Ellesmere Street, Manchester house prices are built from 814 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 8 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £135,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +24.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.6%.
Median price paid
£135,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+24.8%
Change in real terms
-10.6%
Median per m²
£2,618
HM Land Registry814 sales166 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Ellesmere Street, Manchester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ellesmere Street, 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 | £31,000 | £68,835 |
| 2000s | 10 | £90,000 | £163,953 |
| 2010s | 10 | £122,500 | £172,725 |
| 2020s | 7 | £182,500 | £186,467 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ellesmere Street, Manchester is £197,500 in 2022; the lowest is £23,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £23,000 to £159,750.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £51,071, so the real change over the whole record is +212.8% — about +3.75% 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: +24.8% in cash against -10.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 214 42 | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £142,500 | £142,500 |
| Apartment 316 42 | 20 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £67,622 | £67,622 |
| Apartment 32 Mere House, 62 | 20 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| Apartment 49 Mere House, 62 | 16 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £149,500 | £149,500 |
| Apartment 104 42 | 26 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| Apartment 76 Lake House, 66 | 22 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| Apartment 11 Tarn House, 60 | 15 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £184,000 | £184,000 |
| Apartment 7 Lake House, 66 | 14 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 21 | 5 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £210,000 | £214,565 |
| Apartment 21 Brook House, 64 | 28 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £168,587 |
| Apartment 30 Mere House, 62 | 19 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £194,130 |
| Apartment 20 Mere House, 62 | 17 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| Apartment 24 Lake House, 66 | 13 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £146,025 | £149,199 |
| 115 | 19 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| 89 | 29 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £282,000 | £288,130 |
| Apartment 17 Lake House, 66 | 27 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £219,674 |
| Apartment 29 Mere House, 62 | 5 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £146,000 | £149,174 |
| 49 | 11 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £182,000 | £185,957 |
| 75d | 30 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £178,804 |
| 66 | 27 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £146,000 | £149,174 |
| Apartment 16 Mere House, 62 | 11 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| Apartment 10 Tarn House, 60 | 16 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £132,826 |
| Apartment 46 Mere House, 62 | 23 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| Apartment 66 Lake House, 66 | 14 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| Apartment 41 Lake House, 66 | 28 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £162,000 | £165,522 |
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 Ellesmere Street, Manchester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 214 42 Ellesmere Street | £146,000 (2005) | £142,500 (2026) | -0.1% | -2.9% |
| APARTMENT 316 42 Ellesmere Street | £144,000 (2017) | £67,622 (2026) | -8.1% | -11.2% |
| APARTMENT 32 MERE HOUSE, 62 Ellesmere Street | £198,500 (2004) | £200,000 (2026) | +0.0% | -2.7% |
| APARTMENT 49 MERE HOUSE, 62 Ellesmere Street | £147,000 (2004) | £149,500 (2026) | +0.1% | -2.7% |
| APARTMENT 76 LAKE HOUSE, 66 Ellesmere Street | £203,000 (2007) | £200,000 (2026) | -0.1% | -2.9% |
| APARTMENT 11 TARN HOUSE, 60 Ellesmere Street | £135,150 (2004) | £184,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -1.4% |
| APARTMENT 7 LAKE HOUSE, 66 Ellesmere Street | £182,500 (2005) | £170,000 (2026) | -0.3% | -3.1% |
| 21 Ellesmere Street | £29,000 (2003) | £210,000 (2025) | +9.4% | +6.4% |
| APARTMENT 21 BROOK HOUSE, 64 Ellesmere Street | £137,000 (2004) | £165,000 (2025) | +0.9% | -1.9% |
| APARTMENT 30 MERE HOUSE, 62 Ellesmere Street | £198,500 (2004) | £190,000 (2025) | -0.2% | -3.0% |
| APARTMENT 20 MERE HOUSE, 62 Ellesmere Street | £192,000 (2004) | £205,000 (2025) | +0.3% | -2.5% |
| APARTMENT 24 LAKE HOUSE, 66 Ellesmere Street | £107,950 (2005) | £146,025 (2025) | +1.5% | -1.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ellesmere Street, 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 | 524 | 64.4% | £145,900 | £42,475 – £400,000 |
| Terraced | 226 | 27.8% | £78,000 | £10,000 – £577,000 |
| Semi-detached | 58 | 7.1% | £105,000 | £28,000 – £285,000 |
| Detached | 6 | 0.7% | £192,500 | £63,500 – £330,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ellesmere Street, Manchester
673 of the sales on record are leasehold and 141 freehold — 82.7% 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 £140,800 and the median freehold sale £83,000 — a gap of -41.1%. 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 | 673 | 82.7% | £140,800 |
| Freehold | 141 | 17.3% | £83,000 |
| New build | 273 | 33.5% | £147,000 |
| Existing home | 541 | 66.5% | £124,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +18.1%. 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 99 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 Ellesmere Street, Manchester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ellesmere Street, Manchester sits below that national figure — -14.3%.
Within Manchester the street ranks 3115 of 8967 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £118,000 (+14.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,618 per square metre, across 166 of the 814 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 £10,000 to £577,000. 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
- City Road East£167,100 median
- Kelso Place£173,453 median
- Silvercroft Street£342,913 median
- Owen Street£378,240 median
- Worsley Street£170,000 median
- Slate Wharf£130,000 median
- Hulme Hall Road£164,500 median
- Arundel Street£179,000 median
- Boundary Lane£221,100 median
- Little Peter Street£154,000 median
- Chorlton Road£103,950 median
- Jordan Street£186,291 median
- Spinners Way£245,000 median
- Hulme High Street£112,500 median
- Mallow Street£75,750 median
- Boston Street£130,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 30 Ellesmere Street10 sales
- 34 Ellesmere Street9 sales
- 20 Ellesmere Street7 sales
- 38 Ellesmere Street7 sales
- 66 Ellesmere Street6 sales
- 14 Ellesmere Street6 sales
- 135 Ellesmere Street6 sales
- 139 Ellesmere Street6 sales
- APARTMENT 214, 42 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 21 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- APARTMENT 41, LAKE HOUSE, 66 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 133 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 53 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 18 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- APARTMENT 5, BROOK HOUSE, 64 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- APARTMENT 7, TARN HOUSE, 60 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 40 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 22 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 9 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 2 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 32 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 12 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- 10 Ellesmere Street5 sales
- APARTMENT 11, TARN HOUSE, 60 Ellesmere Street4 sales
Back to Manchester house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ellesmere Street, Manchester?
The median price paid in Ellesmere Street, Manchester across every sale on the register is £135,000. 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 Ellesmere Street, Manchester?
814 sales are on record for Ellesmere Street, Manchester, the most recent completing on 8 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ellesmere Street, Manchester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +24.8% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ellesmere Street, Manchester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £197,500, set in 2022. 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 Ellesmere Street, Manchester?
£2,618 per square metre, from the 166 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 8 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, “Ellesmere Street, 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.