Greater Manchester’s most affordable areas where house prices are much cheaper than the average

House prices appear to be falling across the country according to the latest figures from Rightmove. New data from the property portal shows that asking prices for houses across the UK have dropped for the second month in a row as rising mortgage costs continue to affect the property market.

The average price of a home coming to market has gone down by 0.2 percent this month, which is marginally below the norm for this time of the year. In Greater Manchester, the average house price currently stands at £260,144, but there are several parts of the region where buying a home is much more affordable.

Here we look at the cheapest areas to buy a home across Greater Manchester at the moment. These areas each have an average house price of less than £200,000, which makes stepping onto the property ladder much easier.

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The Bolton borough has four areas where house prices are relatively cheap compared to the region's average house price.

The cheapest part of the borough at the moment is Farnworth.

Farnworth - £165,253

Heaton - £194,809

Kearsley - £187,106

Little Lever - £193,072

As the region's largest borough, there several parts of Manchester with affordable house prices. Currently, the area with the cheapest average house price is Harpurhey.

Belle Vue - £198,125

Cheetham Hill - £197,709

Gorton - £187,880

Harpurhey - £141,394

Longsight - £196,313

Moston - £190,735

Moss Side - £193,935

Newton Heath - £173,256

Openshaw - £182,892

Rusholme - £199,300

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As a notably cheap borough, there are four areas in Oldham where house prices fall below the region's average.