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The median home in Mossley sells for £194,282

That is the middle of 486 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 5.5 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.

69thmost expensive of 81 in Greater Manchester+50%since 2016
Median sale
£194K
486 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £160K to £250K
Sold in 12 months
150
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Median £198,500
New builds
0%
of sales in 3 years
In 10 years
+50%
median, 2016 to the last 12 months
£132K → £199K
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

62% of Mossley’s sales are terraced houses

486 homes sold in three years: 39 detached houses, 105 semi-detached houses, 299 terraced houses and 43 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.

Detached houses£350K

median sale · 39 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£285K–£400K
Last 12 months
£347K8 sold
Semi-detached houses£264K

median sale · 105 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£230K–£320K
Last 12 months
£278K30 sold
Terraced houses£180K

median sale · 299 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£160K–£206K
Last 12 months
£192K100 sold
Flats and maisonettes£139K

median sale · 43 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£125K–£151K
Last 12 months
£151K12 sold
The mix

A terraced town: 62% of homes sold are terraced

Detached houses8%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses62%
Flats and maisonettes9%

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 Mossley’s homes sold for between £160K and £250K

One sale in ten was under £138K and one in ten over £339K. 74% sold for under £250K.

Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

The median, £194,282, sits in the £150–200K band

062125187Under £100K: 9 sold<£100K£100–150K: 69 sold£100–150K£150–200K: 187 sold£150–200K£200–250K: 94 sold£200–250K£250–300K: 52 sold£250–300K£300–400K: 60 sold£300–400K£400–500K: 12 sold£400–500K£500–750K: 3 sold£500–750K

486 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

Since 1995

The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England

Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,250 in 1995 to £198,500 in the last 12 months (£146,000 in 2019).

31 years of sales

Fewer homes sell than in most years

150 sales in the last 12 months, against 392 in 2007, the busiest year, and 118 in 2011. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.

Homes soldMedian sale price
0100200300400£75K£150K£225K£300K1996: 191 sold, typical £37K’961997: 252 sold, typical £39K1998: 211 sold, typical £39K’981999: 223 sold, typical £40K2000: 269 sold, typical £44K’002001: 303 sold, typical £49K2002: 302 sold, typical £60K’022003: 273 sold, typical £75K2004: 253 sold, typical £90K’042005: 172 sold, typical £100K2006: 323 sold, typical £112K’062007: 392 sold, typical £140K2008: 241 sold, typical £141K’082009: 153 sold, typical £135K2010: 131 sold, typical £113K’102011: 118 sold, typical £115K2012: 124 sold, typical £110K’122013: 123 sold, typical £119K2014: 163 sold, typical £120K’142015: 222 sold, typical £133K2016: 212 sold, typical £132K’162017: 200 sold, typical £124K2018: 189 sold, typical £130K’182019: 179 sold, typical £146K2020: 200 sold, typical £182K’202021: 299 sold, typical £169K2022: 188 sold, typical £188K’222023: 146 sold, typical £185K2024: 162 sold, typical £181K’242025: 209 sold, typical £200KLast 12 months: 150 sold, typical £199KNow
Against England

Mossley costs less than England as a whole

Median sale price each calendar year: Mossley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Mossley 1995: £36,250Mossley 1996: £36,500Mossley 1997: £38,500Mossley 1998: £39,000Mossley 1999: £40,000Mossley 2000: £43,500Mossley 2001: £49,000Mossley 2002: £59,517Mossley 2003: £75,000Mossley 2004: £90,000Mossley 2005: £100,000Mossley 2006: £112,000Mossley 2007: £139,950Mossley 2008: £141,000Mossley 2009: £134,550Mossley 2010: £113,000Mossley 2011: £115,000Mossley 2012: £110,125Mossley 2013: £119,000Mossley 2014: £120,000Mossley 2015: £132,500Mossley 2016: £132,250Mossley 2017: £124,225Mossley 2018: £130,000Mossley 2019: £146,000Mossley 2020: £181,500Mossley 2021: £169,000Mossley 2022: £187,500Mossley 2023: £185,000Mossley 2024: £181,000Mossley 2025: £200,000England 1995: £55,000England 1996: £57,500England 1997: £60,000England 1998: £66,000England 1999: £74,000England 2000: £82,000England 2001: £92,000England 2002: £114,000England 2003: £132,000England 2004: £152,000England 2005: £159,950England 2006: £168,000England 2007: £178,000England 2008: £174,000England 2009: £170,000England 2010: £185,000England 2011: £180,000England 2012: £183,250England 2013: £188,000England 2014: £198,000England 2015: £212,995England 2016: £224,950England 2017: £235,000England 2018: £240,000England 2019: £245,000England 2020: £263,000England 2021: £281,500England 2022: £295,000England 2023: £292,500England 2024: £299,000England 2025: £300,000Typical UK town 1995: £52,000Typical UK town 1996: £53,142Typical UK town 1997: £56,973Typical UK town 1998: £59,973Typical UK town 1999: £65,500Typical UK town 2000: £74,375Typical UK town 2001: £83,995Typical UK town 2002: £104,750Typical UK town 2003: £128,250Typical UK town 2004: £148,000Typical UK town 2005: £155,000Typical UK town 2006: £161,000Typical UK town 2007: £171,500Typical UK town 2008: £166,000Typical UK town 2009: £156,725Typical UK town 2010: £166,500Typical UK town 2011: £160,500Typical UK town 2012: £164,575Typical UK town 2013: £167,000Typical UK town 2014: £176,000Typical UK town 2015: £187,000Typical UK town 2016: £200,000Typical UK town 2017: £212,500Typical UK town 2018: £224,250Typical UK town 2019: £229,950Typical UK town 2020: £240,000Typical UK town 2021: £255,000Typical UK town 2022: £275,000Typical UK town 2023: £274,500Typical UK town 2024: £275,000Typical UK town 2025: £280,000England £300KTypical UK town £280KMossley £200K
By type

Detached houses rose the most since 1995

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Detached houses 1995: £60,000Detached houses 1996: £61,995Detached houses 1997: £73,250Detached houses 1998: £82,950Detached houses 1999: £84,450Detached houses 2000: £94,000Detached houses 2001: £88,500Detached houses 2002: £132,500Detached houses 2003: £140,000Detached houses 2004: £183,750Detached houses 2005: £164,000Detached houses 2006: £215,000Detached houses 2007: £269,950Detached houses 2008: £249,950Detached houses 2009: £236,455Detached houses 2010: £248,000Detached houses 2011: £210,000Detached houses 2012: £240,000Detached houses 2013: £206,030Detached houses 2014: £225,750Detached houses 2015: £237,950Detached houses 2016: £240,000Detached houses 2017: £275,000Detached houses 2018: £275,000Detached houses 2019: £270,000Detached houses 2020: £370,000Detached houses 2021: £320,000Detached houses 2022: £362,500Detached houses 2023: £352,750Detached houses 2024: £315,000Detached houses 2025: £359,000Semi-detached houses 1995: £55,000Semi-detached houses 1996: £49,975Semi-detached houses 1997: £49,950Semi-detached houses 1998: £59,750Semi-detached houses 1999: £55,000Semi-detached houses 2000: £59,975Semi-detached houses 2001: £62,995Semi-detached houses 2002: £75,000Semi-detached houses 2003: £90,000Semi-detached houses 2004: £111,000Semi-detached houses 2005: £139,000Semi-detached houses 2006: £156,975Semi-detached houses 2007: £165,000Semi-detached houses 2008: £187,000Semi-detached houses 2009: £174,975Semi-detached houses 2010: £155,000Semi-detached houses 2011: £135,000Semi-detached houses 2012: £122,000Semi-detached houses 2013: £140,000Semi-detached houses 2014: £136,500Semi-detached houses 2015: £179,000Semi-detached houses 2016: £166,500Semi-detached houses 2017: £165,000Semi-detached houses 2018: £178,250Semi-detached houses 2019: £230,000Semi-detached houses 2020: £268,000Semi-detached houses 2021: £240,000Semi-detached houses 2022: £250,000Semi-detached houses 2023: £245,000Semi-detached houses 2024: £262,497Semi-detached houses 2025: £260,000Terraced houses 1995: £35,000Terraced houses 1996: £34,650Terraced houses 1997: £34,500Terraced houses 1998: £36,950Terraced houses 1999: £38,000Terraced houses 2000: £39,375Terraced houses 2001: £45,000Terraced houses 2002: £52,250Terraced houses 2003: £72,500Terraced houses 2004: £85,500Terraced houses 2005: £97,500Terraced houses 2006: £103,000Terraced houses 2007: £119,950Terraced houses 2008: £120,000Terraced houses 2009: £110,500Terraced houses 2010: £99,475Terraced houses 2011: £95,000Terraced houses 2012: £103,750Terraced houses 2013: £107,000Terraced houses 2014: £107,000Terraced houses 2015: £115,000Terraced houses 2016: £115,000Terraced houses 2017: £117,500Terraced houses 2018: £124,995Terraced houses 2019: £129,500Terraced houses 2020: £135,000Terraced houses 2021: £153,250Terraced houses 2022: £175,000Terraced houses 2023: £176,000Terraced houses 2024: £177,325Terraced houses 2025: £183,750Flats and maisonettes 1997: £36,875Flats and maisonettes 1998: £41,950Flats and maisonettes 2000: £26,000Flats and maisonettes 2001: £29,950Flats and maisonettes 2002: £38,250Flats and maisonettes 2003: £101,975Flats and maisonettes 2004: £120,000Flats and maisonettes 2005: £64,725Flats and maisonettes 2006: £120,350Flats and maisonettes 2007: £139,950Flats and maisonettes 2008: £135,000Flats and maisonettes 2009: £91,000Flats and maisonettes 2010: £105,000Flats and maisonettes 2011: £77,000Flats and maisonettes 2012: £84,500Flats and maisonettes 2013: £124,750Flats and maisonettes 2014: £103,000Flats and maisonettes 2015: £95,000Flats and maisonettes 2016: £111,000Flats and maisonettes 2017: £115,000Flats and maisonettes 2018: £108,500Flats and maisonettes 2019: £117,000Flats and maisonettes 2020: £122,000Flats and maisonettes 2021: £121,000Flats and maisonettes 2022: £132,000Flats and maisonettes 2023: £128,500Flats and maisonettes 2024: £130,000Flats and maisonettes 2025: £143,000Detached houses £359KSemi-detached houses £260KTerraced houses £184KFlats and maisonettes £143K
199520002005201020152020Last 12 months
Detached houses£60K£94K£164K£248K£238K£370K£347K
Semi-detached houses£55K£60K£139K£155K£179K£268K£278K
Terraced houses£35K£39K£98K£99K£115K£135K£192K
Flats and maisonettes—£26K£65K£105K£95K£122K£151K

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

517 new homes have been sold in Mossley since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 2008.

New-build share of sales1996: 3.7%’961997: 15%1998: 4.7%1999: 1.8%’992000: 5.9%2001: 7.3%2002: 7.9%’022003: 7%2004: 2%2005: 0.6%’052006: 15%2007: 19%2008: 27%’082009: 16%2010: 17%2011: 10%’112012: 4.8%2013: 4.1%2014: 4.3%’142015: 18%2016: 7.5%2017: 3.5%’172018: 0%2019: 2.2%2020: 15%’202021: 2.3%2022: 0%2023: 0%’232024: 0%2025: 0%Last 12 months: 0%Now

Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.

New builds and tenure · 3 years

37% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 31% sold leasehold in Mossley. 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

Manchester Road is Mossley’s busiest street, with 34 sales in three years

29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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.

#StreetPostcode areaSalesMedianHomes
1Manchester RoadOL534£186,000Mostly terraced houses
2Stockport RoadOL523£167,500Mostly terraced houses
3Carrhill RoadOL518£192,500Mostly terraced houses
4Three Counties RoadOL514£259,250Mixed
5Micklehurst RoadOL514£199,000Mostly terraced houses
6Staley RoadOL514£182,500Mostly terraced houses
7Waterton LaneOL512£190,000Mixed
8Border Mill FoldOL512£140,500Mostly flats
9Waters ReachOL510£234,000Mixed
10Princess CloseOL510£224,975Mostly terraced houses
11Stamford RoadOL59£187,000Mixed
12Cheshire StreetOL59£163,500Mostly terraced houses
13King StreetOL58£167,622Mostly terraced houses
14Curzon StreetOL58£163,700Mostly terraced houses
15Quickedge RoadOL57£240,000Mixed
Dearest streets

Spring Mill Drive: £332,500

Mossley median£194K
Spring Mill Drive£333K
Shire Croft£320K
Cocksfoot Drive£280K
Earnshaw Clough£280K
Croft Row£270K
Cheapest streets

Border Mill Fold: £140,500

Mossley median£194K
Border Mill Fold£141K
Vale View£143K
Lees Road£163K
Cheshire Street£164K
Curzon Street£164K

Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.4 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 Greater Manchester

Mossley is the 69th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester

Mossley is one of Greater Manchester’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.

Median sale, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1Bowdon£908K2Hale£710K3Bramhall£500K
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67Little Hulton£195K68Atherton£195K69Mossley£194K70Ashton-under-Lyne£190K71Ashton-in-Makerfield£190K
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80Platt Bridge and Abram£165K81Ince-in-Makerfield£145K

Towns of 2,500 or more in Greater Manchester with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.

Mossley’s neighbours

Cheaper nearby: Oldham.

All towns in Greater Manchester →
LeesStalybridgeUppermillAshton-under-LyneDobcrossOldhamDelphLeesStalybridgeUppermillAshton-under-LyneDobcrossOldhamDelphMossley
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Mossley—£194K150+47%
Lees1.9£214K161+59%
Stalybridge2.1£210K248+43%
Uppermill2.2£345K150+38%
Ashton-under-Lyne2.7£190K323+74%
Dobcross2.8£380K11+81%
Oldham3.1£165K521+94%
Delph3.5£273K21+31%

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 Mossley

What is the average house price in Mossley?

The median home in Mossley sold for £194,282 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 486 standard sales (£198,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £263,500, terraced houses £180,000 and flats and maisonettes £139,000.

Are house prices going up in Mossley?

The median was £200,000 in 2025, up 10% on 2024 (£181,000), and £198,500 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 Mossley each year?

150 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 201 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.

What are the most expensive streets in Mossley?

Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Spring Mill Drive (OL5, £332,500), Shire Croft (OL5, £320,000) and Cocksfoot Drive (OL5, £280,000).

Is Mossley expensive for Greater Manchester?

Mossley is the 69th 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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