Sold Price History


Springfield, Lightwater house prices

Springfield, Lightwater house prices are built from 51 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 19 Aug 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £395,000.

Median price paid

£395,000

Median per m²

£2,569

HM Land Registry51 sales7 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Aug 2024

Section 01

How Springfield, Lightwater prices moved

The chart tracks the median Springfield, Lightwater house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2001. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

Springfield, Lightwater house prices by year, median price paid 1999 to 2001
Solid line: the median price actually paid. Dashed line: the same medians restated in 2026 money using ONS CPIH.
DecadeYears with salesMedian paidIn today's money
1990s1£287,500£638,386
2000s2£395,000£719,574
Median of the yearly medians in each decade.

The highest yearly median on record for Springfield, Lightwater is £397,500 in 2000; the lowest is £287,500 in 1999. Across the full 3-year record the cash median has moved from £287,500 to £395,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £585,802, so the real change over the whole record is +32.2% — about +14.99% 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.

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.

AddressSoldTypePrice paidIn today's money
4219 Aug 2024Detached£1,100,000£1,157,463
2630 Oct 2019Detached£760,000£994,063
2430 Aug 2018Detached£765,000£1,019,518
1328 Nov 2017Detached£800,000£1,088,803
4025 Sep 2015Detached£885,000£1,247,850
1410 Apr 2015Detached£545,000£768,450
1323 Mar 2012Detached£565,000£843,909
521 Oct 2011Detached£483,000£740,250
323 Aug 2011Detached£410,000£628,370
1214 Apr 2011Detached£435,000£666,685
4017 Mar 2011Detached£670,000£1,026,848
2020 Aug 2010Detached£545,000£870,272
1327 Nov 2009Detached£590,000£969,580
1427 Nov 2009Detached£445,000£731,294
191 Aug 2008Detached£655,000£1,099,464
231 Oct 2007Detached£775,000£1,347,411
315 Sep 2006Detached£425,000£756,629
18 Sep 2006Detached£422,000£751,288
2426 Apr 2006Detached£585,000£1,041,477
26 Jan 2006Detached£300,000£534,091
1221 Jul 2005Detached£370,000£674,031
4030 Nov 2004Detached£555,000£1,029,671
421 Oct 2004Detached£499,950£927,539
1416 Sep 2003Detached£355,000£670,979
1822 Aug 2003Detached£346,500£654,913
The 25 most recent sales on the record.

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 Springfield, Lightwater values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

AddressFirst recorded saleMost recent saleCash a yearReal a year
42 Springfield£415,000 (2000)£1,100,000 (2024)+4.1%+1.4%
26 Springfield£299,500 (1999)£760,000 (2019)+4.8%+2.5%
24 Springfield£495,000 (2000)£765,000 (2018)+2.4%+0.2%
13 Springfield£355,000 (2000)£800,000 (2017)+4.9%+2.5%
40 Springfield£415,000 (2000)£885,000 (2015)+5.2%+2.8%
14 Springfield£169,950 (1997)£545,000 (2015)+6.7%+4.3%
3 Springfield£182,000 (1997)£410,000 (2011)+6.0%+3.5%
12 Springfield£276,000 (2001)£435,000 (2011)+4.7%+2.1%
20 Springfield£387,000 (2003)£545,000 (2010)+5.0%+2.5%
19 Springfield£395,000 (2001)£655,000 (2008)+7.5%+5.1%
2 Springfield£300,000 (2006)£775,000 (2007)+158.3%+152.3%
18 Springfield£172,000 (1996)£346,500 (2003)+10.5%+8.4%
Annualised change between the first and last recorded sale of the same address.

Section 04

What sells here

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Springfield, Lightwater is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

Property typeSalesShareMedian paidRange
Detached51100.0%£395,000£169,950 – £1,100,000
Property types as recorded by HM Land Registry.

Section 06

Ownership and new build in Springfield, Lightwater

0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 51 freehold — 0.0% 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.

CategorySalesShareMedian paid
Leasehold00.0%
Freehold51100.0%£395,000
New build1733.3%£355,000
Existing home3466.7%£440,000
Shares are of the sales used on this page.

New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -19.3%. 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.

Section 09

How Springfield, Lightwater compares

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Springfield, Lightwater sits above that national figure — +150.8%.

Within Lightwater the street ranks 21 of 81 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £250,000 (+58.0%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,569 per square metre, across 7 of the 51 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 £169,950 to £1,100,000. 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

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

Back to Lightwater house prices.

Quick answers

Common questions about this data

What is the average house price in Springfield, Lightwater?

The median price paid in Springfield, Lightwater across every sale on the register is £395,000. 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 Springfield, Lightwater?

51 sales are on record for Springfield, Lightwater, the most recent completing on 19 Aug 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

When were Springfield, Lightwater house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £397,500, set in 2000. 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 Springfield, Lightwater?

£2,569 per square metre, from the 7 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 19 Aug 2024. 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, “Springfield, 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.