marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,809/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
428 sales
+2.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
OL2 property market
Sold £2,809/m² · Median sold £225,874 (428 sales) · Index +2.5% y/y · Turnover 2.6% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is OL2?
- Buildings
- 18,137
- Mixed-use buildings
- 82%
- HMO-shaped units
- 5.0%
What does OL2 cost?
OL2: sold price per m² £2,809/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 428 sales). +2.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£225,874 12 months to Apr 2026
428 sales
+2.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£258,983 12 months to Aug 2026
1,241 listings
+8.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does OL2 earn?
OL2: asking rent £924 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 268 lets).
Asking rent
£924 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
268 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
4.3% 12 months to Aug 2026
361 lets
-6% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does OL2 vary by home size?
Asking price in OL2 runs from £188,113 for 2 bedrooms to £501,683 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £188,113 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +7.9% on the previous 12 months | 337 |
| 3 bedrooms | £254,337 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +3.2% on the previous 12 months | 590 |
| 4 bedrooms | £411,552 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.7% on the previous 12 months | 226 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £501,683 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 60 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is OL2?
OL2: turnover 2.6% (12 months to Jan 2026, 506 sales). -11.5% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.6% 12 months to Jan 2026
506 sales
-11.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
697 12 months to Jan 2026
697 sales
-3.1% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
683 12 months to Jul 2026
683 listings
Who is active in OL2?
23 agents listed homes for sale in OL2; the three largest took 57% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 23
- Top three agents’ share
- 57%
- New homes among listings
- 3.2%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns OL2?
Corporate landlords hold 93% of the 1,502 units in OL2 whose freeholder is classified; 93% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords93% of classified · 1,396 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)5.9% of classified · 88 units
- Housing associations0.9% of classified · 14 units
- RMC0.3% of classified · 4 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does OL2 rank?
OL2 ranks 3rd of 7 postcode districts in Oldham for sold price per m², at £2,809/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Oldham
OL2 ranks 3rd of 7 postcode districts in Oldham for sold price per m², at £2,809/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OL3 | £3,549/m² | 201 | measured |
| 2 | M35 | £2,841/m² | 203 | measured |
| 3 | OL2 | £2,809/m² | 428 | measured |
| 4 | OL4 | £2,578/m² | 361 | measured |
| 5 | OL9 | £2,543/m² | 328 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Oldham →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Oldham
OL2 ranks 6th of 7 postcode districts in Oldham for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.3%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OL8 | 6.1% | 285 | measured |
| 2 | OL9 | 5.5% | 244 | measured |
| 3 | M35 | 5.3% | 507 | measured |
| 4 | OL4 | 4.7% | 288 | measured |
| 5 | OL1 | 4.7% | 259 | measured |
| 6 | OL2 | 4.3% | 361 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across postcode districts in Oldham →
Turnover · postcode districts in Oldham
OL2 ranks 2nd of 7 postcode districts in Oldham for turnover, at 2.6%.
Where next from OL2?
- OldhamThe wider market this area sits in.
- M35Neighbouring postcode district · £2,949/m²
- OL1Neighbouring postcode district · £2,883/m²
- OL3Neighbouring postcode district · £4,145/m²
- OL4Neighbouring postcode district · £3,088/m²
- OL8Neighbouring postcode district · £2,570/m²
- OL9Neighbouring postcode district · £2,974/m²
- M24Next door, in another authority · £2,626/m²
- OL11Next door, in another authority · £2,862/m²
- OL16Next door, in another authority · £3,038/m²
Questions about OL2
- What is the median house price in OL2?
- Homes in OL2 sold for a median £225,874 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 428 sales. Per square metre that is £2,809/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in OL2 changed?
- +2.5% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in OL2?
- Homes to let in OL2 asked a median £924 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 268 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in OL2?
- 4.3% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 361 lets. -6% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in OL2?
- 2.6% of the homes in OL2 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 506 sales.
Everything else about OL2
- Properties in OL2Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in OL2Footprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in OL2Registered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in OL2What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in OL2What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in OL2Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in OL2What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in OL2Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 428 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 428 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,241 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 683 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 86 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 268 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 361 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 506 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 697 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 683 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 788 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 453 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 86 matched sales |
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