That is the middle of 1,775 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
1,775 homes sold in three years: 211 detached houses, 519 semi-detached houses, 1,012 terraced houses and 33 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£305K
median sale · 211 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£345K
Last 12 months
£320K68 sold
New build
£315K
Semi-detached houses£200K
median sale · 519 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£232K
Last 12 months
£206K155 sold
New build
£285K
Terraced houses£140K
median sale · 1,012 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£117K–£170K
Last 12 months
£154K288 sold
New build
£217K
Flats and maisonettes£94K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£65K–£108K
Last 12 months
£96K10 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 57% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses12%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses57%
Flats and maisonettes2%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Oldham’s homes sold for between £130K and £220K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £284K. 84% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £165,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,775 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £30,000 in 1995 to £180,000 in the last 12 months (£99,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
521 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,126 in 2003, the busiest year, and 555 in 2012. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Oldham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Oldham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£87K
£87K
£173K
£180K
£170K
£253K
£320K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£50K
£103K
£114K
£118K
£147K
£206K
Terraced houses
£26K
£25K
£55K
£77K
£66K
£86K
£154K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£25K
£61K
£45K
£74K
£71K
£96K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 1.3% of sales in the last 12 months
2,855 new homes have been sold in Oldham since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 1996.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £304,995
against £163,000 for a home sold on, 87% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
69% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 68% sold leasehold in Oldham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Ripponden Road (OL4) is Oldham’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
105 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 13 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Ripponden Road (OL4)
OL4
23
£185,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Heron Street
OL8
21
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Ripponden Road (OL1)
OL1
20
£128,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Green Lane
OL8
19
£242,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Ashton Road
OL8
18
£149,025
Mostly terraced houses
6
Lovage Drive
OL8
17
£314,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Rosary Road
OL8
17
£284,995
Mixed · new builds
8
Hollins Road
OL8
13
£125,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Stoneleigh Street
OL1
12
£157,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Saffron Drive
OL4
11
£236,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Belgrave Road
OL8
11
£130,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Frederick Street
OL8
10
£266,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Bottomfield Close
OL1
10
£160,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Haugh Hill Road
OL4
9
£230,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Fir Tree Avenue
OL8
9
£185,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Jackson Mews: £325,000
Oldham median£165K
Jackson Mews£325K
Lovage Drive£315K
Crossland Drive£300K
Nutmeg Way£300K
Rosary Road£285K
Cheapest streets
Raper Street: £76,000
Oldham median£165K
Raper Street£76K
Trafalgar Street£90K
Waverley Street£95K
Taurus Street£104K
Huxley Street£105K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Greater Manchester
Oldham is the 79th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Oldham is one of Greater Manchester’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Oldham
What is the average house price in Oldham?
The median home in Oldham sold for £165,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,775 standard sales (£180,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £305,000, semi-detached houses £200,000, terraced houses £140,000 and flats and maisonettes £94,161.
Are house prices going up in Oldham?
The median was £178,000 in 2025, up 13% on 2024 (£158,000), and £180,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Oldham each year?
521 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 789 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Oldham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Jackson Mews (OL4, £325,000), Lovage Drive (OL8, £314,995) and Crossland Drive (OL8, £299,995).
How much does a new build cost in Oldham?
New homes sold for a median £304,995 over three years, against £163,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.6% of sales.
Is Oldham expensive for Greater Manchester?
Oldham is the 79th most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Greater Manchester by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.