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Barnard Gate market report OX29, Witney
The standing OX29 (Barnard Gate) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. The raw material for this page is 11,818 HM Land Registry entries for OX29 (Witney), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the typical home in OX29 (Witney) sold for £425,000 in 2026, the median of 157 registered sales, up 6% on five years earlier. The mean was £495,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,350 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 11,818 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
OX29 is a postcode district covering Barnard Gate, Brighthampton, Church Hanborough in Witney. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where OX29 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
OX29 sold prices: where the market stands
The 2026 median for OX29 is £425,000, taken from 157 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £495,500, a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.
House prices per square metre in OX29
The last five years of sales put OX29 at roughly £4,350 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, OX29 runs 49% above it.
The price of a typical OX29 home, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £425,000 | £425,000 | 157 |
| 2025 | £445,000 | £455,641 | 389 |
| 2024 | £440,000 | £467,810 | 327 |
| 2023 | £435,000 | £477,959 | 367 |
| 2022 | £437,500 | £513,019 | 500 |
| 2021 | £402,000 | £508,984 | 779 |
| 2020 | £380,000 | £493,058 | 571 |
| 2019 | £375,000 | £491,535 | 475 |
| 2018 | £385,000 | £513,212 | 421 |
| 2017 | £380,000 | £518,282 | 281 |
| 2016 | £375,000 | £524,629 | 288 |
| 2015 | £324,200 | £458,095 | 324 |
| 2014 | £335,000 | £475,256 | 298 |
| 2013 | £297,200 | £427,641 | 310 |
| 2012 | £300,000 | £441,563 | 269 |
| 2011 | £270,000 | £407,596 | 307 |
| 2010 | £295,000 | £462,636 | 276 |
| 2009 | £250,000 | £401,877 | 250 |
| 2008 | £250,000 | £409,803 | 216 |
| 2007 | £280,000 | £474,958 | 370 |
| 2006 | £250,000 | £433,968 | 471 |
| 2005 | £245,000 | £436,001 | 311 |
| 2004 | £247,200 | £448,963 | 360 |
| 2003 | £216,200 | £398,293 | 358 |
| 2002 | £192,200 | £361,623 | 430 |
| 2001 | £160,000 | £307,592 | 394 |
| 2000 | £153,000 | £300,263 | 359 |
| 1999 | £123,000 | £245,133 | 447 |
| 1998 | £116,500 | £235,164 | 378 |
| 1997 | £100,000 | £205,080 | 398 |
| 1996 | £87,000 | £183,479 | 460 |
| 1995 | £84,000 | £182,603 | 277 |
In cash terms the typical OX29 home went from £84,000 in 1995 to £425,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 133%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2016. The market now sits about 19% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the OX29 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+24.4% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−10.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What OX29 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −4.5% | −6.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.1% | −3.5% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +1.9% | −2.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.3% | −2.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | −0.1% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 47% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £555,000 against £235,000 for a flat, 2.4 times the price.
Median by property type, OX29
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £555,000 | 69 | 5,592 |
| Semi-detached | £385,000 | 47 | 3,520 |
| Terraced | £340,000 | 30 | 2,243 |
| Flats | £235,000 | 11 | 463 |
The turnover behind the prices
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The last five years, month by month
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
Over the last twelve months of data, 287 sales completed in OX29. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 348 sales a year recently, against 382 a year before 2008. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What tenants pay around OX29
The local authority for OX29 is West Oxfordshire, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,277 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £934 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,041 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, West Oxfordshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £425,000 median sold price, £1,277 a month is £15,324 a year, a gross yield of 3.6%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
Common questions on OX29 (Barnard Gate)
Are property prices falling in OX29 (Barnard Gate)?
Is OX29 (Barnard Gate) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in OX29 (Barnard Gate)?
Where do OX29 prices go next?
Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 6% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.
On the market in OX29 today
Everything above is what homes in OX29 sold for. The live side of the market holds 19 homes at the moment, listed by 2 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 6% below the OX29 median sold price.
At the pace of the last twelve months' registered sales (287 in OX29), the 19 homes listed here amount to about 3 weeks of supply. Not every agent publishes to HomesIndex, so the true figure is higher. That is a thin shelf: buyers here are choosing from little, and a well priced home is unlikely to wait long.
11% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every OX29 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
The OX29 sales calendar
June is when OX29 changes hands most (12.9% of the 2,362 sales dated 2021 to 2025); January is the quiet end at 6.0%. The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 142 | 6.0% |
| February | 190 | 8.0% |
| March | 292 | 12.4% |
| April | 149 | 6.3% |
| May | 155 | 6.6% |
| June | 304 | 12.9% |
| July | 153 | 6.5% |
| August | 227 | 9.6% |
| September | 207 | 8.8% |
| October | 187 | 7.9% |
| November | 171 | 7.2% |
| December | 185 | 7.8% |
Moving up a bedroom in OX: the cost
What homes of each size actually sold for across the OX area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £345,000 | £390,000 (+13%) | £442,975 (+14%) | £555,000 (+25%) | £720,000 (+30%) |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | £325,000 (+18%) | £380,000 (+17%) | £456,000 (+20%) | £599,950 (+32%) |
| Terraced | £230,000 | £295,000 (+28%) | £340,000 (+15%) | £425,000 (+25%) | £535,000 (+26%) |
| Flat | £185,000 | £239,475 (+29%) | £375,000 (+57%) | £496,225 (+32%) | £610,000 (+23%) |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
OX29 ranks 10 of 26 in the OX area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Winners and losers across the OX area, five years
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside OX29, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| OX29 0 | £370,000 | 11 |
| OX29 4 | £391,000 | 34 |
| OX29 5 | £580,000 | 5 |
| OX29 6 | £592,500 | 8 |
| OX29 7 | £375,000 | 36 |
| OX29 8 | £515,000 | 54 |
| OX29 9 | £510,000 | 9 |
How OX29 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the OX area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| OX2 | £550,000 | -5% |
| OX49 | £520,000 | +6% |
| OX7 | £500,000 | +19% |
| OX1 | £497,500 | +8% |
| OX44 | £480,000 | +13% |
| OX20 | £455,000 | -9% |
| OX39 | £450,000 | +3% |
| OX10 | £447,500 | +0% |
| OX15 | £447,500 | +12% |
| OX9 | £445,000 | +3% |
| OX33 | £443,000 | -8% |
| OX3 | £440,000 | +2% |
| OX25 | £430,000 | +18% |
| OX29 (this report) | £425,000 | +6% |
| OX4 | £412,800 | +10% |
| OX13 | £395,000 | -17% |
| OX17 | £394,200 | +2% |
| OX27 | £390,000 | +0% |
| OX5 | £377,500 | -1% |
| OX11 | £375,000 | +9% |
| OX14 | £365,000 | +4% |
| OX18 | £350,000 | +8% |
| OX12 | £340,000 | +0% |
| OX28 | £335,400 | +10% |
Before you sell in OX29: what the record supports
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at OX29's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Keep digging
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to OX29. Free after a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual OX29 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.