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OL7 local market report Ashton-Under-Lyne

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 7,829 sales registered with HM Land Registry in OL7 (Ashton-Under-Lyne) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to May 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

OL7 is the postcode district covering Ashton-under-Lyne (west), Guide Bridge in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where OL7 sits

Click the map to open OL7 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

OL8OL6M43M34SK16M35OL9M18M11OL5SK14M40SK15M12M9OL7
£179,000median sold price, 2026
+28%five-year change (cash)
165sales in the last 12 months
6.2%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in OL7 sells for

The 2026 median in OL7 is £179,000, from 38 registered sales; the mean, £190,400, sits modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so OL7 trades 35% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical OL7 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£50k£100k£150k£200k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £37,000 at the time · £78,554 in today's money · 341 sales1996: £35,500 at the time · £73,119 in today's money · 295 sales1997: £35,700 at the time · £71,504 in today's money · 262 sales1998: £33,500 at the time · £66,043 in today's money · 274 sales1999: £36,700 at the time · £71,433 in today's money · 262 sales2000: £35,500 at the time · £68,042 in today's money · 297 sales2001: £36,500 at the time · £68,531 in today's money · 316 sales2002: £42,500 at the time · £78,096 in today's money · 373 sales2003: £57,500 at the time · £103,455 in today's money · 374 sales2004: £72,200 at the time · £128,067 in today's money · 344 sales2005: £95,500 at the time · £165,982 in today's money · 343 sales2006: £108,000 at the time · £183,096 in today's money · 489 sales2007: £103,000 at the time · £170,636 in today's money · 339 sales2008: £112,500 at the time · £180,104 in today's money · 188 sales2009: £105,000 at the time · £164,846 in today's money · 111 sales2010: £90,000 at the time · £137,847 in today's money · 117 sales2011: £98,500 at the time · £145,224 in today's money · 125 sales2012: £86,200 at the time · £123,913 in today's money · 136 sales2013: £82,000 at the time · £115,234 in today's money · 140 sales2014: £95,000 at the time · £131,627 in today's money · 181 sales2015: £92,000 at the time · £126,960 in today's money · 211 sales2016: £100,000 at the time · £136,634 in today's money · 228 sales2017: £112,000 at the time · £149,189 in today's money · 219 sales2018: £115,000 at the time · £149,717 in today's money · 217 sales2019: £117,500 at the time · £150,417 in today's money · 216 sales2020: £125,000 at the time · £158,402 in today's money · 189 sales2021: £140,000 at the time · £173,118 in today's money · 315 sales2022: £154,000 at the time · £176,365 in today's money · 243 sales2023: £160,000 at the time · £171,695 in today's money · 207 sales2024: £163,000 at the time · £169,255 in today's money · 228 sales2025: £180,000 at the time · £180,000 in today's money · 211 sales2026: £179,000 at the time · £179,000 in today's money · 38 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£179,000£179,00038
2025£180,000£180,000211
2024£163,000£169,255228
2023£160,000£171,695207
2022£154,000£176,365243
2021£140,000£173,118315
2020£125,000£158,402189
2019£117,500£150,417216
2018£115,000£149,717217
2017£112,000£149,189219
2016£100,000£136,634228
2015£92,000£126,960211
2014£95,000£131,627181
2013£82,000£115,234140
2012£86,200£123,913136
2011£98,500£145,224125
2010£90,000£137,847117
2009£105,000£164,846111
2008£112,500£180,104188
2007£103,000£170,636339
2006£108,000£183,096489
2005£95,500£165,982343
2004£72,200£128,067344
2003£57,500£103,455374
2002£42,500£78,096373
2001£36,500£68,531316
2000£35,500£68,042297
1999£36,700£71,433262
1998£33,500£66,043274
1997£35,700£71,504262
1996£35,500£73,119295
1995£37,000£78,554341

In cash terms the typical OL7 home went from £37,000 in 1995 to £179,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 128%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper.

Year-on-year change in the OL7 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · −4.1% on the year before1997 · +0.6% on the year before1998 · −6.2% on the year before1999 · +9.6% on the year before2000 · −3.3% on the year before2001 · +2.8% on the year before2002 · +16.4% on the year before2003 · +35.3% on the year before2004 · +25.6% on the year before2005 · +32.3% on the year before2006 · +13.1% on the year before2007 · −4.6% on the year before2008 · +9.2% on the year before2009 · −6.7% on the year before2010 · −14.3% on the year before2011 · +9.4% on the year before2012 · −12.5% on the year before2013 · −4.9% on the year before2014 · +15.9% on the year before2015 · −3.2% on the year before2016 · +8.7% on the year before2017 · +12.0% on the year before2018 · +2.7% on the year before2019 · +2.2% on the year before2020 · +6.4% on the year before2021 · +12.0% on the year before2022 · +10.0% on the year before2023 · +3.9% on the year before2024 · +1.9% on the year before2025 · +10.4% on the year before2026 · −0.6% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+35.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2010 (−14.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−0.6%−0.6%
5 years (since 2021)+5.0%+0.7%
10 years (since 2016)+6.0%+2.7%
20 years (since 2006)+2.6%−0.1%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

250500 1995: 341 sales1996: 295 sales1997: 262 sales1998: 274 sales1999: 262 sales2000: 297 sales2001: 316 sales2002: 373 sales2003: 374 sales2004: 344 sales2005: 343 sales2006: 489 sales2007: 339 sales2008: 188 sales2009: 111 sales2010: 117 sales2011: 125 sales2012: 136 sales2013: 140 sales2014: 181 sales2015: 211 sales2016: 228 sales2017: 219 sales2018: 217 sales2019: 216 sales2020: 189 sales2021: 315 sales2022: 243 sales2023: 207 sales2024: 228 sales2025: 211 sales2026: 38 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

2550 June 2021 · 29 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 27 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 22 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 48 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 21 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 22 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 22 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 23 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 24 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 28 sales registeredApril 2022 · 16 sales registeredMay 2022 · 9 sales registeredJune 2022 · 12 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 21 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 20 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 18 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 20 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 29 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 23 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 18 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 16 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 14 sales registeredApril 2023 · 9 sales registeredMay 2023 · 10 sales registeredJune 2023 · 16 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 30 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 21 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 11 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 26 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 19 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 17 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 15 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 13 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 16 sales registeredApril 2024 · 20 sales registeredMay 2024 · 22 sales registeredJune 2024 · 16 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 21 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 20 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 27 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 23 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 18 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 17 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 12 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 25 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 31 sales registeredApril 2025 · 6 sales registeredMay 2025 · 10 sales registeredJune 2025 · 19 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 15 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 15 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 13 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 17 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 26 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 22 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 11 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 11 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 7 sales registeredApril 2026 · 6 sales registeredMay 2026 · 3 sales registered

OL7 recorded 165 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 359 sales a year before the financial crisis and 185 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around OL7

OL7 falls under Tameside, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £920 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £677 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,389, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Tameside

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £677 a month£6771 bed2 bed: £875 a month£8752 bed3 bed: £1,050 a month£1,0503 bed4+ bed: £1,389 a month£1,3894+ bed

Set against the £179,000 median sold price, £920 a month is £11,040 a year, a gross yield of 6.2%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will OL7 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 28% over five years in cash and up 3% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

OL7 ranks 5 of 16 in the OL area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, OL area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

OL8OL8 · +39% over five years · median £159,500+39%OL16OL16 · +36% over five years · median £197,800+36%OL9OL9 · +34% over five years · median £215,000+34%OL1OL1 · +28% over five years · median £160,000+28%OL7OL7 · +28% over five years · median £179,000+28%OL10OL10 · +17% over five years · median £166,500+17%OL12OL12 · +16% over five years · median £180,000+16%OL13OL13 · +16% over five years · median £156,000+16%OL6OL6 · +12% over five years · median £165,500+12%OL3OL3 · −2% over five years · median £280,000−2%

Inside OL7, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
OL7 0£149,5008
OL7 9£184,50030

How OL7 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the OL area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
OL3£280,000-2%
OL15£220,000+22%
OL9£215,000+34%
OL2£205,000+21%
OL16£197,800+36%
OL5£195,000+18%
OL11£190,000+24%
OL4£185,500+19%
OL14£185,000+23%
OL12£180,000+16%
OL7 (this report)£179,000+28%
OL10£166,500+17%
OL6£165,500+12%
OL1£160,000+28%
OL8£159,500+39%
OL13£156,000+16%

Dig further

See every individual OL7 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference OL7 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.