High Street, Olney house prices are built from 289 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £260,000. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +11.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -20.8%.
Median price paid
£260,000
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+11.2%
Change in real terms
-20.8%
Median per m²
£2,425
HM Land Registry289 sales35 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Mar 2026
Section 01
How High Street, Olney prices moved
The chart tracks the median High Street, Olney house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £126,500 | £280,890 |
| 2000s | 9 | £250,000 | £455,426 |
| 2010s | 7 | £355,000 | £500,550 |
| 2020s | 5 | £372,500 | £380,598 |
The highest yearly median on record for High Street, Olney is £880,000 in 2022; the lowest is £92,500 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £100,000 to £372,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £222,047, so the real change over the whole record is +71.4% — about +1.81% 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: +11.2% in cash against -20.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Cottage | 24 Mar 2026 | Detached | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| Mews Cottage, 22b | 22 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| Flat 1 Lace Mews, 56 | 27 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £395,000 | £403,587 |
| 120 | 10 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £210,000 | £214,565 |
| The Old George, 4 | 23 May 2025 | Detached | £560,000 | £572,174 |
| 73 | 21 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| 11 | 20 Jan 2025 | Detached | £786,000 | £803,087 |
| 67 | 29 Nov 2024 | Detached | £1,000,000 | £1,052,239 |
| 1 | 18 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £309,500 | £325,668 |
| Oaklands | 7 Oct 2024 | Detached | £515,000 | £541,903 |
| 44 | 22 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £425,000 | £447,201 |
| 103 | 20 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £315,000 | £340,345 |
| 74 | 12 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £445,000 | £480,805 |
| Stoneways | 31 Oct 2023 | Detached | £1,540,000 | £1,663,908 |
| 14 | 6 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £330,000 | £356,552 |
| 75 | 8 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £290,000 | £313,333 |
| 20 | 6 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £332,500 | £359,253 |
| 43b | 17 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £226,897 |
| Penmayne | 19 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £715,000 | £828,389 |
| 112 | 7 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £1,550,000 | £1,795,809 |
| 71 | 15 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £625,000 | £724,117 |
| 49 | 17 May 2022 | Terraced | £1,260,000 | £1,459,819 |
| 25 | 20 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £825,000 | £955,834 |
| 98 | 18 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £935,000 | £1,083,279 |
| Manor Farm | 10 Dec 2021 | Detached | £765,000 | £966,532 |
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 High Street, Olney values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORGE COTTAGE High Street | £84,250 (1995) | £400,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| FLAT 1 LACE MEWS, 56 High Street | £285,000 (2012) | £395,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| 120 High Street | £76,000 (2000) | £210,000 (2025) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 73 High Street | £56,500 (1998) | £260,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 11 High Street | £167,000 (1997) | £786,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 67 High Street | £180,000 (1996) | £1,000,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 1 High Street | £66,000 (1995) | £309,500 (2024) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 44 High Street | £137,500 (1999) | £425,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 103 High Street | £58,000 (1995) | £315,000 (2023) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 74 High Street | £186,000 (2001) | £445,000 (2023) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| STONEWAYS High Street | £262,500 (1995) | £1,540,000 (2023) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 14 High Street | £285,000 (2020) | £330,000 (2023) | +5.0% | -1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. High Street, Olney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 156 | 54.0% | £248,000 | £15,000 – £1,550,000 |
| Detached | 87 | 30.1% | £345,000 | £51,000 – £3,500,000 |
| Semi-detached | 39 | 13.5% | £187,000 | £36,500 – £715,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 7 | 2.4% | £235,500 | £155,000 – £395,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in High Street, Olney
7 of the sales on record are leasehold and 282 freehold — 2.4% 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 £235,500 and the median freehold sale £262,250 — a gap of +11.4%. 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 | 7 | 2.4% | £235,500 |
| Freehold | 282 | 97.6% | £262,250 |
| New build | 2 | 0.7% | £250,000 |
| Existing home | 287 | 99.3% | £262,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -4.6%. 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 28 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 High Street, Olney compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. High Street, Olney sits above that national figure — +65.1%.
Within Olney the street ranks 73 of 158 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £220,000 (+18.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,425 per square metre, across 35 of the 289 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 £15,000 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- The Glebe£138,500 median
- Olney Road£215,000 median
- Weston Road£168,498 median
- Foxhill£168,250 median
- Lilly Hill£188,248 median
- Midland Road£276,000 median
- East Street£232,000 median
- Dinglederry£249,995 median
- Hipwell Court£130,000 median
- West Street£218,500 median
- Langlands£198,000 median
- Freemans Gardens£197,500 median
- Kippell Hill£105,000 median
- Hollow Wood£270,000 median
- Newton Street£195,000 median
- Wellingborough Road£207,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 75 High Street9 sales
- 73 High Street8 sales
- 57 High Street8 sales
- FORGE COTTAGE High Street6 sales
- 11 High Street6 sales
- 1 High Street6 sales
- 20 High Street6 sales
- 44 High Street5 sales
- 103 High Street5 sales
- 74 High Street5 sales
- 71 High Street5 sales
- 129 High Street5 sales
- 27 High Street5 sales
- 30 High Street5 sales
- 64 High Street5 sales
- 3 High Street5 sales
- 120 High Street4 sales
- STONEWAYS High Street4 sales
- 43B High Street4 sales
- 112 High Street4 sales
- 95 High Street4 sales
- 116 High Street4 sales
- 105 High Street4 sales
- THE OLD STORE High Street4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in High Street, Olney?
The median price paid in High Street, Olney across every sale on the register is £260,000. 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 High Street, Olney?
289 sales are on record for High Street, Olney, the most recent completing on 24 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have High Street, Olney house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +11.2% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -20.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were High Street, Olney house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £880,000, set in 2022. 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 High Street, Olney?
£2,425 per square metre, from the 35 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 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, “High Street, Olney 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.