London
St. Helens, Merseyside, WA9 4BQ
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Asking price
£30,000
Verdict
Worth a closer look — area data is mixed
Who is this for?
Quick read across the buyer personas. ✅ = good fit · ⚠ = workable with caveats · ❌ = look elsewhere.
Family home
Not the right shape for a family.
Standard BTL
No reliable rent estimate for this area — verify before committing.
Buy + rent later
Rent wouldn't cover mortgage — selling to exit may be your only option.
The numbers
England (SDLT) · 75% LTV mortgage at 5.5% over 25 years (capital repayment).
Stamp duty
First-time buyer
£0
Home mover
£0
2nd home / BTL
£1,500
Mortgage @ 75% LTV
- Loan
- £22,500
- Deposit
- £7,500
- Per month
- £138
Cash you'd need to walk in (deposit + investor SDLT, before legal/survey): £9,000
Should you pay this?
City-wide stats vary too much within this area to give you a confident £ comparison. A similar properties in a quieter postcode can sit £200k+ apart from one in a hot postcode just down the road.
Before bidding: walk the street, pull HM Land Registry sold prices for this postcode sector, and check what genuinely-similar homes have actually transacted at over the last 12 months.
What it'd rent for
We don't have enough rental comparables for this area to give you a confident estimate yet. Cross-check on Rightmove's Rents tab or OpenRent before relying on yield assumptions.
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Crime risk
Flood risk
Schools & Ofsted
No schools indexed yet for this postcode sector. The official sources below cover every UK postcode.
Catchments aren't published nationally; many schools use distance-from-school as the deciding factor. The links above give you the official data — only the local authority can confirm a specific year's catchment boundary.
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