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Shirley market report SO15, Southampton
The SO15 (Shirley) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 26,029 HM Land Registry entries for SO15 (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.
Sales recorded to August 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in SO15 (Southampton) came in at £256,200, out of 224 registered, up 11% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £276,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,300 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 26,029 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
SO15 is the postcode district covering Shirley, Freemantle, Regents Park in Southampton. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where SO15 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.
What a home in SO15 sells for
The 2026 median for SO15 is £256,200, taken from 224 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £276,800, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in SO15
By floor space, homes in SO15 have sold for about £3,300 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving SO15 10% below the national figure.
A typical SO15 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £256,200 | £256,200 | 224 |
| 2025 | £262,000 | £268,265 | 541 |
| 2024 | £260,000 | £276,433 | 516 |
| 2023 | £230,000 | £252,714 | 563 |
| 2022 | £250,000 | £293,154 | 619 |
| 2021 | £230,000 | £291,210 | 703 |
| 2020 | £230,000 | £298,430 | 444 |
| 2019 | £220,000 | £288,367 | 553 |
| 2018 | £217,000 | £289,265 | 606 |
| 2017 | £216,600 | £295,421 | 734 |
| 2016 | £188,000 | £263,014 | 807 |
| 2015 | £185,000 | £261,405 | 828 |
| 2014 | £175,000 | £248,268 | 815 |
| 2013 | £165,200 | £237,706 | 636 |
| 2012 | £170,000 | £250,219 | 519 |
| 2011 | £168,000 | £253,615 | 541 |
| 2010 | £177,500 | £278,366 | 584 |
| 2009 | £160,000 | £257,201 | 551 |
| 2008 | £165,000 | £270,470 | 642 |
| 2007 | £172,000 | £291,760 | 1,123 |
| 2006 | £160,000 | £277,740 | 1,267 |
| 2005 | £161,000 | £286,515 | 1,021 |
| 2004 | £156,000 | £283,326 | 1,184 |
| 2003 | £150,000 | £276,336 | 1,252 |
| 2002 | £125,000 | £235,186 | 1,407 |
| 2001 | £95,800 | £184,171 | 1,106 |
| 2000 | £85,000 | £166,813 | 1,205 |
| 1999 | £68,000 | £135,520 | 1,210 |
| 1998 | £59,400 | £119,903 | 1,054 |
| 1997 | £54,500 | £111,769 | 1,133 |
| 1996 | £49,900 | £105,237 | 893 |
| 1995 | £48,100 | £104,562 | 748 |
In cash terms the typical SO15 home went from £48,100 in 1995 to £256,200 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 145%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2020; the current median sits about 14% below that. Someone who bought at the 2020 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the SO15 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 2002 (+30.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2023 (−8.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −2.2% | −4.5% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.2% | −2.5% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +1.8% | −2.5% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.1% | −0.3% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.4% | −0.4% |
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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of flats dominate the record here, 42% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £490,000 against £174,100 for a flat, 2.8 times the price.
Median by property type, SO15
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 | £490,000 | 24 | 2,131 |
| Semi-detached | £340,000 | 54 | 7,065 |
| Terraced | £275,000 | 58 | 5,807 |
| Flats | £174,100 | 88 | 11,026 |
How many homes change hands in SO15
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.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
SO15 recorded 432 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 1,196 sales a year before the financial crisis and 493 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 tenants pay around SO15
For renting purposes SO15 sits in Southampton. The ONS average private rent there is £1,250 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £875 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,882 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Southampton
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £256,200 median purchase price, a rent of £1,250 a month (£15,000 a year) works out at a 5.9% 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.
How SO15 trades
Among the 23 measurable districts of its area, SO15 ranks 21 by median price: towards the affordable end.
Common questions on SO15 (Shirley)
How much did a house sell for in SO15 (Shirley)?
Are property prices falling in SO15 (Shirley)?
Is SO15 (Shirley) a good place to buy a house?
What happens to SO15 prices now?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 11% over five years in cash but down 12% 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.
SO15's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in SO15 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 52 homes on the market right now, from 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 16% below the SO15 median sold price.
Set against 432 registered sales in the last twelve months, the 52 homes on the market here are roughly 6 weeks of supply at last year's pace, and more in reality, since only agents who publish to HomesIndex are counted.
22% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
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"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 SO15 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
The SO15 sales calendar
March is when SO15 changes hands most (9.8% of the 2,942 sales dated 2021 to 2025); January is the quiet end at 6.8%. With so little between the busiest and quietest months, SO15 sells year round; the calendar is a weaker lever than price.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 200 | 6.8% |
| February | 229 | 7.8% |
| March | 287 | 9.8% |
| April | 206 | 7.0% |
| May | 209 | 7.1% |
| June | 261 | 8.9% |
| July | 255 | 8.7% |
| August | 258 | 8.8% |
| September | 286 | 9.7% |
| October | 237 | 8.1% |
| November | 260 | 8.8% |
| December | 254 | 8.6% |
What another bedroom costs in SO
What homes of each size actually sold for across the SO area, 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.
| 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%) |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
SO15 ranks 7 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.
Five-year change in the median, SO area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside SO15, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SO15 0 | £245,000 | 7 |
| SO15 1 | £155,000 | 13 |
| SO15 2 | £208,000 | 50 |
| SO15 3 | £248,700 | 38 |
| SO15 4 | £342,500 | 22 |
| SO15 5 | £280,000 | 55 |
| SO15 7 | £455,000 | 15 |
| SO15 8 | £250,000 | 24 |
How SO15 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 (this report) | £256,200 | +11% |
| SO17 | £222,000 | -2% |
| SO14 | £202,500 | -1% |
Selling a home in SO15? 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 SO15, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SO15's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SO15 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with SO15 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual SO15 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.
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.