Local market reports › M area › M40
Collyhurst market report M40, Manchester
The standing M40 (Collyhurst) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 15,176 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in M40 (Manchester) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the typical home in M40 (Manchester) sold for £230,000 in 2026, the median of 124 registered sales, up 38% on five years earlier. The mean was £237,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,530 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 15,176 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
M40 is the postcode district covering Collyhurst, Miles Platting, Moston in Manchester. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where M40 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.
M40 sold prices: where the market stands
In the M40 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £230,000, from 124 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £237,400, sitting almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
What a square metre costs in M40
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in M40 costs about £2,530 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 M40 trades 19% below the country as a whole.
A typical M40 home, priced year by year (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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £230,000 | £230,000 | 124 |
| 2025 | £213,000 | £218,093 | 337 |
| 2024 | £195,000 | £207,325 | 340 |
| 2023 | £200,000 | £219,751 | 347 |
| 2022 | £195,000 | £228,660 | 373 |
| 2021 | £167,000 | £211,444 | 456 |
| 2020 | £155,000 | £201,116 | 425 |
| 2019 | £139,500 | £182,851 | 464 |
| 2018 | £127,000 | £169,293 | 464 |
| 2017 | £110,000 | £150,029 | 464 |
| 2016 | £103,000 | £144,098 | 466 |
| 2015 | £105,000 | £148,365 | 456 |
| 2014 | £95,000 | £134,774 | 440 |
| 2013 | £94,000 | £135,257 | 371 |
| 2012 | £96,500 | £142,036 | 324 |
| 2011 | £95,000 | £143,413 | 283 |
| 2010 | £92,500 | £145,064 | 397 |
| 2009 | £90,500 | £145,480 | 275 |
| 2008 | £100,000 | £163,921 | 425 |
| 2007 | £100,000 | £169,628 | 712 |
| 2006 | £88,500 | £153,625 | 667 |
| 2005 | £67,000 | £119,233 | 736 |
| 2004 | £55,500 | £100,799 | 1,001 |
| 2003 | £40,000 | £73,690 | 787 |
| 2002 | £35,000 | £65,852 | 753 |
| 2001 | £34,000 | £65,363 | 573 |
| 2000 | £28,400 | £55,735 | 538 |
| 1999 | £28,000 | £55,803 | 511 |
| 1998 | £32,000 | £64,594 | 387 |
| 1997 | £27,500 | £56,397 | 429 |
| 1996 | £26,000 | £54,833 | 437 |
| 1995 | £29,200 | £63,476 | 414 |
In cash terms the typical M40 home went from £29,200 in 1995 to £230,000 in 2026, roughly 8 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 262%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper.
Year-on-year change in the M40 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 2004 (+38.8% on the year before); the weakest, 1999 (−12.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What M40 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +8.0% | +5.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +6.6% | +1.7% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +8.4% | +4.8% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 53% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £297,500 against £120,000 for a flat, 2.5 times the price.
Median by property type, M40
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 | £297,500 | 14 | 760 |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | 53 | 5,433 |
| Terraced | £188,800 | 52 | 8,007 |
| Flats | £120,000 | 5 | 959 |
Transaction volumes
The year-by-year sales count
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
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.
M40 recorded 258 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 721 sales a year before the financial crisis and 304 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.
Reading the M40 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.
The rental side of M40
The local authority for M40 is Manchester, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,352 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £989 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,989 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Manchester
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £230,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,352 a month (£16,224 a year) works out at a 7.1% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Asked and answered: M40 (Collyhurst)
Is M40 (Collyhurst) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in M40 (Collyhurst)?
Are property prices falling in M40 (Collyhurst)?
The questions people bring to M40 (Collyhurst)
These are the recorded searches for the wider M report family, answered with this page's own figures.
One real search that lands here: average house price increase manchester since 2020
. The record's answer: the M40 (Collyhurst) median was £155,000 in 2020 and £230,000 in 2026, up 48% in cash and up 14% in today's money.
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.
Where do M40 prices go next?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 38% over five years in cash and up 9% 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 you could buy in M40 now
Everything above is what homes in M40 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 33 homes on the market right now, from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 4% below the M40 median sold price.
33% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Broadway, Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Blueberry Avenue, Manchester, Greater...
- Ivy Graham Close, Manchester, M40, Manchester
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every M40 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
Real sold prices by size across the M area, straight 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.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 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%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
M40 ranks 3 of 42 in the M 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.
M area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Inside M40, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| M40 0 | £212,500 | 16 |
| M40 1 | £201,500 | 24 |
| M40 2 | £198,800 | 8 |
| M40 3 | £265,000 | 27 |
| M40 5 | £220,500 | 14 |
| M40 7 | £280,000 | 22 |
| M40 8 | £130,600 | 1 |
| M40 9 | £247,900 | 12 |
How M40 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the M area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| M21 | £410,000 | +22% |
| M33 | £410,000 | +27% |
| M20 | £360,000 | +17% |
| M41 | £346,400 | +20% |
| M16 | £314,500 | +37% |
| M7 | £296,000 | +35% |
| M25 | £293,500 | +13% |
| M32 | £290,000 | +21% |
| M28 | £285,000 | +12% |
| M19 | £276,000 | +23% |
| M45 | £275,000 | +24% |
| M23 | £266,000 | +33% |
| M2 | £257,800 | -34% |
| M13 | £250,000 | +2% |
| M14 | £245,000 | +29% |
| M27 | £243,500 | +22% |
| M22 | £242,000 | +26% |
| M35 | £238,000 | +29% |
| M44 | £235,000 | +31% |
| M6 | £232,500 | +16% |
| M29 | £232,500 | +16% |
| M30 | £230,000 | +17% |
| M40 (this report) | £230,000 | +38% |
| M43 | £230,000 | +31% |
Thinking of selling in M40? Get a rough value first
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in M40, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from M40's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded M40 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Estate agents working M40: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim M40.
Go deeper
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to M40. Free after a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual M40 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.