Bury Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Bury: Northern GM town with famous market, Metrolink connectivity, and family housing demand.

The Bury property market recorded 2,914 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £230,000. This places Bury £15k above the Greater Manchester county median of £215,500, and £55k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Bury have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -0.3%. Within Greater Manchester, Bury ranks 4th by price out of 10 principal towns, and 10th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Bury median prices moved from £230,000 in Q4 2024 to £225,000 in Q1 2026, a change of -2.2% over 5 quarters. Bury has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price falls.

Bury Council, the local planning authority covering Bury, approved 53 residential planning applications and refused 40 in the last 12 months, with 16 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 57%.

Those applications propose around 235 homes, an estimated £48.0m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Bury vary significantly by type. The table below compares Bury prices with Greater Manchester county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Bury command £375,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £128,500. The £247k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 42 new-build sales in Bury for the past 12 months, 1.4% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Bury sold at a premium of 30.4% to existing stock.

Across the wider Greater Manchester market, 962 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Greater Manchester property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Bury, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £181,000 to £400,000 illustrates the breadth of the Bury market.

For developers considering Bury, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £230,000 and detached homes at £375,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Bury with a GDV of £375,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £243,750 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have softened 0.3% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Bury by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Bury's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Greater Manchester:

For the full Greater Manchester town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Greater Manchester property market report.