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Dowry Street, OL8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£61,475
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£901
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
14
Distinct homes
9
Price range
£10,000£95,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2020
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Dowry Street is a mix of semi-detached houses and terraced houses. The median sale price is £61,475, about 54% below the typical OL8 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £901, below the district's £1,642. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; OL8 prices as a whole have been rising. With 14 sales across 9 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Dowry Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 14 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL8 district trend
£0£100k£200k2000200520102015202020252000: £11,000 median · 1 sale2001: £10,000 median · 1 sale2002: £12,500 median · 1 sale2004: £44,250 median · 2 sales2005: £64,950 median · 1 sale2007: £76,000 median · 1 sale2015: £58,750 median · 2 sales2016: £64,950 median · 1 sale2017: £66,500 median · 2 sales2019: £70,000 median · 1 sale2020: £95,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the OL8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Dowry Street compares

Dowry Street against the OL8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Frederick Street£228k · 34
Green Lane£202k · 46
Rosary Road£175k · 29
Whitebank Road£157k · 48
Heron Street£130k · 42
Belgrave Road£120k · 29
Ashton Road£105k · 73
Hollins Road£95k · 58
Dowry Street£61k · 14*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£61,475
median · all recorded sales
OL8 district
£135,000
median · last 8 years · street -54%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Dowry Street's £61,475 median sits about 54% below OL8's £135,000; on floor space it runs £901/m² against the district's £1,642/m² (-45%).

Street and OL8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Dowry Street.

Semi-detached
£75,000
7 sales
Terraced
£42,500
7 sales

Every recorded sale on Dowry Street

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
4 Feb 2025Earl Mill · OL8 2PFnon-standardOther£5,700,000
9 Mar 202311 · OL8 2NXnon-standardTerraced£100,000
25 Nov 202051 · OL8 2LPSemi-detached£95,000
10 Jul 202011 · OL8 2NXnon-standardTerraced£73,000
16 Sept 201917 · OL8 2NXTerraced£70,000
10 Oct 201711 · OL8 2NXnon-standardTerraced£63,000
26 Sept 201735 · OL8 2LPSemi-detached£75,000
26 Apr 201779 · OL8 2LPSemi-detached£58,000
23 Feb 201779 · OL8 2LPnon-standardSemi-detached£58,500
22 Aug 201637 · OL8 2LPSemi-detached£64,950
22 Jul 201667 · OL8 2LPnon-standardSemi-detached£77,500
18 Dec 201511 · OL8 2NXnon-standardTerraced£35,000
18 Dec 201511 · OL8 2NXTerraced£42,500
1 May 201550 · OL8 2LPSemi-detached£75,000
3 Sept 200761 · OL8 2LPSemi-detached£76,000
22 Jul 200513 · OL8 2NXTerraced£64,950
1 Sept 200411 · OL8 2NXTerraced£50,500
27 Aug 200413 · OL8 2NXTerraced£38,000
28 Nov 200217 · OL8 2NXTerraced£12,500
24 Aug 200179 · OL8 2LPSemi-detached£10,000
18 Dec 200017 · OL8 2NXTerraced£11,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in OL8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider OL8 area guide.

Ashton RoadHollins RoadCopster Hill RoadHeron StreetBelgrave RoadFrederick StreetHoneywell LaneGreen LaneChapel RoadChamber RoadGainsborough AvenueWindsor Road
OL8 house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.