Average house prices in Wirral have gone up over 34% compared to five years ago.
The peninsula's property market has been enjoying a boom and the increase, according to data from Xendpay, is the biggest across Merseyside.
Xendpay compared the average price of a house in February 2016 to February 2021, across more than 400 areas of the UK.
They found that the average house price in Wirral in February 2016 was £143,851, but in the most recently available figures for February 2021 it stood at £193,318 – an increase of 34.39%.
The figures show that Wirral has the most expensive average house price in Merseyside, having overtaken Sefton which had the highest average price in February 2016 at £147,984.
Rightmove puts the overall average price of buying a property in Wirral higher than this data, at £215,654 over the last year.
They said: "The majority of sales in Wirral during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of £202,475.
"Terraced properties sold for an average of £137,170, with detached properties fetching £375,915.
"Overall, sold prices in Wirral over the last year were 10% up on the previous year and 14% up on the 2017 peak of £189,495."
This comes after the news that Wallasey has become such a hotspot for homes, many were selling within days of being listed and people have even been approached to ask if they are selling their house.
The area in Wirral covers New Brighton, Wallasey Village, Liscard and Seacombe, and data collected by Rightmove said asking prices are almost £24,000 higher than a year ago.
Responding to the news, one reader said: "Properties flying out in New Brighton, we have estate agents contacting to ask if we want to sell!"
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Further proof of the grab for homes in Wirral came when a fierce bidding war broke out for an eight-bedroom New Brighton property.
It had a guide price of £175,000 and eventually sold for more than twice that at £381,000 with a record number of bidders (159) for Wirral-based auctioneers Smith and Sons.
The home is located in an elevated position in Victoria Road and so enjoys sweeping views over Liverpool Bay.
In addition to this property, other lots which exceeded expectation were land and garages on Seabank Road in Wallasey, which sold for £133,500 against a guide of £70,000.
Meanwhile, a semi-detached house needing refurbishment on Old Bidston Road in Birkenhead sold for £52,250 - again, more than double the guide price of £25,000.
Elsewhere in Merseyside, according to Xendpay's data the second biggest increase in average house price was in Liverpool which jumped 31.95%, going from £115,933 in February 2016, to £152,974 in February this year.
St Helens has seen an increase from £112,717 in February 2016, to £143,760 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 in February 2016, and £184,481 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 £115,722, and has risen by 23.72% in five years since, to £143,170.
Although Knowsley has had Merseyside’s smallest increase, it outpaces the average UK growth in house price between February 2016 and 2021, which is 21.78%.
