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Bitterne market report SO18, Southampton
The standing SO18 (Bitterne) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 20,210 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in SO18 (Southampton) 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: 203 registered 2026 sales put the SO18 (Southampton) median at £284,000, up 14% on five years earlier, with a mean of £286,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,490 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 20,210 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.
SO18 is a postcode district covering Bitterne, Bitterne Park, Harefield in Southampton. 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 SO18 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 SO18 sells for
Take the 203 registered 2026 sales in SO18 and the middle price, the median, is £284,000. The mean lands at £286,500, practically level with it: prices here bunch tightly around the middle.
What a square metre costs in SO18
A square metre of SO18 home has cost about £3,490 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts SO18 0% below the country at large.
SO18's median sold price, 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 | £284,000 | £284,000 | 203 |
| 2025 | £275,000 | £281,576 | 490 |
| 2024 | £275,000 | £292,381 | 467 |
| 2023 | £262,000 | £287,874 | 473 |
| 2022 | £268,000 | £314,261 | 549 |
| 2021 | £250,000 | £316,532 | 592 |
| 2020 | £235,000 | £304,917 | 468 |
| 2019 | £235,000 | £308,029 | 549 |
| 2018 | £230,000 | £306,594 | 565 |
| 2017 | £225,000 | £306,877 | 626 |
| 2016 | £208,000 | £290,994 | 611 |
| 2015 | £187,200 | £264,514 | 608 |
| 2014 | £178,000 | £252,524 | 620 |
| 2013 | £174,000 | £250,369 | 565 |
| 2012 | £165,000 | £242,859 | 447 |
| 2011 | £164,000 | £247,577 | 435 |
| 2010 | £164,000 | £257,194 | 395 |
| 2009 | £150,000 | £241,126 | 484 |
| 2008 | £160,000 | £262,274 | 416 |
| 2007 | £165,000 | £279,886 | 799 |
| 2006 | £155,000 | £269,060 | 935 |
| 2005 | £149,000 | £265,160 | 718 |
| 2004 | £145,000 | £263,348 | 852 |
| 2003 | £133,000 | £245,018 | 839 |
| 2002 | £118,000 | £222,016 | 915 |
| 2001 | £92,000 | £176,865 | 911 |
| 2000 | £80,000 | £157,000 | 796 |
| 1999 | £65,000 | £129,542 | 894 |
| 1998 | £60,000 | £121,114 | 789 |
| 1997 | £56,000 | £114,845 | 899 |
| 1996 | £49,700 | £104,815 | 710 |
| 1995 | £51,000 | £110,866 | 590 |
In cash terms the typical SO18 home went from £51,000 in 1995 to £284,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 156%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 10% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the SO18 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 (+28.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−6.3%). 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, 28% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £392,500 against £162,000 for a flat, 2.4 times the price.
Median by property type, SO18
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 | £392,500 | 50 | 4,755 |
| Semi-detached | £330,000 | 49 | 5,498 |
| Terraced | £264,000 | 49 | 4,299 |
| Flats | £162,000 | 55 | 5,658 |
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +3.3% | +0.9% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +2.6% | −2.1% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.2% | −0.2% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.1% | +0.3% |
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
The year-by-year sales count
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
Month by month, five years back
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
The register shows 427 SO18 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 846 sales a year before the financial crisis and 436 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 SO18
For renting purposes SO18 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.
Set against the £284,000 median sold price, £1,250 a month is £15,000 a year, a gross yield of 5.3%: 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.
What people ask about SO18 (Bitterne)
Are property prices falling in SO18 (Bitterne)?
Is SO18 (Bitterne) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SO18 (Bitterne)?
Will SO18 prices rise from here?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 14% over five years in cash but down 10% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
SO18's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in SO18 sold for. The live side of the market holds 78 homes at the moment, listed by 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 8% below the SO18 median sold price.
29% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- River View Road, Southampton, Hampshi...
- Flat 3, 84 Bitterne Road West, Southampton
- Wavell Road, Southampton, Hampshire, ...
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 SO18 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: SO prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the SO area, from the Land Registry record. 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 | — | £369,500 | £515,000 (+39%) | £775,000 (+50%) | £1,194,217 (+54%) |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | £316,000 (+15%) | £375,000 (+19%) | £495,000 (+32%) | £837,500 (+69%) |
| Terraced | £255,000 | £282,450 (+11%) | £320,000 (+13%) | £480,125 (+50%) | £792,000 (+65%) |
| Flat | £155,000 | £220,000 (+42%) | £387,250 (+76%) | £750,000 (+94%) | — |
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
SO18 ranks 1 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.
SO area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside SO18, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SO18 1 | £267,000 | 39 |
| SO18 2 | £290,000 | 29 |
| SO18 3 | £325,000 | 35 |
| SO18 4 | £265,000 | 25 |
| SO18 5 | £277,500 | 52 |
| SO18 6 | £300,000 | 23 |
How SO18 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the SO area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| SO42 | £790,000 | +11% |
| SO20 | £575,000 | -10% |
| SO22 | £551,200 | -2% |
| SO24 | £525,000 | +7% |
| SO21 | £520,000 | -1% |
| SO41 | £500,000 | +5% |
| SO43 | £475,000 | +2% |
| SO23 | £450,000 | -8% |
| SO32 | £447,500 | -3% |
| SO51 | £405,000 | -1% |
| SO53 | £380,000 | -1% |
| SO52 | £357,500 | +11% |
| SO31 | £355,000 | -1% |
| SO30 | £347,500 | +9% |
| SO40 | £335,500 | +8% |
| SO50 | £321,000 | +5% |
| SO45 | £315,000 | +2% |
| SO18 (this report) | £284,000 | +14% |
| SO16 | £273,000 | +9% |
| SO19 | £265,000 | +10% |
| SO15 | £255,000 | +11% |
| SO17 | £225,000 | -1% |
| SO14 | £200,000 | -2% |
Thinking of selling in SO18? Get a rough value first
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at SO18's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim SO18.
Go deeper
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Two maps carry on from here: every SO18 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.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.