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Compton market report SO21 3, Winchester
The standing SO21 3 (Compton) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 2,988 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in SO21 3 (Winchester) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in SO21 3 (Winchester) came in at £547,500, out of 26 registered, up 4% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £553,900, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,770 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 2,988 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
SO21 3 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside SO21 (Winchester). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where SO21 3 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 SO21 3 sells for
In the SO21 3 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £547,500, from 26 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £553,900, sitting nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.
Price per square metre in SO21 3
Measured by floor area, the last five years of SO21 3 sales average about £4,770 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.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so SO21 3 trades 92% above the country as a whole.
The price of a typical SO21 3 home, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £547,500 | £547,500 | 26 |
| 2025 | £522,500 | £534,995 | 60 |
| 2024 | £560,000 | £595,395 | 63 |
| 2023 | £530,000 | £582,341 | 51 |
| 2022 | £535,000 | £627,349 | 79 |
| 2021 | £525,000 | £664,718 | 117 |
| 2020 | £490,000 | £635,785 | 84 |
| 2019 | £495,400 | £649,351 | 83 |
| 2018 | £397,500 | £529,875 | 97 |
| 2017 | £420,000 | £572,838 | 79 |
| 2016 | £402,500 | £563,101 | 81 |
| 2015 | £391,500 | £553,190 | 122 |
| 2014 | £350,000 | £496,536 | 101 |
| 2013 | £290,000 | £417,281 | 107 |
| 2012 | £320,000 | £471,000 | 61 |
| 2011 | £295,000 | £445,337 | 64 |
| 2010 | £338,000 | £530,071 | 93 |
| 2009 | £290,700 | £467,303 | 72 |
| 2008 | £308,800 | £506,188 | 77 |
| 2007 | £305,000 | £517,365 | 127 |
| 2006 | £287,000 | £498,195 | 159 |
| 2005 | £275,000 | £489,389 | 107 |
| 2004 | £250,000 | £454,049 | 121 |
| 2003 | £244,000 | £449,507 | 92 |
| 2002 | £215,000 | £404,521 | 127 |
| 2001 | £207,000 | £397,947 | 117 |
| 2000 | £180,800 | £354,820 | 88 |
| 1999 | £139,000 | £277,020 | 141 |
| 1998 | £129,700 | £261,809 | 106 |
| 1997 | £118,000 | £241,994 | 111 |
| 1996 | £108,000 | £227,767 | 99 |
| 1995 | £94,500 | £205,428 | 76 |
In cash terms the typical SO21 3 home went from £94,500 in 1995 to £547,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 167%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 18% 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 SO21 3 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 2000 (+30.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−12.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SO21 3 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +4.8% | +2.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.8% | −3.8% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.1% | −0.3% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
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 register shows 26 SO21 3 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 117 sales a year before the financial crisis and 56 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 SO21 3
For renting purposes SO21 3 sits in Winchester. The ONS average private rent there is £1,505 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £1,014 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,247 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Winchester
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,505 a month is £18,060 a year, which against the £547,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.3%. 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.
The shape of the SO21 3 market
This is a thin market: 26 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.
Asked and answered: SO21 3 (Compton)
How much did a house sell for in SO21 3 (Compton)?
Are property prices falling in SO21 3 (Compton)?
Is SO21 3 (Compton) a good place to buy a house?
Are SO21 3 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 4% over five years in cash but down 18% 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.
SO21's current homes for sale
The live side of the market holds 64 homes at the moment, listed by 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole SO21 district, not just SO21 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 33% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Otterbourne Hill, Otterbourne, SO21
- Boyes Lane, Colden Common, SO21, Winchester
- High Street, Twyford, SO21, Winchester
"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 SO21 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.
Moving up a bedroom in SO: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the SO area. 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 | — | £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. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the SO area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
SO area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in SO21
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of SO21, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SO21 1 | £461,500 | 42 |
| SO21 2 | £730,000 | 23 |
Zoom out to the full SO21 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SO21 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in SO21 3? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SO21 3, open the average prices map and zoom from the SO21 3 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SO21 3 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim SO21 3.
Keep digging
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about SO21 3. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every SO21 3 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.