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Bishop's Waltham market report SO32 1, Southampton

The SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 4,903 registered sales in SO32 1 (Southampton) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

In short: 49 registered 2026 sales put the SO32 1 (Southampton) median at £375,000, down 9% on five years earlier, with a mean of £400,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,400 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 4,903 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.

SO32 1 is one sector of SO32 (Southampton): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.

Where SO32 1 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.

£375,000typical sale, 2026
£4,400/m²average price per m², last 5 years
-9%cash move in five years
49sales in the last 12 months
4.8%gross yield, estimated

What SO32 1 homes really sell for

The SO32 1 median stands at £375,000 for 2026, built from 49 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £400,500, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

House prices per square metre in SO32 1

The last five years of sales put SO32 1 at roughly £4,400 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so SO32 1 trades 32% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical SO32 1 home, 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.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £75,000 at the time · £163,038 in today's money · 147 sales1996: £75,000 at the time · £158,172 in today's money · 161 sales1997: £90,000 at the time · £184,572 in today's money · 198 sales1998: £96,800 at the time · £195,398 in today's money · 182 sales1999: £108,000 at the time · £215,238 in today's money · 188 sales2000: £127,000 at the time · £249,238 in today's money · 147 sales2001: £137,500 at the time · £264,337 in today's money · 205 sales2002: £168,000 at the time · £316,091 in today's money · 209 sales2003: £195,000 at the time · £359,237 in today's money · 180 sales2004: £205,000 at the time · £372,320 in today's money · 147 sales2005: £217,500 at the time · £387,062 in today's money · 158 sales2006: £205,000 at the time · £355,854 in today's money · 211 sales2007: £228,800 at the time · £388,109 in today's money · 230 sales2008: £210,000 at the time · £344,234 in today's money · 120 sales2009: £202,000 at the time · £324,717 in today's money · 130 sales2010: £213,500 at the time · £334,823 in today's money · 112 sales2011: £238,500 at the time · £360,043 in today's money · 102 sales2012: £243,000 at the time · £357,666 in today's money · 117 sales2013: £245,000 at the time · £352,531 in today's money · 119 sales2014: £275,000 at the time · £390,136 in today's money · 157 sales2015: £261,000 at the time · £368,793 in today's money · 160 sales2016: £323,000 at the time · £451,880 in today's money · 159 sales2017: £375,000 at the time · £511,462 in today's money · 148 sales2018: £360,000 at the time · £479,887 in today's money · 127 sales2019: £325,000 at the time · £425,997 in today's money · 111 sales2020: £394,500 at the time · £511,872 in today's money · 140 sales2021: £410,000 at the time · £519,113 in today's money · 236 sales2022: £430,000 at the time · £504,224 in today's money · 185 sales2023: £400,000 at the time · £439,502 in today's money · 108 sales2024: £360,000 at the time · £382,754 in today's money · 101 sales2025: £370,000 at the time · £378,848 in today's money · 159 sales2026: £375,000 at the time · £375,000 in today's money · 49 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£375,000£375,00049
2025£370,000£378,848159
2024£360,000£382,754101
2023£400,000£439,502108
2022£430,000£504,224185
2021£410,000£519,113236
2020£394,500£511,872140
2019£325,000£425,997111
2018£360,000£479,887127
2017£375,000£511,462148
2016£323,000£451,880159
2015£261,000£368,793160
2014£275,000£390,136157
2013£245,000£352,531119
2012£243,000£357,666117
2011£238,500£360,043102
2010£213,500£334,823112
2009£202,000£324,717130
2008£210,000£344,234120
2007£228,800£388,109230
2006£205,000£355,854211
2005£217,500£387,062158
2004£205,000£372,320147
2003£195,000£359,237180
2002£168,000£316,091209
2001£137,500£264,337205
2000£127,000£249,238147
1999£108,000£215,238188
1998£96,800£195,398182
1997£90,000£184,572198
1996£75,000£158,172161
1995£75,000£163,038147

In cash terms the typical SO32 1 home went from £75,000 in 1995 to £375,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 130%: 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 28% 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 SO32 1 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · +0.0% on the year before1997 · +20.0% on the year before1998 · +7.6% on the year before1999 · +11.6% on the year before2000 · +17.6% on the year before2001 · +8.3% on the year before2002 · +22.2% on the year before2003 · +16.1% on the year before2004 · +5.1% on the year before2005 · +6.1% on the year before2006 · −5.7% on the year before2007 · +11.6% on the year before2008 · −8.2% on the year before2009 · −3.8% on the year before2010 · +5.7% on the year before2011 · +11.7% on the year before2012 · +1.9% on the year before2013 · +0.8% on the year before2014 · +12.2% on the year before2015 · −5.1% on the year before2016 · +23.8% on the year before2017 · +16.1% on the year before2018 · −4.0% on the year before2019 · −9.7% on the year before2020 · +21.4% on the year before2021 · +3.9% on the year before2022 · +4.9% on the year before2023 · −7.0% on the year before2024 · −10.0% on the year before2025 · +2.8% on the year before2026 · +1.4% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2016 (+23.8% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−10.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+1.4%−1.0%
5 years (since 2021)−1.8%−6.3%
10 years (since 2016)+1.5%−1.8%
20 years (since 2006)+3.1%+0.3%

Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.

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.

63125188250 1995: 147 sales1996: 161 sales1997: 198 sales1998: 182 sales1999: 188 sales2000: 147 sales2001: 205 sales2002: 209 sales2003: 180 sales2004: 147 sales2005: 158 sales2006: 211 sales2007: 230 sales2008: 120 sales2009: 130 sales2010: 112 sales2011: 102 sales2012: 117 sales2013: 119 sales2014: 157 sales2015: 160 sales2016: 159 sales2017: 148 sales2018: 127 sales2019: 111 sales2020: 140 sales2021: 236 sales2022: 185 sales2023: 108 sales2024: 101 sales2025: 159 sales2026: 49 sales1995200020052010201520202026

SO32 1 recorded 49 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 186 sales a year before the financial crisis and 120 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.

Reading the SO32 1 market

This is a thin market: 49 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. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Within SO32, this sector trades 16% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.

What tenants pay around SO32 1

For renting purposes SO32 1 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 bed: £1,014 a month£1,0141 bed2 bed: £1,316 a month£1,3162 bed3 bed: £1,619 a month£1,6193 bed4+ bed: £2,247 a month£2,2474+ bed

Against the £375,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,505 a month (£18,060 a year) works out at a 4.8% 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.

SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham): the questions that come up

How much did a house sell for in SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham)?
Land Registry recorded 49 sales in SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham) in 2026, with a median sold price of £375,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham)?
In SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham) the median moved up 1% year on year; over five years it is down 9%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham) a good place to buy a house?
SO32 1 (Bishop's Waltham) sold prices are down 9% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.

Are SO32 1 prices heading up or down?

No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is down 9% over five years in cash but down 28% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.

On the market in SO32 today

This is what you could actually buy today: 14 homes currently on the market from 4 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole SO32 district, not just SO32 1: live asking prices are collected per district.

£897,500Typical asking price now (SO32 district)
6 below what sold nearby3 in line with nearby sales3 above nearby sales2 well above nearby sales

Of everything listed here, 43% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.

"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 SO32 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

Real sold prices by size across the SO area, straight 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.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 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%)

Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the SO area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in SO32

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are SO32's other sectors, each with its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
SO32 2£490,00074
SO32 3£815,0007

Zoom out to the full SO32 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SO32 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in SO32 1: what the record supports

Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in SO32 1, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SO32 1's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SO32 1 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.

For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim SO32 1.

Dig further

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with SO32 1 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every SO32 1 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.