House prices in Southampton
A typical home in Southampton sold for £345,000: the count-weighted median of the 22,404 sales recorded by HM Land Registry across the SO postcode area between 2024 and 2026. Sold prices, not asking prices or estimates.
In 2026 the Southampton property market's median sold price, across the SO postcode area, was £335,000, from 3,677 recorded sales. Five years earlier, in 2021, it was £327,000. That is a rise of 2%, about 0.5% a year. The median peaked in 2025 at £347,000.
Against the England and Wales median of £285,000, the latest Southampton median is 18% higher.
Figures on this page cover the SO postcode area, the postal geography centred on Southampton. Postcode areas are drawn wider than council boundaries, so nearby towns on SO postcodes are counted too.
Southampton median sold prices by year
| Year | Median | Average | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £335,000 | £397,100 | 3,677 |
| 2025 | £347,000 | £416,200 | 9,641 |
| 2024 | £345,000 | £418,200 | 9,086 |
| 2023 | £330,000 | £407,000 | 8,393 |
| 2022 | £345,000 | £426,500 | 10,614 |
| 2021 | £327,000 | £403,500 | 13,265 |
| 2020 | £315,000 | £387,000 | 9,266 |
| 2019 | £295,000 | £352,500 | 10,172 |
| 2018 | £280,000 | £339,400 | 10,909 |
| 2017 | £280,000 | £337,800 | 11,239 |
| 2016 | £260,000 | £314,400 | 11,520 |
| 2015 | £245,000 | £297,900 | 11,985 |
| 2014 | £227,500 | £277,900 | 11,991 |
| 2013 | £215,000 | £263,900 | 10,237 |
| 2012 | £215,000 | £261,900 | 8,622 |
| 2011 | £210,000 | £259,600 | 8,524 |
| 2010 | £215,000 | £260,900 | 8,527 |
| 2009 | £190,000 | £240,400 | 8,675 |
| 2008 | £195,000 | £249,800 | 8,266 |
| 2007 | £202,000 | £250,700 | 15,436 |
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 Southampton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SO42 Beaulieu, Brockenhurst | £797,600 | 153 | Report |
| SO20 Stockbridge, King's Somborne | £595,000 | 221 | Report |
| SO21 Compton, Colden Common | £569,500 | 508 | Report |
| SO22 Badger Farm, Fulflood | £551,200 | 1,050 | Report |
| SO24 New Alresford, Old Alresford | £540,000 | 329 | Report |
Best value in Southampton
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| SO14 City Centre, St. Mary's | £215,000 | 574 | Report |
| SO17 Highfield, Portswood | £255,500 | 448 | Report |
| SO15 Shirley, Freemantle | £260,000 | 1,227 | Report |
| SO19 Sholing, Merry Oak | £265,000 | 1,765 | Report |
| SO18 Bitterne, Bitterne Park | £275,000 | 1,160 | Report |
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