House prices in Portsmouth
A typical home in Portsmouth sold for £305,000: the count-weighted median of the 30,153 sales recorded by HM Land Registry across the PO postcode area between 2024 and 2026. Sold prices, not asking prices or estimates.
In 2026 the Portsmouth property market's median sold price, across the PO postcode area, was £297,500, from 5,775 recorded sales. Five years earlier, in 2021, it was £286,000. That is a rise of 4%, about 0.8% a year. The median peaked in 2022 at £305,000.
Against the England and Wales median of £285,000, the latest Portsmouth median is 4% higher.
Figures on this page cover the PO postcode area, the postal geography centred on Portsmouth. Postcode areas are drawn wider than council boundaries, so nearby towns on PO postcodes are counted too.
Portsmouth median sold prices by year
| Year | Median | Average | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £297,500 | £325,300 | 5,775 |
| 2025 | £305,000 | £346,800 | 12,561 |
| 2024 | £305,000 | £344,500 | 11,817 |
| 2023 | £300,000 | £346,200 | 10,716 |
| 2022 | £305,000 | £349,900 | 14,608 |
| 2021 | £286,000 | £329,900 | 17,934 |
| 2020 | £270,000 | £312,200 | 12,127 |
| 2019 | £250,000 | £284,500 | 13,402 |
| 2018 | £250,000 | £281,000 | 14,214 |
| 2017 | £240,000 | £273,300 | 15,384 |
| 2016 | £225,000 | £257,100 | 15,854 |
| 2015 | £213,000 | £242,500 | 16,200 |
| 2014 | £200,000 | £230,500 | 16,430 |
| 2013 | £187,500 | £218,800 | 13,703 |
| 2012 | £181,000 | £212,700 | 11,799 |
| 2011 | £180,000 | £214,400 | 11,334 |
| 2010 | £185,000 | £215,900 | 11,521 |
| 2009 | £170,000 | £197,200 | 11,618 |
| 2008 | £175,000 | £207,800 | 10,771 |
| 2007 | £180,000 | £207,900 | 21,253 |
Medians are the middle sold price of the year's recorded sales. The average (mean) can sit well above the median when a few expensive homes change hands.
The priciest parts of Portsmouth
Typical price is the count-weighted median over the last three recorded years. Only districts with at least 30 sales in that window are ranked, which keeps low-volume business postcodes out of these tables.
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| PO18 Bosham, Boxgrove | £500,000 | 460 | Report |
| PO41 Yarmouth | £450,000 | 74 | Report |
| PO34 Seaview, No Man's Land Fort | £417,500 | 112 | Report |
| PO10 Emsworth, Southbourne | £410,000 | 731 | Report |
| PO35 Bembridge, Whitecliff Bay | £382,500 | 162 | Report |
Best value in Portsmouth
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| PO32 East Cowes, Whippingham | £220,000 | 339 | Report |
| PO1 Old Portsmouth, Portsea | £222,500 | 571 | Report |
| PO5 Southsea, Somerstown | £223,000 | 799 | Report |
| PO30 Newport | £235,000 | 1,100 | Report |
| PO12 Gosport, Alverstoke | £235,000 | 1,764 | Report |
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