Riding Close, Sale house prices are built from 167 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2003 and the most recent on 31 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £174,000. Across the 14 years from 2007 to 2021 the median moved -3.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -29.7%.
Median price paid
£174,000
Change in cash, 2007–2021
-3.3%
Change in real terms
-29.7%
Median per m²
£2,264
HM Land Registry167 sales53 with floor areaLatest sale 31 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Riding Close, Sale prices moved
The chart tracks the median Riding Close, Sale house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2003 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | £179,525 | £327,042 |
| 2010s | 3 | £156,750 | £221,018 |
| 2020s | 1 | £230,000 | £235,000 |
The highest yearly median on record for Riding Close, Sale is £237,775 in 2007; the lowest is £125,000 in 2017. Across the full 19-year record the cash median has moved from £132,000 to £230,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £249,491, so the real change over the whole record is +16.5% — about +0.85% 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: -3.3% in cash against -29.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 31 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £159,000 | £159,000 |
| 31 | 9 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £395,000 | £403,587 |
| 25 | 15 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £395,000 | £403,587 |
| 24 | 16 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £294,627 |
| Apartment 10 57 | 27 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £192,000 | £202,030 |
| 23 | 30 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £340,600 | £358,393 |
| 10 | 13 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £200,000 | £216,092 |
| 20 | 2 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £388,000 | £419,218 |
| 41 | 21 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £280,000 | £324,404 |
| 1 | 30 Sep 2022 | Detached | £620,000 | £718,324 |
| Apartment 9 55 | 12 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £177,000 | £205,070 |
| Apartment 2 53 | 17 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £172,500 | £199,856 |
| 28 | 16 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £230,000 | £290,591 |
| Apartment 10 57 | 5 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £172,500 | £217,944 |
| 4 | 15 Oct 2021 | Detached | £575,000 | £726,478 |
| Apartment 5 53 | 24 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £208,468 |
| 30 | 30 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £226,500 | £286,169 |
| Apartment 1 53 | 9 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £167,000 | £210,995 |
| 6 | 29 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £332,500 | £420,094 |
| 47 | 4 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 45 | 26 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £352,000 | £444,731 |
| 33 | 19 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £423,253 |
| Apartment 7 55 | 19 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £168,000 | £212,258 |
| 29 | 7 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £350,000 | £453,168 |
| Apartment 4 53 | 24 Nov 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £174,000 | £225,289 |
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 Riding Close, Sale values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 Riding Close | £87,400 (2004) | £159,000 (2026) | +2.8% | -0.1% |
| 31 Riding Close | £190,000 (2004) | £395,000 (2025) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| 25 Riding Close | £249,020 (2004) | £395,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -0.6% |
| 24 Riding Close | £160,000 (2005) | £280,000 (2024) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| APARTMENT 10 57 Riding Close | £147,000 (2004) | £192,000 (2024) | +1.3% | -1.5% |
| 23 Riding Close | £190,000 (2003) | £340,600 (2024) | +2.8% | 0.0% |
| 10 Riding Close | £200,000 (2005) | £200,000 (2023) | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 20 Riding Close | £225,000 (2004) | £388,000 (2023) | +2.9% | +0.0% |
| 41 Riding Close | £128,250 (2004) | £280,000 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| 1 Riding Close | £274,550 (2003) | £620,000 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| APARTMENT 9 55 Riding Close | £120,000 (2003) | £177,000 (2022) | +2.1% | -0.5% |
| APARTMENT 2 53 Riding Close | £119,225 (2004) | £172,500 (2022) | +2.1% | -0.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Riding Close, Sale 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 | 73 | 43.7% | £131,500 | £90,000 – £192,000 |
| Terraced | 54 | 32.3% | £215,000 | £30,000 – £395,000 |
| Detached | 25 | 15.0% | £320,000 | £242,250 – £620,000 |
| Semi-detached | 15 | 9.0% | £196,000 | £140,000 – £395,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Riding Close, Sale
78 of the sales on record are leasehold and 89 freehold — 46.7% 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 £130,500 and the median freehold sale £242,000 — a gap of +85.4%. 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 | 78 | 46.7% | £130,500 |
| Freehold | 89 | 53.3% | £242,000 |
| New build | 63 | 37.7% | £147,000 |
| Existing home | 104 | 62.3% | £182,750 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -19.6%. 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 2 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 Riding Close, Sale
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 £174,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.37% 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.
No street-level crime was published for M33 in Jun 2026 by Greater Manchester. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Riding Close, Sale
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.
21 state and independent schools have a M33 postcode: 18 primary, 3 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton-on-Mersey School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,609 |
| Sale Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,352 |
| Sale High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,103 |
| Springfield Primary School | Primary | Community school | 680 |
| Brooklands Primary School | Primary | Community school | 645 |
| Firs Primary School | Primary | Community school | 540 |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 473 |
| Park Road Sale Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 461 |
| Worthington Primary School | Primary | Community school | 446 |
| Woodheys Primary School | Primary | Community school | 443 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklands (Manchester Metrolink) | Tram | 0.4 km |
| Brooklands (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.4 km |
| Brooklands (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.4 km |
| Sale (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.6 km |
Section 09
How Riding Close, Sale compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Riding Close, Sale sits above that national figure — +10.5%.
Within Sale the street ranks 406 of 690 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £173,000 (+0.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,264 per square metre, across 53 of the 167 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 £30,000 to £620,000. 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.
Riding Close, Sale 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
Streets nearby
- Brooklands Road£115,000 median
- Northenden Road£158,050 median
- Glebelands Road£185,225 median
- Marsland Road£189,975 median
- Broad Road£164,975 median
- Ashton Lane£133,715 median
- Dane Road£196,000 median
- Norris Road£195,000 median
- Moss Lane£204,975 median
- Washway Road£199,950 median
- Manor Avenue£172,000 median
- Whitehall Road£107,975 median
- Carrington Lane£168,000 median
- Harley Road£143,000 median
- Walton Road£242,500 median
- Harboro Road£197,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- APARTMENT 9, 55 Riding Close5 sales
- 29 Riding Close5 sales
- APARTMENT 4, 53 Riding Close5 sales
- APARTMENT 10, 57 Riding Close4 sales
- 20 Riding Close4 sales
- APARTMENT 11, 57 Riding Close4 sales
- APARTMENT 3, 57 Riding Close4 sales
- APARTMENT 2, 55 Riding Close4 sales
- 19 Riding Close4 sales
- 37 Riding Close3 sales
- 31 Riding Close3 sales
- 24 Riding Close3 sales
- 23 Riding Close3 sales
- APARTMENT 2, 53 Riding Close3 sales
- 28 Riding Close3 sales
- 4 Riding Close3 sales
- APARTMENT 1, 53 Riding Close3 sales
- 6 Riding Close3 sales
- 47 Riding Close3 sales
- 45 Riding Close3 sales
- 14 Riding Close3 sales
- 8 Riding Close3 sales
- APARTMENT 8, 55 Riding Close3 sales
- 18 Riding Close3 sales
Back to Sale house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Riding Close, Sale?
The median price paid in Riding Close, Sale across every sale on the register is £174,000. 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 Riding Close, Sale?
167 sales are on record for Riding Close, Sale, the most recent completing on 31 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Riding Close, Sale house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -3.3% between 2007 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -29.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Riding Close, Sale house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £237,775, set in 2007. 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 Riding Close, Sale?
£2,264 per square metre, from the 53 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 31 Mar 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, “Riding Close, Sale 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.