That is the middle of 7,230 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 5.9 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.
45% of Bournemouth’s sales are flats and maisonettes
7,230 homes sold in three years: 2,499 detached houses, 942 semi-detached houses, 544 terraced houses and 3,245 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£450K
median sale · 2,499 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£365K–£600K
Last 12 months
£450K773 sold
Semi-detached houses£330K
median sale · 942 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£380K
Last 12 months
£335K280 sold
New build
£427K
Terraced houses£293K
median sale · 544 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£338K
Last 12 months
£288K168 sold
Flats and maisonettes£210K
median sale · 3,245 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£265K
Last 12 months
£210K886 sold
New build
£415K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 45% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses13%
Terraced houses8%
Flats and maisonettes45%
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 Bournemouth’s homes sold for between £216K and £418K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £595K. 33% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £308,000, sits in the £300–400K band
7,230 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,000 in 1995 to £313,000 in the last 12 months (£254,475 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
2,107 sales in the last 12 months, against 6,477 in 2002, the busiest year, and 2,472 in 2023. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bournemouth costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Bournemouth, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£135K
£235K
£250K
£315K
£385K
£450K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£94K
£181K
£196K
£236K
£288K
£335K
Terraced houses
£48K
£83K
£165K
£173K
£210K
£259K
£288K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£69K
£150K
£150K
£165K
£195K
£210K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
8,876 new homes have been sold in Bournemouth since 1995; the share peaked at 18% in 2008.
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 £423,700
against £307,625 for a home sold on, 38% 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.
45% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Bournemouth. 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
Christchurch Road (BH1) is Bournemouth’s busiest street, with 84 sales in three years
484 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 192 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
Christchurch Road (BH1)
BH1
84
£189,500
Mostly flats
2
Manor Road
BH1
81
£330,000
Mostly flats
3
Surrey Road (BH4)
BH4
66
£225,250
Mostly flats
4
Belle Vue Road
BH6
59
£222,000
Mostly flats
5
Christchurch Road (BH7)
BH7
57
£222,000
Mostly flats
6
Wellington Road
BH8
57
£195,000
Mostly flats
7
Richmond Park Road
BH8
54
£190,000
Mostly flats
8
Sea Road (BH5)
BH5
52
£168,750
Mostly flats
9
Wimborne Road (BH9)
BH9
49
£170,000
Mostly flats
10
Knyveton Road
BH1
43
£210,000
Mostly flats
11
Portarlington Road
BH4
42
£267,000
Mostly flats
12
Branksome Wood Road (BH4)
BH4
42
£226,500
Mostly flats
13
Charminster Road
BH8
42
£201,250
Mostly flats
14
West Cliff Road (BH4)
BH4
40
£304,000
Mostly flats
15
Wimborne Road (BH2)
BH2
38
£205,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Elgin Road (BH4): £1,500,000
Bournemouth median£308K
Elgin Road (BH4)£1.5M
Glenferness Avenue (BH3)£1.1M
East Avenue£1.1M
Branksome Dene Road£1M
Carbery Avenue£983K
Cheapest streets
Commercial Road: £86,250
Bournemouth median£308K
Commercial Road£86K
Bourne Avenue£87K
Terrace Road£91K
Pine Tree Glen£95K
Lorne Park Road£119K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 17.4 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
Bournemouth is the 24th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth
What is the average house price in Bournemouth?
The median home in Bournemouth sold for £308,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 7,230 standard sales (£313,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £450,000, semi-detached houses £330,000, terraced houses £292,750 and flats and maisonettes £210,000.
Are house prices going up in Bournemouth?
The median was £306,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£308,000), and £313,000 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 Bournemouth each year?
2,107 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 3,283 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bournemouth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Elgin Road (BH4, £1,500,000), Glenferness Avenue (BH3, £1,117,500) and East Avenue (BH3, £1,050,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bournemouth?
New homes sold for a median £423,700 over three years, against £307,625 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.5% of sales.
Is Bournemouth expensive for Dorset?
Bournemouth is the 24th 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.