That is the middle of 432 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.2 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
432 homes sold in three years: 195 detached houses, 83 semi-detached houses, 100 terraced houses and 54 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£550K
median sale · 195 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£460K–£675K
Last 12 months
£505K43 sold
New build
£594K
Semi-detached houses£350K
median sale · 83 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£410K
Last 12 months
£349K34 sold
Terraced houses£308K
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£378K
Last 12 months
£320K25 sold
Flats and maisonettes£235K
median sale · 54 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£395K
Last 12 months
£220K13 sold
New build
£339K
The mix
Mostly detached: 45% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses45%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes13%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Olney’s homes sold for between £300K and £550K
One sale in ten was under £225K and one in ten over £690K. 13% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £409,000, sits in the £400–500K band
432 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £75,300 in 1995 to £395,000 in the last 12 months (£310,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
115 sales in the last 12 months, against 249 in 2006, the busiest year, and 86 in 2012. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 101% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Olney costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Olney, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£99K
£164K
£288K
£310K
£398K
£505K
£505K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£95K
£204K
£216K
£260K
£339K
£349K
Terraced houses
£53K
£90K
£180K
£200K
£245K
£274K
£320K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£69K
£194K
£167K
£200K
£222K
£220K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
696 new homes have been sold in Olney since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2022.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £535,000
against £395,000 for a home sold on, 35% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Olney. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Limbrey Drive is Olney’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years
33 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Limbrey Drive
MK46
25
£550,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Teedon Lane
MK46
25
£397,499
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Osier Way
MK46
17
£355,000
Mixed
4
Weston Road
MK46
15
£287,500
Mostly terraced houses
5
Winterbottom Way
MK46
11
£560,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Foxhill
MK46
11
£402,000
Mostly detached houses
7
East Street
MK46
11
£350,000
Mixed
8
Grindon
MK46
10
£577,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Dinglederry
MK46
10
£417,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Hipwell Court
MK46
10
£288,750
Mixed
11
Freemans Gardens
MK46
10
£187,500
Mostly flats
12
Midland Road
MK46
9
£675,000
Mixed
13
West Side Rise
MK46
9
£413,000
Mixed
14
Elmlea Drive
MK46
8
£422,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Kippell Hill
MK46
8
£300,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Gravett: £695,000
Olney median£409K
Gravett£695K
Midland Road£675K
Grindon£578K
Lilly Hill£573K
Winterbottom Way£560K
Cheapest streets
Hoppers Hill: £145,000
Olney median£409K
Hoppers Hill£145K
Freemans Gardens£188K
Wagstaff Way£240K
Dickens Spinney£244K
Weston Road£288K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.8 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Buckinghamshire
Olney is the 29th most expensive of 39 towns in Buckinghamshire
Olney is in the middle of Buckinghamshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Olney
What is the average house price in Olney?
The median home in Olney sold for £409,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 432 standard sales (£395,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £550,000, semi-detached houses £349,995, terraced houses £308,000 and flats and maisonettes £235,000.
Are house prices going up in Olney?
The median was £408,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£405,000), and £395,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Olney each year?
115 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 138 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Olney?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Gravett (MK46, £695,000), Midland Road (MK46, £675,000) and Grindon (MK46, £577,500).
How much does a new build cost in Olney?
New homes sold for a median £535,000 over three years, against £395,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Olney expensive for Buckinghamshire?
Olney is the 29th most expensive of 39 towns of 2,500 or more in Buckinghamshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.