| M23 | Manchester | 3,878 | +10% | +0.4% | 4 |
| M24 | Rochdale | 7,728 | +16% | −1.7% ▼ | 5 |
| M25 | Bury | 4,930 | +16% | +3.7% ▲ | 5 |
| M26 | Bury | 5,471 | +20% | +1.8% ▲ | 4 |
| M27 | Salford | 6,700 | +15% | +1.7% ▲ | 6 |
| M28 | Salford | 8,658 | +16% | +1.3% | 5 |
| M29 | Wigan | 4,341 | +22% | +0.4% | 2 |
| M3 | Salford | 4,244 | +28% | +5.4% ▲ | 7 |
| M30 | Salford | 5,805 | +24% | +0.7% | 4 |
| M31 | Trafford | 1,087 | +34% | +1.7% | 1 |
| M32 | Trafford | 3,952 | +10% | −1.7% | 3 |
| M33 | Trafford | 10,048 | −5% | −0.9% | 6 |
| M34 | Tameside | 7,692 | +16% | −0.1% | 5 |
| M35 | Oldham | 3,115 | +22% | +2.5% ▲ | 2 |
| M38 | Salford | 1,169 | +31% | +4.2% ▲ | 2 |
| M4 | Manchester | 4,396 | +12% | −1.8% ▼ | 5 |
| M40 | Manchester | 4,318 | +31% | −0.1% | 8 |
| M41 | Trafford | 6,898 | +3% | −0.6% | 6 |
| M43 | Tameside | 3,621 | +28% | +2.7% ▲ | 2 |
| M44 | Salford | 2,963 | +9% | −1.0% | 2 |
| M45 | Bury | 3,483 | +3% | +0.2% | 3 |
| M46 | Wigan | 4,078 | +24% | +0.8% | 2 |
| M5 | Salford | 4,101 | +67% | −1.5% | 3 |
| M50 | Salford | 2,071 | +19% | +9.7% ▲ | 2 |
| M6 | Salford | 4,794 | +24% | +1.4% | 4 |
| M7 | Salford | 2,607 | +11% | −2.1% | 4 |
| M8 | Manchester | 2,106 | +24% | +5.5% ▲ | 5 |
| M9 | Manchester | 3,813 | +28% | +2.8% ▲ | 6 |
| OL1 | Oldham | 2,075 | +26% | +0.7% | 3 |
| OL10 | Rochdale | 4,207 | +20% | +0.1% | 4 |
| OL11 | Rochdale | 5,745 | +14% | −0.7% | 5 |
| OL12 | Rochdale | 6,269 | +20% | −0.1% | 5 |
| OL13 | Rossendale | 2,821 | +40% | +4.1% ▲ | 3 |
| OL15 | Rochdale | 2,717 | +21% | +1.8% | 3 |
| OL16 | Rochdale | 4,626 | +25% | −1.3% | 5 |
| OL2 | Oldham | 6,698 | +14% | +0.1% | 4 |
| OL3 | Oldham | 2,885 | +11% | +2.5% ▲ | 3 |
| OL4 | Oldham | 5,569 | +25% | +2.7% ▲ | 5 |
| OL5 | Tameside | 2,202 | +19% | +2.3% | 2 |
| OL6 | Tameside | 3,625 | +22% | +0.3% | 4 |
| OL7 | Tameside | 1,898 | +18% | −0.3% | 2 |
| OL8 | Oldham | 3,578 | +34% | +3.1% ▲ | 4 |
| OL9 | Oldham | 4,981 | +22% | −0.7% | 5 |
| PR1 | Preston | 8,664 | +26% | −1.3% | 10 |
| PR2 | Preston | 12,459 | +14% | +1.5% ▲ | 8 |
| PR25 | South Ribble | 6,868 | +21% | +2.3% ▲ | 5 |
| PR26 | South Ribble | 2,697 | +12% | +1.5% | 4 |
| PR3 | Wyre | 8,882 | +13% | −1.5% | 6 |
| PR4 | Fylde | 14,413 | +12% | −0.4% | 7 |
| PR5 | South Ribble | 7,438 | +14% | +1.0% | 5 |
| PR6 | Chorley | 6,197 | +15% | −1.3% | 4 |
| PR7 | Chorley | 12,566 | +11% | +0.9% | 7 |
| PR8 | Sefton | 10,243 | +11% | +1.1% | 6 |
| PR9 | Sefton | 8,221 | +9% | +0.6% | 4 |
| SK1 | Stockport | 2,277 | +3% | −2.6% | 4 |
| SK10 | Cheshire East | 8,369 | +10% | −1.8% ▼ | 5 |
| SK11 | Cheshire East | 7,354 | +11% | −1.5% ▼ | 5 |
| SK12 | Cheshire East | 3,979 | +1% | −3.5% ▼ | 2 |
| SK14 | Tameside | 8,459 | +12% | −2.1% ▼ | 7 |
| SK15 | Tameside | 4,037 | +11% | −1.0% | 3 |
| SK16 | Tameside | 2,524 | +15% | −0.9% | 2 |
| SK2 | Stockport | 5,180 | +1% | −1.9% ▼ | 3 |
| SK3 | Stockport | 4,966 | +13% | +0.9% | 3 |
| SK4 | Stockport | 6,188 | +2% | −0.1% | 5 |
| SK5 | Stockport | 4,675 | +7% | −1.9% ▼ | 3 |
| SK6 | Stockport | 9,119 | 0% | −1.0% | 8 |
| SK7 | Stockport | 8,438 | +7% | 0.0% | 6 |
| SK8 | Stockport | 10,807 | +1% | −2.3% ▼ | 7 |
| SK9 | Cheshire East | 8,440 | +2% | −4.7% ▼ | 7 |
| SY14 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1,087 | +5% | −0.2% | 2 |
| WA1 | Warrington | 3,820 | +11% | +1.2% | 4 |
| WA10 | St. Helens | 6,273 | +27% | +0.6% | 6 |
| WA11 | St. Helens | 5,314 | +14% | +2.2% ▲ | 4 |
| WA12 | St. Helens | 4,563 | +20% | −1.6% | 3 |
| WA13 | Warrington | 2,581 | −5% | −0.1% | 2 |
| WA14 | Trafford | 6,025 | −3% | −0.7% | 5 |
| WA15 | Trafford | 7,098 | −6% | −3.1% ▼ | 5 |
| WA16 | Cheshire East | 4,557 | +2% | −2.9% ▼ | 5 |
| WA2 | Warrington | 4,843 | +6% | −0.6% | 4 |
| WA3 | Wigan | 8,697 | +12% | +1.4% | 7 |
| WA4 | Warrington | 9,567 | +3% | −1.2% | 6 |
| WA5 | Warrington | 10,756 | +12% | 0.0% | 8 |
| WA6 | Cheshire West and Chester | 3,399 | −6% | −2.0% | 5 |
| WA7 | Halton | 8,102 | +20% | −0.8% | 6 |
| WA8 | Halton | 9,064 | +17% | +0.7% | 8 |
| WA9 | St. Helens | 7,363 | +43% | +3.8% ▲ | 5 |
| WN1 | Wigan | 2,871 | +11% | +2.8% ▲ | 3 |
| WN2 | Wigan | 7,981 | +26% | +2.2% ▲ | 5 |
| WN3 | Wigan | 4,247 | +15% | +0.6% | 3 |
| WN4 | Wigan | 4,017 | +21% | +2.2% ▲ | 3 |
| WN5 | Wigan | 6,238 | +14% | 0.0% | 4 |
| WN6 | Wigan | 7,832 | +29% | +3.7% ▲ | 4 |
| WN7 | Wigan | 8,774 | +33% | −0.3% | 5 |
| WN8 | West Lancashire | 6,113 | +19% | 0.0% | 5 |
▲ green: premium distinguishable from zero; ▼ red: discount; plain: no measurable difference. Small areas have fewer sales, so their 95% ranges are wider.
Postcode sectors without a district page
CA19 1 · CA21 2 · L29 7 · LA17 7
How this is calculated
- Every standard sale (HM Land Registry Price Paid, category A) since January 2015 is matched to the latest energy certificate of the same address (postcode + house number or name + flat) lodged from 10 years before to 3 months after the sale; sales with no certificate or an ambiguous match are left out. Across England and Wales 92% of sales match.
- Price per m² uses the certificate's total floor area (15–1,000 m²).
- Like-for-like premium: regression of the log of price on “C or better”, log floor area, property type, the certificate's build period and the year of sale. The 95% range shows how precise the estimate is; when it includes zero, the data cannot tell the premium apart from none.
Caveats
- The band is the one on the certificate before the sale; certificates are a median 0.8 years old at the sale, but a quarter are over 4 years old and some homes were improved since.
- Condition, garden, parking, views and the exact position within the sector are not known; a premium could hide in them, or they could hide one.
- Individual sales and addresses are not shown.