That is the middle of 1,312 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 5.6 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.
1,312 homes sold in three years: 121 detached houses, 613 semi-detached houses, 500 terraced houses and 78 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£317K
median sale · 121 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£380K
Last 12 months
£324K38 sold
New build
£390K
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 613 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£282K
Last 12 months
£245K158 sold
New build
£295K
Terraced houses£186K
median sale · 500 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£163K–£222K
Last 12 months
£197K141 sold
New build
£307K
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 78 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£113K–£140K
Last 12 months
£135K17 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 47% of sales
Detached houses9%
Semi-detached houses47%
Terraced houses38%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Denton’s homes sold for between £176K and £268K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £329K. 66% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £221,975, sits in the £200–250K band
1,312 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,500 in 1995 to £225,000 in the last 12 months (£158,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
354 sales in the last 12 months, against 860 in 2002, the busiest year, and 334 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 62% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Denton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Denton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£85K
£170K
£160K
£180K
£265K
£324K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£60K
£125K
£124K
£140K
£186K
£245K
Terraced houses
£33K
£37K
£91K
£90K
£105K
£140K
£197K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£33K
£115K
£73K
£76K
£98K
£135K
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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
640 new homes have been sold in Denton since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 2004.
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 £315,950
against £219,500 for a home sold on, 44% 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, 28% sold leasehold in Denton. 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
Cohen Avenue is Denton’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
81 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 24 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
Cohen Avenue
M34
23
£329,950
Mixed · new builds
2
Stockport Road
M34
23
£188,000
Mixed
3
Laburnum Road
M34
22
£239,550
Mostly terraced houses
4
Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Way
M34
21
£315,950
Mixed · new builds
5
Moorfield Avenue
M34
20
£197,175
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
St Annes Road
M34
18
£237,500
Mixed
7
Cromwell Avenue
SK5
17
£145,000
Mostly flats
8
Windmill Lane
M34
15
£248,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Two Trees Lane
M34
14
£202,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Acre Street
M34
14
£167,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Manchester Road
M34
13
£241,000
Mixed
12
Town Lane
M34
13
£230,000
Mixed
13
Manor Road
M34
13
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Windermere Avenue
M34
12
£247,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Circular Road
M34
12
£230,100
Mixed
Dearest streets
Cohen Avenue: £329,950
Denton median£222K
Cohen Avenue£330K
Sennett Close£325K
Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Way£316K
Anson Road£304K
Shirley Avenue£300K
Cheapest streets
Kensington Grove: £118,125
Denton median£222K
Kensington Grove£118K
Palatine Street£130K
Sandheys£135K
Dunecroft£135K
Ashton Road£144K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.8 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 Greater Manchester
Denton is the 46th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Denton is in the middle of Greater Manchester’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 Denton
What is the average house price in Denton?
The median home in Denton sold for £221,975 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,312 standard sales (£225,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £317,000, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £185,500 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Denton?
The median was £225,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£225,000), and £225,000 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 Denton each year?
354 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 508 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Denton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cohen Avenue (M34, £329,950), Sennett Close (M34, £324,950) and Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Way (M34, £315,950).
How much does a new build cost in Denton?
New homes sold for a median £315,950 over three years, against £219,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.6% of sales.
Is Denton expensive for Greater Manchester?
Denton is the 46th most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Greater Manchester 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.