That is the middle of 470 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.
470 homes sold in three years: 107 detached houses, 194 semi-detached houses, 97 terraced houses and 72 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£355K–£535K
Last 12 months
£439K32 sold
Semi-detached houses£322K
median sale · 194 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£390K
Last 12 months
£330K59 sold
Terraced houses£243K
median sale · 97 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£206K–£325K
Last 12 months
£290K24 sold
Flats and maisonettes£140K
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£175K
Last 12 months
£161K16 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Romiley’s homes sold for between £222K and £392K
One sale in ten was under £165K and one in ten over £490K. 31% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £310,000, sits in the £300–400K band
470 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 £59,250 in 1995 to £325,000 in the last 12 months (£230,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
131 sales in the last 12 months, against 246 in 2007, the busiest year, and 99 in 2009. Sales fell by 60% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 21%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Romiley costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Romiley, 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
£86K
£147K
£250K
£257K
£300K
£348K
£439K
Semi-detached houses
£62K
£76K
£164K
£170K
£195K
£275K
£330K
Terraced houses
£53K
£60K
£118K
£110K
£132K
£223K
£290K
Flats and maisonettes
£49K
£70K
£124K
£86K
£112K
£130K
£161K
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
157 new homes have been sold in Romiley since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2005.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
38% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 26% sold leasehold in Romiley. 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
Metcalfe Drive is Romiley’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Metcalfe Drive
SK6
29
£115,000
Mostly flats
2
Central Drive
SK6
28
£175,000
Mostly flats
3
Compstall Road
SK6
22
£433,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Overdale Road
SK6
20
£325,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
The Ridgway
SK6
15
£215,000
Mixed
6
Carlton Avenue
SK6
10
£352,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Guywood Lane
SK6
10
£349,000
Mixed
8
Hill Rise
SK6
9
£375,000
Mostly detached houses
9
High Meadows
SK6
9
£350,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Lyme Grove
SK6
9
£295,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Sandy Lane
SK6
8
£382,500
Mixed
12
Greenway
SK6
8
£221,000
Mixed
13
Beacon Road
SK6
7
£310,000
Mixed
14
Catherine Road
SK6
7
£305,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Sunfield
SK6
7
£225,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Compstall Road: £433,000
Romiley median£310K
Compstall Road£433K
Church Lane£397K
Marsden Road£392K
Sandy Lane£383K
Hill Rise£375K
Cheapest streets
Metcalfe Drive: £115,000
Romiley median£310K
Metcalfe Drive£115K
Central Drive£175K
Stockport Road£182K
The Ridgway£215K
Greenway£221K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.8 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
Romiley is the 16th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Romiley is one of Greater Manchester’s dearest 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 Romiley
What is the average house price in Romiley?
The median home in Romiley sold for £310,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 470 standard sales (£325,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £321,500, terraced houses £242,500 and flats and maisonettes £140,000.
Are house prices going up in Romiley?
The median was £320,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£300,000), and £325,000 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 Romiley each year?
131 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 173 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Romiley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Compstall Road (SK6, £433,000), Church Lane (SK6, £397,000) and Marsden Road (SK6, £391,500).
Is Romiley expensive for Greater Manchester?
Romiley is the 16th 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.