Photo: Karen Roe · CC BY 2.0Homes in Long Compton sell for a median £577,500
That is the middle of 43 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 5.4 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.
44% of Long Compton’s sales are detached houses
43 homes sold in three years: 19 detached houses, 8 semi-detached houses and 16 terraced houses.
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £578K–£1M
- Last 12 months
- £1.1M7 sold
median sale · 16 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £305K–£473K
- Last 12 months
- £465K5 sold
Semi-detached houses: 8 sold, median £526K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: 44% of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
Half of Long Compton’s homes sold for between £345K and £840K
One sale in ten was under £293K and one in ten over £1.1M. 9% sold for under £250K.
The median, £577,500, sits in the £500–750K band
43 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £112,000 in 1995 to £606,250 in the last 12 months (£582,625 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
14 sales in the last 12 months, against 28 in 2006, the busiest year, and 7 in 2008. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Long Compton costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Long Compton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £193K | £297K | — | — | £500K | £500K | £1.1M |
| Terraced houses | — | — | — | — | £250K | £288K | £465K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
57 new homes have been sold in Long Compton since 1995; the share peaked at 65% in 1998.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Long Compton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Long Compton’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Chipping Norton, Moreton-in-Marsh and Shipston-on-Stour.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Compton | — | £578K | 14 | +21% |
| Chipping Norton | 3.9 | £347K | 99 | +33% |
| Hook Norton | 4.1 | £473K | 34 | +25% |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5 | £395K | 79 | +41% |
| Shipston-on-Stour | 5.4 | £360K | 94 | +40% |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 7.3 | £449K | 33 | +23% |
| Blockley | 7.9 | £450K | 26 | +45% |
| Bloxham | 8.7 | £421K | 48 | +25% |
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 Long Compton
What is the average house price in Long Compton?
The median home in Long Compton sold for £577,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 43 standard sales (£606,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £840,000, semi-detached houses £526,250 and terraced houses £365,000.
Are house prices going up in Long Compton?
The median was £395,000 in 2025, down 46% on 2024 (£735,000), and £606,250 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 Long Compton each year?
14 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 16 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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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