OL8 3ER

Forest Street, Oldham

Median, last 3 years

£105,000

2 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£135,000

8 Aug 2025

Standard sales

since 1996 (+18 additional entries)

OL8 district median

£181,000

273 sales, 12 months to May 2026

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2011 to 2025. Every year since 1996 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

Show the figures

Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2025 (few sales)	£135,000	1
2023 (few sales)	£82,500	2
2022 (few sales)	£110,000	2
2020 (few sales)	£70,000	1
2019	£56,000	3
2015 (few sales)	£66,000	1
2014	£47,000	4
2013 (few sales)	£55,000	1
2012 (few sales)	£52,000	1
2011 (few sales)	£47,000	1
2009 (few sales)	£47,500	1
2007	£68,750	4
2006	£66,250	6
2005	£59,000	9
2004	£36,000	9
2003	£29,500	9
2002 (few sales)	£25,975	2
2001	£19,500	4
2000 (few sales)	£20,000	1
1999	£22,750	4
1998 (few sales)	£22,500	2
1997 (few sales)	£23,475	2
1996	£12,500	3

Sale history (91 records · 27 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
16, FOREST STREET 6 Jul 2005 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £19,000 (Nov 2001) · +132%	6 Jul 2005	Terraced · Leasehold	£44,000
24, FOREST STREET 18 Mar 2005 · Terraced · Leasehold	18 Mar 2005	Terraced · Leasehold	£63,000
5, FOREST STREET 17 Mar 2005 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £42,000 (May 2004) · +40%	17 Mar 2005	Terraced · Freehold	£59,000
26, FOREST STREET 4 Feb 2005 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £32,000 (Jul 1998) · +83%	4 Feb 2005	Terraced · Leasehold	£58,500
25, FOREST STREET 13 Jan 2005 · Terraced · Leasehold	13 Jan 2005	Terraced · Leasehold	£51,000
12, FOREST STREET 31 Jul 2004 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £22,500 (Nov 2001) · +73%	31 Jul 2004	Terraced · Leasehold	£39,000
3, FOREST STREET 22 Jun 2004 · Terraced · Leasehold	22 Jun 2004	Terraced · Leasehold	£31,450
45, FOREST STREET 21 May 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £21,475 (Aug 2003) · +86%	21 May 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£39,950
21, FOREST STREET 21 May 2004 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £34,000 (Aug 2003) · +18%	21 May 2004	Terraced · Leasehold	£40,000
33, FOREST STREET 13 May 2004 · Terraced · Leasehold	13 May 2004	Terraced · Leasehold	£28,000
5, FOREST STREET 4 May 2004 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £35,000 (Apr 2004) · +20%	4 May 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£42,000
5, FOREST STREET 2 Apr 2004 · Terraced · Freehold	2 Apr 2004	Terraced · Freehold	£35,000
4, FOREST STREET 10 Feb 2004 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £22,500 (Oct 2003) · +27%	10 Feb 2004	Terraced · Leasehold	£28,666
27, FOREST STREET 23 Jan 2004 · Detached · Leasehold Previously £27,500 (Jun 2003) · +31%	23 Jan 2004	Detached · Leasehold	£36,000
4, FOREST STREET 23 Oct 2003 · Terraced · Leasehold	23 Oct 2003	Terraced · Leasehold	£22,500
21, FOREST STREET 13 Aug 2003 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £25,000 (Jan 1996) · +36%	13 Aug 2003	Terraced · Leasehold	£34,000
45, FOREST STREET 13 Aug 2003 · Terraced · Freehold	13 Aug 2003	Terraced · Freehold	£21,475
6, FOREST STREET 25 Jul 2003 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £11,500 (Jun 1999) · +183%	25 Jul 2003	Terraced · Leasehold	£32,500
29, FOREST STREET 2 Jul 2003 · Terraced · Leasehold	2 Jul 2003	Terraced · Leasehold	£20,000
27, FOREST STREET 6 Jun 2003 · Detached · Leasehold	6 Jun 2003	Detached · Leasehold	£27,500
20, FOREST STREET 23 May 2003 · Terraced · Leasehold	23 May 2003	Terraced · Leasehold	£29,500
36, FOREST STREET 16 Apr 2003 · Terraced · Leasehold	16 Apr 2003	Terraced · Leasehold	£30,000
30, FOREST STREET 7 Apr 2003 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £20,000 (Nov 2002) · +50%	7 Apr 2003	Terraced · Leasehold	£30,000
30, FOREST STREET 15 Nov 2002 · Terraced · Leasehold	15 Nov 2002	Terraced · Leasehold	£20,000
19, FOREST STREET 15 Mar 2002 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £29,500 (Mar 1999) · +8%	15 Mar 2002	Terraced · Leasehold	£31,950
12, FOREST STREET 1 Nov 2001 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £20,000 (Sep 2001) · +13%	1 Nov 2001	Terraced · Leasehold	£22,500
16, FOREST STREET 1 Nov 2001 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £17,500 (Sep 2001) · +9%	1 Nov 2001	Terraced · Leasehold	£19,000
16, FOREST STREET 6 Sep 2001 · Terraced · Leasehold	6 Sep 2001	Terraced · Leasehold	£17,500
12, FOREST STREET 4 Sep 2001 · Terraced · Leasehold	4 Sep 2001	Terraced · Leasehold	£20,000
7, FOREST STREET 29 Feb 2000 · Terraced · Leasehold	29 Feb 2000	Terraced · Leasehold	£20,000
17, FOREST STREET 8 Dec 1999 · Terraced · Leasehold	8 Dec 1999	Terraced · Leasehold	£16,000
11, FOREST STREET 28 Oct 1999 · Terraced · Leasehold	28 Oct 1999	Terraced · Leasehold	£29,500
6, FOREST STREET 30 Jun 1999 · Terraced · Leasehold	30 Jun 1999	Terraced · Leasehold	£11,500
19, FOREST STREET 2 Mar 1999 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £13,000 (Mar 1998) · +127%	2 Mar 1999	Terraced · Leasehold	£29,500
26, FOREST STREET 3 Jul 1998 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £14,000 (May 1997) · +129%	3 Jul 1998	Terraced · Leasehold	£32,000
19, FOREST STREET 6 Mar 1998 · Terraced · Leasehold	6 Mar 1998	Terraced · Leasehold	£13,000
26, FOREST STREET 30 May 1997 · Terraced · Leasehold	30 May 1997	Terraced · Leasehold	£14,000
18, FOREST STREET 25 Apr 1997 · Terraced · Leasehold Previously £12,500 (Aug 1996) · +164%	25 Apr 1997	Terraced · Leasehold	£32,950
18, FOREST STREET 23 Aug 1996 · Terraced · Leasehold	23 Aug 1996	Terraced · Leasehold	£12,500
39, FOREST STREET 6 Feb 1996 · Terraced · Leasehold	6 Feb 1996	Terraced · Leasehold	£12,000
21, FOREST STREET 8 Jan 1996 · Terraced · Leasehold	8 Jan 1996	Terraced · Leasehold	£25,000

Area

Postcode district: OL8
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 2 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01005438
Introduced: Jan 1980

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

Oldham, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £217,171
Change since July 2025: +4.7%
First-time buyers: £197,996

Average by property type

Detached: £381,798
Semi-detached: £247,502
Terraced: £184,129
Flat / maisonette: £132,493

The official index for Oldham as a whole, not OL8 3ER alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

OL8 3HG £86,527 · 1 sale
OL8 3EW £160,000 · 1 sale
OL8 3EX £112,675 · 2 sales
OL8 3EU £117,000 · 1 sale
OL8 3EY £106,500 · 6 sales
OL8 3ES £91,000 · last sale 2019
OL8 2NB £139,500 · 1 sale
OL8 2NE £133,000 · 1 sale
OL8 3WJ £106,180 · 2 sales
OL8 3EZ £99,000 · 2 sales
OL8 2NF £125,000 · 1 sale
OL8 3HA £113,000 · 1 sale