SK8 house prices are built from 31,482 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 29 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £185,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +51.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +8.2%.
Median price paid
£185,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+51.0%
Change in real terms
+8.2%
Median per m²
£2,273
HM Land Registry31,482 sales1,946 with floor areaLatest sale 29 Jun 2026
Section 01
How SK8 prices moved
The chart tracks the median SK8 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 | £70,625 | £156,821 |
| 2000s | 10 | £174,975 | £318,753 |
| 2010s | 10 | £212,000 | £298,920 |
| 2020s | 7 | £360,000 | £367,826 |
The highest yearly median on record for SK8 is £370,000 in 2025; the lowest is £63,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £63,000 to £370,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £139,890, so the real change over the whole record is +164.5% — about +3.19% 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: +51.0% in cash against +8.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 Highfield Road | 29 Jun 2026 | Detached | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 16 Southdown Crescent | 19 Jun 2026 | Detached | £670,000 | £670,000 |
| 1 Minster Drive | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £198,000 | £198,000 |
| 59 Willow Avenue | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £88,071 | £88,071 |
| 8 Ripley Avenue | 18 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 89 Silverdale Road | 17 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £163,000 | £163,000 |
| 21 Barrow Meadow | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| FLAT 46 DUTTON COURT Station Approach | 15 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £152,000 | £152,000 |
| 5 Barcheston Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £665,000 | £665,000 |
| 239 Stockport Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 2 Jackson Street | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 28 Eton Drive | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 101 Buckingham Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £224,000 | £224,000 |
| FLAT 17 DUTTON COURT Station Approach | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 242 Councillor Lane | 10 Jun 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| FLAT 27 SOUTH VIEW GARDENS Schools Hill | 9 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 21 Outwood Drive | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| 5 Norwood Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 1 Mount Grove | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 28 Fistral Avenue | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| FLAT 3 GARDEN VILLAS Outwood Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £202,000 | £202,000 |
| 6 Eskdale | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 16 Park Road | 2 Jun 2026 | Detached | £665,000 | £665,000 |
| 2 Wythens Road | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| 124 Acre Lane | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £457,000 | £457,000 |
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 SK8 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 Highfield Road | £377,500 (2016) | £560,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +0.6% |
| 59 Willow Avenue | £150,000 (2006) | £88,071 (2026) | -2.6% | -5.4% |
| 16 Southdown Crescent | £130,000 (1997) | £670,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 1 Minster Drive | £42,700 (1998) | £198,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 8 Ripley Avenue | £75,500 (1996) | £410,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 89 Silverdale Road | £130,000 (2021) | £163,000 (2026) | +4.6% | -0.2% |
| FLAT 46 DUTTON COURT Station Approach | £202,450 (2015) | £152,000 (2026) | -2.6% | -5.6% |
| 239 Stockport Road | £325,000 (2024) | £335,000 (2026) | +1.5% | -1.0% |
| FLAT 17 DUTTON COURT Station Approach | £197,000 (2018) | £160,000 (2026) | -2.6% | -6.0% |
| 2 Jackson Street | £242,000 (2021) | £300,000 (2026) | +4.4% | -0.4% |
| 28 Eton Drive | £149,950 (2002) | £245,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.7% |
| 5 Barcheston Road | £410,000 (2015) | £665,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. SK8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 14,334 | 45.5% | £180,000 | £198 – £1,050,000 |
| Detached | 8,595 | 27.3% | £270,000 | £270 – £1,600,000 |
| Terraced | 5,187 | 16.5% | £157,000 | £9,500 – £840,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3,366 | 10.7% | £121,250 | £3,000 – £1,000,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in SK8
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 5,603 certificates cover SK8, and their median floor area is 85 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +11.8%. 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 | 85 m² | about 915 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 70 m² | about 753 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 115 m² | about 1,238 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 13.8% | 776 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 10.0% | 559 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in SK8
10,439 of the sales on record are leasehold and 21,043 freehold — 33.2% 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 £160,000 and the median freehold sale £200,000 — a gap of +25.0%. 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 | 10,439 | 33.2% | £160,000 |
| Freehold | 21,043 | 66.8% | £200,000 |
| New build | 1,400 | 4.4% | £229,950 |
| Existing home | 30,082 | 95.6% | £185,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +24.3%. 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 1,120 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 SK8
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cheshire East, 44.0% of 197,366 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,489 | 0.8% |
| B | 29,554 | 15.0% |
| C | 55,700 | 28.2% |
| D | 73,725 | 37.4% |
| E | 26,906 | 13.6% |
| F | 7,570 | 3.8% |
| G | 2,422 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cheshire East at £982 a month as of Jun 2026 — £694 for a one-bedroom home and £1,102 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £185,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.37% 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 SK8 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 SK8
The 2021 census counted 398,772 residents in Cheshire East across 174,854 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
23 state and independent schools have a SK8 postcode: 19 primary, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle Hulme High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,690 |
| The Kingsway School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,260 |
| Laurus Cheadle Hulme | Secondary | Free schools | 1,054 |
| St James' Catholic High School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 824 |
| Gatley Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 659 |
| Oak Tree Primary School | Primary | Community school | 638 |
| Bradshaw Hall Primary School | Primary | Community school | 472 |
| Cheadle Hulme Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 458 |
| Meadowbank Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 424 |
| Etchells Primary School | Primary | Community school | 397 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cheadle Hulme Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| Gatley Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Heald Green Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Peel Hall (Manchester Metrolink) | Tram | 2.8 km |
Section 09
How SK8 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. SK8 sits above that national figure — +17.5%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,273 per square metre, across 1,946 of the 31,482 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 £198 to £1,600,000. 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.
SK8 sits in Cheshire East, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cheshire East at 7.6 times median local earnings of £39,459 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
Sectors inside SK8
- SK8 1£191,950 median
- SK8 2£153,300 median
- SK8 3£185,000 median
- SK8 4£195,000 median
- SK8 5£170,000 median
- SK8 6£195,000 median
- SK8 7£238,000 median
The closest districts
- SK33.2 km · £115,000
- M223.5 km · £117,000
- SK74.5 km · £200,000
- SK44.8 km · £167,000
- M205.2 km · £179,950
- SK25.4 km · £139,950
- SK95.8 km · £240,000
- SK57.3 km · £106,225
This district mostly covers Cheadle.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in SK8?
The median price paid in SK8 across every sale on the register is £185,000. 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 SK8?
31,482 sales are on record for SK8, the most recent completing on 29 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have SK8 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +51.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +8.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were SK8 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £370,000, set in 2025. 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 SK8?
£2,273 per square metre, from the 1,946 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 29 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, “SK8 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.