OX29 house prices are built from 11,725 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £290,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +16.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -16.9%.
Median price paid
£290,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+16.0%
Change in real terms
-16.9%
Median per m²
£4,208
HM Land Registry11,725 sales370 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Jun 2026
Section 01
How OX29 prices moved
The chart tracks the median OX29 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £99,998 | £222,042 |
| 2000s | 10 | £245,000 | £446,318 |
| 2010s | 10 | £323,500 | £456,135 |
| 2020s | 7 | £435,000 | £444,457 |
The highest yearly median on record for OX29 is £440,000 in 2024; the lowest is £84,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £84,000 to £435,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £186,520, so the real change over the whole record is +133.2% — about +2.77% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +16.0% in cash against -16.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 Queen Street | 24 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £333,000 | £333,000 |
| 18 Gregory Place | 22 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £322,500 | £322,500 |
| 6 Mill Street Mews | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £288,000 | £288,000 |
| 4 St James Court | 19 Jun 2026 | Detached | £248,558 | £248,558 |
| 4 Mossie Walk | 17 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 6 Ripley Avenue | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £347,500 | £347,500 |
| 23 Norridge Way | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £650,000 | £650,000 |
| 3 Whitley Lane | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £685,000 | £685,000 |
| 10B Wasties Orchard | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 70 Hazeldene Close | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £770,000 | £770,000 |
| THE OLD DAIRY Bell Lane | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £765,000 | £765,000 |
| 6 Parklands | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £725,000 | £725,000 |
| 4 Tilgarsley Road | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £515,000 | £515,000 |
| BARN END Pond Hill | 28 May 2026 | Terraced | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 67 Spareacre Lane | 28 May 2026 | Terraced | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 1 Renown Court | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 7 Bell Close | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 4 Maplewell | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 42A Witney Road | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £630,000 | £630,000 |
| 16 Wroslyn Road | 18 May 2026 | Detached | £785,000 | £785,000 |
| 15 Dovehouse Close | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £432,000 | £432,000 |
| 19 Isis Close | 13 May 2026 | Detached | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 123 Broadmarsh Lane | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 25 Merton Close | 6 May 2026 | Terraced | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 3 Millers Close | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £545,000 | £545,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to OX29 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 Queen Street | £268,000 (2019) | £333,000 (2026) | +3.2% | -0.7% |
| 18 Gregory Place | £307,000 (2019) | £322,500 (2026) | +0.7% | -3.1% |
| 4 St James Court | £715,000 (2022) | £248,558 (2026) | -23.2% | -26.0% |
| 6 Mill Street Mews | £90,000 (1997) | £288,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 4 Mossie Walk | £201,995 (2021) | £215,000 (2026) | +1.3% | -3.4% |
| 6 Ripley Avenue | £105,000 (1999) | £347,500 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.8% |
| 14 Beech Road | £152,500 (2003) | £420,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.7% |
| 23 Norridge Way | £655,000 (2018) | £650,000 (2026) | -0.1% | -3.6% |
| 10B Wasties Orchard | £195,500 (2005) | £245,000 (2026) | +1.1% | -1.8% |
| 3 Whitley Lane | £608,000 (2021) | £685,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -2.3% |
| THE OLD DAIRY Bell Lane | £245,000 (1998) | £765,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 4 Tilgarsley Road | £126,000 (1996) | £515,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. OX29 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 5,552 | 47.4% | £390,000 | £30,000 – £3,500,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3,490 | 29.8% | £260,000 | £10,000 – £1,450,000 |
| Terraced | 2,231 | 19.0% | £232,000 | £34,000 – £1,110,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 452 | 3.9% | £167,000 | £16,333 – £590,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in OX29
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 3,059 certificates cover OX29, and their median floor area is 91 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +19.7%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 91 m² | about 980 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 71 m² | about 764 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 128 m² | about 1,378 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 14.4% | 441 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 16.8% | 514 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in OX29
547 of the sales on record are leasehold and 11,178 freehold — 4.7% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £158,000 and the median freehold sale £300,000 — a gap of +89.9%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 547 | 4.7% | £158,000 |
| Freehold | 11,178 | 95.3% | £300,000 |
| New build | 1,903 | 16.2% | £375,000 |
| Existing home | 9,822 | 83.8% | £274,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +36.9%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 742 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in OX29
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cherwell, 53.2% of 76,409 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 976 | 1.3% |
| B | 14,450 | 18.9% |
| C | 25,201 | 33.0% |
| D | 23,660 | 31.0% |
| E | 8,736 | 11.4% |
| F | 2,719 | 3.6% |
| G | 667 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cherwell at £1,291 a month as of Jun 2026 — £965 for a one-bedroom home and £1,455 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £290,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.34% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of OX29, 1 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 1 violent, 0 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 0 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 100.0 times quieter.
Against the 161,016 residents the 2021 census counted in Cherwell, that is 0.01 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around OX29
The 2021 census counted 161,016 residents in Cherwell across 65,893 households. 66.9% of those households own their home and 33.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a OX29 postcode: 14 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartholomew School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,390 |
| Eynsham Community Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 426 |
| Ducklington Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 190 |
| Windrush Church of England Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 188 |
| Hanborough Manor CofE School | Primary | Academy converter | 180 |
| North Leigh Church of England School | Primary | Academy converter | 154 |
| Freeland Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 131 |
| St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 131 |
| Combe CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 115 |
| Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 105 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Combe (Oxon) Rail Station | Rail | 5.2 km |
| Hanborough Rail Station | Rail | 5.6 km |
| Finstock Rail Station | Rail | 6.9 km |
| Charlbury Rail Station | Rail | 9.4 km |
Section 09
How OX29 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. OX29 sits above that national figure — +84.1%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,208 per square metre, across 370 of the 11,725 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £10,000 to £3,500,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
OX29 sits in Cherwell, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cherwell at 9.3 times median local earnings of £38,768 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside OX29
- OX29 0£300,000 median
- OX29 4£250,000 median
- OX29 5£335,000 median
- OX29 6£305,000 median
- OX29 7£325,000 median
- OX29 8£290,000 median
- OX29 9£270,500 median
The closest districts
- OX283.4 km · £198,000
- OX1811.1 km · £212,500
- OX211.2 km · £325,000
- OX714.3 km · £249,950
- OX315.9 km · £237,500
- OX416.7 km · £202,500
- OX1417.8 km · £220,000
- SN718.5 km · £230,000
This district mostly covers Witney.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in OX29?
The median price paid in OX29 across every sale on the register is £290,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in OX29?
11,725 sales are on record for OX29, the most recent completing on 24 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have OX29 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +16.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -16.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were OX29 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £440,000, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in OX29?
£4,208 per square metre, from the 370 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 24 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “OX29 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.