Harbour Lane, Rochdale house prices are built from 127 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 3 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £114,950. Across the 12 years from 2012 to 2024 the median moved +32.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -6.7%.
Median price paid
£114,950
Change in cash, 2012–2024
+32.5%
Change in real terms
-6.7%
Median per m²
£2,203
HM Land Registry127 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 3 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Harbour Lane, Rochdale prices moved
The chart tracks the median Harbour Lane, Rochdale house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2024. 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 | £44,000 | £97,701 |
| 2000s | 5 | £99,250 | £180,804 |
| 2010s | 3 | £120,000 | £169,200 |
| 2020s | 2 | £126,000 | £128,739 |
The highest yearly median on record for Harbour Lane, Rochdale is £155,000 in 2024; the lowest is £44,000 in 1998. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £44,000 to £155,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £91,235, so the real change over the whole record is +78.8% — about +2.26% 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: +32.5% in cash against -6.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 244 | 3 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £97,000 | £97,000 |
| 88 | 1 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £155,000 | £158,370 |
| 5 Rebecca Court | 23 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 1 Rebecca Court | 28 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 222 | 20 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £152,000 | £159,940 |
| 45 | 31 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £210,448 |
| 244 | 14 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £100,000 | £105,224 |
| 84 | 23 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £171,000 | £179,933 |
| 6 Rebecca Court | 26 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £163,097 |
| 55 | 28 Nov 2023 | Detached | £234,950 | £253,854 |
| 64 | 26 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £110,000 | £118,851 |
| 180 | 1 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £145,000 | £167,995 |
| 182 | 19 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £135,000 | £170,565 |
| 174 | 25 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £133,000 | £172,204 |
| 218 | 17 Jul 2020 | Terraced | £126,000 | £163,140 |
| 162 | 1 May 2020 | Terraced | £125,000 | £161,846 |
| 1 Rebecca Court | 27 Mar 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £168,320 |
| 16 Rebecca Court | 14 Feb 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £122,500 | £158,609 |
| 222 | 19 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £115,000 | £150,417 |
| 55 | 6 Dec 2019 | Detached | £159,950 | £209,211 |
| 23 | 15 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £144,000 | £188,349 |
| 202 | 8 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £128,000 | £167,421 |
| 15 Rebecca Court | 26 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £126,000 | £164,805 |
| 172 | 12 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £129,950 | £169,972 |
| 166 | 22 Mar 2019 | Terraced | £115,000 | £150,417 |
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 Harbour Lane, Rochdale values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 244 Harbour Lane | £100,000 (2024) | £97,000 (2026) | -1.5% | -4.0% |
| 88 Harbour Lane | £41,000 (1995) | £155,000 (2025) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| 5 REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane | £80,000 (2006) | £150,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.4% |
| 1 REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane | £119,995 (2006) | £160,000 (2025) | +1.5% | -1.4% |
| 222 Harbour Lane | £95,000 (2010) | £152,000 (2024) | +3.4% | +0.4% |
| 45 Harbour Lane | £120,000 (2010) | £200,000 (2024) | +3.7% | +0.7% |
| 84 Harbour Lane | £83,600 (2015) | £171,000 (2024) | +8.3% | +4.8% |
| 6 REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane | £80,000 (2006) | £155,000 (2024) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| 55 Harbour Lane | £114,000 (2004) | £234,950 (2023) | +3.9% | +1.0% |
| 180 Harbour Lane | £39,000 (1999) | £145,000 (2022) | +5.9% | +3.3% |
| 182 Harbour Lane | £30,000 (1998) | £135,000 (2021) | +6.8% | +4.5% |
| 174 Harbour Lane | £45,000 (1999) | £133,000 (2020) | +5.3% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Harbour Lane, Rochdale 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 | 72 | 56.7% | £96,700 | £22,000 – £195,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 25 | 19.7% | £129,999 | £80,000 – £160,000 |
| Semi-detached | 22 | 17.3% | £100,000 | £44,000 – £200,000 |
| Detached | 8 | 6.3% | £155,000 | £114,000 – £250,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Harbour Lane, Rochdale
109 of the sales on record are leasehold and 18 freehold — 85.8% 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 £112,995 and the median freehold sale £131,500 — a gap of +16.4%. 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 | 109 | 85.8% | £112,995 |
| Freehold | 18 | 14.2% | £131,500 |
| New build | 14 | 11.0% | £130,750 |
| Existing home | 113 | 89.0% | £110,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +18.9%. 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 10 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 07
Living in Harbour Lane, Rochdale
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Oldham, 40.6% of 112,829 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 486 | 0.4% |
| B | 7,640 | 6.8% |
| C | 37,661 | 33.4% |
| D | 47,287 | 41.9% |
| E | 15,991 | 14.2% |
| F | 2,937 | 2.6% |
| G | 827 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Oldham at £921 a month as of Jun 2026 — £687 for a one-bedroom home and £1,042 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £114,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.61% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
No street-level crime was published for OL16 in Jun 2026 by Greater Manchester. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Harbour Lane, Rochdale
The 2021 census counted 242,088 residents in Oldham across 93,140 households. 60.8% of those households own their home and 38.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a OL16 postcode: 12 primary, 3 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollingworth Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,331 |
| Kingsway Park High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,289 |
| St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,023 |
| Lowerplace Primary School | Primary | Community school | 533 |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 455 |
| Belfield Community School | Primary | Community school | 429 |
| Broadfield Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 406 |
| Hamer Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 323 |
| Crossgates Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 312 |
| Newhey Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 285 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Newbold (Manchester Metrolink) | Tram | 0.3 km |
| Newbold (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Newbold (Manchester Metrolink) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Kingsway (Manchester Metrolink) | Tram | 0.5 km |
Section 09
How Harbour Lane, Rochdale compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Harbour Lane, Rochdale sits below that national figure — -27.0%.
Within Rochdale the street ranks 662 of 1614 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £95,000 (+21.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,203 per square metre, across 9 of the 127 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 £22,000 to £250,000. 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.
Harbour Lane, Rochdale sits in Oldham, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Oldham at 6.1 times median local earnings of £33,860 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Rochdale Road£81,000 median
- Halifax Road£65,000 median
- Huddersfield Road£89,000 median
- Milnrow Road£68,000 median
- Newhey Road£82,500 median
- Broad Lane£129,950 median
- Juniper Drive£84,850 median
- Royds Street£60,000 median
- Shaw Road£96,250 median
- Prince Street£64,000 median
- Croxton Avenue£74,000 median
- Tarnside Close£203,000 median
- Ginnell Farm Avenue£229,995 median
- Buersil Avenue£83,000 median
- Entwisle Road£65,000 median
- Newbold Hall Drive£145,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 88 Harbour Lane7 sales
- 180 Harbour Lane5 sales
- 182 Harbour Lane5 sales
- 172 Harbour Lane5 sales
- 222 Harbour Lane4 sales
- 55 Harbour Lane4 sales
- 218 Harbour Lane4 sales
- 166 Harbour Lane4 sales
- 58 Harbour Lane4 sales
- 152 Harbour Lane4 sales
- 1, REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane3 sales
- 45 Harbour Lane3 sales
- 84 Harbour Lane3 sales
- 6, REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane3 sales
- 174 Harbour Lane3 sales
- 23 Harbour Lane3 sales
- 176 Harbour Lane3 sales
- 244 Harbour Lane2 sales
- 5, REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane2 sales
- 16, REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane2 sales
- 202 Harbour Lane2 sales
- 15, REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane2 sales
- 3, REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane2 sales
- 7, REBECCA COURT Harbour Lane2 sales
Back to Rochdale house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Harbour Lane, Rochdale?
The median price paid in Harbour Lane, Rochdale across every sale on the register is £114,950. 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 Harbour Lane, Rochdale?
127 sales are on record for Harbour Lane, Rochdale, the most recent completing on 3 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Harbour Lane, Rochdale house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +32.5% between 2012 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -6.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Harbour Lane, Rochdale house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £155,000, set in 2024. 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 Harbour Lane, Rochdale?
£2,203 per square metre, from the 9 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 3 Mar 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, “Harbour Lane, Rochdale 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.