M3 6 house prices are built from 3,988 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 10 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £125,750. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +23.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -11.9%.
Median price paid
£125,750
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+23.0%
Change in real terms
-11.9%
Median per m²
£2,116
HM Land Registry3,988 sales1,205 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Jun 2026
Section 01
How M3 6 prices moved
The chart tracks the median M3 6 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £43,748 | £97,140 |
| 2000s | 10 | £117,000 | £213,140 |
| 2010s | 10 | £120,250 | £169,553 |
| 2020s | 7 | £184,300 | £188,307 |
The highest yearly median on record for M3 6 is £199,930 in 2023; the lowest is £39,995 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £42,000 to £184,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £93,260, so the real change over the whole record is +97.8% — about +2.23% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +23.0% in cash against -11.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Calico Close | 10 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| APARTMENT 110 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | 1 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| FLAT 3 MODEL LODGING HOUSE Bloom Street | 22 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| APARTMENT 28 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £223,000 | £223,000 |
| APARTMENT 54 BLOCK B ALTO Sillavan Way | 5 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| APARTMENT 31 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | 1 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 1 Brotherton Drive | 29 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| APARTMENT 15 CENTRAL COURT Melville Street | 27 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 82 Angora Drive | 24 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| APARTMENT 1005 FRESH, 138 Chapel Street | 23 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| APARTMENT 314 ADELPHI WHARF 2, 9 Adelphi Street | 17 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| APARTMENT 102 FRESH, 138 Chapel Street | 17 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| APARTMENT 54 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | 2 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| FLAT 27 OLD COURT HOUSE Encombe Place | 1 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| FLAT 134 CITY POINT, 156 Chapel Street | 20 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 62 Linen Court | 12 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| APARTMENT 36 CENTRAL COURT Melville Street | 26 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| APARTMENT 6 KNIGHTSBRIDGE COURT, 2 Blackburn Street | 10 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| APARTMENT 411 ADELPHI WHARF 2, 9 Adelphi Street | 28 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £138,000 | £138,000 |
| FLAT 118 CITY POINT, 156 Chapel Street | 23 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £189,000 | £189,000 |
| APARTMENT 38 BLOCK D ALTO Sillavan Way | 16 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| APARTMENT 5 CENTRAL COURT Melville Street | 8 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £212,000 | £212,000 |
| FLAT 122 CITY POINT, 156 Chapel Street | 22 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £162,000 | £165,522 |
| APARTMENT 5-20 ADELPHI WHARF 1, 11 Adelphi Street | 22 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| FLAT 31 MODEL LODGING HOUSE Bloom Street | 19 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £357,609 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to M3 6 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Calico Close | £37,902 (1995) | £145,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.8% |
| APARTMENT 110 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | £227,400 (2015) | £280,000 (2026) | +1.9% | -1.2% |
| APARTMENT 28 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | £176,000 (2015) | £223,000 (2026) | +2.2% | -1.0% |
| APARTMENT 54 BLOCK B ALTO Sillavan Way | £100,000 (2014) | £180,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +1.9% |
| APARTMENT 31 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | £175,258 (2015) | £205,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -1.7% |
| 1 Brotherton Drive | £47,000 (2001) | £275,000 (2026) | +7.3% | +4.5% |
| APARTMENT 15 CENTRAL COURT Melville Street | £179,950 (2006) | £200,000 (2026) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| 82 Angora Drive | £40,606 (1997) | £125,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| APARTMENT 1005 FRESH, 138 Chapel Street | £194,950 (2007) | £180,000 (2026) | -0.4% | -3.3% |
| APARTMENT 102 FRESH, 138 Chapel Street | £175,950 (2007) | £140,000 (2026) | -1.2% | -4.0% |
| APARTMENT 54 BLOCK C ALTO Sillavan Way | £194,750 (2015) | £275,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.0% |
| FLAT 27 OLD COURT HOUSE Encombe Place | £70,500 (1999) | £235,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. M3 6 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 3,133 | 78.6% | £132,500 | £18,600 – £417,500 |
| Terraced | 431 | 10.8% | £115,000 | £16,000 – £555,000 |
| Semi-detached | 406 | 10.2% | £71,500 | £2,000 – £457,500 |
| Detached | 18 | 0.5% | £80,500 | £20,000 – £397,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in M3 6
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 898 certificates cover M3 6, and their median floor area is 61 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -19.7%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 61 m² | about 657 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 53 m² | about 570 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 68 m² | about 732 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 41.2% | 370 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 0.2% | 2 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in M3 6
3,817 of the sales on record are leasehold and 171 freehold — 95.7% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £125,000 and the median freehold sale £135,000 — a gap of +8.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 3,817 | 95.7% | £125,000 |
| Freehold | 171 | 4.3% | £135,000 |
| New build | 1,508 | 37.8% | £124,995 |
| Existing home | 2,480 | 62.2% | £128,125 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -2.4%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 413 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in M3 6
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Manchester, 53.9% of 340,986 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 784 | 0.2% |
| B | 44,066 | 12.9% |
| C | 138,798 | 40.7% |
| D | 111,464 | 32.7% |
| E | 36,786 | 10.8% |
| F | 6,996 | 2.1% |
| G | 2,092 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Manchester at £1,358 a month as of Jun 2026 — £993 for a one-bedroom home and £1,417 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £125,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 12.96% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of M3, 6 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 4 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 0 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 27.8 times quieter.
Against the 551,938 residents the 2021 census counted in Manchester, that is 0.01 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around M3 6
The 2021 census counted 551,938 residents in Manchester across 214,730 households. 38.0% of those households own their home and 61.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
3 state and independent schools have a M3 postcode: 3 primary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Friars Primary School | Primary | Community school | 362 |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 221 |
| The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 213 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Salford Central Rail Station | Rail | 0.2 km |
| Exchange Square (Manchester Metrolink) | Tram | 0.7 km |
| Exchange Square (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.7 km |
| Manchester Victoria Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
Section 09
How M3 6 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. M3 6 sits below that national figure — -20.2%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,116 per square metre, across 1,205 of the 3,988 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £2,000 to £555,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
M3 6 sits in Manchester, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Manchester at 6.1 times median local earnings of £40,479 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in M3
- M3 1£182,000 median
- M3 2£211,000 median
- M3 3£235,000 median
- M3 4£191,032 median
- M3 5£209,975 median
- M3 7£176,000 median
The wider district is M3.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in M3 6?
The median price paid in M3 6 across every sale on the register is £125,750. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in M3 6?
3,988 sales are on record for M3 6, the most recent completing on 10 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have M3 6 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +23.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -11.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were M3 6 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £199,930, set in 2023. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in M3 6?
£2,116 per square metre, from the 1,205 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 10 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “M3 6 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.