That is the middle of 146 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 8.8 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.
146 homes sold in three years: 64 detached houses, 42 semi-detached houses, 34 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£651K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£515K–£813K
Last 12 months
£665K29 sold
Semi-detached houses£368K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£413K
Last 12 months
£409K10 sold
Terraced houses£313K
median sale · 34 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£247K–£368K
Last 12 months
£320K9 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £157K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
Mostly detached: 44% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses44%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Fairford’s homes sold for between £310K and £650K
One sale in ten was under £235K and one in ten over £930K. 12% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £411,250, sits in the £400–500K band
146 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 8.8 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,000 in 1995 to £525,000 in the last 12 months (£333,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
49 sales in the last 12 months, against 139 in 2016, the busiest year, and 34 in 2010. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Fairford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Fairford, 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
£103K
£171K
£325K
£318K
£377K
£467K
£665K
Semi-detached houses
£63K
£120K
£178K
£185K
£220K
£328K
£409K
Terraced houses
£54K
£93K
£159K
£216K
£240K
£268K
£320K
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
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 50% in 2017
294 new homes have been sold in Fairford since 1995; the share peaked at 50% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 5% sold leasehold in Fairford. 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
Bettertons Close is Fairford’s busiest street, with 8 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Bettertons Close
GL7
8
£311,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Courtbrook
GL7
7
£505,000
Mostly detached houses
3
John Tame Close
GL7
7
£272,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
London Road
GL7
5
£850,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Cirencester Road
GL7
5
£465,000
Mixed
6
Lygon Court
GL7
5
£345,000
Mostly terraced houses
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 Gloucestershire
Fairford is the 7th most expensive of 48 towns in Gloucestershire
Fairford is one of Gloucestershire’s dearest 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 Fairford
What is the average house price in Fairford?
The median home in Fairford sold for £411,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 146 standard sales (£525,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £651,000, semi-detached houses £367,500, terraced houses £312,500 and flats and maisonettes £157,250.
Are house prices going up in Fairford?
The median was £407,500 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£395,000), and £525,000 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 Fairford each year?
49 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 79 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Fairford expensive for Gloucestershire?
Fairford is the 7th most expensive of 48 towns of 2,500 or more in Gloucestershire 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.