Union Street, Oldham house prices are built from 157 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 30 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £88,250. Across the 10 years from 2003 to 2013 the median moved +61.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +24.6%.
Median price paid
£88,250
Change in cash, 2003–2013
+61.5%
Change in real terms
+24.6%
Median per m²
£2,494
HM Land Registry157 sales12 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Union Street, Oldham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Union Street, Oldham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2013. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £23,500 | £52,181 |
| 2000s | 8 | £88,000 | £160,310 |
| 2010s | 2 | £84,000 | £118,440 |
The highest yearly median on record for Union Street, Oldham is £127,950 in 2008; the lowest is £23,500 in 1997. Across the full 18-year record the cash median has moved from £44,500 to £84,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £96,531, so the real change over the whole record is +26.9% — about +1.41% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +61.5% in cash against +24.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 3 the Victory, 165 | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £37,000 | £37,000 |
| 5 | 12 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £147,995 | £151,212 |
| 11 | 8 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £145,000 | £156,667 |
| 149 | 12 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £70,000 | £81,101 |
| 2a | 25 May 2022 | Terraced | £75,000 | £86,894 |
| 17 | 12 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| 5 | 24 Jul 2020 | Terraced | £99,950 | £129,412 |
| Apartment 30 the Victory, 165 | 22 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £40,000 | £51,791 |
| 135 | 5 Jun 2020 | Terraced | £87,500 | £113,292 |
| Apartment 29 the Victory, 165 | 5 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £36,000 | £46,612 |
| Apartment 4 the Victory, 165 | 18 Dec 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £59,995 | £78,472 |
| Apartment 14 the Victory, 165 | 18 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £40,000 | £52,319 |
| Apartment 4 the Victory, 165 | 5 Apr 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £59,995 | £78,472 |
| 2 | 27 Jul 2018 | Semi-detached | £115,000 | £153,261 |
| 7 | 3 Jul 2018 | Terraced | £93,000 | £123,941 |
| 10 | 4 Apr 2018 | Terraced | £91,500 | £121,942 |
| 4 | 15 Jan 2018 | Semi-detached | £120,000 | £159,924 |
| 23 | 4 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £101,000 | £137,461 |
| 5 | 26 May 2017 | Terraced | £91,000 | £123,851 |
| 6 | 22 May 2017 | Terraced | £88,250 | £120,109 |
| Apartment 4 the Victory, 165 | 4 Oct 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £47,000 | £65,614 |
| 2 | 8 Jul 2016 | Terraced | £92,500 | £129,134 |
| Apartment 9 the Victory, 165 | 31 Mar 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £47,000 | £65,614 |
| 16 | 5 Jun 2015 | Terraced | £139,000 | £195,990 |
| Apartment 12 the Victory, 165 | 25 Mar 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £31,000 | £44,466 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Union Street, Oldham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 3 the VICTORY, 165 Union Street | £103,950 (2008) | £37,000 (2026) | -5.6% | -8.3% |
| 5 Union Street | £46,000 (2001) | £147,995 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 11 Union Street | £37,500 (2000) | £145,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 17 Union Street | £37,500 (1995) | £125,000 (2021) | +4.7% | +2.5% |
| APARTMENT 30 the VICTORY, 165 Union Street | £135,000 (2008) | £40,000 (2020) | -9.6% | -11.6% |
| 135 Union Street | £27,000 (2001) | £87,500 (2020) | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| APARTMENT 29 the VICTORY, 165 Union Street | £135,000 (2008) | £36,000 (2020) | -10.4% | -12.3% |
| APARTMENT 4 the VICTORY, 165 Union Street | £134,950 (2007) | £59,995 (2019) | -6.5% | -8.7% |
| APARTMENT 14 the VICTORY, 165 Union Street | £100,950 (2008) | £40,000 (2019) | -8.1% | -10.1% |
| 2 Union Street | £38,000 (1999) | £115,000 (2018) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
| 7 Union Street | £65,525 (1996) | £93,000 (2018) | +1.6% | -0.6% |
| 10 Union Street | £25,000 (1997) | £91,500 (2018) | +6.4% | +4.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Union Street, Oldham is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 96 | 61.1% | £72,000 | £15,000 – £380,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 43 | 27.4% | £103,950 | £31,000 – £163,950 |
| Semi-detached | 13 | 8.3% | £95,000 | £35,000 – £294,150 |
| Detached | 5 | 3.2% | £300,000 | £140,000 – £380,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Union Street, Oldham
130 of the sales on record are leasehold and 27 freehold — 82.8% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £89,475 and the median freehold sale £88,000 — a gap of -1.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 130 | 82.8% | £89,475 |
| Freehold | 27 | 17.2% | £88,000 |
| New build | 25 | 15.9% | £113,800 |
| Existing home | 132 | 84.1% | £75,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +51.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 51 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Union Street, Oldham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Union Street, Oldham sits below that national figure — -44.0%.
Within Oldham the street ranks 1402 of 2309 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £90,000 (-1.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,494 per square metre, across 12 of the 157 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £15,000 to £380,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- London Road£40,000 median
- Hodge Clough Road£70,025 median
- Buckstones Road£150,000 median
- Abbotsford Road£33,500 median
- Acre Lane£39,750 median
- Stoneleigh Street£69,000 median
- Scholes Street£92,621 median
- Lower Dingle£74,000 median
- Bottomfield Close£75,750 median
- Horsedge Street£46,000 median
- Higher Fullwood£49,950 median
- Mortimer Street£48,000 median
- Hansby Close£114,995 median
- Putney Close£59,475 median
- Beech Avenue£118,000 median
- Fresca Road£51,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 2 Union Street6 sales
- 17 Union Street5 sales
- APARTMENT 4, the VICTORY, 165 Union Street5 sales
- 7 Union Street5 sales
- 23 Union Street5 sales
- 5 Union Street4 sales
- 135 Union Street4 sales
- 4 Union Street4 sales
- 16 Union Street4 sales
- 143 Union Street4 sales
- APARTMENT 3, the VICTORY, 165 Union Street3 sales
- 11 Union Street3 sales
- 10 Union Street3 sales
- 6 Union Street3 sales
- 15 Union Street3 sales
- STANDEVEN HOUSE, 27 Union Street3 sales
- 93 Union Street3 sales
- 43 Union Street3 sales
- 143A Union Street3 sales
- 116 Union Street3 sales
- APARTMENT 30, the VICTORY, 165 Union Street2 sales
- APARTMENT 29, the VICTORY, 165 Union Street2 sales
- APARTMENT 14, the VICTORY, 165 Union Street2 sales
- APARTMENT 9, the VICTORY, 165 Union Street2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Union Street, Oldham?
The median price paid in Union Street, Oldham across every sale on the register is £88,250. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Union Street, Oldham?
157 sales are on record for Union Street, Oldham, the most recent completing on 30 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Union Street, Oldham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +61.5% between 2003 and 2013. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +24.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Union Street, Oldham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £127,950, set in 2008. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Union Street, Oldham?
£2,494 per square metre, from the 12 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 30 Apr 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Union Street, Oldham house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.