That is the middle of 130 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 4.9 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.
130 homes sold in three years: 51 detached houses, 44 semi-detached houses and 35 terraced houses.
Detached houses£225K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£275K
Last 12 months
£241K27 sold
Semi-detached houses£175K
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£200K
Last 12 months
£177K12 sold
Terraced houses£153K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£136K–£170K
Last 12 months
£154K8 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses27%
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 Elton’s homes sold for between £158K and £225K
One sale in ten was under £134K and one in ten over £285K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £185,000, sits in the £150–200K band
130 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,250 in 1995 to £210,000 in the last 12 months (£144,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
47 sales in the last 12 months, against 125 in 2002, the busiest year, and 21 in 2009. Sales fell by 75% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 86% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Elton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Elton, 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
£64K
£66K
£170K
£140K
£160K
£235K
£241K
Semi-detached houses
£40K
£52K
£128K
£114K
£124K
£138K
£177K
Terraced houses
£41K
£51K
£113K
£120K
£111K
£130K
£154K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
231 new homes have been sold in Elton since 1995; the share peaked at 39% in 1996.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
1% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Elton. 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
Coppice Green is Elton’s busiest street, with 7 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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
Coppice Green
CH2
7
£286,000
Mostly detached houses
2
Manna Drive
CH2
7
£220,000
Mostly detached houses
3
School Lane
CH2
7
£190,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Alvanley View
CH2
7
£180,100
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Ince Lane
CH2
7
£172,500
Mixed
6
Holm Drive
CH2
6
£195,000
Mixed
7
Brackendale
CH2
6
£181,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Hallfield Drive
CH2
6
£178,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
The Paddock
CH2
5
£165,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
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
Elton is the 44th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Elton is one of Cheshire’s cheapest 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 Elton
What is the average house price in Elton?
The median home in Elton sold for £185,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 130 standard sales (£210,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £225,000, semi-detached houses £175,000 and terraced houses £152,500.
Are house prices going up in Elton?
The median was £192,500 in 2025, up 8% on 2024 (£177,500), and £210,000 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 Elton each year?
47 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 51 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Elton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Coppice Green (CH2, £286,000), Manna Drive (CH2, £220,000) and Holm Drive (CH2, £195,000).
Is Elton expensive for Cheshire?
Elton is the 44th 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.
Photo: Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0