Trafford
M31 house prices in Trafford
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Trafford, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£245,000
Range £159,800–£345,495 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2024 and 17 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in M31: the typical (median) sold price is £245,000, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). M31 is a quiet market, with about 11 recorded sales a month. By property type, 53% were semi-detached homes (typically £262,500) and 31% were terraced homes (typically £186,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,292 a year: Trafford's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Trafford, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on M31: a quiet market, so take your time
M31 has seen just 250 sales since October 2024, so no single figure here should carry much weight, and the individual sold homes are the better guide.
If you are thinking of selling, M31 sales mostly ran from £159,800 to £345,495, so start from the nearest comparable sale and work outwards; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; if certainty matters more than price, a quick cash sale usually means accepting about 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote).
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in M31 sit below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (422 applications on record within 500 m), whether a new-build premium is baked into the price and whether the home is at risk of flooding, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free M31 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
M31 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£245,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
11.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,292
A year
On the map
Where M31 sits in Trafford
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in M31
7, BIRCH ROAD, MANCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£177,000
1, NEW WILLIAM CLOSE, MANCHESTER
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£120,000
SYCAMORE COTTAGE, MANCHESTER ROAD, MANCHESTER
Detached · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£440,000
55, ACKERS LANE, MANCHESTER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Jul 2026
£290,000
9, AVENS ROAD, MANCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 10 Jul 2026
£84,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). M31 includes the Bucklow-St Martins ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in M31
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in M31 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £354,495, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £120,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 35 | £354,495 | £316,995–£415,995 |
| Semi-detached | 131 | £262,500 | £187,500–£300,000 |
| Terraced | 76 | £186,500 | £147,500–£269,498 |
| Flat / maisonette | 5 | £120,000 | £103,000–£124,800 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2024 and 17 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in M31
The quarterly typical price rose 3.8%, from £265,000 in Q4 2024 (47 sales) to £275,000 in Q3 2026 (7 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £265,000 | 47 |
| Q1 2025 | £273,158 | 42 |
| Q2 2025 | £275,998 | 50 |
| Q3 2025 | £240,000 | 44 |
| Q4 2025 | £251,000 | 36 |
| Q1 2026 | £180,000 | 15 |
| Q2 2026 | £190,000 | 9 |
| Q3 2026 | £275,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2024 and 17 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of M31 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most M31 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £159,800 and £345,495, around a typical £245,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2024 and 17 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in M31
Semi-detached homes were 53% of recorded sales (131 of 247). 78% of sales were freehold and 22% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached14%
- Semi-detached53%
- Terraced31%
- Flat / maisonette2%
Tenure
- Freehold78%
- Leasehold22%
See the figures
196 freehold (78%) and 54 leasehold (22%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in M31, including 91 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2024 and 17 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
1, NEW WILLIAM CLOSE, MANCHESTER
£128,000 (2025)£120,000 (2026)-6.2% over 1.3 yrs (-4.8%/yr)
20, HALLCROFT, MANCHESTER
£170,000 (2024)£218,500 (2025)+28.5% over 0.8 yrs (+36.3%/yr)
2, NEW WILLIAM CLOSE, MANCHESTER
£115,000 (2024)£120,000 (2025)+4.3% over 0.6 yrs (+7.7%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Trafford (M31) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £354,495 against £186,500 for terraced homes: about 1.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- 36% of these sales were new builds, which often sell at a premium the first time around and can lift the median above what resale homes make.
- This is a quiet district: only about 11 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 21 October 2024 and 17 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on M31
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in M31
£2,292
Band D a year in Trafford, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,528 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,782 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,037 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,292 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,801 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,310 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,820 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,583 |
These are Trafford's charges for 2026-27, the authority M31 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Trafford · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near M31
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Partington Central Academy.
All schools
Partington Central Academy
Primary · Academies · M31 4FL
180 m
Good · 2019
Fairfield House School
Special schools · M31 4NL
432 m
Not graded
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academies · M31 4PJ
782 m
Not graded
Broadoak School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · M31 4BU
909 m
Requires improvement · 2024
Forest Gate Academy
Primary · Academies · M31 4PN
1.1 km
Good · 2018
Cadishead Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · M44 5JD
1.7 km
Not graded
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · M44 5HG
1.9 km
Good · 2016
Irlam and Cadishead Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · M44 5ZR
1.9 km
Good · 2024
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the M31 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near M31
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around M31
422
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Trafford/119502/CND/26Undecided
188 m
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning permission 106048/FUL/21. Condition number: 3 (Detailed Design)
Received 2026-07-03
Trafford/119330/CND/26Undecided
188 m
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning permission 106048/FUL/21. Condition number: 5 (Affordable Housing)
Received 2026-06-10
Trafford/119311/HHA/26Undecided
431 m
Erection of outbuilding at rear of garden.
Received 2026-06-09
Trafford/119235/HHA/26Conditions
498 m
Demolition of detached garage and erection of single storey side and rear extension.
Received 2026-06-01 · decided 2026-07-10
Trafford/119224/HHA/26Conditions
361 m
Conversion of existing garage into a habitable room and erection of single storey front extension
Received 2026-05-29 · decided 2026-07-15
Trafford/119216/CND/26Conditions
188 m
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions of grant of planning permission 106048/FUL/21. Condition number: 11 (Flood Management and Maintenance Plan)
Received 2026-05-27 · decided 2026-07-09
Applications are matched within 500 m of the M31 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for M31 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 422 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for M31
Decile 3 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled M31 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 3, with a median of decile 3 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
M31 4HH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 3 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so M31 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in M31: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in M31, band by band
Trafford's council tax for 2026-27 set against the M31 median sold price of £245,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearTrafford | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £245,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,528 | £127 | 0.62% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,782 | £149 | 0.73% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,037 | £170 | 0.83% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,292 | £191 | 0.94% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,801 | £233 | 1.14% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,310 | £276 | 1.35% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,820 | £318 | 1.56% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,583 | £382 | 1.87% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the M31 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Trafford, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in M31 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 241 distinct addresses in the records we hold for M31. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
7, BIRCH ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4HH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£177,000
2026-08-17
1, NEW WILLIAM CLOSE, MANCHESTER
M31 4NZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£120,000
2026-07-31
SYCAMORE COTTAGE, MANCHESTER ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4AY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-07-24
55, ACKERS LANE, MANCHESTER
M31 4AW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-07-14
9, AVENS ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4EP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£84,000
2026-07-10
30, BROADWAY, MANCHESTER
M31 4DH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-08
12A, LOCK LANE, MANCHESTER
M31 4PX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-03
1, DUNNOCK ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4RU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-06-29
7, FURZE WALK, MANCHESTER
M31 4FD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-06-26
187, WOOD LANE, MANCHESTER
M31 4HS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-06-04
39, ALBINSON WALK, MANCHESTER
M31 4EF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-06-01
5, DAMSON WALK, MANCHESTER
M31 4GR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-05-29
27, HALLCROFT, MANCHESTER
M31 4ED · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-05-18
12, COLUMBINE WALK, MANCHESTER
M31 4FG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£143,000
2026-05-06
4, WILLOW ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4JG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-04-30
25, LANGDALE ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4WF · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-04-20
22, ERSKINE ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4FX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-03-31
16, REDBROOK ROAD, MANCHESTER
M31 4JB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-03-30
6, MARINE AVENUE, MANCHESTER
M31 4QF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£268,000
2026-03-23
6, FORSYTHIA WALK, MANCHESTER
M31 4JN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-03-16
4, POPLAR WALK, MANCHESTER
M31 4HL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-03-16
50, MOSS LANE, MANCHESTER
M31 4EB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-03-16
185, WOOD LANE, MANCHESTER
M31 4HS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-03-16
65, LOCK LANE, MANCHESTER
M31 4PJ · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£196,000
2026-02-27
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near M31
The closest districts to M31 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in M44 (Manchester) 1.5 miles
- House prices in WA13 (Lymm) 3.1 miles
- House prices in M41 (Manchester) 3.3 miles
- House prices in WA14 (Altrincham) 3.4 miles
- House prices in M33 (Sale) 4 miles
- House prices in WA15 (Altrincham) 4.7 miles
- House prices in M32 (Manchester) 5.2 miles
- House prices in M30 (Manchester) 5.3 miles
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Data sources
Every M31 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.