With house prices soaring across the region, buying a reasonably priced home can often be quite hard to come by. But as it turns out, there are certain areas of Greater Manchester where house hunters can bag a bargain, with some homes selling for less than £50,000.
The cheapest properties bought across the region so far this year have now been revealed. These affordable homes were purchased between January and March 2022, with sold prices starting as low as £38,000.
The bargain homes are each located in Greater Manchester's cheapest boroughs, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale and Wigan, where homes sell for much less than region's average house price of £242,392.
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The most recent figures from the HM Land Registry come as average house prices across the UK have increased by 10.9 per cent across the year, up from 10.2 per cent in January 2022. These are the top 10 least expensive homes that have sold in Greater Manchester the last three months:
Stonie Heyes Avenue, Rochdale
11 Stonie Heyes Avenue, a terraced property in Rochdale, is the cheapest house sold in Greater Manchester so far this year. It was bought for £38,000 on January 28.
Wigan Road, Wigan
A terraced house on Wigan Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield sold for just £39,999 on January 07. This sale may have been a buy-to-let, a transfer to a company, or a repossession.
Osborne Grove, Bolton
27 Osborne Grove in Bolton is a terraced house which was bought for a bargain price of £40,500 on January 18.
Atherton Road, Wigan
A terraced house on Atherton Road in Hindley Green sold for £45,000 on February 7. This may have been a buy-to-let, a transfer to a company, or a repossession.
Spa Road, Bolton
231 Spa Road in Bolton, which is a terrace house, sold for £45,000 on March 7.
Daintry Road, Oldham
A terraced home on Daintry Road in Oldham also sold for £45,000 on January 28.
Evergreen Avenue, Bolton
16 Evergreen Avenue in Horwich which is a flat, was bought for £45,500 on January 12.
Kingston Avenue, Bolton
A semi-detached house on Kingston Avenue in Bolton sold for £50,000 on February 4.
Fox Street, Rochdale
A terrace house on Fox Street in Heywood sold for £50,000 on February 17. This sale may have been a buy-to-let, a transfer to a company, or a repossession.
Abercarn Close, Manchester
18 Abercarn Close in Manchester, which is a flat, sold for £50,000 on February 9, which may have been a buy-to-let, a transfer to a company, or a repossession.
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