That is the middle of 1,749 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.2 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
1,749 homes sold in three years: 733 detached houses, 563 semi-detached houses, 364 terraced houses and 89 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£400K
median sale · 733 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£462K
Last 12 months
£399K174 sold
New build
£425K
Semi-detached houses£260K
median sale · 563 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£300K
Last 12 months
£259K157 sold
New build
£295K
Terraced houses£180K
median sale · 364 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£142K–£223K
Last 12 months
£180K105 sold
New build
£227K
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£160K
Last 12 months
£130K26 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses32%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes5%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Congleton’s homes sold for between £204K and £394K
One sale in ten was under £143K and one in ten over £475K. 37% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £290,000, sits in the £250–300K band
1,749 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,450 in 1995 to £277,375 in the last 12 months (£240,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
462 sales in the last 12 months, against 840 in 2021, the busiest year, and 292 in 2009. Sales fell by 48% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Congleton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Congleton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£82K
£131K
£235K
£250K
£258K
£333K
£399K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£63K
£134K
£150K
£163K
£205K
£259K
Terraced houses
£36K
£46K
£102K
£104K
£115K
£152K
£180K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£68K
£121K
£110K
£118K
£123K
£130K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,921 new homes have been sold in Congleton since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £389,995
against £265,000 for a home sold on, 47% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 9.4% sold leasehold in Congleton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Frank Kearton Avenue is Congleton’s busiest street, with 48 sales in three years
130 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 33 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Frank Kearton Avenue
CW12
48
£426,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Ribbon Avenue
CW12
36
£284,996
Mixed · new builds
3
Thorsten Way
CW12
33
£384,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Geoffrey Way
CW12
23
£231,995
Mixed · new builds
5
John Mellor Avenue
CW12
21
£568,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Elmwood Drive
CW12
19
£440,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Holmes Chapel Road
CW12
18
£407,500
Mostly detached houses
8
Mill Green
CW12
18
£132,000
Mostly flats
9
Field View Road
CW12
16
£267,500
Mixed
10
Canal Road
CW12
16
£165,000
Mixed
11
Park Lane
CW12
15
£535,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Biddulph Road
CW12
15
£430,000
Mixed
13
Homestead Drive
CW12
15
£399,995
Mostly detached houses
14
The Moorings
CW12
15
£366,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Velvet Way
CW12
15
£341,996
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Black Firs Lane: £850,000
Congleton median£290K
Black Firs Lane£850K
John Mellor Avenue£568K
Park Lane£535K
Tudor Way£515K
Cross Lane£490K
Cheapest streets
Kinsey Street: £114,750
Congleton median£290K
Kinsey Street£115K
Hulton Close£117K
Mill Green£132K
Moody Street£133K
Apple Close£135K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.4 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Cheshire
Congleton is the 21st most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Congleton is in the middle of Cheshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Congleton
What is the average house price in Congleton?
The median home in Congleton sold for £290,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,749 standard sales (£277,375 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £400,000, semi-detached houses £260,000, terraced houses £179,997 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Congleton?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£286,750), and £277,375 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Congleton each year?
462 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 646 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Congleton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Black Firs Lane (CW12, £850,000), John Mellor Avenue (CW12, £568,000) and Park Lane (CW12, £535,000).
How much does a new build cost in Congleton?
New homes sold for a median £389,995 over three years, against £265,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 19% of sales.
Is Congleton expensive for Cheshire?
Congleton is the 21st most expensive of 46 towns of 2,500 or more in Cheshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.