Witney Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Witney: West Oxfordshire market town with premium Cotswolds-fringe values and family housing demand.

The Witney property market recorded 1,786 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £398,250. This places Witney £4k above the Oxfordshire county median of £394,125, and £113k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Witney have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +2.8%. Within Oxfordshire, Witney ranks 4th by price out of 8 principal towns, and 2nd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Witney median prices moved from £377,000 in Q3 2024 to £388,000 in Q4 2025, a change of +2.9% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

West Oxfordshire District Council, the local planning authority covering Witney, approved 438 residential planning applications and refused 41 in the last 12 months, with 135 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 91%.

Those applications propose around 2,299 homes, an estimated £911.5m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Witney vary significantly by type. The table below compares Witney prices with Oxfordshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Witney command £572,500, while flat properties are most accessible at £203,750. The £369k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 40 new-build sales in Witney for the past 12 months, 2.2% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Witney sold at a premium of 20.3% to existing stock.

Across the wider Oxfordshire market, 403 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Oxfordshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Witney, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £195,000 to £2.70m illustrates the breadth of the Witney market.

For developers considering Witney, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £398,250 and detached homes at £572,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Witney with a GDV of £572,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £372,125 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 2.8% year-on-year, Witney presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Witney's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Oxfordshire:

For the full Oxfordshire town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Oxfordshire property market report.