Living in Chester, Cheshire
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Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Chester - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Cheshire West and Chester cost 6.93 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Cheshire West and Chester a year earlier: 6.87 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Cheshire West and Chester over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Cheshire West and Chester, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Chester
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Recent sold prices near Chester (postcode sector CH1 2)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18, BLACK FRIARS | £330,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 4, ALEXANDER HOUSE, 34, CUPPIN STREET | £278,500 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| 2, NICHOLAS COURT | £330,000 | Terraced | Jun 2026 |
| 5, ALEXANDER HOUSE, 34, CUPPIN STREET | £253,500 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| 17, NICHOLAS COURT | £376,100 | Terraced | Apr 2026 |
| 1, GREYFRIARS HOUSE, GREYFRIARS | £162,500 | Flat | Feb 2026 |
| 14, THE YONNE | £137,000 | Flat | Feb 2026 |
| FLAT 14, 18, COMMON HALL STREET | £123,000 | Flat | Jan 2026 |
| 80, WATERGATE STREET | £700,000 | Terraced | Dec 2025 |
| 15, COMMON HALL STREET | £625,000 | Terraced | Dec 2025 |
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.