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Bowdon market report WA14, Altrincham
The WA14 (Bowdon) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 19,810 HM Land Registry entries for WA14 (Altrincham), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Covers registered sales to July 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the 2026 median for WA14 (Altrincham) is £425,000, from 194 registered sales, up 15% on five years earlier; the mean is £535,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,490 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 19,810 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
WA14 is a postcode district covering Altrincham (centre and west), Bowdon, Broadheath in Altrincham. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where WA14 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.
WA14 sold prices: where the market stands
In the WA14 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £425,000, from 194 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £535,800, sitting well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
House prices per square metre in WA14
By floor space, homes in WA14 have sold for about £4,490 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so WA14 trades 49% above the country as a whole.
The price of a typical WA14 home, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £425,000 | £425,000 | 194 |
| 2025 | £410,000 | £419,804 | 511 |
| 2024 | £400,000 | £425,282 | 488 |
| 2023 | £390,800 | £429,394 | 470 |
| 2022 | £415,000 | £486,635 | 582 |
| 2021 | £370,000 | £468,468 | 678 |
| 2020 | £345,000 | £447,645 | 501 |
| 2019 | £329,900 | £432,420 | 566 |
| 2018 | £325,000 | £433,231 | 712 |
| 2017 | £297,000 | £405,078 | 727 |
| 2016 | £282,200 | £394,801 | 578 |
| 2015 | £270,000 | £381,510 | 711 |
| 2014 | £240,000 | £340,482 | 636 |
| 2013 | £225,000 | £323,753 | 628 |
| 2012 | £227,000 | £334,116 | 543 |
| 2011 | £222,500 | £335,889 | 475 |
| 2010 | £244,000 | £382,655 | 468 |
| 2009 | £210,000 | £337,577 | 399 |
| 2008 | £221,000 | £362,266 | 412 |
| 2007 | £215,000 | £364,700 | 1,021 |
| 2006 | £210,000 | £364,533 | 984 |
| 2005 | £206,000 | £366,597 | 711 |
| 2004 | £195,000 | £354,158 | 743 |
| 2003 | £165,000 | £303,970 | 700 |
| 2002 | £145,000 | £272,816 | 797 |
| 2001 | £125,000 | £240,306 | 690 |
| 2000 | £114,500 | £224,706 | 643 |
| 1999 | £96,500 | £192,319 | 777 |
| 1998 | £85,500 | £172,588 | 651 |
| 1997 | £78,000 | £159,962 | 746 |
| 1996 | £72,000 | £151,845 | 596 |
| 1995 | £79,200 | £172,169 | 472 |
In cash terms the typical WA14 home went from £79,200 in 1995 to £425,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 147%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 13% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the WA14 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 2000 (+18.7% on the year before); the weakest, 1996 (−9.1%). 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 semi-detached homes dominate the record here, 28% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £961,000 against £215,000 for a flat, 4.5 times the price.
Median by property type, WA14
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 | £961,000 | 25 | 3,777 |
| Semi-detached | £505,000 | 57 | 5,492 |
| Terraced | £412,000 | 67 | 5,151 |
| Flats | £215,000 | 45 | 5,390 |
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +3.7% | +1.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.8% | −1.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.2% | +0.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
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 WA14
Sales per year, counted
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
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
WA14 recorded 409 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 786 sales a year before the financial crisis and 449 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
How WA14 trades
Among the 16 measurable districts of its area, WA14 ranks 3 by median price: firmly in the dearer tier.
What tenants pay around WA14
The local authority for WA14 is Trafford, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,362 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £938 a month here against £2,098 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Trafford
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £425,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,362 a month (£16,344 a year) works out at a 3.8% 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: WA14 (Bowdon)
Is WA14 (Bowdon) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in WA14 (Bowdon)?
Are property prices falling in WA14 (Bowdon)?
Are WA14 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 15% over five years in cash but down 9% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
What is for sale in WA14 right now
Everything above is what homes in WA14 sold for. The live side of the market holds 76 homes at the moment, listed by 2 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 14% above the WA14 median sold price.
24% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Pochard Drive, Broadheath, Altrincham...
- Woodfield Road, Greater Manchester, WA14
- Cranberry Close, Broadheath, Altrinch...
"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 WA14 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
The price of an extra bedroom in WA
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the WA 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 | — | £265,000 | £385,000 (+45%) | £645,000 (+68%) | £1,000,000 (+55%) |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | £210,000 (+17%) | £270,000 (+29%) | £440,000 (+63%) | £692,500 (+57%) |
| Terraced | £134,000 | £145,000 (+8%) | £190,000 (+31%) | £360,000 (+89%) | £675,500 (+88%) |
| Flat | £118,787 | £180,000 (+52%) | £350,000 (+94%) | — | — |
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
WA14 ranks 10 of 16 in the WA 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.
WA area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside WA14, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WA14 1 | £330,800 | 30 |
| WA14 2 | £455,000 | 40 |
| WA14 3 | £825,000 | 24 |
| WA14 4 | £435,000 | 49 |
| WA14 5 | £425,000 | 51 |
How WA14 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the WA area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| WA15 | £500,000 | +14% |
| WA16 | £447,500 | +3% |
| WA14 (this report) | £425,000 | +15% |
| WA13 | £375,000 | +4% |
| WA4 | £314,000 | +8% |
| WA6 | £302,500 | +15% |
| WA5 | £260,000 | +12% |
| WA3 | £254,000 | +14% |
| WA1 | £240,000 | +23% |
| WA12 | £215,000 | +19% |
| WA8 | £202,500 | +19% |
| WA2 | £195,500 | +26% |
| WA11 | £185,500 | +21% |
| WA7 | £180,000 | +20% |
| WA9 | £173,000 | +19% |
| WA10 | £170,000 | +17% |
Selling a home in WA14? Price it on the evidence
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at WA14's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Estate agents working WA14: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim WA14.
Keep digging
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See every individual WA14 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.
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.