Ivy Drive, Lightwater house prices are built from 246 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 27 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £168,750. Across the 12 years from 2010 to 2022 the median moved -24.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -45.4%.
Median price paid
£168,750
Change in cash, 2010–2022
-24.7%
Change in real terms
-45.4%
Median per m²
£3,052
HM Land Registry246 sales81 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Ivy Drive, Lightwater prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ivy Drive, Lightwater house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2022. 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 | £76,500 | £169,866 |
| 2000s | 9 | £170,000 | £309,690 |
| 2010s | 6 | £240,285 | £338,802 |
| 2020s | 3 | £275,000 | £280,978 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ivy Drive, Lightwater is £425,000 in 2010; the lowest is £70,975 in 1996. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £71,000 to £320,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £157,654, so the real change over the whole record is +135.2% — about +3.22% 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: -24.7% in cash against -45.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £218,000 | £218,000 |
| 58 | 22 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 19 | 25 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £385,000 | £393,370 |
| 33 | 15 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £390,000 | £398,478 |
| 20 | 16 Jul 2025 | Detached | £667,500 | £682,011 |
| 71 | 11 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| 103 | 10 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £273,582 |
| 36 | 16 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £231,493 |
| 46 | 19 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 70 | 11 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £224,500 | £242,563 |
| 101 | 10 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £289,950 | £313,279 |
| 31 | 31 Jan 2023 | Detached | £450,000 | £486,207 |
| 21 | 17 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £380,000 | £440,263 |
| 77 | 17 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 63 | 17 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 20 | 21 Apr 2022 | Detached | £715,000 | £828,389 |
| 103 | 30 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 48 | 29 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £277,957 |
| 60 | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £290,591 |
| 65 | 16 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 79 | 19 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 30 | 30 Apr 2021 | Detached | £560,000 | £707,527 |
| 56 | 23 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £262,000 | £331,022 |
| 95 | 31 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £228,000 | £288,065 |
| 87 | 29 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £216,000 | £272,903 |
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 Ivy Drive, Lightwater values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 Ivy Drive | £55,000 (1996) | £218,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 58 Ivy Drive | £99,950 (1999) | £260,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.9% |
| 19 Ivy Drive | £212,000 (2004) | £385,000 (2025) | +2.9% | +0.0% |
| 33 Ivy Drive | £330,000 (2016) | £390,000 (2025) | +1.9% | -1.6% |
| 20 Ivy Drive | £715,000 (2022) | £667,500 (2025) | -2.3% | -6.3% |
| 71 Ivy Drive | £240,000 (2003) | £325,000 (2025) | +1.4% | -1.4% |
| 103 Ivy Drive | £78,500 (1997) | £260,000 (2024) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| 46 Ivy Drive | £77,000 (1999) | £240,000 (2024) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 70 Ivy Drive | £74,500 (1997) | £224,500 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.7% |
| 101 Ivy Drive | £73,250 (1995) | £289,950 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.4% |
| 31 Ivy Drive | £219,950 (2001) | £450,000 (2023) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
| 21 Ivy Drive | £104,000 (1998) | £380,000 (2022) | +5.5% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ivy Drive, Lightwater 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 149 | 60.6% | £151,500 | £54,000 – £325,000 |
| Terraced | 60 | 24.4% | £198,500 | £61,500 – £390,000 |
| Detached | 29 | 11.8% | £349,950 | £121,000 – £715,000 |
| Semi-detached | 8 | 3.3% | £110,000 | £65,500 – £325,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ivy Drive, Lightwater
157 of the sales on record are leasehold and 89 freehold — 63.8% 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 £153,500 and the median freehold sale £208,000 — a gap of +35.5%. 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 | 157 | 63.8% | £153,500 |
| Freehold | 89 | 36.2% | £208,000 |
A further 3 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 09
How Ivy Drive, Lightwater compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ivy Drive, Lightwater sits above that national figure — +7.1%.
Within Lightwater the street ranks 72 of 81 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £250,000 (-32.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,052 per square metre, across 81 of the 246 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 £54,000 to £715,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Guildford Road£219,000 median
- Ambleside Road£465,000 median
- Macdonald Road£410,000 median
- Broom Field£174,000 median
- Spruce Drive£190,000 median
- The Orchard£143,500 median
- Meadowbank Road£156,250 median
- Alsford Close£170,500 median
- Grasmere Road£277,000 median
- Bluebell Rise£121,000 median
- Curley Hill Road£564,050 median
- Birchwood Drive£156,000 median
- The Avenue£185,500 median
- Clearsprings£283,500 median
- Barnett Lane£206,000 median
- Lightwater Meadow£356,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 101 Ivy Drive7 sales
- 63 Ivy Drive7 sales
- 48 Ivy Drive7 sales
- 36 Ivy Drive6 sales
- 103 Ivy Drive6 sales
- 21 Ivy Drive6 sales
- 95 Ivy Drive6 sales
- 85 Ivy Drive6 sales
- 29 Ivy Drive6 sales
- 111 Ivy Drive6 sales
- 75 Ivy Drive5 sales
- 42 Ivy Drive5 sales
- 52 Ivy Drive5 sales
- 97 Ivy Drive5 sales
- 46 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 70 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 30 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 78 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 41 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 50 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 69 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 49 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 25 Ivy Drive4 sales
- 83 Ivy Drive4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ivy Drive, Lightwater?
The median price paid in Ivy Drive, Lightwater across every sale on the register is £168,750. 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 Ivy Drive, Lightwater?
246 sales are on record for Ivy Drive, Lightwater, the most recent completing on 27 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ivy Drive, Lightwater house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -24.7% between 2010 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -45.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ivy Drive, Lightwater house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £425,000, set in 2010. 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 Ivy Drive, Lightwater?
£3,052 per square metre, from the 81 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 27 Mar 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, “Ivy Drive, Lightwater 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.