AVERAGE house prices in Wirral have risen the most in Merseyside compared to five years ago, according to new figures.
A study of data from the Office for National Statistics, by money transfer experts Xendpay (www.xendpay.com), compared the average price of a house in February 2016 to February 2021, across more than 400 areas of the UK.
It found that the average house price in Wirral in February 2016 was £143,851.25, and in the most recently available figures for February 2021, it stood at £193,318.56 – an increase of 34.39%.
The figures show that Wirral is has the most expensive average house price in the area, having overtaken Sefton, which had the highest average price in February 2016.
The second biggest increase in average house price in Merseyside belongs to Liverpool, which jumped 31.95%, going from £115,933.07 in February 2016, to £152,974.15 in February this year.
St Helens has seen an increase from £112,717.86 in February 2016, to £143,760.08 five years later – a jump of 27.54%, the third biggest in Merseyside.
Sefton, the second most expensive area on the list, had the second smallest average house price increase, going up by 24.66%, standing at £147,984.02 in February 2016, and £184,481.92 five years on.
The area with the lowest average house price, and the lowest increase, is Knowsley. The average house price in February 2016 was
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