£40,000 - it could buy you a BMW X3, an underground parking space in central London or an entire house in Rochdale .
In fact you would have change to spare from your 40 grand if you went for the house on Nicholson Street, which was snapped up by a buyer for the princely sum of £39,500 back in May.
For those with cash to splash on the other hand, a huge detached property in Hale might be just the thing.
One property on Hill Top Drive sold for £3,025,000 on May 2.
Across the country the most expensive property sold in May was in Kensington and Chelsea where a house fetched £12.1m. While the best bargains were snapped up for just £18,000 in Peterlee and Shildon, in County Durham.
These were the other most and least expensive home sold in Greater Manchester in May - the most recent month where house sale figures are available.
Most Expensive
Hargate Drive, Hale - a detached house, sold for £2,157,800 on May 3.
Broadway, Bramhall, Stockport - a detached house, sold for £1,740,000 on May 7.
Ollerbarrow Road, Hale - a semi-detached house, sold for £1,200,000 on May 2.
Mauldeth Road, Stockport - a detached house, sold for £990,000 on May 3.
Ollerbarrow Road, Hale - a semi-detached house, sold for £955,000 on May 22.
Bruntwood Lane, Cheadle, Stockport - a detached house, sold for £899,500 on May 8.
Ridge Park, Bramhall, Stockport - a detached house, sold for £850,000 on May 2.
Lostock Hall Gatehouse, Ox Hey Lane, Lostock, Bolton - a semi-detached house, sold for £800,000 on May 8.
Broom Road, Hale, Altrincham - a semi-detached house, sold for £740,000 on May 2.
Least Expensive
Old School Court, 2, Old School Drive, Manchester - a flat, sold for £44,000 on May 10.
Rivington, Cholmondeley Road, Salford - a flat, sold for £45,000 on May 9.
Starcliffe Street, Bolton - a terrace house, sold for £48,000 on May 15. This sale may have been a buy-to-let, a transfer to a company, or a repossession.
Philip Street, Rochdale - a terrace house, sold for £49,000 on May 10.
A flat in The Peninsula Building, Kersal Way, Salford - a flat, sold for £49,500 on May 10.
Darlington Street East, Tyldesley, Wigan - a terrace house, sold for £50,000 on May 15.
Lytton Street, Bolton - a terrace house, sold for £50,000 on May 3.
Spa Road, Atherton, Wigan - a terrace house, sold for £51,000 on May 23.
Greenfield Street, Rochdale - a terrace house, sold for £52,000 on May 9.
