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Town Centre market report SO50, Eastleigh
The SO50 (Town Centre) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 27,481 sales registered with HM Land Registry in SO50 (Eastleigh) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: a typical SO50 (Eastleigh) home changed hands for £326,200 in 2026 (median of 374 registered sales, up 7% on five years earlier), with the mean at £336,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,780 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 27,481 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
The postcode district SO50 covering Town Centre, Boyatt Wood, Fair Oak sits in Eastleigh. 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 SO50 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.
Today's SO50 prices, from the sold record
Take the 374 registered 2026 sales in SO50 and the middle price, the median, is £326,200. The mean lands at £336,700, almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.
House prices per square metre in SO50
The last five years of sales put SO50 at roughly £3,780 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.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving SO50 14% above the national figure.
SO50's median sold price, 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 | £326,200 | £326,200 | 374 |
| 2025 | £320,000 | £327,652 | 786 |
| 2024 | £320,000 | £340,226 | 703 |
| 2023 | £316,000 | £347,207 | 663 |
| 2022 | £329,000 | £385,790 | 904 |
| 2021 | £305,000 | £386,169 | 1,156 |
| 2020 | £295,000 | £382,769 | 828 |
| 2019 | £278,800 | £365,440 | 814 |
| 2018 | £277,500 | £369,913 | 880 |
| 2017 | £280,000 | £381,892 | 1,009 |
| 2016 | £256,100 | £358,286 | 1,004 |
| 2015 | £239,000 | £337,707 | 981 |
| 2014 | £210,000 | £297,922 | 872 |
| 2013 | £193,000 | £277,708 | 779 |
| 2012 | £190,000 | £279,656 | 549 |
| 2011 | £185,200 | £279,581 | 566 |
| 2010 | £186,000 | £291,696 | 581 |
| 2009 | £171,000 | £274,884 | 633 |
| 2008 | £183,200 | £300,303 | 550 |
| 2007 | £186,800 | £316,865 | 1,110 |
| 2006 | £171,500 | £297,702 | 1,217 |
| 2005 | £174,000 | £309,650 | 858 |
| 2004 | £168,000 | £305,121 | 1,006 |
| 2003 | £156,200 | £287,758 | 1,060 |
| 2002 | £131,700 | £247,792 | 1,036 |
| 2001 | £111,000 | £213,392 | 1,018 |
| 2000 | £95,000 | £186,438 | 921 |
| 1999 | £79,000 | £157,443 | 1,140 |
| 1998 | £69,200 | £139,685 | 913 |
| 1997 | £64,000 | £131,251 | 913 |
| 1996 | £59,000 | £124,428 | 939 |
| 1995 | £57,000 | £123,909 | 718 |
In cash terms the typical SO50 home went from £57,000 in 1995 to £326,200 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 163%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 16% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the SO50 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 (+20.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−6.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SO50 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | +1.9% | −0.4% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.4% | −3.3% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +1.7% | −2.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.4% | −0.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 32% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £461,000 against £171,500 for a flat, 2.7 times the price.
Median by property type, SO50
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 | £461,000 | 88 | 6,065 |
| Semi-detached | £345,000 | 106 | 7,435 |
| Terraced | £295,000 | 114 | 8,678 |
| Flats | £171,500 | 66 | 5,303 |
Sales activity in SO50
How many homes change hands
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.
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.
SO50 recorded 647 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 1,028 sales a year before the financial crisis and 686 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What tenants pay around SO50
The local authority for SO50 is Eastleigh, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,210 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £859 a month here against £1,866 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Eastleigh
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £326,200 median purchase price, a rent of £1,210 a month (£14,520 a year) works out at a 4.5% 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.
Common questions on SO50 (Town Centre)
Are property prices falling in SO50 (Town Centre)?
Is SO50 (Town Centre) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SO50 (Town Centre)?
What happens to SO50 prices now?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 7% over five years in cash but down 16% 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.
On the market in SO50 today
Everything above is what homes in SO50 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 47 homes on the market right now, from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 20% below the SO50 median sold price.
Set against 647 registered sales in the last twelve months, the 47 homes on the market here are roughly 4 weeks of supply at last year's pace, and more in reality, since only agents who publish to HomesIndex are counted. Supply that short favours the seller; a sensibly priced home here does not sit for long.
Of everything listed here, 12% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Doncaster Road, Eastleigh, Eastleigh
- New Road, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50, Eastleigh
- Mead Lane, Horton Heath, Eastleigh
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 SO50 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.
Month by month: when SO50 sells
Across the 4,212 sales completed in SO50 from 2021 to 2025, March was the busiest month for completions (12.2% of the total) and January the quietest (6.6%). 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 | 276 | 6.6% |
| February | 343 | 8.1% |
| March | 512 | 12.2% |
| April | 292 | 6.9% |
| May | 292 | 6.9% |
| June | 387 | 9.2% |
| July | 294 | 7.0% |
| August | 333 | 7.9% |
| September | 421 | 10.0% |
| October | 373 | 8.9% |
| November | 353 | 8.4% |
| December | 336 | 8.0% |
Bedroom by bedroom: SO prices by size
Real sold prices by size across the SO area, straight from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| 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%) |
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
SO50 ranks 10 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.
Winners and losers across the SO area, five years
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside SO50, 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.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SO50 4 | £317,500 | 74 |
| SO50 5 | £273,500 | 72 |
| SO50 6 | £350,000 | 45 |
| SO50 7 | £375,000 | 79 |
| SO50 8 | £345,000 | 59 |
| SO50 9 | £335,000 | 45 |
How SO50 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 | £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 (this report) | £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 SO50? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SO50, open the average prices map and zoom from the SO50 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SO50 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Dig further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with SO50 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual SO50 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
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.