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Bishop's Waltham market report SO32, Southampton
The SO32 (Bishop's Waltham) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 12,449 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in SO32 (Southampton) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: a typical SO32 (Southampton) home changed hands for £457,500 in 2026 (median of 156 registered sales, down 1% on five years earlier), with the mean at £505,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,340 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 12,449 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
The postcode district SO32 covering Bishop's Waltham, Corhampton, Curdridge 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 SO32 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 SO32 homes really sell for
156 sales were registered in SO32 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £457,500. The mean works out at £505,800, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
SO32 prices by floor area
A square metre of SO32 home has cost about £4,340 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.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so SO32 trades 61% above the country as a whole.
A typical SO32 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £457,500 | £457,500 | 156 |
| 2025 | £425,000 | £435,163 | 516 |
| 2024 | £440,000 | £467,810 | 451 |
| 2023 | £430,000 | £472,465 | 434 |
| 2022 | £490,000 | £574,581 | 520 |
| 2021 | £460,000 | £582,419 | 631 |
| 2020 | £435,000 | £564,421 | 437 |
| 2019 | £385,500 | £505,298 | 432 |
| 2018 | £400,000 | £533,208 | 484 |
| 2017 | £400,000 | £545,560 | 450 |
| 2016 | £380,000 | £531,624 | 384 |
| 2015 | £347,000 | £490,311 | 347 |
| 2014 | £325,000 | £461,069 | 359 |
| 2013 | £295,000 | £424,476 | 285 |
| 2012 | £290,000 | £426,844 | 272 |
| 2011 | £310,000 | £467,981 | 259 |
| 2010 | £290,000 | £454,795 | 236 |
| 2009 | £247,500 | £397,858 | 292 |
| 2008 | £285,000 | £467,175 | 273 |
| 2007 | £290,000 | £491,921 | 468 |
| 2006 | £280,000 | £486,044 | 455 |
| 2005 | £275,000 | £489,389 | 349 |
| 2004 | £260,000 | £472,211 | 409 |
| 2003 | £245,000 | £451,349 | 389 |
| 2002 | £200,000 | £376,298 | 439 |
| 2001 | £168,000 | £322,971 | 407 |
| 2000 | £160,000 | £314,000 | 335 |
| 1999 | £126,000 | £251,111 | 422 |
| 1998 | £120,000 | £242,229 | 428 |
| 1997 | £103,000 | £211,232 | 408 |
| 1996 | £94,000 | £198,242 | 382 |
| 1995 | £88,800 | £193,038 | 340 |
In cash terms the typical SO32 home went from £88,800 in 1995 to £457,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 137%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 21% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the SO32 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 (+27.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−13.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SO32 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | +7.6% | +5.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −0.1% | −4.7% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +0.8% | −3.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.9% | −1.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.5% | −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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 50% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £618,000 against £138,000 for a flat, 4.5 times the price.
Median by property type, SO32
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 | £618,000 | 75 | 6,187 |
| Semi-detached | £394,500 | 48 | 3,266 |
| Terraced | £315,000 | 24 | 2,042 |
| Flats | £138,000 | 9 | 954 |
Sales activity in SO32
How many homes change hands
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
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
Over the last twelve months of data, 315 sales completed in SO32. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 415 sales a year recently, against 406 a year before 2008. 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 market
This is detached-house territory: 48% of last year's sales were detached, which props the overall median well above the flat and terrace market underneath it.
Rents around SO32
The local authority for SO32 is Winchester, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,505 a month (May 2026 figures). 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.
Set against the £457,500 median sold price, £1,505 a month is £18,060 a year, a gross yield of 3.9%: 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 SO32 (Bishop's Waltham)
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Are SO32 prices heading up or down?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 21% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in SO32 today
Everything above is what homes in SO32 sold for. The live side of the market holds 5 homes at the moment, listed by 2 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 162% above the SO32 median sold price.
At the pace of the last twelve months' registered sales (315 in SO32), the 5 homes listed here amount to about a week of supply. Not every agent publishes to HomesIndex, so the true figure is higher. Supply that short favours the seller; a sensibly priced home here does not sit for long.
Of everything listed here, 20% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
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 SO32 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
The SO32 sales calendar
June is when SO32 changes hands most (11.8% of the 2,552 sales dated 2021 to 2025); July is the quiet end at 6.3%. 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 | 163 | 6.4% |
| February | 180 | 7.1% |
| March | 282 | 11.1% |
| April | 181 | 7.1% |
| May | 187 | 7.3% |
| June | 300 | 11.8% |
| July | 160 | 6.3% |
| August | 194 | 7.6% |
| September | 254 | 10.0% |
| October | 223 | 8.7% |
| November | 174 | 6.8% |
| December | 254 | 10.0% |
Bedroom by bedroom: SO prices by size
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 | £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%) |
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. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
SO32 ranks 17 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 districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside SO32, sector by sector
Below district level sit the sectors, street groups with reports of their own, and the gaps between neighbouring ones can be sharp.
How SO32 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 (this report) | £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 | £202,500 | -1% |
Thinking of selling in SO32? Get a rough value first
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in SO32, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SO32's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SO32 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
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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.