Buying a home in M1, Manchester. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 2-bedroom flat£241kmost £212k–£279k

Houses per m²£4,798flats £4,611

Sold last year83594 in five years

Prices in Manchester+1.2%on a year ago

A typical 2-bedroom flat in M1 sold for £240,911 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £212,206 and £278,683, for about 68 m² of space.

83 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £180k for one bedroom.

Across Manchester, prices are up 1.2% on a year ago and up 20.8% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,233 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,099 a month at 4.5% over 30 years.

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Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Flats	£180k	£241k	£308k	£343k	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across M1

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
M1 1	—	£3,918
M1 2	—	£4,260
M1 3	—	£4,431
M1 4	—	£5,221
M1 5	—	£5,176
M1 6	—	£4,308
M1 7	—	£4,679

Schools near M1

Best state primary within 2 kmSt Wilfrid's RC Primary School92% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%15 state primaries within 2 km

Best state secondary within 5 kmEden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester68.4% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%26 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

M4 Manchester · 1 km3-bed house £324k M3 Salford · 1 km3-bed house £316k M15 Manchester · 2 km3-bed house £275k M13 Manchester · 2 km3-bed house £253k M12 Manchester · 3 km3-bed house £229k M5 Salford · 3 km3-bed house £256k M16 Manchester · 3 km3-bed house £361k M14 Manchester · 3 km3-bed house £271k

Questions about M1

How much is a 2-bedroom flat in M1?

A typical 2-bedroom flat in M1 sold for £240,911 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £212,206 and £278,683.

How many homes sell in M1 each year?

83 homes sold in the last year and 594 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

What are the schools like near M1?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St Wilfrid's RC Primary School, where 92% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.