That is the middle of 1,594 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 5.4 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.
Half of Middleton’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,594 homes sold in three years: 259 detached houses, 736 semi-detached houses, 486 terraced houses and 113 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£365K
median sale · 259 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£313K–£416K
Last 12 months
£375K68 sold
New build
£388K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 736 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£292K
Last 12 months
£255K198 sold
New build
£305K
Terraced houses£170K
median sale · 486 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£202K
Last 12 months
£177K148 sold
New build
£237K
Flats and maisonettes£115K
median sale · 113 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£89K–£127K
Last 12 months
£116K36 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 46% of sales
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses46%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Middleton’s homes sold for between £168K and £295K
One sale in ten was under £135K and one in ten over £375K. 59% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £225,000, sits in the £200–250K band
1,594 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,000 in 1995 to £225,000 in the last 12 months (£152,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
450 sales in the last 12 months, against 900 in 2007, the busiest year, and 301 in 2012. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 42% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Middleton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Middleton, 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
£77K
£87K
£189K
£215K
£171K
£270K
£375K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£56K
£116K
£123K
£128K
£187K
£255K
Terraced houses
£31K
£32K
£78K
£82K
£82K
£125K
£177K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£29K
£78K
£80K
£65K
£90K
£116K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
2,277 new homes have been sold in Middleton since 1995; the share peaked at 28% 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
A new home sold for a median £334,495
against £215,000 for a home sold on, 56% 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.
46% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 42% sold leasehold in Middleton. 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
Watt Drive is Middleton’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
107 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 34 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
Watt Drive
M24
30
£290,220
Mixed · new builds
2
Kingsway
M24
20
£257,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Rochdale Road
M24
20
£244,250
Mixed
4
Mill Close
M24
19
£335,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Vita Avenue
M24
19
£332,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
Bowness Road
M24
19
£222,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Yarn Close
M24
18
£345,495
Mixed · new builds
8
Hardfield Road
M24
18
£300,000
Mixed
9
Windermere Road
M24
18
£180,000
Mixed
10
Manchester New Road
M24
16
£387,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Warwick Road
M24
16
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Fibre Close
M24
15
£392,345
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Mossway
M24
15
£355,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Print Way
M24
15
£332,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
15
Hereford Way
M24
15
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Worcester Road: £400,000
Middleton median£225K
Worcester Road£400K
Fibre Close£392K
Thread Close£390K
Manchester New Road£388K
Parkside£384K
Cheapest streets
Boarshaw Clough Way: £82,500
Middleton median£225K
Boarshaw Clough Way£83K
Nowell Court£97K
Market Street£115K
Sadler Street£120K
Fielding Street£124K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.8 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
Middleton is the 41st most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Middleton 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 Middleton
What is the average house price in Middleton?
The median home in Middleton sold for £225,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,594 standard sales (£225,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £365,000, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £170,000 and flats and maisonettes £115,000.
Are house prices going up in Middleton?
The median was £240,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£224,101), 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 Middleton each year?
450 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 641 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Middleton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Worcester Road (M24, £400,000), Fibre Close (M24, £392,345) and Thread Close (M24, £390,420).
How much does a new build cost in Middleton?
New homes sold for a median £334,495 over three years, against £215,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Middleton expensive for Greater Manchester?
Middleton is the 39th 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.
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