District market report

M8 property market

£1,131/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

78 days typical time on market

£250k median asking price

Based on 127 listings on the market · M8 district · as at 10 Oct 2026

Market temperature

78 daystypical time on the market in line with North West

41%of homes already sale agreed 10pp fewer than North West

13%cut their asking price in the last 28 days in line with North West

5.1%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 semi-detached	38	47%	66	35%	n=38
2 bed flat	27	30%	113	63%	n=27

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for M8 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£655/mo	£651–£750	low confidence	n=7
1 bed flat	£804/mo	£746–£960	medium confidence	n=29
2 bed flat	£1,131/mo	£946–£1,256	medium confidence	n=30
3 bed flat	£1,160/mo	£1,108–£1,277	low confidence	n=3
4 bed flat	£1,608/mo	£1,540–£1,795	low confidence	n=5
1 bed house	£910/mo	£725–£1,062	low confidence	n=5
2 bed house	£1,131/mo	£943–£1,354	medium confidence	n=30
3 bed house	£1,350/mo	£1,254–£1,650	medium confidence	n=31
4 bed house	£1,814/mo	£1,487–£2,003	low confidence	n=5

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
1 bed flat	15.8%	£837/mo	£64k
2 bed flat	10.9%	£1,097/mo	£121k
5+ bed house	10.1%	£2,367/mo	£283k
4 bed house	9.4%	£1,815/mo	£232k
3 bed house	8.5%	£1,362/mo	£192k
2 bed house	8.2%	£1,114/mo	£162k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Flat/Maisonette	+26.9%	+70.9%	+31.8%
Semi-Detached	+29.1%	+106.9%	+119.8%
Terraced	+25.7%	+82.5%	+108.4%

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

The housing stock

33%built pre–1919

26%built 1945–1979

17%built 1919–1944

222 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.