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Boscombe market report BH5 2, Bournemouth

The standing BH5 2 (Boscombe) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 3,176 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in BH5 2 (Bournemouth) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.

Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.

In short: the middle 2026 sale in BH5 2 (Bournemouth) came in at £432,100, out of 30 registered, up 52% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £425,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,190 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 3,176 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.

BH5 2 is one sector of BH5 (Bournemouth): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.

Where BH5 2 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.

£432,100median sold price, 2026
£4,190/m²average price per m², last 5 years
+52%five-year change (cash)
30sales, most recent 12 months
3.9%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in BH5 2 sells for

Across 30 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) BH5 2 home went for £432,100. The mean is £425,600, nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.

What a square metre costs in BH5 2

Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in BH5 2 costs about £4,190 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so BH5 2 trades 52% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical BH5 2 home, 1995 to 2026

The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £47,000 at the time · £102,171 in today's money · 91 sales1996: £55,000 at the time · £115,993 in today's money · 124 sales1997: £60,000 at the time · £123,048 in today's money · 127 sales1998: £60,000 at the time · £121,114 in today's money · 138 sales1999: £67,800 at the time · £135,122 in today's money · 169 sales2000: £80,000 at the time · £157,000 in today's money · 125 sales2001: £90,000 at the time · £173,020 in today's money · 143 sales2002: £125,000 at the time · £235,186 in today's money · 140 sales2003: £147,000 at the time · £270,810 in today's money · 119 sales2004: £174,000 at the time · £316,018 in today's money · 137 sales2005: £170,000 at the time · £302,531 in today's money · 141 sales2006: £173,800 at the time · £301,695 in today's money · 174 sales2007: £197,800 at the time · £335,524 in today's money · 152 sales2008: £200,000 at the time · £327,842 in today's money · 57 sales2009: £186,200 at the time · £299,318 in today's money · 66 sales2010: £160,000 at the time · £250,921 in today's money · 73 sales2011: £175,000 at the time · £264,183 in today's money · 81 sales2012: £191,000 at the time · £281,128 in today's money · 71 sales2013: £198,200 at the time · £285,190 in today's money · 64 sales2014: £205,000 at the time · £290,828 in today's money · 97 sales2015: £207,500 at the time · £293,198 in today's money · 89 sales2016: £243,800 at the time · £341,079 in today's money · 110 sales2017: £195,000 at the time · £265,960 in today's money · 97 sales2018: £285,000 at the time · £379,910 in today's money · 71 sales2019: £310,000 at the time · £406,336 in today's money · 69 sales2020: £327,500 at the time · £424,938 in today's money · 72 sales2021: £285,000 at the time · £360,847 in today's money · 96 sales2022: £309,500 at the time · £362,924 in today's money · 82 sales2023: £399,000 at the time · £438,404 in today's money · 53 sales2024: £325,000 at the time · £345,542 in today's money · 65 sales2025: £392,500 at the time · £401,886 in today's money · 53 sales2026: £432,100 at the time · £432,100 in today's money · 30 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£432,100£432,10030
2025£392,500£401,88653
2024£325,000£345,54265
2023£399,000£438,40453
2022£309,500£362,92482
2021£285,000£360,84796
2020£327,500£424,93872
2019£310,000£406,33669
2018£285,000£379,91071
2017£195,000£265,96097
2016£243,800£341,079110
2015£207,500£293,19889
2014£205,000£290,82897
2013£198,200£285,19064
2012£191,000£281,12871
2011£175,000£264,18381
2010£160,000£250,92173
2009£186,200£299,31866
2008£200,000£327,84257
2007£197,800£335,524152
2006£173,800£301,695174
2005£170,000£302,531141
2004£174,000£316,018137
2003£147,000£270,810119
2002£125,000£235,186140
2001£90,000£173,020143
2000£80,000£157,000125
1999£67,800£135,122169
1998£60,000£121,114138
1997£60,000£123,048127
1996£55,000£115,993124
1995£47,000£102,17191

In cash terms the typical BH5 2 home went from £47,000 in 1995 to £432,100 in 2026, roughly 9 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 323%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs.

Year-on-year change in the BH5 2 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -25% 0% 1996 · +17.0% on the year before1997 · +9.1% on the year before1998 · +0.0% on the year before1999 · +13.0% on the year before2000 · +18.0% on the year before2001 · +12.5% on the year before2002 · +38.9% on the year before2003 · +17.6% on the year before2004 · +18.4% on the year before2005 · −2.3% on the year before2006 · +2.2% on the year before2007 · +13.8% on the year before2008 · +1.1% on the year before2009 · −6.9% on the year before2010 · −14.1% on the year before2011 · +9.4% on the year before2012 · +9.1% on the year before2013 · +3.8% on the year before2014 · +3.4% on the year before2015 · +1.2% on the year before2016 · +17.5% on the year before2017 · −20.0% on the year before2018 · +46.2% on the year before2019 · +8.8% on the year before2020 · +5.6% on the year before2021 · −13.0% on the year before2022 · +8.6% on the year before2023 · +28.9% on the year before2024 · −18.5% on the year before2025 · +20.8% on the year before2026 · +10.1% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2018 (+46.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2017 (−20.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+10.1%+7.5%
5 years (since 2021)+8.7%+3.7%
10 years (since 2016)+5.9%+2.4%
20 years (since 2006)+4.7%+1.8%

Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.

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.

50100150200 1995: 91 sales1996: 124 sales1997: 127 sales1998: 138 sales1999: 169 sales2000: 125 sales2001: 143 sales2002: 140 sales2003: 119 sales2004: 137 sales2005: 141 sales2006: 174 sales2007: 152 sales2008: 57 sales2009: 66 sales2010: 73 sales2011: 81 sales2012: 71 sales2013: 64 sales2014: 97 sales2015: 89 sales2016: 110 sales2017: 97 sales2018: 71 sales2019: 69 sales2020: 72 sales2021: 96 sales2022: 82 sales2023: 53 sales2024: 65 sales2025: 53 sales2026: 30 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 30 BH5 2 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 141 sales a year before the financial crisis and 57 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.

What kind of market BH5 2 is

This is a thin market: 30 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Against the BH5 district median, BH5 2 sits 92% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

What homes rent for around BH5 2

BH5 2 falls under Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,404 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £922 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,092 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.

Average monthly rent by size, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £922 a month£9221 bed2 bed: £1,174 a month£1,1742 bed3 bed: £1,461 a month£1,4613 bed4+ bed: £2,092 a month£2,0924+ bed

Against the £432,100 median purchase price, a rent of £1,404 a month (£16,848 a year) works out at a 3.9% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.

What people ask about BH5 2 (Boscombe)

How much did a house sell for in BH5 2 (Boscombe)?
Land Registry recorded 30 sales in BH5 2 (Boscombe) in 2026, with a median sold price of £432,100. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in BH5 2 (Boscombe)?
In BH5 2 (Boscombe) the median moved up 10% year on year; over five years it is up 52%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is BH5 2 (Boscombe) a good place to buy a house?
BH5 2 (Boscombe) sold prices are up 52% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.

Where do BH5 2 prices go next?

No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 52% over five years in cash and up 20% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.

What you could buy in BH5 now

The live side of the market holds 120 homes at the moment, listed by 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole BH5 district, not just BH5 2: live asking prices are collected per district.

£187,500Typical asking price now (BH5 district)
52 below what sold nearby46 in line with nearby sales15 above nearby sales6 well above nearby sales

44% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

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 BH5 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.

Bedroom by bedroom: BH prices by size

Real sold prices by size across the BH area, straight from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£375,000£500,000 (+33%)£744,000 (+49%)£1,083,250 (+46%)
Semi-detached£293,000£329,975 (+13%)£375,000 (+14%)£480,000 (+28%)£700,000 (+46%)
Terraced£265,000£305,000 (+15%)£350,000 (+15%)£460,000 (+31%)£600,000 (+30%)
Flat£175,000£245,000 (+40%)£372,500 (+52%)£625,000 (+68%)

Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the BH area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in BH5

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of BH5, one report each:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
BH5 1£181,00037

Zoom out to the full BH5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BH5 compares with its neighbours.

Selling a home in BH5 2? Price it on the evidence

Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in BH5 2, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from BH5 2's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded BH5 2 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.

Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim BH5 2.

Keep digging

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See every individual BH5 2 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale 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.