That is the middle of 145 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 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.
A third of Water Orton’s sales are semi-detached houses
145 homes sold in three years: 25 detached houses, 52 semi-detached houses, 33 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£495K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£435K–£560K
Last 12 months
£440K7 sold
Semi-detached houses£310K
median sale · 52 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£268K–£350K
Last 12 months
£299K16 sold
Terraced houses£260K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£278K
Last 12 months
£270K9 sold
Flats and maisonettes£154K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£180K
Last 12 months
£157K14 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses36%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes24%
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 Water Orton’s homes sold for between £190K and £365K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £495K. 40% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £275,000, sits in the £250–300K band
145 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 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £54,950 in 1995 to £272,500 in the last 12 months (£232,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
46 sales in the last 12 months, against 97 in 2004, the busiest year, and 22 in 2008. Sales fell by 71% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Water Orton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Water Orton, 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
£92K
£144K
£250K
£275K
£288K
£360K
£440K
Semi-detached houses
£61K
£89K
£187K
£193K
£205K
£285K
£299K
Terraced houses
£48K
£80K
£159K
£167K
£167K
£220K
£270K
Flats and maisonettes
£47K
£55K
£99K
£103K
£125K
£150K
£157K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 32% in 2016
98 new homes have been sold in Water Orton since 1995; the share peaked at 32% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
32% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 10% sold leasehold in Water Orton. 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
Coleshill Road is Water Orton’s busiest street, with 21 sales in three years
11 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Coleshill Road
B46
21
£315,000
Mixed
2
Orton Close
B46
13
£127,000
Mostly flats
3
Mercer Avenue
B46
10
£235,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Vesey Close
B46
8
£163,500
Mostly flats
5
Vicarage Lane
B46
7
£530,000
Mixed
6
Overton Drive
B46
6
£323,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
George Road
B46
6
£256,500
Mixed
8
The Sidings
B46
6
£252,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
New Road
B46
5
£560,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Salisbury Drive
B46
5
£365,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Birmingham Road
B46
5
£190,000
Mostly 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 Warwickshire
Water Orton is the 24th most expensive of 34 towns in Warwickshire
Water Orton is in the middle of Warwickshire’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 Water Orton
What is the average house price in Water Orton?
The median home in Water Orton sold for £275,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 145 standard sales (£272,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £495,000, semi-detached houses £310,000, terraced houses £260,000 and flats and maisonettes £154,000.
Are house prices going up in Water Orton?
The median was £294,000 in 2025, up 28% on 2024 (£230,000), and £272,500 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 Water Orton each year?
46 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 57 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Water Orton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: New Road (B46, £560,000), Vicarage Lane (B46, £530,000) and Salisbury Drive (B46, £365,000).
Is Water Orton expensive for Warwickshire?
Water Orton is the 24th most expensive of 34 towns of 2,500 or more in Warwickshire 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.