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Forest Street, OL8

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

Median sold price
£50,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£968
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
61
Distinct homes
29
Price range
£17,500 – £135,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Forest Street is almost entirely terraced houses. The median sale price is £50,000, about 63% below the typical OL8 sale. On floor area that works out near £968 per square metre, 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. The record shows 61 sales across 29 homes since 2001.

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Forest Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 61 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL8 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k200520102015202020252001: £19,500 median · 4 sales2002: £25,975 median · 2 sales2003: £29,500 median · 9 sales2004: £36,000 median · 9 sales2005: £59,000 median · 9 sales2006: £66,250 median · 6 sales2007: £68,750 median · 4 sales2009: £47,500 median · 1 sale2011: £47,000 median · 1 sale2012: £52,000 median · 1 sale2013: £55,000 median · 1 sale2014: £47,000 median · 4 sales2015: £66,000 median · 1 sale2019: £56,000 median · 3 sales2020: £70,000 median · 1 sale2022: £110,000 median · 2 sales2023: £82,500 median · 2 sales2025: £135,000 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 Forest Street compares

Forest 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
Forest Street£50k · 61*

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
£50,000
median · all recorded sales
OL8 district
£135,000
median · last 8 years · street -63%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Forest Street's £50,000 median sits about 63% below OL8's £135,000; on floor space it runs £968/m² against the district's £1,642/m² (-41%).

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 Forest Street.

Terraced
£51,000
59 sales
Detached
£31,750
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Forest Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
8 Aug 202534 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£135,000
30 May 20257 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£80,000
14 May 202416 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£95,000
1 Sept 202345 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£75,000
27 Jan 202335 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£90,000
19 Dec 202232 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£85,000
28 Nov 202218 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£108,000
17 Nov 202237 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£105,000
1 Sept 202211 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£96,000
4 Aug 202232 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£81,000
13 May 202226 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£110,000
11 May 202231 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£98,000
5 Apr 202233 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£110,000
4 Apr 202232 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£77,000
14 May 202141 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£71,000
20 Jan 20214 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£39,500
1 Dec 202017 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£67,500
27 Nov 202010 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£67,500
7 Sept 202020 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£70,000
3 Sept 202031 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£52,000
20 Aug 202015 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£80,000
13 Sept 20194 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£50,000
16 Aug 201921 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£66,000
21 Jun 201925 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£56,000
9 Nov 201813 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£72,000
26 Jul 201729 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£57,000
28 Aug 201513 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£66,000
25 Sept 201445 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£42,500
1 Jul 20142 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£57,300
30 Jun 20143 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£51,500
25 Apr 201417 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£40,000
9 Apr 20147 · OL8 3ERnon-standardTerraced—£45,500
11 Oct 201339 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£55,000
16 May 201236 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£52,000
25 Mar 201133 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£47,000
17 Jun 200915 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£47,500
29 Nov 20075 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£70,000
6 Jul 20076 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£75,500
19 Apr 200714 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£67,500
23 Jan 200723 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£67,000
13 Nov 200616 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£63,500
20 Oct 20067 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£69,000
17 Jul 20062 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£80,000
4 Jul 200616 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£60,500
31 May 20064 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£50,000
21 Apr 200619 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£70,000
25 Nov 200529 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£64,000
18 Nov 20053 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£59,000
26 Jul 200511 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£64,000
21 Jul 200525 · OL8 3ERTerraced—£52,500

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.

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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.