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City Centre market report SO14, Southampton
The SO14 (City Centre) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 13,724 HM Land Registry entries for SO14 (Southampton), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Covers registered sales to August 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: a typical SO14 (Southampton) home changed hands for £202,500 in 2026 (median of 106 registered sales, down 1% on five years earlier), with the mean at £229,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,180 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 13,724 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
The postcode district SO14 covering City Centre, St. Mary's, Newtown sits in Southampton. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where SO14 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.
SO14 sold prices: where the market stands
The 2026 median for SO14 is £202,500, taken from 106 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £229,200, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
House prices per square metre in SO14
Measured by floor area, the last five years of SO14 sales average about £3,180 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.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving SO14 29% below the national figure.
The price of a typical SO14 home, 1995 to 2026
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £202,500 | £202,500 | 106 |
| 2025 | £213,800 | £218,913 | 264 |
| 2024 | £215,000 | £228,589 | 231 |
| 2023 | £211,200 | £232,057 | 258 |
| 2022 | £210,000 | £246,249 | 381 |
| 2021 | £205,000 | £259,556 | 415 |
| 2020 | £197,500 | £256,260 | 327 |
| 2019 | £193,800 | £254,025 | 330 |
| 2018 | £203,200 | £270,869 | 450 |
| 2017 | £193,000 | £263,233 | 467 |
| 2016 | £185,500 | £259,516 | 468 |
| 2015 | £186,000 | £262,818 | 555 |
| 2014 | £172,200 | £244,296 | 462 |
| 2013 | £160,000 | £230,224 | 330 |
| 2012 | £165,000 | £242,859 | 260 |
| 2011 | £170,000 | £256,635 | 298 |
| 2010 | £175,000 | £274,445 | 266 |
| 2009 | £160,000 | £257,201 | 228 |
| 2008 | £152,400 | £249,816 | 458 |
| 2007 | £167,000 | £283,279 | 869 |
| 2006 | £168,500 | £292,494 | 787 |
| 2005 | £164,700 | £293,100 | 616 |
| 2004 | £170,600 | £309,843 | 582 |
| 2003 | £147,500 | £271,731 | 548 |
| 2002 | £130,000 | £244,594 | 688 |
| 2001 | £117,500 | £225,888 | 570 |
| 2000 | £93,500 | £183,494 | 556 |
| 1999 | £80,000 | £159,436 | 461 |
| 1998 | £70,000 | £141,300 | 464 |
| 1997 | £63,000 | £129,200 | 461 |
| 1996 | £53,000 | £111,775 | 310 |
| 1995 | £47,500 | £103,258 | 258 |
In cash terms the typical SO14 home went from £47,500 in 1995 to £202,500 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 96%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. The real-terms peak came in 2004, and today's median remains roughly 35% under it: a 2004 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the SO14 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 2001 (+25.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−8.7%). 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, 63% of the typed total. In 2022, the last year both were recorded here, a detached home traded at £390,000 against £195,000 for a flat, 2.0 times the price.
Median by property type, SO14
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 | £390,000 (2022) | – | 256 |
| Semi-detached | £292,500 (2025) | – | 684 |
| Terraced | £252,000 | 33 | 4,173 |
| Flats | £175,800 | 68 | 8,592 |
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −5.3% | −7.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −0.2% | −4.8% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +0.4% | −3.8% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.9% | −2.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +0.9% | −1.8% |
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
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
The last five years, month by month
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
The register shows 202 SO14 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 652 sales a year before the financial crisis and 248 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around SO14
The local authority for SO14 is Southampton, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,250 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £875 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,882, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Southampton
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,250 a month is £15,000 a year, which against the £202,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 7.4%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
How SO14 trades
The stock is flat-led: flats and maisonettes were 57% of last year's sales, so the headline median tracks the flat market more than the house market. By median price SO14 sits at the bottom of its postcode area: the cheapest way in, with the least expectation already in the price.
Common questions on SO14 (City Centre)
Are property prices falling in SO14 (City Centre)?
Is SO14 (City Centre) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SO14 (City Centre)?
Will SO14 prices rise from here?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 22% 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 SO14 today
Everything above is what homes in SO14 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 70 homes currently on the market from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 1% below the SO14 median sold price.
SO14 registered 202 sales in the last twelve months; the 70 homes listed now would take about 4 months to clear at that rate. The count covers agents publishing to HomesIndex, so the real stock is larger.
9% 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.
- Orchard Lane, Southampton, SO14, Southampton
- White Star Place, Southampton, Southampton
- Flat 57, 8 Anglesea Terrace, Southampton
"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 SO14 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.
The SO14 sales calendar
Across the 1,549 sales completed in SO14 from 2021 to 2025, March was the busiest month for completions (12.9% of the total) and August the quietest (6.7%). The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 107 | 6.9% |
| February | 140 | 9.0% |
| March | 200 | 12.9% |
| April | 109 | 7.0% |
| May | 115 | 7.4% |
| June | 142 | 9.2% |
| July | 109 | 7.0% |
| August | 104 | 6.7% |
| September | 157 | 10.1% |
| October | 117 | 7.6% |
| November | 123 | 7.9% |
| December | 126 | 8.1% |
The price of an extra bedroom in SO
What homes of each size actually sold for across the SO area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £305,000 | £370,000 (+21%) | £445,000 (+20%) | £580,000 (+30%) | £800,000 (+38%) |
| Semi-detached | £265,500 | £310,000 (+17%) | £349,000 (+13%) | £420,500 (+20%) | £540,000 (+28%) |
| Terraced | £215,000 | £270,000 (+26%) | £296,000 (+10%) | £405,000 (+37%) | £627,500 (+55%) |
| Flat | £145,500 | £200,000 (+37%) | £280,000 (+40%) | £400,000 (+43%) | £635,000 (+59%) |
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. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
SO14 ranks 19 of 23 in the SO 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.
Winners and losers across the SO area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside SO14, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SO14 0 | £175,000 | 17 |
| SO14 1 | £185,000 | 5 |
| SO14 2 | £212,000 | 13 |
| SO14 3 | £192,200 | 40 |
| SO14 5 | £172,000 | 8 |
| SO14 6 | £256,000 | 20 |
| SO14 7 | £280,000 | 3 |
How SO14 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the SO area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| SO42 | £835,000 | +18% |
| SO20 | £585,000 | -9% |
| SO22 | £551,200 | -2% |
| SO24 | £550,000 | +12% |
| SO21 | £523,000 | +0% |
| SO41 | £500,000 | +5% |
| SO43 | £462,500 | -1% |
| SO32 | £457,500 | -1% |
| SO23 | £445,400 | -9% |
| SO51 | £415,000 | +1% |
| SO53 | £390,000 | +2% |
| SO31 | £360,000 | +1% |
| SO52 | £360,000 | +12% |
| SO30 | £349,000 | +9% |
| SO40 | £335,000 | +8% |
| SO50 | £326,200 | +7% |
| SO45 | £307,500 | -1% |
| SO18 | £284,500 | +14% |
| SO16 | £280,000 | +12% |
| SO19 | £270,000 | +13% |
| SO15 | £256,200 | +11% |
| SO17 | £222,000 | -2% |
| SO14 (this report) | £202,500 | -1% |
Selling in SO14? Start from the sold record
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SO14, open the average prices map and zoom from the SO14 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SO14 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with SO14 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every SO14 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.
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.