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Typical sold price, OL2
£218,000
250 real sales, 30 January 2026 to 21 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £153,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £185,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Royton / Shaw: steady sales, so price from the evidence
At around 37 sales a month, Royton / Shaw ticks along steadily, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
If you are selling here, Royton / Shaw buyers have mostly paid between £135,000 and £360,000, so narrow down to sold homes that match yours before you pick a price; most homes here sell leasehold, so have the lease length, ground rent and service charge paperwork ready before you list.
Compare optionsA cash sale trades price for certainty, and at a steady pace like this the open market is also a sound route if you can wait; cash buyers typically offer 70–85% of market value, which on a typical £218,000 home is roughly £153,000 to £185,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), so hold any offer up against the sold prices.
Whichever route you take, have the lease (with its length and its ground rent and service charge paperwork); a clear list of what the sale includes (fixtures and fittings); and certificates and warranties for work done to the home ready, because the buyer’s conveyancer will ask for them.
A cash enquiry is free to you and goes to a single independent buyer; compare whatever they say with the open market before you decide.
Get Cash OfferOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
Key figures
Royton / Shaw at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£135,000 to £360,000
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
5.2%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£942 a month
Oldham, August 2026
Planning applications
128
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Royton / Shaw homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for OL2, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in OL2
Detached homes had the highest typical price in OL2 at £355,000, from 44 sales; terraced came to £176,000.
- Detached19%
- Semi-detached40%
- Terraced42%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £355,000 | 44 |
| Semi-detached | £242,000 | 94 |
| Terraced | £176,000 | 99 |
HM Land Registry, 30 January 2026 to 21 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Oldham homes rent for
Average private rent in Oldham was £942 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 5.2% on the OL2 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £702, 2 bed £879, 3 bed £1,067, 4+ bed £1,452 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just OL2.
Planning activity
Planning near Royton / Shaw
128 planning applications within 500 m of the OL2 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 3 are still undecided.
- Decided85%
- Undecided15%
Planning detail
Planning activity near Royton / Shaw
128 planning applications within 500 m of the OL2 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 5 Oct 2022 and 20 Jul 2026, and 3 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 21 October 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Whatever the reason you need to move on in Royton / Shaw (Oldham), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Royton / Shaw actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for OL2.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Oldham, up 12.5% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just OL2. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £702, 2 bed £879, 3 bed £1,067, 4+ bed £1,452.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the OL2 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for OL2, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in OL2
Filter by property type and radius around the OL2 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103, DENBYDALE WAY, OLDHAMOL2 5UH | £450,000 | 2026-08-21 | Detached | Leasehold |
| 10, THE FAIRWAYS, OLDHAMOL2 6GD | £100,350 | 2026-08-21 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 19, ELMSTONE DRIVE, OLDHAMOL2 6DH | £245,000 | 2026-08-21 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 31, CEMETERY ROAD, OLDHAMOL2 5SW | £343,000 | 2026-08-17 | Semi-detached | Leasehold |
| 12, JONES STREET, OLDHAMOL2 5AH | £185,000 | 2026-08-17 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 2, HIGHAM CLOSE, OLDHAMOL2 6TQ | £325,000 | 2026-08-14 | Detached | Leasehold |
| 75, HAREWOOD DRIVE, OLDHAMOL2 5TB | £215,000 | 2026-08-13 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 17, GREAT MEADOW, OLDHAMOL2 7PU | £272,000 | 2026-08-07 | Semi-detached | Leasehold |
| 12, KERWOOD DRIVE, OLDHAMOL2 6BW | £291,000 | 2026-08-07 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 798, ROCHDALE ROAD, OLDHAMOL2 6XF | £135,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 5, BRUNSWICK STREET, OLDHAMOL2 7RY | £172,500 | 2026-08-06 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 6, BULLCOTE GREEN, OLDHAMOL2 6NJ | £125,000 | 2026-08-06 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 31, WATER STREET, OLDHAMOL2 6LZ | £185,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 500, ROCHDALE ROAD, OLDHAMOL2 7PD | £362,500 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 24, SHEPHERD STREET, OLDHAMOL2 5PB | £180,000 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 50, MARLFIELD ROAD, OLDHAMOL2 7NF | £270,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 48, DUCHESS STREET, OLDHAMOL2 7XE | £66,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 320, ROCHDALE ROAD, OLDHAMOL2 6UF | £190,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 18, WILD STREET, OLDHAMOL2 8QJ | £124,500 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 2, VALLEY NEW ROAD, OLDHAMOL2 6BP | £280,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
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