District market report

M5 property market

£1,375/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

122 days typical time on market

£210k median asking price

Based on 511 listings on the market · M5 district · as at 10 Oct 2026

Market temperature

122 daystypical time on the market 54% slower than North West

28%of homes already sale agreed 23pp fewer than North West

11%cut their asking price in the last 28 days in line with North West

4.5%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with North West. "Sale agreed" means the seller has accepted an offer (shown as Sold STC on portals); the sale hasn't completed yet.

How each kind of property is selling

Segment	On market	Under offer	Days on market	Stale >90d	Sample
3 bed terraced	25	64%	46	22%	n=25
2 bed flat	261	28%	118	61%	n=261
3 bed flat	59	22%	131	63%	n=59
1 bed flat	111	18%	116	60%	n=111

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for M5 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£909/mo	£862–£1,142	medium confidence	n=15
1 bed flat	£1,176/mo	£996–£1,303	high confidence	n=148
2 bed flat	£1,375/mo	£1,151–£1,600	high confidence	n=288
3 bed flat	£1,800/mo	£1,489–£2,205	high confidence	n=57
4 bed flat	£2,409/mo	£2,176–£2,522	low confidence	n=3
2 bed house	£1,205/mo	£1,037–£1,469	medium confidence	n=28
3 bed house	£1,361/mo	£1,202–£1,726	medium confidence	n=37
4 bed house	£1,861/mo	£1,483–£2,169	low confidence	n=9
5+ bed house	£653/mo	£651–£654	low confidence	n=3

Confidence reflects the listings behind each figure: High 30+, Medium 10–29, Low under 10 recent listings for that exact size and area.

Check a specific home in the Rent Checker.

Yields and long-term growth

Segment	Gross yield	Rent	Price basis
3 bed flat	16.0%	£1,792/mo	£135k
1 bed flat	13.3%	£1,099/mo	£99k
2 bed flat	12.4%	£1,301/mo	£126k
4 bed house	9.8%	£2,074/mo	£254k
3 bed house	7.5%	£1,464/mo	£233k
2 bed house	6.6%	£1,255/mo	£227k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Flat/Maisonette	+15.0%	+18.1%	+80.9%
Terraced	+32.4%	+128.6%	+218.0%

Investing round here? Open the Area Workbench for sector-by-sector rents and yields.

The housing stock

36%built 1945–1979

29%built 2000+

18%built 1980–1999

806 m²typical registered plot (houses)

What does this era of housing typically need? The Good Buy Guide covers condition by era.

Buying here?Which kinds of property are the good buys the Good Buy Guide. Investing here?Sector-by-sector rents, yields and letting speed in the Workbench. Renting or letting?What a specific home rents for, in the Rent Checker.

About these figures. Statistics are aggregate figures from the uSurv Listings Index, compiled from publicly advertised residential listings across the UK, aggregated from multiple online sources, together with HM Land Registry price paid data, the EPC register and ONS statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). Small samples are suppressed rather than published. No individual listing content is reproduced.