Tributes have been paid to a doctor who looked after patients in Stockport for over four decades. Dr Sikander Malik worked at four GP practices and two hospitals during his 43 years spent working in the borough.
03.01.2024 - 07:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
WIth the new year underway, now may be the best time to start looking for your first or next home. But with a region as big as Greater Manchester, it can be difficult to know where the most affordable areas are.
House prices are gradually starting to come down across the region, which may make getting on the property ladder a bit easier for first-time buyers in 2024. But there are certain areas in particular where house hunters should consider looking to find cheaper homes.
In the boroughs of Bolton, Oldham and Wigan, property prices are generally much lower, making it easier to snap up a bargain home. Whilst looking at the latest average house prices in every postcode area, we have found the eight Greater Manchester areas with the cheapest house prices in 2024.
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The cheapest postcode area to buy a house is currently OL8, which covers Bardsley and other parts of Oldham. The current average house price here £150,487, which has gone up by 1.8 percent in the last year.
M38, which covers Little Hulton in Salford, is the second most affordable area to buy a home in Greater Manchester. The average cost of a home is currently £158,625 which has risen by 6.2 percent in the last 12 months.
The WN2 postcode, which covers the Wigan areas of Abram, Aspull, Bamfurlong, Bickershaw, Haigh, Hindley, Hindley Green, Ince and Platt Bridge, also has cheap house prices.
The current average house price is £165,592, which has dropped by 3.4 percent over the last year.
BL4, which covers Bolton, Farnworth and Kearsley, currently has an average house price of £167,566
Tributes have been paid to a doctor who looked after patients in Stockport for over four decades. Dr Sikander Malik worked at four GP practices and two hospitals during his 43 years spent working in the borough.
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