Chester Road, Manchester house prices are built from 1,537 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 20 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £155,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +74.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +24.8%.
Median price paid
£155,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+74.2%
Change in real terms
+24.8%
Median per m²
£2,283
HM Land Registry1,537 sales141 with floor areaLatest sale 20 May 2026
Section 01
How Chester Road, Manchester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Chester Road, Manchester 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 | 4 | £36,000 | £79,937 |
| 2000s | 10 | £130,000 | £236,822 |
| 2010s | 10 | £121,950 | £171,950 |
| 2020s | 7 | £282,500 | £288,641 |
The highest yearly median on record for Chester Road, Manchester is £366,955 in 2021; the lowest is £29,000 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £36,000 to £245,250.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £79,937, so the real change over the whole record is +206.8% — about +3.68% 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: +74.2% in cash against +24.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 506 Castlegate, 2 | 20 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| Apartment 30 1001 | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| Flat A306 2a | 20 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £262,500 | £262,500 |
| Flat B04 Castlegate, 2 | 5 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £228,000 | £228,000 |
| Flat 507 Castlegate, 2 | 9 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| Flat 410 Castlegate, 2 | 8 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 37 | 18 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| Apartment 44 1001 | 15 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £178,804 |
| Flat 15 384 | 12 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £234,000 | £239,087 |
| Flat 1901 141 | 2 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £357,000 | £364,761 |
| Flat 32 Millennium House, 366 | 21 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| Apartment 6 1001 | 28 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £192,500 | £196,685 |
| 21 | 5 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £243,000 | £248,283 |
| Flat 2103 141 | 29 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| Flat A602 2a | 15 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £545,000 | £556,848 |
| Flat B1505 2a | 8 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £580,000 | £592,609 |
| Flat 13 Millennium House, 366 | 21 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £224,000 | £228,870 |
| Flat 401 Castlegate, 2 | 11 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £212,000 | £216,609 |
| Apartment 38 1001 | 27 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £154,000 | £157,348 |
| Suite 509 Castle Quay | 20 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £490,000 | £500,652 |
| Flat G03 Castlegate, 2 | 18 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £252,000 | £257,478 |
| Flat B803 2a | 17 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £420,000 | £429,130 |
| Flat 4 the Park, 855 | 13 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £157,000 | £160,413 |
| Flat B603 2a | 20 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £430,000 | £439,348 |
| Flat 1110 141 | 19 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £321,848 |
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 Chester Road, Manchester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 506 CASTLEGATE, 2 Chester Road | £347,500 (2005) | £360,000 (2026) | +0.2% | -2.7% |
| APARTMENT 30 1001 Chester Road | £93,950 (2002) | £190,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
| FLAT A306 2A Chester Road | £244,800 (2021) | £262,500 (2026) | +1.4% | -3.2% |
| FLAT B04 CASTLEGATE, 2 Chester Road | £182,500 (2004) | £228,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.8% |
| FLAT 507 CASTLEGATE, 2 Chester Road | £282,000 (2004) | £350,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.8% |
| FLAT 410 CASTLEGATE, 2 Chester Road | £243,500 (2006) | £210,000 (2026) | -0.7% | -3.6% |
| 37 Chester Road | £112,500 (2009) | £260,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.3% |
| APARTMENT 44 1001 Chester Road | £110,950 (2002) | £175,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -0.8% |
| FLAT 15 384 Chester Road | £91,000 (1998) | £234,000 (2025) | +3.6% | +0.9% |
| FLAT 1901 141 Chester Road | £320,000 (2022) | £357,000 (2025) | +3.7% | -0.5% |
| FLAT 32 MILLENNIUM HOUSE, 366 Chester Road | £142,000 (2013) | £280,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +2.7% |
| APARTMENT 6 1001 Chester Road | £109,950 (2002) | £192,500 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Chester Road, Manchester 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 | 1,346 | 87.6% | £170,000 | £33,333 – £1,700,000 |
| Terraced | 98 | 6.4% | £108,000 | £12,000 – £395,000 |
| Semi-detached | 85 | 5.5% | £125,000 | £20,000 – £465,000 |
| Detached | 8 | 0.5% | £200,000 | £67,999 – £746,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Chester Road, Manchester
1,430 of the sales on record are leasehold and 107 freehold — 93.0% 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 £161,657 and the median freehold sale £104,000 — a gap of -35.7%. 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 | 1,430 | 93.0% | £161,657 |
| Freehold | 107 | 7.0% | £104,000 |
| New build | 954 | 62.1% | £200,000 |
| Existing home | 583 | 37.9% | £141,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +41.8%. 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 389 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 09
How Chester Road, Manchester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Chester Road, Manchester sits below that national figure — -1.6%.
Within Manchester the street ranks 2287 of 8967 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £118,000 (+31.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,283 per square metre, across 141 of the 1,537 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 £12,000 to £1,700,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Kings Road£168,750 median
- Manor Road£110,170 median
- Jackson Street£105,000 median
- Longford Road£160,000 median
- Chatsworth Road£138,750 median
- Marland Way£166,500 median
- Bowness Street£54,000 median
- Thomas Street£125,000 median
- Bradfield Road£153,000 median
- Dalton Avenue£112,000 median
- Barkway Road£140,000 median
- Urmston Lane£215,000 median
- Norwood Road£146,225 median
- Stanton Street£43,450 median
- Derbyshire Lane£195,000 median
- Glastonbury Road£118,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- APARTMENT 6, 1001 Chester Road7 sales
- 861 Chester Road7 sales
- FLAT 15, 384 Chester Road6 sales
- FLAT 32, 384 Chester Road5 sales
- APARTMENT 33, 1001 Chester Road5 sales
- FLAT 18, 384 Chester Road5 sales
- FLAT 12, 384 Chester Road5 sales
- FLAT 20, 384 Chester Road5 sales
- FLAT 30, 384 Chester Road5 sales
- FLAT 8, 384 Chester Road5 sales
- FLAT 14, the PARK, 855 Chester Road5 sales
- FLAT 19, the PARK, 855 Chester Road5 sales
- APARTMENT 30, 1001 Chester Road4 sales
- FLAT B04, CASTLEGATE, 2 Chester Road4 sales
- 21 Chester Road4 sales
- FLAT 401, CASTLEGATE, 2 Chester Road4 sales
- FLAT 4, the PARK, 855 Chester Road4 sales
- FLAT 301, CASTLEGATE, 2 Chester Road4 sales
- FLAT 16, 384 Chester Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 13, 1001 Chester Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 39, 1001 Chester Road4 sales
- 83 Chester Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 5, 1001 Chester Road4 sales
- FLAT 17, 384 Chester Road4 sales
Back to Manchester house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Chester Road, Manchester?
The median price paid in Chester Road, Manchester across every sale on the register is £155,000. 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 Chester Road, Manchester?
1,537 sales are on record for Chester Road, Manchester, the most recent completing on 20 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Chester Road, Manchester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +74.2% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +24.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Chester Road, Manchester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £366,955, set in 2021. 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 Chester Road, Manchester?
£2,283 per square metre, from the 141 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 20 May 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, “Chester Road, Manchester 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.