That is the middle of 2,836 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 4.8 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.
2,836 homes sold in three years: 636 detached houses, 712 semi-detached houses, 1,115 terraced houses and 373 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£445K
median sale · 636 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£545K
Last 12 months
£450K177 sold
New build
£480K
Semi-detached houses£297K
median sale · 712 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£359K
Last 12 months
£315K223 sold
New build
£400K
Terraced houses£208K
median sale · 1,115 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£260K
Last 12 months
£208K314 sold
New build
£335K
Flats and maisonettes£168K
median sale · 373 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£121K–£237K
Last 12 months
£145K106 sold
New build
£345K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses39%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Macclesfield’s homes sold for between £190K and £370K
One sale in ten was under £148K and one in ten over £490K. 46% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £265,000, sits in the £250–300K band
2,836 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,400 in 1995 to £265,000 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
820 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,808 in 2002, the busiest year, and 607 in 2010. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 25% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Macclesfield costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Macclesfield, 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
£100K
£160K
£250K
£280K
£300K
£370K
£450K
Semi-detached houses
£58K
£80K
£161K
£165K
£178K
£239K
£315K
Terraced houses
£43K
£54K
£113K
£120K
£127K
£169K
£208K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£53K
£110K
£106K
£110K
£128K
£145K
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
3% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,621 new homes have been sold in Macclesfield since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 1995.
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 £365,000
against £250,000 for a home sold on, 46% 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.
32% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 22% sold leasehold in Macclesfield. 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
Coare Street is Macclesfield’s busiest street, with 66 sales in three years
189 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 70 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
Coare Street
SK10
66
£307,499
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Hurdsfield Road
SK10
39
£185,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Kelly Smith Way
SK10
34
£433,795
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
High Street
SK11
29
£198,950
Mostly terraced houses
5
Bond Street
SK11
26
£224,250
Mostly terraced houses
6
Chester Road
SK11
25
£195,000
Mixed
7
Moss Lane
SK11
24
£242,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Newton Street
SK11
23
£196,250
Mostly terraced houses
9
Park Lane
SK11
23
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Buxton Road (SK10)
SK10
22
£370,000
Mixed
11
Tytherington Drive
SK10
21
£320,000
Mixed
12
Wightman Avenue
SK10
20
£379,975
Mixed
13
Brocklehurst Avenue
SK10
20
£226,250
Mixed
14
James Street
SK11
20
£209,250
Mostly terraced houses
15
Bridge Street
SK11
20
£180,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Manchester Road: £880,000
Macclesfield median£265K
Manchester Road£880K
Ivy Lane£653K
Marlborough Drive£605K
Measfield Crescent£548K
Ryles Park Road£532K
Cheapest streets
Millers Court: £88,475
Macclesfield median£265K
Millers Court£88K
Stuart Court£90K
Linden Court£107K
Abbey Road£117K
Mill Lane£118K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.9 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
Macclesfield is the 25th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield
What is the average house price in Macclesfield?
The median home in Macclesfield sold for £265,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,836 standard sales (£265,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £445,000, semi-detached houses £296,525, terraced houses £207,500 and flats and maisonettes £168,000.
Are house prices going up in Macclesfield?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£270,000), and £265,000 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 Macclesfield each year?
820 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,046 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Macclesfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Manchester Road (SK10, £880,000), Ivy Lane (SK11, £653,000) and Marlborough Drive (SK10, £605,000).
How much does a new build cost in Macclesfield?
New homes sold for a median £365,000 over three years, against £250,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.6% of sales.
Is Macclesfield expensive for Cheshire?
Macclesfield is the 25th 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.