marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,149/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
232 sales
+6.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
OL8 property market
Sold £2,149/m² · Median sold £184,390 (232 sales) · Index +6.1% y/y · Turnover 1.7% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is OL8?
- Buildings
- 15,358
- Mixed-use buildings
- 1.2%
- HMO-shaped units
- 29%
What does OL8 cost?
OL8: sold price per m² £2,149/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 232 sales). +6.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£184,390 12 months to Apr 2026
232 sales
+6.1% 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
£224,359 12 months to Aug 2026
417 listings
+11.7% 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 OL8 earn?
OL8: asking rent £1,107 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 192 lets).
Asking rent
£1,107 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
192 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
6.1% 12 months to Aug 2026
285 lets
-5.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does OL8 vary by home size?
Asking price in OL8 runs from £160,414 for 2 bedrooms to £343,689 for 4 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £160,414 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +6.6% on the previous 12 months | 154 |
| 3 bedrooms | £246,700 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.8% on the previous 12 months | 197 |
| 4 bedrooms | £343,689 | 12 months to May 2026 | — | 50 |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
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 OL8?
OL8: turnover 1.7% (12 months to Dec 2025, 278 sales). +20.3% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
1.7% 12 months to Dec 2025
278 sales
+20.3% 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
412 12 months to Jan 2026
412 sales
+24.1% 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
328 12 months to Jul 2026
328 listings
Who is active in OL8?
12 agents listed homes for sale in OL8; the three largest took 64% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 12
- Top three agents’ share
- 64%
- New homes among listings
- 0.0%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns OL8?
Corporate landlords hold 92% of the 845 units in OL8 whose freeholder is classified; 95% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords92% of classified · 775 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)6.0% of classified · 51 units
- Housing associations2.2% of classified · 19 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 OL8 rank?
OL8 ranks 7th of 7 postcode districts in Oldham for sold price per m², at £2,149/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Oldham
OL8 ranks 7th of 7 postcode districts in Oldham for sold price per m², at £2,149/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 |
| 7 | OL8 | £2,149/m² | 232 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Oldham →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Oldham
OL8 ranks 1st of 7 postcode districts in Oldham for gross yield, asking basis, at 6.1%.
Where next from OL8?
- OldhamThe wider market this area sits in.
- M35Neighbouring postcode district · £2,949/m²
- OL1Neighbouring postcode district · £2,883/m²
- OL2Neighbouring postcode district · £2,868/m²
- OL3Neighbouring postcode district · £4,145/m²
- OL4Neighbouring postcode district · £3,088/m²
- OL9Neighbouring postcode district · £2,974/m²
- OL6Next door, in another authority · £3,063/m²
- OL7Next door, in another authority · £2,818/m²
- M40Next door, in another authority · £3,651/m²
- M43Next door, in another authority · £3,337/m²
- OL5Next door, in another authority · £3,338/m²
- M24Next door, in another authority · £2,626/m²
- Homes for sale in OL8Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in OL8Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in OL8Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in OL8Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in OL8Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in OL8Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
Questions about OL8
- What is the median house price in OL8?
- Homes in OL8 sold for a median £184,390 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 232 sales. Per square metre that is £2,149/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in OL8 changed?
- +6.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in OL8?
- Homes to let in OL8 asked a median £1,107 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 192 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in OL8?
- 6.1% 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, 285 lets. -5.4% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in OL8?
- 1.7% of the homes in OL8 changed hands over the 12 months to Dec 2025, 278 sales.
Where these figures come from, and what is not published
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 232 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 232 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 417 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 328 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 192 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 285 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 | 278 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 412 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 328 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 321 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 96 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 19 Sep 2026 | 19 Sep 2026 | — |
- Asking to sold
- Only 2 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Days to completion
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