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Somerstown market report PO5, Southsea
The standing PO5 (Somerstown) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 17,310 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in PO5 (Southsea) 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 July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the 2026 median for PO5 (Southsea) is £228,000, from 119 registered sales, up 8% on five years earlier; the mean is £275,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,270 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 17,310 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
PO5 is a postcode district covering Southsea, Somerstown, Spitbank Fort in Southsea. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where PO5 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.
PO5 sold prices: where the market stands
Take the 119 registered 2026 sales in PO5 and the middle price, the median, is £228,000. The mean lands at £275,400, well clear of it: the mark of a market where a small number of costly homes drag the average upwards.
PO5 prices by floor area
Measured by floor area, the last five years of PO5 sales average about £3,270 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, PO5 sits 20% below the national market.
The price of a typical PO5 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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £228,000 | £228,000 | 119 |
| 2025 | £222,800 | £228,128 | 330 |
| 2024 | £216,500 | £230,184 | 317 |
| 2023 | £225,000 | £247,220 | 293 |
| 2022 | £235,500 | £276,151 | 419 |
| 2021 | £212,000 | £268,419 | 467 |
| 2020 | £202,500 | £262,748 | 310 |
| 2019 | £190,000 | £249,045 | 370 |
| 2018 | £195,000 | £259,939 | 403 |
| 2017 | £180,000 | £245,502 | 455 |
| 2016 | £173,000 | £242,029 | 479 |
| 2015 | £165,000 | £233,145 | 506 |
| 2014 | £152,500 | £216,348 | 507 |
| 2013 | £143,000 | £205,763 | 405 |
| 2012 | £147,200 | £216,660 | 322 |
| 2011 | £146,000 | £220,404 | 296 |
| 2010 | £147,500 | £231,318 | 311 |
| 2009 | £134,700 | £216,531 | 358 |
| 2008 | £145,000 | £237,686 | 406 |
| 2007 | £145,000 | £245,960 | 787 |
| 2006 | £136,000 | £236,079 | 870 |
| 2005 | £135,000 | £240,246 | 642 |
| 2004 | £129,500 | £235,197 | 744 |
| 2003 | £120,000 | £221,069 | 807 |
| 2002 | £97,500 | £183,445 | 1,000 |
| 2001 | £80,000 | £153,796 | 914 |
| 2000 | £66,000 | £129,525 | 856 |
| 1999 | £59,000 | £117,584 | 914 |
| 1998 | £53,500 | £107,994 | 756 |
| 1997 | £52,000 | £106,642 | 821 |
| 1996 | £43,800 | £92,372 | 633 |
| 1995 | £45,000 | £97,823 | 493 |
In cash terms the typical PO5 home went from £45,000 in 1995 to £228,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 133%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2022, and today's median remains roughly 17% under it: a 2022 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the PO5 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+23.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−7.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of flats dominate the record here, 60% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £720,000 against £156,500 for a flat, 4.6 times the price.
Median by property type, PO5
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £720,000 | 5 | 367 |
| Semi-detached | £567,500 (2025) | – | 1,233 |
| Terraced | £315,000 | 41 | 5,306 |
| Flats | £156,500 | 69 | 10,389 |
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +2.3% | −0.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.5% | −3.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.8% | −0.6% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.6% | −0.2% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
The turnover behind the prices
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Month by month, five years back
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
The register shows 257 PO5 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 828 sales a year before the financial crisis and 296 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 PO5 is
Among the 34 measurable districts of its area, PO5 ranks 31 by median price: towards the affordable end.
What homes rent for around PO5
PO5 falls under Portsmouth, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,366 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £899 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,961 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Portsmouth
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £228,000 median sold price, £1,366 a month is £16,392 a year, a gross yield of 7.2%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
Common questions on PO5 (Somerstown)
Are property prices falling in PO5 (Somerstown)?
Is PO5 (Somerstown) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in PO5 (Somerstown)?
What happens to PO5 prices now?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 8% over five years in cash but down 15% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
On the market in PO5 today
Everything above is what homes in PO5 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 49 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 25% below the PO5 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 40% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every PO5 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
The price of an extra bedroom in PO
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the PO area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £350,000 | £475,000 (+36%) | £675,000 (+42%) | £900,000 (+33%) |
| Semi-detached | £273,250 | £305,000 (+12%) | £352,500 (+16%) | £430,000 (+22%) | £610,000 (+42%) |
| Terraced | £230,000 | £253,000 (+10%) | £290,000 (+15%) | £375,000 (+29%) | £498,750 (+33%) |
| Flat | £145,000 | £198,000 (+37%) | £290,000 (+46%) | £500,000 (+72%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
PO5 ranks 9 of 34 in the PO area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
PO area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside PO5, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| PO5 1 | £227,000 | 33 |
| PO5 2 | £247,500 | 44 |
| PO5 3 | £175,000 | 32 |
| PO5 4 | £273,000 | 10 |
How PO5 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The dearest districts of the PO area, and PO5 itself, which ranks 31 of 34 by median price:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| PO41 | £532,500 | +43% |
| PO18 | £460,000 | +4% |
| PO10 | £400,000 | +1% |
| PO34 | £377,500 | +4% |
| PO20 | £375,000 | +1% |
| PO8 | £360,000 | +4% |
| PO35 | £351,000 | -16% |
| PO19 | £340,000 | -7% |
| PO11 | £337,500 | -8% |
| PO14 | £335,200 | +6% |
| PO7 | £330,000 | +3% |
| PO15 | £330,000 | +1% |
| PO16 | £326,100 | +12% |
| PO22 | £320,500 | -1% |
| PO6 | £307,000 | +6% |
| PO21 | £305,000 | +3% |
| PO9 | £300,000 | +7% |
| PO31 | £292,000 | +11% |
| PO17 | £285,500 | -18% |
| PO13 | £285,000 | +13% |
| PO40 | £280,000 | -3% |
| PO3 | £275,000 | +11% |
| PO38 | £275,000 | -5% |
| PO5 (this report) | £228,000 | +8% |
Before you sell in PO5: what the record supports
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in PO5, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from PO5's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded PO5 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Estate agents working PO5: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim PO5.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with PO5 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every PO5 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.