Typical 3-bedroom house£387kmost £341k–£433k
Houses per m²£4,569flats £3,972
Sold last year3052,055 in five years
Prices in Cherwell+4.7%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in OX26 sold for £386,917 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £340,742 and £432,948, for about 86 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across Bicester (£390,000).
305 homes sold here in the last year: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from. Flats start at around £158k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in OX26 1 (£4,304) and the most in OX26 6 (£4,999).
Across Cherwell, prices are up 4.7% on a year ago and up 15.1% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,470 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,764 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £77,000 for that mortgage: what £80,000 buys.
Questions about OX26
Is OX26 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across Bicester; prices in Cherwell are up 4.7% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (69% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (48.7% against 43.8%); 305 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in OX26?
A typical 3-bedroom house in OX26 sold for £386,917 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £340,742 and £432,948.
Is OX26 expensive for Bicester?
A 3-bedroom house in OX26 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across Bicester (£390,000).
How many homes sell in OX26 each year?
305 homes sold in the last year and 2,055 in five years: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from.
What are the schools like near OX26?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Bure Park Primary School, where 69% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.