Salford Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

Salford: MediaCityUK anchor driving Salford Quays and Crescent waterfront residential development.

The Salford property market recorded 4,106 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £225,000. This places Salford £10k above the Greater Manchester county median of £215,000, and £60k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Salford have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -0.9%. Within Greater Manchester, Salford ranks 5th by price out of 10 principal towns, and 5th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Salford median prices moved from £240,000 in Q1 2025 to £223,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -7.1% over 5 quarters.

The local planning authority for Salford approved 20 residential planning applications and refused 8 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 39 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 71%. A further 2 residential decisions in the period have no recorded outcome in the source data and are not counted above. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 2,258 homes, an estimated £459.4m 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 Salford vary significantly by type. The table below compares Salford prices with Greater Manchester county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Salford command £383,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £158,000. The £225k 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 154 new-build sales in Salford for the past 12 months, 3.8% 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 Salford sold at a premium of 41.6% to existing stock.

Across the wider Greater Manchester market, 965 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 Salford, 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 £110,000 to £245,000 illustrates the breadth of the Salford market.

For developers considering Salford, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £225,000 and detached homes at £383,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Salford with a GDV of £383,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £248,950 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 0.9% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Salford by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Salford'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.