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Merlin Close, OL8

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

Median sold price
£87,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,720
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
9
Distinct homes
7
Price range
£59,500£135,000
Sales recorded
2006 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Merlin Close are mostly terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £87,000 — roughly 36% below the OL8 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £1,720, above 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. HM Land Registry records 9 sales across 7 homes since 2006 — homes here come up rarely.

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Merlin Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 9 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianOL8 district trend
£50k£100k£150k£200k20102015202020252006: £122,000 median · 1 sale2007: £115,000 median · 1 sale2012: £79,000 median · 1 sale2014: £59,500 median · 1 sale2015: £87,000 median · 1 sale2016: £103,500 median · 1 sale2018: £80,500 median · 2 sales2023: £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 Merlin Close compares

Merlin 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
Hollins Road£95k · 58
Merlin Close£87k · 9*

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
£87,000
median · all recorded sales
OL8 district
£135,000
median · last 8 years · street -36%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Merlin Close's £87,000 median sits about 36% below OL8's £135,000; on floor space it runs £1,720/m² against the district's £1,642/m² (+5%).

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 Merlin Close.

Terraced
£95,250
8 sales
Flat
£59,500
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Merlin Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
24 Mar 202326 · OL8 2TWTerraced£135,000
16 Aug 202124 · OL8 2TWnon-standardTerraced£90,100
1 May 20183 · OL8 2TWTerraced£80,000
19 Mar 201822 · OL8 2TWTerraced£81,000
6 Jul 201617 · OL8 2TWTerraced£103,500
7 Sept 201518 · OL8 2TWTerraced£87,000
10 Apr 20146 · OL8 2TWFlat£59,500
21 Sept 201222 · OL8 2TWTerraced£79,000
11 Jun 200717 · OL8 2TWTerraced£115,000
27 Oct 200625 · OL8 2TWTerraced£122,000

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.