That is the middle of 1,633 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 5.8 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.
1,633 homes sold in three years: 492 detached houses, 420 semi-detached houses, 563 terraced houses and 158 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£480K
median sale · 492 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£410K–£575K
Last 12 months
£475K125 sold
New build
£505K
Semi-detached houses£360K
median sale · 420 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£305K–£401K
Last 12 months
£350K128 sold
New build
£420K
Terraced houses£299K
median sale · 563 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£340K
Last 12 months
£295K155 sold
Flats and maisonettes£210K
median sale · 158 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£255K
Last 12 months
£230K45 sold
New build
£280K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Bicester’s homes sold for between £280K and £435K
One sale in ten was under £225K and one in ten over £545K. 14% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £345,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,633 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,000 in 1995 to £335,000 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
453 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,525 in 1999, the busiest year, and 372 in 2008. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 74% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bicester costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bicester, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£160K
£245K
£286K
£374K
£423K
£475K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£95K
£169K
£188K
£270K
£294K
£350K
Terraced houses
£52K
£89K
£151K
£171K
£235K
£290K
£295K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£65K
£115K
£130K
£204K
£200K
£230K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0.7% of sales in the last 12 months
4,777 new homes have been sold in Bicester since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 1995.
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 £469,000
against £337,000 for a home sold on, 39% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Bicester. 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
Lucerne Avenue is Bicester’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years
129 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 30 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
Lucerne Avenue
OX26
25
£469,000
Mixed
2
Willow Drive
OX26
23
£340,000
Mixed
3
Coopers Green
OX26
22
£281,250
Mostly terraced houses
4
Heron Drive
OX26
22
£261,000
Mixed
5
Spruce Drive
OX26
21
£285,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Anniversary Avenue East
OX25
20
£456,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Merganser Drive
OX26
20
£287,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
Barry Avenue
OX26
18
£377,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Ravencroft
OX26
18
£320,000
Mixed
10
Avocet Way
OX26
18
£273,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Wessex Way
OX26
16
£114,375
Mostly flats
12
The Parade
OX27
15
£300,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Whitelands Way
OX26
14
£412,500
Mixed
14
Kings End
OX26
14
£287,500
Mixed
15
Mallards Way
OX26
13
£373,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Turnstone Green: £690,000
Bicester median£345K
Turnstone Green£690K
Jay Close£650K
Selby Drive£618K
Purslane Drive£595K
Romford Close£577K
Cheapest streets
Wessex Way: £114,375
Bicester median£345K
Wessex Way£114K
Gardeners Close£118K
Victoria Court£164K
London Road£175K
North Street£198K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6 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 Oxfordshire
Bicester is the 33rd most expensive of 40 towns in Oxfordshire
Bicester is one of Oxfordshire’s cheapest 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 Bicester
What is the average house price in Bicester?
The median home in Bicester sold for £345,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,633 standard sales (£335,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £480,000, semi-detached houses £359,500, terraced houses £299,000 and flats and maisonettes £210,000.
Are house prices going up in Bicester?
The median was £351,534 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£340,000), and £335,000 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 Bicester each year?
453 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 694 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bicester?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Turnstone Green (OX26, £690,000), Jay Close (OX26, £650,000) and Selby Drive (OX26, £617,500).
How much does a new build cost in Bicester?
New homes sold for a median £469,000 over three years, against £337,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.8% of sales.
Is Bicester expensive for Oxfordshire?
Bicester is the 33rd most expensive of 40 towns of 2,500 or more in Oxfordshire 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.
Photo: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0