That is the middle of 717 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.
42% of Whitefield’s sales are semi-detached houses
717 homes sold in three years: 128 detached houses, 303 semi-detached houses, 222 terraced houses and 64 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£478K
median sale · 128 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£625K
Last 12 months
£525K44 sold
Semi-detached houses£276K
median sale · 303 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£325K
Last 12 months
£275K78 sold
Terraced houses£217K
median sale · 222 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£188K–£250K
Last 12 months
£220K67 sold
Flats and maisonettes£164K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£218K
Last 12 months
£171K24 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses31%
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 Whitefield’s homes sold for between £207K and £341K
One sale in ten was under £171K and one in ten over £480K. 42% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £262,500, sits in the £250–300K band
717 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 £48,750 in 1995 to £264,000 in the last 12 months (£198,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
213 sales in the last 12 months, against 607 in 2003, the busiest year, and 180 in 2009. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Whitefield costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Whitefield, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£88K
£104K
£232K
£280K
£315K
£343K
£525K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£56K
£130K
£131K
£150K
£215K
£275K
Terraced houses
£40K
£46K
£106K
£110K
£120K
£156K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£34K
£163K
£80K
£91K
£132K
£171K
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
746 new homes have been sold in Whitefield since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2004.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
52% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 47% sold leasehold in Whitefield. 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
Lily Hill Street is Whitefield’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
39 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.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Lily Hill Street
M45
21
£252,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Park Lane
M45
17
£333,000
Mixed
3
Tintern Avenue
M45
16
£228,750
Mostly terraced houses
4
Stanway Road
M45
13
£269,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Bury New Road
M45
13
£250,000
Mixed
6
Wingate Drive
M45
12
£348,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Higher Lane
M45
12
£243,000
Mostly flats
8
Sergeants Lane
M45
11
£600,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Nipper Lane
M45
11
£243,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Radcliffe New Road
M45
10
£352,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Oak Lane
M45
9
£245,000
Mixed
12
Livsey Street
M45
9
£231,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Thatch Leach Lane
M45
8
£312,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Parrenthorn Road
M25
8
£259,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Nuttall Avenue
M45
8
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Wentworth Avenue: £752,500
Whitefield median£263K
Wentworth Avenue£753K
The Square£690K
Sergeants Lane£600K
Standmoor Road£471K
Radcliffe New Road£353K
Cheapest streets
Cross Street: £117,500
Whitefield median£263K
Cross Street£118K
Pilkington Drive£143K
Kensington Street£173K
Rufford Drive£189K
Moss Lane£210K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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
Whitefield is the 24th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Whitefield 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 Whitefield
What is the average house price in Whitefield?
The median home in Whitefield sold for £262,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 717 standard sales (£264,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £477,500, semi-detached houses £276,000, terraced houses £217,000 and flats and maisonettes £163,500.
Are house prices going up in Whitefield?
The median was £268,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£256,100), and £264,000 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 Whitefield each year?
213 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 301 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Whitefield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Wentworth Avenue (M45, £752,500), The Square (M45, £690,000) and Sergeants Lane (M45, £600,000).
Is Whitefield expensive for Greater Manchester?
Whitefield is the 24th 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.