Higher Lane, Manchester house prices are built from 222 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £176,725. Across the 12 years from 2009 to 2021 the median moved +8.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -16.7%.
Median price paid
£176,725
Change in cash, 2009–2021
+8.3%
Change in real terms
-16.7%
Median per m²
£2,654
HM Land Registry222 sales3 with floor areaLatest sale 22 May 2026
Section 01
How Higher Lane, Manchester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Higher Lane, Manchester house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2021. 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 | 3 | £40,750 | £90,484 |
| 2000s | 8 | £184,000 | £335,194 |
| 2010s | 5 | £169,950 | £239,630 |
| 2020s | 2 | £202,500 | £206,902 |
The highest yearly median on record for Higher Lane, Manchester is £284,000 in 2018; the lowest is £39,725 in 1999. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £40,750 to £260,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £90,484, so the real change over the whole record is +263.0% — about +5.08% 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: +8.3% in cash against -16.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £223,500 | £223,500 |
| 30 Wentworth Court | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £232,500 | £232,500 |
| 31 Wentworth Court | 25 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £270,761 |
| 123 | 17 Sep 2025 | Detached | £1,020,000 | £1,042,174 |
| 24 Wentworth Court | 18 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £217,500 | £222,228 |
| 35 Wentworth Court | 11 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £251,000 | £256,457 |
| 61 | 19 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £235,000 | £247,276 |
| 22 Wentworth Court | 28 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £274,000 | £288,313 |
| 9 | 30 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £122,500 | £128,899 |
| 99 | 9 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £166,000 | £174,672 |
| Apartment 4 Parklands House, 46 | 12 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £530,000 | £572,644 |
| 38 Wentworth Court | 14 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £260,682 |
| 39 Wentworth Court | 3 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 40 Wentworth Court | 2 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 143 | 20 Dec 2021 | Detached | £557,800 | £704,747 |
| 33 Wentworth Court | 17 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £232,500 | £293,750 |
| 2 | 4 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £195,000 | £246,371 |
| 36 Wentworth Court | 30 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £328,495 |
| 135 | 9 Sep 2021 | Detached | £463,000 | £584,973 |
| 28 | 22 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £160,000 | £202,151 |
| 107 | 19 Feb 2021 | Detached | £400,000 | £505,376 |
| 41 Wentworth Court | 30 Nov 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £291,322 |
| 111 | 10 Nov 2020 | Detached | £478,000 | £618,898 |
| 7 Wentworth Court | 10 Jul 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £246,006 |
| 20 | 31 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £70,000 | £90,634 |
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 Higher Lane, Manchester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Higher Lane | £42,000 (2001) | £223,500 (2026) | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| 30 WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane | £175,250 (2003) | £232,500 (2026) | +1.2% | -1.5% |
| 31 WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane | £175,000 (2003) | £265,000 (2025) | +1.9% | -0.9% |
| 123 Higher Lane | £322,500 (2000) | £1,020,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 24 WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane | £187,950 (2003) | £217,500 (2025) | +0.7% | -2.1% |
| 35 WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane | £160,000 (2003) | £251,000 (2025) | +2.1% | -0.7% |
| 22 WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane | £207,750 (2003) | £274,000 (2024) | +1.3% | -1.5% |
| 9 Higher Lane | £82,000 (2006) | £122,500 (2024) | +2.3% | -0.7% |
| 99 Higher Lane | £34,950 (1995) | £166,000 (2024) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| APARTMENT 4 PARKLANDS HOUSE, 46 Higher Lane | £300,000 (2004) | £530,000 (2023) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| 38 WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane | £182,950 (2003) | £225,000 (2022) | +1.1% | -1.5% |
| 39 WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane | £199,025 (2003) | £250,000 (2022) | +1.2% | -1.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Higher Lane, 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 | 114 | 51.4% | £189,950 | £66,000 – £530,000 |
| Terraced | 58 | 26.1% | £95,000 | £22,000 – £235,000 |
| Detached | 42 | 18.9% | £290,000 | £60,000 – £1,020,000 |
| Semi-detached | 8 | 3.6% | £144,950 | £30,000 – £380,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Higher Lane, Manchester
157 of the sales on record are leasehold and 65 freehold — 70.7% 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 £175,950 and the median freehold sale £197,500 — a gap of +12.2%. 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 | 157 | 70.7% | £175,950 |
| Freehold | 65 | 29.3% | £197,500 |
| New build | 53 | 23.9% | £187,250 |
| Existing home | 169 | 76.1% | £169,950 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +10.2%. 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 7 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 Higher Lane, Manchester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Higher Lane, Manchester sits above that national figure — +12.2%.
Within Manchester the street ranks 1604 of 8967 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £118,000 (+49.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,654 per square metre, across 3 of the 222 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 £22,000 to £1,020,000. 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
- Bury New Road£120,000 median
- Cromwell Road£105,000 median
- Victoria Lane£115,000 median
- Radcliffe New Road£160,000 median
- Lily Hill Street£118,500 median
- Thatch Leach Lane£130,750 median
- Wilton Street£140,000 median
- Park Lane£176,994 median
- Nipper Lane£115,000 median
- Hampstead Drive£229,787 median
- Nuttall Avenue£123,000 median
- Warwick Avenue£142,000 median
- Stanway Road£124,000 median
- Lime Avenue£157,450 median
- Kenilworth Avenue£115,500 median
- Kenmore Road£159,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 4 Higher Lane6 sales
- 111 Higher Lane6 sales
- 16 Higher Lane6 sales
- 123 Higher Lane4 sales
- 40, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane4 sales
- 41, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane4 sales
- 24 Higher Lane4 sales
- 101 Higher Lane4 sales
- 127 Higher Lane4 sales
- 31, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 35, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 22, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 99 Higher Lane3 sales
- 38, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 39, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 143 Higher Lane3 sales
- 36, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 9, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 15, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 25, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 47, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
- 8 Higher Lane3 sales
- 57 Higher Lane3 sales
- 28, WENTWORTH COURT Higher Lane3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Higher Lane, Manchester?
The median price paid in Higher Lane, Manchester across every sale on the register is £176,725. 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 Higher Lane, Manchester?
222 sales are on record for Higher Lane, Manchester, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Higher Lane, Manchester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +8.3% between 2009 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -16.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Higher Lane, Manchester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £284,000, set in 2018. 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 Higher Lane, Manchester?
£2,654 per square metre, from the 3 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 22 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, “Higher Lane, 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.