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

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The Stockport property market recorded 4,902 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £303,750. This places Stockport £89k above the Greater Manchester county median of £215,000, and £19k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Stockport have shown strong growth, a year-on-year change of +3.7%. Within Greater Manchester, Stockport ranks 2nd by price out of 10 principal towns, and 3rd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Stockport median prices moved from £300,000 in Q1 2025 to £290,500 in Q2 2026, a change of -3.2% over 5 quarters.

The local planning authority for Stockport approved 22 residential planning applications and refused 7 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 87 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 76%. A further 1 residential decision in the period has no recorded outcome in the source data and is 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 2,612 homes, an estimated £759.2m 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 Stockport vary significantly by type. The table below compares Stockport prices with Greater Manchester county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Stockport command £519,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £167,250. The £352k 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 28 new-build sales in Stockport for the past 12 months, 0.6% 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.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Stockport.

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 Stockport, 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.

For developers considering Stockport, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £303,750 and detached homes at £519,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Stockport with a GDV of £519,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £337,350 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.

With prices rising 3.7% year-on-year, Stockport presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Stockport'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.