M26 — Manchester
Manchester's M26 postcode sits in Bury. The board behind it is assembled from 19,568 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 5 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical M26 sale went from £38,950 in 1995 to £185,750 in 2026 — 4.8× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +29.1% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -10.2%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in M26
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £38,950 | 630 |
| 2000 | £39,000 | 703 |
| 2005 | £103,000 | 775 |
| 2010 | £100,000 | 343 |
| 2015 | £121,500 | 644 |
| 2020 | £147,000 | 567 |
| 2025 | £180,000 | 547 |
| 2026 | £185,750 | 102 |
The areas on the board
5 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Radcliffe (99% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ainsworth Road, Bolton Road, Stand Lane
- Stoneclough (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Parklands, Ringley Road, Irwell Street
- Manchester (M26 4) (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sandiford Row
- Earlsdon Avenue South (0% of local sales)
- Prospect Road (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the M26 board.
Local business? Put your name on the M26 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.