M8 — Manchester
Manchester's M8 postcode sits in Manchester. The board behind it is assembled from 11,537 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical M8 sale went from £29,950 in 1995 to £183,000 in 2026 — 6.1× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +44.5% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -20.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in M8
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £29,950 | 357 |
| 2000 | £32,000 | 473 |
| 2005 | £92,250 | 614 |
| 2010 | £100,000 | 250 |
| 2015 | £83,000 | 309 |
| 2020 | £149,950 | 245 |
| 2025 | £175,000 | 234 |
| 2026 | £183,000 | 35 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Manchester (M8 4) (31% of local sales) — busiest streets: Middleton Road, Holland Road, Chudleigh Road
- Manchester (M8 0) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Woodlands Road, Cardinal Street, Cheetham Hill Road
- Manchester (M8 5) (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ash Tree Road, St Marys Hall Road, Saddlecote Close
- Manchester (M8 8) (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sherborne Street, Waterloo Road, Venture Scout Way
- Manchester (M8 9) (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Abercarn Close, Esmond Road, Cheetham Hill Road
- Crumpsall (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wilton Road, Wellington Road, Duchess Road
- Prospect Road (0% of local sales)
- Cheetwood (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Everside Drive
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the M8 board.
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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.