That is the middle of 209 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.4 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
209 homes sold in three years: 82 detached houses, 49 semi-detached houses, 64 terraced houses and 14 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£440K
median sale · 82 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£389K–£480K
Last 12 months
£418K26 sold
Semi-detached houses£335K
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£350K
Last 12 months
£318K18 sold
New build
£389K
Terraced houses£274K
median sale · 64 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£308K
Last 12 months
£273K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£150K
median sale · 14 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£185K
Last 12 months
£148K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes7%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Bearwood’s homes sold for between £270K and £415K
One sale in ten was under £213K and one in ten over £485K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £335,000, sits in the £300–400K band
209 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,000 in 1995 to £323,750 in the last 12 months (£329,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
72 sales in the last 12 months, against 149 in 2021, the busiest year, and 39 in 2011. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 25% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bearwood costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bearwood, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£78K
£138K
£250K
£248K
£310K
£373K
£418K
Semi-detached houses
£58K
£99K
£175K
£186K
£233K
£315K
£318K
Terraced houses
£45K
£72K
£156K
£149K
£194K
£233K
£273K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£46K
£100K
—
£103K
£173K
£148K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 52% in 2022
282 new homes have been sold in Bearwood since 1995; the share peaked at 52% in 2022.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £392,100
against £326,000 for a home sold on, 20% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Bearwood. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Viscount Walk is Bearwood’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Viscount Walk
BH11
31
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
King John Avenue
BH11
30
£315,000
Mixed
3
Runnymede Avenue
BH11
14
£390,250
Mostly detached houses
4
Poitiers Drive
BH11
12
£388,725
Mixed · new builds
5
Provence Drive
BH11
12
£347,500
Mixed
6
Magna Road
BH11
10
£527,500
Mostly detached houses
7
Plantagenet Crescent
BH11
9
£310,000
Mixed
8
King Richard Drive
BH11
7
£425,000
Mixed
9
Knights Road
BH11
6
£420,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Woodgreen Drive
BH11
5
£330,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Viscount Close
BH11
5
£249,400
Mixed
12
Marquis Way
BH11
5
£229,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Magna Road: £527,500
Bearwood median£335K
Magna Road£528K
King Richard Drive£425K
Knights Road£420K
Runnymede Avenue£390K
Poitiers Drive£389K
Cheapest streets
Marquis Way: £229,000
Bearwood median£335K
Marquis Way£229K
Viscount Close£249K
Viscount Walk£260K
Plantagenet Crescent£310K
King John Avenue£315K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Dorset
Bearwood is the 18th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Bearwood is in the middle of Dorset’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Bearwood
What is the average house price in Bearwood?
The median home in Bearwood sold for £335,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 209 standard sales (£323,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £440,000, semi-detached houses £335,000, terraced houses £273,500 and flats and maisonettes £150,000.
Are house prices going up in Bearwood?
The median was £347,500 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£324,975), and £323,750 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Bearwood each year?
72 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 88 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bearwood?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Magna Road (BH11, £527,500), King Richard Drive (BH11, £425,000) and Knights Road (BH11, £420,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bearwood?
New homes sold for a median £392,100 over three years, against £326,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.7% of sales.
Is Bearwood expensive for Dorset?
Bearwood is the 18th most expensive of 32 towns of 2,500 or more in Dorset by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.