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Housing in Urmston · HM Land Registry

The median home in Urmston sells for £331,500

That is the middle of 1,535 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 6.9 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.

13thmost expensive of 81 in Greater Manchester+59%since 2016
Median sale
£332K
1,535 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £270K to £415K
Sold in 12 months
462
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Median £350,000
New builds
0.2%
of sales in 3 years
In 10 years
+59%
median, 2016 to the last 12 months
£221K → £350K
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

Half of Urmston’s sales are semi-detached houses

1,535 homes sold in three years: 200 detached houses, 828 semi-detached houses, 357 terraced houses and 150 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.

Detached houses£475K

median sale · 200 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£410K–£570K
Last 12 months
£515K67 sold
Semi-detached houses£340K

median sale · 828 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£300K–£403K
Last 12 months
£355K242 sold
Terraced houses£303K

median sale · 357 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£253K–£370K
Last 12 months
£320K105 sold
Flats and maisonettes£165K

median sale · 150 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£140K–£193K
Last 12 months
£167K48 sold
The mix

A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 54% of sales

Detached houses13%
Semi-detached houses54%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes10%

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 Urmston’s homes sold for between £270K and £415K

One sale in ten was under £200K and one in ten over £510K. 18% sold for under £250K.

Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

The median, £331,500, sits in the £300–400K band

0190379569Under £100K: 15 sold<£100K£100–150K: 40 sold£100–150K£150–200K: 91 sold£150–200K£200–250K: 131 sold£200–250K£250–300K: 252 sold£250–300K£300–400K: 569 sold£300–400K£400–500K: 273 sold£400–500K£500–750K: 143 sold£500–750K£750K–1M: 18 sold£750K–1M£1M+: 3 sold£1M+

1,535 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

Since 1995

The typical home costs 6.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s

Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,500 in 1995 to £350,000 in the last 12 months (£260,000 in 2019).

31 years of sales

Fewer homes sell than in most years

462 sales in the last 12 months, against 914 in 2002, the busiest year, and 372 in 2008. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 42% more sales than 2020.

Homes soldMedian sale price
0237475712950£100K£200K£300K£400K1996: 675 sold, typical £50K’961997: 744 sold, typical £56K1998: 780 sold, typical £58K’981999: 850 sold, typical £62K2000: 757 sold, typical £72K’002001: 813 sold, typical £85K2002: 914 sold, typical £95K’022003: 903 sold, typical £117K2004: 803 sold, typical £140K’042005: 660 sold, typical £150K2006: 885 sold, typical £160K’062007: 791 sold, typical £168K2008: 372 sold, typical £165K’082009: 440 sold, typical £150K2010: 471 sold, typical £162K’102011: 480 sold, typical £163K2012: 529 sold, typical £161K’122013: 600 sold, typical £166K2014: 749 sold, typical £184K’142015: 676 sold, typical £191K2016: 770 sold, typical £221K’162017: 677 sold, typical £232K2018: 659 sold, typical £245K’182019: 621 sold, typical £260K2020: 576 sold, typical £275K’202021: 818 sold, typical £290K2022: 613 sold, typical £320K’222023: 409 sold, typical £318K2024: 545 sold, typical £325K’242025: 559 sold, typical £345KLast 12 months: 462 sold, typical £350KNow
Against England

Urmston costs more than England as a whole

Median sale price each calendar year: Urmston, 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£400K1995200020052010201520202025Urmston 1995: £50,500Urmston 1996: £50,000Urmston 1997: £55,500Urmston 1998: £57,500Urmston 1999: £62,450Urmston 2000: £71,500Urmston 2001: £85,000Urmston 2002: £95,000Urmston 2003: £117,000Urmston 2004: £140,000Urmston 2005: £150,000Urmston 2006: £160,000Urmston 2007: £168,000Urmston 2008: £165,000Urmston 2009: £150,000Urmston 2010: £162,000Urmston 2011: £163,000Urmston 2012: £161,000Urmston 2013: £166,470Urmston 2014: £183,500Urmston 2015: £191,000Urmston 2016: £220,600Urmston 2017: £232,000Urmston 2018: £245,000Urmston 2019: £260,000Urmston 2020: £275,000Urmston 2021: £289,975Urmston 2022: £320,000Urmston 2023: £317,500Urmston 2024: £325,000Urmston 2025: £345,000England 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: £280,000Urmston £345KEngland £300KTypical UK town £280K
By type

Terraced houses rose the most since 1995

£150K£300K£450K£600K1995200020052010201520202025Detached houses 1995: £87,000Detached houses 1996: £75,000Detached houses 1997: £86,500Detached houses 1998: £94,750Detached houses 1999: £110,000Detached houses 2000: £132,500Detached houses 2001: £156,500Detached houses 2002: £166,500Detached houses 2003: £213,997Detached houses 2004: £220,000Detached houses 2005: £249,950Detached houses 2006: £244,000Detached houses 2007: £279,200Detached houses 2008: £249,975Detached houses 2009: £227,000Detached houses 2010: £267,500Detached houses 2011: £229,000Detached houses 2012: £226,747Detached houses 2013: £245,500Detached houses 2014: £278,500Detached houses 2015: £272,250Detached houses 2016: £308,000Detached houses 2017: £325,000Detached houses 2018: £361,250Detached houses 2019: £406,250Detached houses 2020: £392,250Detached houses 2021: £425,000Detached houses 2022: £472,500Detached houses 2023: £425,000Detached houses 2024: £475,000Detached houses 2025: £480,000Semi-detached houses 1995: £51,600Semi-detached houses 1996: £51,975Semi-detached houses 1997: £56,500Semi-detached houses 1998: £59,050Semi-detached houses 1999: £65,000Semi-detached houses 2000: £75,000Semi-detached houses 2001: £86,500Semi-detached houses 2002: £99,000Semi-detached houses 2003: £122,500Semi-detached houses 2004: £145,250Semi-detached houses 2005: £156,000Semi-detached houses 2006: £165,000Semi-detached houses 2007: £172,250Semi-detached houses 2008: £170,000Semi-detached houses 2009: £156,000Semi-detached houses 2010: £167,750Semi-detached houses 2011: £164,000Semi-detached houses 2012: £164,500Semi-detached houses 2013: £167,750Semi-detached houses 2014: £185,500Semi-detached houses 2015: £203,250Semi-detached houses 2016: £224,250Semi-detached houses 2017: £235,000Semi-detached houses 2018: £258,000Semi-detached houses 2019: £264,500Semi-detached houses 2020: £280,000Semi-detached houses 2021: £298,500Semi-detached houses 2022: £330,000Semi-detached houses 2023: £325,000Semi-detached houses 2024: £330,000Semi-detached houses 2025: £350,750Terraced houses 1995: £42,500Terraced houses 1996: £44,000Terraced houses 1997: £45,000Terraced houses 1998: £46,600Terraced houses 1999: £50,000Terraced houses 2000: £59,000Terraced houses 2001: £68,000Terraced houses 2002: £79,000Terraced houses 2003: £93,750Terraced houses 2004: £121,000Terraced houses 2005: £131,500Terraced houses 2006: £137,500Terraced houses 2007: £153,000Terraced houses 2008: £150,000Terraced houses 2009: £134,000Terraced houses 2010: £145,000Terraced houses 2011: £143,500Terraced houses 2012: £139,500Terraced houses 2013: £155,000Terraced houses 2014: £161,000Terraced houses 2015: £167,000Terraced houses 2016: £191,600Terraced houses 2017: £200,000Terraced houses 2018: £200,000Terraced houses 2019: £221,000Terraced houses 2020: £249,000Terraced houses 2021: £250,000Terraced houses 2022: £281,000Terraced houses 2023: £279,000Terraced houses 2024: £290,000Terraced houses 2025: £315,000Flats and maisonettes 1995: £43,250Flats and maisonettes 1996: £38,500Flats and maisonettes 1997: £38,000Flats and maisonettes 1998: £37,950Flats and maisonettes 1999: £42,000Flats and maisonettes 2000: £47,000Flats and maisonettes 2001: £55,500Flats and maisonettes 2002: £61,500Flats and maisonettes 2003: £77,000Flats and maisonettes 2004: £95,500Flats and maisonettes 2005: £110,000Flats and maisonettes 2006: £115,750Flats and maisonettes 2007: £125,000Flats and maisonettes 2008: £100,000Flats and maisonettes 2009: £110,000Flats and maisonettes 2010: £107,100Flats and maisonettes 2011: £105,000Flats and maisonettes 2012: £100,000Flats and maisonettes 2013: £109,000Flats and maisonettes 2014: £115,000Flats and maisonettes 2015: £120,000Flats and maisonettes 2016: £130,000Flats and maisonettes 2017: £141,000Flats and maisonettes 2018: £161,500Flats and maisonettes 2019: £145,000Flats and maisonettes 2020: £160,000Flats and maisonettes 2021: £171,000Flats and maisonettes 2022: £168,000Flats and maisonettes 2023: £180,000Flats and maisonettes 2024: £173,000Flats and maisonettes 2025: £152,500Detached houses £480KSemi-detached houses £351KTerraced houses £315KFlats and maisonettes £153K
199520002005201020152020Last 12 months
Detached houses£87K£133K£250K£268K£272K£392K£515K
Semi-detached houses£52K£75K£156K£168K£203K£280K£355K
Terraced houses£43K£59K£132K£145K£167K£249K£320K
Flats and maisonettes£43K£47K£110K£107K£120K£160K£167K

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

602 new homes have been sold in Urmston since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 2020.

New-build share of sales1996: 0.9%’961997: 3.1%1998: 0.3%1999: 0.4%’992000: 2.4%2001: 3%2002: 4.7%’022003: 4%2004: 3.2%2005: 3.9%’052006: 2.4%2007: 2.7%2008: 1.1%’082009: 5.9%2010: 5.7%2011: 4.4%’112012: 9.1%2013: 1.2%2014: 1.1%’142015: 5.8%2016: 1.2%2017: 4.9%’172018: 4.7%2019: 1.1%2020: 10%’202021: 1.8%2022: 0.2%2023: 0.2%’232024: 0%2025: 0.5%Last 12 months: 0%Now

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

New builds and tenure · 3 years

35% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 28% sold leasehold in Urmston. 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

Moorside Road is Urmston’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years

104 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 29 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
1Moorside RoadM4135£301,000Mixed
2Stretford RoadM4127£200,000Mostly flats
3Crofts Bank RoadM4123£165,000Mostly flats
4Church RoadM4122£448,795Mixed
5Davyhulme RoadM4121£475,000Mixed
6Firwood AvenueM4121£286,000Mostly terraced houses
7Flixton RoadM4121£270,000Mixed
8Roseneath RoadM4118£406,211Mostly terraced houses
9Westminster RoadM4116£415,000Mostly semi-detached houses
10Canterbury RoadM4116£405,000Mostly semi-detached houses
11Woodsend RoadM4116£302,500Mixed
12Irlam RoadM4115£366,000Mostly semi-detached houses
13Snowden AvenueM4115£332,700Mostly semi-detached houses
14Woodhouse RoadM4114£362,500Mostly semi-detached houses
15Kingsway ParkM4114£276,500Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets

Queens Road: £660,000

Urmston median£332K
Queens Road£660K
Derby Road£619K
Lowood Avenue£525K
Riverside Drive£490K
Newton Road£490K
Cheapest streets

Manor Park: £157,500

Urmston median£332K
Manor Park£158K
Manor Avenue£158K
Brook Terrace£160K
Crofts Bank Road£165K
Charleston Square£180K

Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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

Urmston is the 13th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester

Urmston is one of Greater Manchester’s dearest 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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11Marple£344K12Worsley£336K13Urmston£332K14Hazel Grove£320K15Cheadle£313K
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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.

Urmston’s neighbours

Cheaper nearby: Stretford, Eccles and Irlam.

All towns in Greater Manchester →
StretfordEcclesIrlamSalePartingtonAltrinchamWorsleyStretfordEcclesIrlamSalePartingtonAltrinchamWorsleyUrmston
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Urmston—£332K462+50%
Stretford2.2£291K243+66%
Eccles2.3£232K416+85%
Irlam2.6£225K192+63%
Sale2.7£380K696+57%
Partington3.6£240K55+104%
Altrincham4£408K603+50%
Worsley4£336K156+39%

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 Urmston

What is the average house price in Urmston?

The median home in Urmston sold for £331,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,535 standard sales (£350,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £340,000, terraced houses £302,500 and flats and maisonettes £165,000.

Are house prices going up in Urmston?

The median was £345,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£325,000), and £350,000 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 Urmston each year?

462 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 629 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.

What are the most expensive streets in Urmston?

Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Queens Road (M41, £660,000), Derby Road (M41, £618,750) and Lowood Avenue (M41, £525,000).

Is Urmston expensive for Greater Manchester?

Urmston is the 13th 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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