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Hythe market report SO45 3, Southampton
The SO45 3 (Hythe) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 1,978 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in SO45 3 (Southampton) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the 2026 median for SO45 3 (Southampton) is £307,500, from 20 registered sales, down 2% on five years earlier; the mean is £325,900, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,540 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 1,978 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
A postcode sector like SO45 3 is a single group of streets within SO45 (Southampton), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where SO45 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.
The going rate for a home in SO45 3
In the SO45 3 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £307,500, from 20 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £325,900, sitting somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in SO45 3
Per square metre, SO45 3 homes have averaged around £3,540 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts SO45 3 8% above the country at large.
SO45 3'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 | £307,500 | £307,500 | 20 |
| 2025 | £296,200 | £303,283 | 48 |
| 2024 | £292,500 | £310,988 | 45 |
| 2023 | £308,500 | £338,966 | 36 |
| 2022 | £305,000 | £357,647 | 55 |
| 2021 | £315,000 | £398,831 | 59 |
| 2020 | £266,500 | £345,789 | 48 |
| 2019 | £260,000 | £340,798 | 53 |
| 2018 | £252,200 | £336,187 | 58 |
| 2017 | £249,000 | £339,611 | 59 |
| 2016 | £245,000 | £342,757 | 61 |
| 2015 | £232,500 | £328,523 | 58 |
| 2014 | £198,500 | £281,607 | 70 |
| 2013 | £203,000 | £292,097 | 62 |
| 2012 | £184,000 | £270,825 | 39 |
| 2011 | £185,000 | £279,279 | 49 |
| 2010 | £180,000 | £282,286 | 53 |
| 2009 | £171,200 | £275,205 | 42 |
| 2008 | £186,800 | £306,205 | 54 |
| 2007 | £177,200 | £300,581 | 74 |
| 2006 | £174,000 | £302,042 | 94 |
| 2005 | £170,000 | £302,531 | 69 |
| 2004 | £158,000 | £286,959 | 115 |
| 2003 | £145,000 | £267,125 | 75 |
| 2002 | £127,000 | £238,949 | 89 |
| 2001 | £98,500 | £189,361 | 71 |
| 2000 | £88,000 | £172,700 | 63 |
| 1999 | £75,000 | £149,471 | 83 |
| 1998 | £66,500 | £134,235 | 66 |
| 1997 | £60,000 | £123,048 | 65 |
| 1996 | £56,000 | £118,101 | 76 |
| 1995 | £60,000 | £130,431 | 69 |
In cash terms the typical SO45 3 home went from £60,000 in 1995 to £307,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 136%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 23% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the SO45 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 2002 (+28.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−8.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +3.8% | +1.4% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −0.5% | −5.1% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.3% | −1.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
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.
How many homes change hands in SO45 3
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Over the last twelve months of data, 20 sales completed in SO45 3. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 81 sales a year before the financial crisis and 41 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.
The rental side of SO45 3
For renting purposes SO45 3 sits in New Forest. The ONS average private rent there is £1,240 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £861 a month here against £1,984 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, New Forest
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,240 a month is £14,880 a year, which against the £307,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.8%. 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.
What kind of market SO45 3 is
Only 20 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes SO45 3 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint.
Asked and answered: SO45 3 (Hythe)
How much did a house sell for in SO45 3 (Hythe)?
Are property prices falling in SO45 3 (Hythe)?
Is SO45 3 (Hythe) a good place to buy a house?
Are SO45 3 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 23% 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.
What you could buy in SO45 now
Turning to what is actually available: 59 homes on the market right now, from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole SO45 district, not just SO45 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 30% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Foxtail Drive, Dibden Purlieu, Southa...
- Hillview Road, Hythe, Southampton
- Hillview Road, Hythe, Southampton
"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 SO45 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.
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. 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. 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.
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 SO45
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of SO45, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SO45 1 | £335,000 | 29 |
| SO45 2 | £295,000 | 47 |
| SO45 4 | £375,000 | 29 |
| SO45 5 | £277,500 | 40 |
| SO45 6 | £310,000 | 21 |
Zoom out to the full SO45 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SO45 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in SO45 3: what the record supports
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in SO45 3, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SO45 3's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SO45 3 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 SO45 3.
Take it further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about SO45 3. Free, with a one click sign in.
See every individual SO45 3 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.
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.