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Didsbury market report M20 4, Manchester

The M20 4 (Didsbury) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 4,475 registered sales in M20 4 (Manchester) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.

In short: the middle 2026 sale in M20 4 (Manchester) came in at £300,000, out of 35 registered, up 12% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £315,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,660 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,475 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.

A postcode sector like M20 4 is a single group of streets within M20 (Manchester), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

Where M20 4 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.

£300,0002026 median sold price
£3,660/m²average price per m², last 5 years
+12%change over five years, cash
35homes sold, last 12 months
5.4%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in M20 4 sells for

Across 35 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) M20 4 home went for £300,000. The mean is £315,700, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

Price per square metre in M20 4

Per square metre, M20 4 homes have averaged around £3,660 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so M20 4 trades 5% above the country as a whole.

M20 4's median sold price, 1995 to 2026

Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £55,000 at the time · £119,562 in today's money · 119 sales1996: £57,000 at the time · £120,210 in today's money · 111 sales1997: £60,000 at the time · £123,048 in today's money · 138 sales1998: £65,000 at the time · £131,207 in today's money · 153 sales1999: £71,500 at the time · £142,496 in today's money · 211 sales2000: £83,000 at the time · £162,888 in today's money · 151 sales2001: £90,200 at the time · £173,405 in today's money · 217 sales2002: £111,700 at the time · £210,163 in today's money · 242 sales2003: £130,000 at the time · £239,492 in today's money · 211 sales2004: £162,000 at the time · £294,224 in today's money · 221 sales2005: £160,500 at the time · £285,625 in today's money · 182 sales2006: £184,900 at the time · £320,963 in today's money · 218 sales2007: £194,000 at the time · £329,078 in today's money · 174 sales2008: £179,000 at the time · £293,419 in today's money · 107 sales2009: £161,000 at the time · £258,809 in today's money · 84 sales2010: £165,200 at the time · £259,076 in today's money · 94 sales2011: £173,500 at the time · £261,918 in today's money · 102 sales2012: £167,500 at the time · £246,539 in today's money · 102 sales2013: £169,000 at the time · £243,174 in today's money · 107 sales2014: £170,000 at the time · £241,175 in today's money · 155 sales2015: £190,000 at the time · £268,470 in today's money · 131 sales2016: £200,000 at the time · £279,802 in today's money · 132 sales2017: £228,000 at the time · £310,969 in today's money · 133 sales2018: £230,000 at the time · £306,594 in today's money · 124 sales2019: £243,000 at the time · £318,515 in today's money · 115 sales2020: £250,000 at the time · £324,380 in today's money · 110 sales2021: £268,200 at the time · £339,576 in today's money · 174 sales2022: £313,400 at the time · £367,497 in today's money · 126 sales2023: £326,200 at the time · £358,414 in today's money · 102 sales2024: £310,000 at the time · £329,594 in today's money · 85 sales2025: £335,000 at the time · £343,011 in today's money · 109 sales2026: £300,000 at the time · £300,000 in today's money · 35 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£300,000£300,00035
2025£335,000£343,011109
2024£310,000£329,59485
2023£326,200£358,414102
2022£313,400£367,497126
2021£268,200£339,576174
2020£250,000£324,380110
2019£243,000£318,515115
2018£230,000£306,594124
2017£228,000£310,969133
2016£200,000£279,802132
2015£190,000£268,470131
2014£170,000£241,175155
2013£169,000£243,174107
2012£167,500£246,539102
2011£173,500£261,918102
2010£165,200£259,07694
2009£161,000£258,80984
2008£179,000£293,419107
2007£194,000£329,078174
2006£184,900£320,963218
2005£160,500£285,625182
2004£162,000£294,224221
2003£130,000£239,492211
2002£111,700£210,163242
2001£90,200£173,405217
2000£83,000£162,888151
1999£71,500£142,496211
1998£65,000£131,207153
1997£60,000£123,048138
1996£57,000£120,210111
1995£55,000£119,562119

In cash terms the typical M20 4 home went from £55,000 in 1995 to £300,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 151%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2022, and today's median remains roughly 18% under it: a 2022 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.

Year-on-year change in the M20 4 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · +3.6% on the year before1997 · +5.3% on the year before1998 · +8.3% on the year before1999 · +10.0% on the year before2000 · +16.1% on the year before2001 · +8.7% on the year before2002 · +23.8% on the year before2003 · +16.4% on the year before2004 · +24.6% on the year before2005 · −0.9% on the year before2006 · +15.2% on the year before2007 · +4.9% on the year before2008 · −7.7% on the year before2009 · −10.1% on the year before2010 · +2.6% on the year before2011 · +5.0% on the year before2012 · −3.5% on the year before2013 · +0.9% on the year before2014 · +0.6% on the year before2015 · +11.8% on the year before2016 · +5.3% on the year before2017 · +14.0% on the year before2018 · +0.9% on the year before2019 · +5.7% on the year before2020 · +2.9% on the year before2021 · +7.3% on the year before2022 · +16.9% on the year before2023 · +4.1% on the year before2024 · −5.0% on the year before2025 · +8.1% on the year before2026 · −10.4% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+24.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−10.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

What M20 4 has returned, per year

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−10.4%−12.5%
5 years (since 2021)+2.3%−2.4%
10 years (since 2016)+4.1%+0.7%
20 years (since 2006)+2.4%−0.3%

The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.

Sales activity in M20 4

Sales per year, counted

Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.

63125188250 1995: 119 sales1996: 111 sales1997: 138 sales1998: 153 sales1999: 211 sales2000: 151 sales2001: 217 sales2002: 242 sales2003: 211 sales2004: 221 sales2005: 182 sales2006: 218 sales2007: 174 sales2008: 107 sales2009: 84 sales2010: 94 sales2011: 102 sales2012: 102 sales2013: 107 sales2014: 155 sales2015: 131 sales2016: 132 sales2017: 133 sales2018: 124 sales2019: 115 sales2020: 110 sales2021: 174 sales2022: 126 sales2023: 102 sales2024: 85 sales2025: 109 sales2026: 35 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 35 M20 4 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 202 sales a year before the financial crisis and 91 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What tenants pay around M20 4

M20 4 falls under Manchester, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,352 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £989 a month here against £1,989 for four or more bedrooms.

Average monthly rent by size, Manchester

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £989 a month£9891 bed2 bed: £1,216 a month£1,2162 bed3 bed: £1,410 a month£1,4103 bed4+ bed: £1,989 a month£1,9894+ bed

Set against the £300,000 median sold price, £1,352 a month is £16,224 a year, a gross yield of 5.4%: 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.

How M20 4 trades

This is a thin market: 35 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. Against the M20 district median, M20 4 sits 17% lower, marking it as a cheaper pocket of the district.

Searches that land here, answered

People often arrive here having searched an exact postcode, such as M20 6BQ. No public median exists at that scale (a full postcode is only a dozen-odd homes), but every registered sale at those addresses is plotted on the live map, with this page as the wider context.

One real search that lands here: west didsbury house prices increase since 2020. The record's answer: the M20 4 (Didsbury) median was £250,000 in 2020 and £300,000 in 2026, up 20% in cash and down 8% in today's money.

Searches like valuation of house didsbury reach this page too. It offers no valuations, and that is deliberate: what it has is the record valuers themselves anchor on. Take the £300,000 2026 median above, then zoom the average prices map down to the sold homes on the street in question.

Search phrases quoted verbatim from Google Search Console for this site (last 16 months); each is answered from the page's own Land Registry figures.

Asked and answered: M20 4 (Didsbury)

Is M20 4 (Didsbury) a good place to buy a house?
M20 4 (Didsbury) sold prices are up 12% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in M20 4 (Didsbury)?
Land Registry recorded 35 sales in M20 4 (Didsbury) in 2026, with a median sold price of £300,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in M20 4 (Didsbury)?
In M20 4 (Didsbury) the median moved down 10% year on year; over five years it is up 12%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.

What happens to M20 4 prices now?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 12% over five years in cash but down 12% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

M20's current homes for sale

The live side of the market holds 230 homes at the moment, listed by 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole M20 district, not just M20 4: live asking prices are collected per district.

£377,500Typical asking price now (M20 district)
44 below what sold nearby100 in line with nearby sales52 above nearby sales28 well above nearby sales

20% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.

See every M20 home for sale on the map →

Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.

The price of an extra bedroom in M

What homes of each size actually sold for across the M area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£282,000£395,000 (+40%)£625,000 (+58%)£810,000 (+30%)
Semi-detached£200,000£240,000 (+20%)£310,000 (+29%)£450,000 (+45%)£635,000 (+41%)
Terraced£181,725£199,300 (+10%)£246,000 (+23%)£350,000 (+42%)£455,000 (+30%)
Flat£160,000£233,000 (+46%)£330,000 (+42%)£590,000 (+79%)

Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the M area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in M20

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are M20's other sectors, each with its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
M20 1£365,80040
M20 2£345,00093
M20 3£292,50038
M20 5£471,00032
M20 6£372,50042

Zoom out to the full M20 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how M20 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in M20 4: what the record supports

Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in M20 4, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from M20 4's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded M20 4 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.

Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim M20 4.

Keep digging

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with M20 4 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every M20 4 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices 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.