That is the middle of 623 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 3.3 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.
623 homes sold in three years: 241 detached houses, 252 semi-detached houses, 87 terraced houses and 43 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£360K
median sale · 241 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£440K
Last 12 months
£379K58 sold
New build
£355K
Semi-detached houses£233K
median sale · 252 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£260K
Last 12 months
£225K51 sold
New build
£247K
Terraced houses£160K
median sale · 87 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£195K
Last 12 months
£167K28 sold
Flats and maisonettes£147K
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£180K
Last 12 months
£120K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses14%
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 Standish’s homes sold for between £187K and £335K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £440K. 50% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
623 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.3 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £75,000 in 1995 to £245,000 in the last 12 months (£229,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
150 sales in the last 12 months, against 398 in 2021, the busiest year, and 105 in 2009. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 33% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Standish costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Standish, 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
£90K
£125K
£227K
£241K
£245K
£299K
£379K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£59K
£148K
£123K
£145K
£171K
£225K
Terraced houses
£37K
£39K
£101K
£100K
£101K
£135K
£167K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£44K
£120K
£108K
£117K
£123K
£120K
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: 2.7% of sales in the last 12 months
1,768 new homes have been sold in Standish since 1995; the share peaked at 57% 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 £263,950
against £245,000 for a home sold on, 8% 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.
37% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 32% sold leasehold in Standish. 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
North Union Drive is Standish’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
44 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
North Union Drive
WN6
46
£259,950
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Wigan Road
WN6
32
£268,500
Mixed
3
Preston Road
WN6
21
£149,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
White Bridge Close
WN6
20
£249,950
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Bradley Lane (WN6)
WN6
15
£140,000
Mixed
6
Chorley Road (WN1)
WN1
13
£264,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Grove Lane
WN6
13
£179,000
Mixed
8
Bentham Road
WN6
11
£205,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Broadfern
WN6
10
£345,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Lady Fern Field
WN6
10
£283,975
Mixed · new builds
11
Bramley Court
WN6
10
£162,500
Mostly flats
12
Thorley Grove
WN6
9
£415,750
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Iron Drive
WN6
8
£400,500
Mostly detached houses
14
Moss Green Close
WN6
7
£424,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Range Drive
WN6
7
£327,750
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Pilgrims Way: £520,000
Standish median£250K
Pilgrims Way£520K
Moss Green Close£424K
Thorley Grove£416K
Hedgebank£410K
Artisan Close£405K
Cheapest streets
Bradley Lane (WN6): £140,000
Standish median£250K
Bradley Lane (WN6)£140K
Beacon View£147K
Preston Road£149K
Heaton Street£158K
Church Street£160K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.7 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
Standish is the 26th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Standish 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 Standish
What is the average house price in Standish?
The median home in Standish sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 623 standard sales (£245,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £360,000, semi-detached houses £232,950, terraced houses £160,000 and flats and maisonettes £147,000.
Are house prices going up in Standish?
The median was £248,950 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£254,975), and £245,000 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 Standish each year?
150 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 281 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Standish?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Pilgrims Way (WN6, £520,000), Moss Green Close (WN6, £424,000) and Thorley Grove (WN6, £415,750).
How much does a new build cost in Standish?
New homes sold for a median £263,950 over three years, against £245,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Standish expensive for Greater Manchester?
Standish is the 26th 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.