The Avenue, Lightwater house prices are built from 81 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 6 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £185,500. Across the 13 years from 2000 to 2013 the median moved +110.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +53.4%.
Median price paid
£185,500
Change in cash, 2000–2013
+110.5%
Change in real terms
+53.4%
Median per m²
£4,590
HM Land Registry81 sales20 with floor areaLatest sale 6 Feb 2026
Section 01
How The Avenue, Lightwater prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Avenue, Lightwater house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2013. 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 | 1 | £83,000 | £184,299 |
| 2000s | 1 | £128,750 | £234,545 |
| 2010s | 1 | £270,970 | £382,068 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Avenue, Lightwater is £270,970 in 2013; the lowest is £83,000 in 1998. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £83,000 to £270,970.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £172,103, so the real change over the whole record is +129.6% — about +5.70% 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: +110.5% in cash against +53.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 6 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £706,000 | £706,000 |
| 70 | 29 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £487,000 | £497,587 |
| 87 | 14 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 16 | 1 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £242,015 |
| 51 | 28 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £410,000 | £431,418 |
| 18 | 6 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £392,500 | £424,080 |
| 72 | 29 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £702,000 | £758,483 |
| 30 | 25 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £465,000 | £502,414 |
| 52 | 20 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £540,230 |
| 73 | 2 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £399,950 | £463,377 |
| 71 | 5 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £412,000 | £477,338 |
| 67 | 15 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £467,000 | £541,060 |
| 97 | 5 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £284,274 |
| 16 | 7 May 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £252,479 |
| 87 | 26 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £313,915 |
| 68 | 12 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £490,492 |
| 66 | 2 Jun 2017 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £510,376 |
| 16 | 18 Nov 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £232,000 | £323,881 |
| 97 | 15 Sep 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £249,950 | £348,940 |
| 67 | 22 Apr 2016 | Semi-detached | £354,500 | £494,896 |
| 24 | 27 Nov 2015 | Semi-detached | £425,000 | £599,250 |
| 63 | 24 Apr 2015 | Semi-detached | £351,000 | £494,910 |
| 87 | 24 Nov 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £213,500 | £306,241 |
| 95 | 1 Sep 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £322,737 |
| 30 | 12 Jun 2014 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £451,831 |
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 The Avenue, Lightwater values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 the Avenue | £90,000 (1996) | £706,000 (2026) | +7.1% | +4.4% |
| 70 the Avenue | £89,950 (1995) | £487,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 87 the Avenue | £125,000 (2005) | £250,000 (2025) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| 16 the Avenue | £100,000 (2012) | £230,000 (2024) | +7.2% | +4.1% |
| 30 the Avenue | £118,000 (2000) | £465,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 67 the Avenue | £354,500 (2016) | £467,000 (2022) | +4.7% | +1.5% |
| 97 the Avenue | £66,500 (1998) | £225,000 (2021) | +5.4% | +3.2% |
| 24 the Avenue | £62,000 (1996) | £425,000 (2015) | +10.7% | +8.2% |
| 63 the Avenue | £127,500 (2000) | £351,000 (2015) | +7.0% | +4.5% |
| 95 the Avenue | £68,500 (1998) | £225,000 (2014) | +7.7% | +5.3% |
| 38 the Avenue | £127,000 (2000) | £339,000 (2013) | +7.8% | +5.3% |
| 43 the Avenue | £190,000 (2003) | £266,940 (2013) | +3.5% | +0.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Avenue, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 53 | 65.4% | £200,000 | £59,500 – £706,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 23 | 28.4% | £165,000 | £66,500 – £250,000 |
| Terraced | 5 | 6.2% | £127,500 | £122,000 – £175,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Avenue, Lightwater
23 of the sales on record are leasehold and 58 freehold — 28.4% 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 £165,000 and the median freehold sale £193,500 — a gap of +17.3%. 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 | 23 | 28.4% | £165,000 |
| Freehold | 58 | 71.6% | £193,500 |
| New build | 1 | 1.2% | £125,000 |
| Existing home | 80 | 98.8% | £186,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -32.9%. 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.
Section 09
How The Avenue, Lightwater compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Avenue, Lightwater sits above that national figure — +17.8%.
Within Lightwater the street ranks 67 of 81 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £250,000 (-25.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,590 per square metre, across 20 of the 81 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 £59,500 to £706,000. 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
- Ivy Drive£168,750 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
- Clearsprings£283,500 median
- Barnett Lane£206,000 median
- Lightwater Meadow£356,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 87 the Avenue6 sales
- 97 the Avenue6 sales
- 95 the Avenue6 sales
- 24 the Avenue5 sales
- 16 the Avenue4 sales
- 46 the Avenue4 sales
- 20 the Avenue4 sales
- 22 the Avenue4 sales
- 72 the Avenue3 sales
- 30 the Avenue3 sales
- 63 the Avenue3 sales
- 70 the Avenue2 sales
- 67 the Avenue2 sales
- 38 the Avenue2 sales
- 43 the Avenue2 sales
- 64 the Avenue2 sales
- 40 the Avenue2 sales
- 62 the Avenue2 sales
- 75 the Avenue2 sales
- 48 the Avenue2 sales
- 28 the Avenue2 sales
- 45 the Avenue2 sales
Back to Lightwater house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Avenue, Lightwater?
The median price paid in The Avenue, Lightwater across every sale on the register is £185,500. 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 The Avenue, Lightwater?
81 sales are on record for The Avenue, Lightwater, the most recent completing on 6 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Avenue, Lightwater house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +110.5% between 2000 and 2013. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +53.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Avenue, Lightwater house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £270,970, set in 2013. 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 The Avenue, Lightwater?
£4,590 per square metre, from the 20 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 6 Feb 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, “The Avenue, 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.