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Matthew Close, OL8

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

Median sold price
£100,375
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,887
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
66
Distinct homes
28
Price range
£57,200 – £350,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Matthew Close is a mix of detached houses and semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £100,375 — roughly 26% below the OL8 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £2,887, above the district's £1,642. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across OL8 prices have been rising over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 66 sales across 28 homes since 2000.

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Matthew Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 66 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL8 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k2000200520102015202020252000: £88,000 median · 1 sale2002: £75,700 median · 24 sales2003: £92,250 median · 5 sales2004: £128,500 median · 6 sales2005: £141,500 median · 3 sales2006: £129,475 median · 2 sales2007: £169,000 median · 4 sales2008: £198,000 median · 1 sale2009: £146,500 median · 4 sales2010: £140,000 median · 2 sales2011: £100,000 median · 2 sales2012: £142,000 median · 1 sale2014: £159,950 median · 1 sale2015: £125,998 median · 2 sales2016: £121,250 median · 2 sales2017: £160,000 median · 1 sale2018: £152,000 median · 1 sale2019: £147,500 median · 1 sale2021: £270,500 median · 1 sale2022: £280,000 median · 1 sale2023: £350,000 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 Matthew Close compares

Matthew Close 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
Matthew Close£100k · 66*
Hollins Road£95k · 58

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
£100,375
median · all recorded sales
OL8 district
£135,000
median · last 8 years · street -26%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Matthew Close's £100,375 median sits about 26% below OL8's £135,000; on floor space it runs £2,887/m² against the district's £1,642/m² (+76%).

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 Matthew Close.

Detached
£154,875
34 sales
Semi-detached
£83,000
26 sales
Terraced
£71,775
6 sales

Every recorded sale on Matthew Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
20 Oct 20235 · OL8 2XBDetached—£350,000
16 Oct 202320 · OL8 2XBnon-standardSemi-detached—£167,000
25 Feb 202229 · OL8 2XBDetached—£280,000
30 Jul 20218 · OL8 2XBDetached—£270,500
4 Apr 201922 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£147,500
20 Dec 201819 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£152,000
1 Dec 20174 · OL8 2XBnon-standardDetached—£172,000
29 Mar 201710 · OL8 2XBDetached—£160,000
9 Dec 20167 · OL8 2XBDetached—£167,500
8 Apr 201615 · OL8 2XBTerraced—£75,000
18 Mar 20167 · OL8 2XBnon-standardDetached—£165,000
29 May 201520 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£109,995
3 Mar 201512 · OL8 2XBDetached—£142,000
8 Aug 201410 · OL8 2XBDetached—£159,950
13 Jul 20121 · OL8 2XBDetached—£142,000
5 May 201117 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£92,000
25 Feb 201124 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£108,000
22 Oct 20107 · OL8 2XBDetached—£180,000
10 Mar 201033 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£100,000
18 Sept 200922 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£127,000
6 Aug 200927 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£98,000
30 Jun 20095 · OL8 2XBDetached—£170,000
2 Mar 200916 · OL8 2XBDetached—£166,000
5 Jun 20083 · OL8 2XBDetached—£198,000
7 Jun 200723 · OL8 2XBDetached—£160,000
5 Jun 20075 · OL8 2XBDetached—£187,000
24 May 20074 · OL8 2XBDetached—£160,000
21 Mar 200714 · OL8 2XBDetached—£178,000
18 Aug 20066 · OL8 2XBDetached—£154,000
17 Mar 200617 · OL8 2XBTerraced—£104,950
11 Nov 20051 · OL8 2XBDetached—£164,500
18 Apr 200529 · OL8 2XBDetached—£141,500
18 Apr 200520 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£132,500
29 Nov 20041 · OL8 2XBDetached—£157,000
3 Sept 200418 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£124,000
3 Aug 20043 · OL8 2XBDetached—£155,750
21 May 20044 · OL8 2XBDetached—£133,000
7 May 200427 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£92,000
2 Apr 200411 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£72,000
3 Dec 200331 · OL8 2XBTerraced—£88,000
18 Jul 200316 · OL8 2XBDetached—£122,500
27 Jun 200318 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£95,000
30 Apr 200319 · OL8 2XBSemi-detached—£89,000
10 Jan 200329 · OL8 2XBDetachedYes£92,250
20 Sept 200225 · OL8 2XBSemi-detachedYes£71,000
20 Sept 200231 · OL8 2XBTerracedYes£68,550
20 Sept 200210 · OL8 2XBDetachedYes£99,950
19 Sept 200227 · OL8 2XBSemi-detachedYes£68,550
6 Sept 200220 · OL8 2XBSemi-detachedYes£77,000
30 Aug 200214 · OL8 2XBDetachedYes£101,750

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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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.