That is the middle of 540 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 5.1 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.
540 homes sold in three years: 192 detached houses, 152 semi-detached houses, 118 terraced houses and 78 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£472K
median sale · 192 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£420K–£550K
Last 12 months
£438K32 sold
New build
£490K
Semi-detached houses£330K
median sale · 152 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£360K
Last 12 months
£331K30 sold
New build
£336K
Terraced houses£290K
median sale · 118 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£256K–£325K
Last 12 months
£297K31 sold
New build
£430K
Flats and maisonettes£165K
median sale · 78 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£200K
Last 12 months
£153K25 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses36%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses22%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Faringdon’s homes sold for between £267K and £440K
One sale in ten was under £182K and one in ten over £540K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £340,000, sits in the £300–400K band
540 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,950 in 1995 to £306,000 in the last 12 months (£299,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
118 sales in the last 12 months, against 278 in 2001, the busiest year, and 75 in 2008. Sales fell by 23% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 22% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Faringdon costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Faringdon, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£90K
£191K
£300K
£298K
£365K
£375K
£438K
Semi-detached houses
£63K
£118K
£190K
£216K
£240K
£290K
£331K
Terraced houses
£56K
£93K
£157K
£210K
£230K
£242K
£297K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£70K
£128K
£136K
£136K
£146K
£153K
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
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,197 new homes have been sold in Faringdon since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 2019.
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 £440,000
against £305,000 for a home sold on, 44% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Faringdon. 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
Cobden Green is Faringdon’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
36 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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
Cobden Green
SN7
23
£440,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Preston Place
SN7
20
£425,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Proctor Way
SN7
20
£344,500
Mixed
4
Page Gardens
SN7
18
£338,500
Mixed · new builds
5
Ampthill Way
SN7
18
£253,500
Mixed
6
Stepp Lane
SN7
17
£425,000
Mixed · new builds
7
Swan Lane
SN7
17
£115,000
Mostly flats
8
Bromsgrove
SN7
16
£200,000
Mostly flats
9
Gloucester Street
SN7
14
£267,000
Mixed
10
Palmer Road
SN7
13
£296,000
Mixed
11
Coxwell Road
SN7
11
£245,000
Mixed
12
Yates Meadow
SN7
10
£552,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Richings Place
SN7
10
£535,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Shard Close
SN7
10
£505,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Westland Road
SN7
10
£413,625
Mixed
Dearest streets
Pearce Drive: £580,000
Faringdon median£340K
Pearce Drive£580K
Burgess Place£555K
Yates Meadow£553K
Richings Place£535K
Shard Close£505K
Cheapest streets
Swan Lane: £115,000
Faringdon median£340K
Swan Lane£115K
Gravel Walk£184K
Park Road£195K
Bromsgrove£200K
Church Street£200K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5 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
Faringdon is the 37th most expensive of 40 towns in Oxfordshire
Faringdon 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 Faringdon
What is the average house price in Faringdon?
The median home in Faringdon sold for £340,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 540 standard sales (£306,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £472,250, semi-detached houses £330,375, terraced houses £290,000 and flats and maisonettes £165,250.
Are house prices going up in Faringdon?
The median was £336,000 in 2025, down 4% on 2024 (£350,000), and £306,000 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 Faringdon each year?
118 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 191 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Faringdon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Pearce Drive (SN7, £580,000), Burgess Place (SN7, £555,000) and Yates Meadow (SN7, £552,500).
How much does a new build cost in Faringdon?
New homes sold for a median £440,000 over three years, against £305,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 27% of sales.
Is Faringdon expensive for Oxfordshire?
Faringdon is the 36th 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.
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