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North Rode market report CW12, Congleton
The standing CW12 (North Rode) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 18,703 sales registered with HM Land Registry in CW12 (Congleton) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Covers registered sales to August 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in CW12 (Congleton) came in at £277,100, out of 262 registered, up 7% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £320,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,000 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 18,703 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
The postcode district CW12 covering Congleton, North Rode sits in Congleton. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where CW12 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What a home in CW12 sells for
The CW12 median stands at £277,100 for 2026, built from 262 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £320,200, well clear of it: the mark of a market where a small number of costly homes drag the average upwards.
Price per square metre in CW12
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in CW12 costs about £3,000 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so CW12 trades 3% below the country as a whole.
A typical CW12 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £277,100 | £277,100 | 262 |
| 2025 | £305,000 | £312,293 | 782 |
| 2024 | £295,000 | £313,646 | 697 |
| 2023 | £295,500 | £324,682 | 676 |
| 2022 | £300,000 | £351,784 | 784 |
| 2021 | £260,000 | £329,194 | 899 |
| 2020 | £250,000 | £324,380 | 751 |
| 2019 | £242,000 | £317,204 | 782 |
| 2018 | £235,000 | £313,259 | 659 |
| 2017 | £210,000 | £286,419 | 659 |
| 2016 | £188,500 | £263,713 | 529 |
| 2015 | £188,500 | £266,351 | 573 |
| 2014 | £185,000 | £262,455 | 553 |
| 2013 | £160,000 | £230,224 | 451 |
| 2012 | £158,500 | £233,292 | 405 |
| 2011 | £162,000 | £244,558 | 366 |
| 2010 | £158,000 | £247,785 | 335 |
| 2009 | £149,500 | £240,323 | 308 |
| 2008 | £150,000 | £245,882 | 330 |
| 2007 | £175,000 | £296,849 | 609 |
| 2006 | £162,000 | £281,211 | 736 |
| 2005 | £145,000 | £258,042 | 517 |
| 2004 | £142,000 | £257,900 | 679 |
| 2003 | £125,000 | £230,280 | 722 |
| 2002 | £98,500 | £185,327 | 813 |
| 2001 | £85,000 | £163,408 | 648 |
| 2000 | £80,000 | £157,000 | 699 |
| 1999 | £70,000 | £139,506 | 592 |
| 1998 | £61,000 | £123,133 | 528 |
| 1997 | £57,000 | £116,896 | 527 |
| 1996 | £58,500 | £123,374 | 477 |
| 1995 | £55,000 | £119,562 | 355 |
In cash terms the typical CW12 home went from £55,000 in 1995 to £277,100 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 132%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2022. The market now sits about 21% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the CW12 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+26.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−14.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 41% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £420,000 against £167,500 for a flat, 2.5 times the price.
Median by property type, CW12
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £420,000 | 93 | 7,689 |
| Semi-detached | £260,000 | 94 | 5,907 |
| Terraced | £192,000 | 59 | 3,854 |
| Flats | £167,500 | 16 | 1,253 |
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −9.1% | −11.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.3% | −3.4% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +1.7% | −2.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.9% | +0.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | −0.1% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
Transaction volumes
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
Over the last twelve months of data, 502 sales completed in CW12. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 640 sales a year recently, against 678 a year before 2008. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
Reading the CW12 market
Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.
What homes rent for around CW12
The local authority for CW12 is Cheshire East, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £979 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £692 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,603 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Cheshire East
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £277,100 median sold price, £979 a month is £11,748 a year, a gross yield of 4.2%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
CW12 (North Rode): the questions that come up
Are property prices falling in CW12 (North Rode)?
Is CW12 (North Rode) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in CW12 (North Rode)?
Where do CW12 prices go next?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 7% over five years in cash but down 16% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
What is for sale in CW12 right now
Everything above is what homes in CW12 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 12 homes on the market right now, from 4 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 11% below the CW12 median sold price.
CW12 registered 502 sales in the last twelve months; the 12 homes listed now would take about a week to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger. Supply that short favours the seller; a sensibly priced home here does not sit for long.
Of everything listed here, 38% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Forge Lane, Congleton, CW12, Congleton
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The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every CW12 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
The CW12 sales calendar
Take the 3,838 CW12 sales dated 2021 to 2025 and sort them by month: March completions lead with 11.4% of the total, January trails with 5.7%. That is a marked seasonal rhythm. A sale completes weeks after it is agreed, so the busy month reflects deals struck earlier in the year; a seller who wants competition should be on the market ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 220 | 5.7% |
| February | 299 | 7.8% |
| March | 438 | 11.4% |
| April | 258 | 6.7% |
| May | 292 | 7.6% |
| June | 412 | 10.7% |
| July | 310 | 8.1% |
| August | 318 | 8.3% |
| September | 361 | 9.4% |
| October | 326 | 8.5% |
| November | 306 | 8.0% |
| December | 298 | 7.8% |
What another bedroom costs in CW
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the CW area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £232,846 | £251,500 (+8%) | £300,000 (+19%) | £380,000 (+27%) | £525,000 (+38%) |
| Semi-detached | £175,000 | £192,725 (+10%) | £235,000 (+22%) | £300,000 (+28%) | £417,500 (+39%) |
| Terraced | £149,500 | £155,000 (+4%) | £168,000 (+8%) | £230,000 (+37%) | £312,500 (+36%) |
| Flat | £105,000 | £134,995 (+29%) | £178,750 (+32%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
CW12 ranks 9 of 12 in the CW area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Winners and losers across the CW area, five years
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside CW12, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CW12 1 | £175,000 | 41 |
| CW12 2 | £330,000 | 50 |
| CW12 3 | £343,500 | 63 |
| CW12 4 | £272,500 | 108 |
How CW12 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the CW area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| CW6 | £409,900 | -6% |
| CW4 | £385,000 | +10% |
| CW3 | £326,500 | +5% |
| CW5 | £290,000 | +4% |
| CW12 (this report) | £277,100 | +7% |
| CW8 | £270,000 | +13% |
| CW11 | £265,000 | +10% |
| CW9 | £255,000 | +7% |
| CW10 | £250,000 | +22% |
| CW2 | £230,000 | +8% |
| CW7 | £216,500 | +22% |
| CW1 | £195,000 | +10% |
Selling in CW12? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in CW12, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from CW12's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded CW12 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Go deeper
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with CW12 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual CW12 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.