That is the middle of 6,014 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 5.6 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.
6,014 homes sold in three years: 2,213 detached houses, 1,138 semi-detached houses, 853 terraced houses and 1,810 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£446K
median sale · 2,213 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£630K
Last 12 months
£445K663 sold
Semi-detached houses£333K
median sale · 1,138 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£375K
Last 12 months
£330K361 sold
Terraced houses£290K
median sale · 853 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£338K
Last 12 months
£287K273 sold
Flats and maisonettes£230K
median sale · 1,810 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£340K
Last 12 months
£225K446 sold
New build
£265K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses14%
Flats and maisonettes30%
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 Poole’s homes sold for between £265K and £455K
One sale in ten was under £193K and one in ten over £695K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £339,975, sits in the £300–400K band
6,014 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,950 in 1995 to £335,000 in the last 12 months (£290,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,743 sales in the last 12 months, against 4,168 in 2001, the busiest year, and 1,958 in 2008. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 47% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Poole costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Poole, 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
£82K
£137K
£250K
£270K
£322K
£407K
£445K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£93K
£179K
£194K
£235K
£288K
£330K
Terraced houses
£51K
£84K
£162K
£178K
£220K
£262K
£287K
Flats and maisonettes
£49K
£75K
£164K
£180K
£185K
£220K
£225K
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
6,400 new homes have been sold in Poole since 1995; the share peaked at 14% 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 £265,000
against £340,000 for a home sold on, 22% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
30% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Poole. 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
The Avenue is Poole’s busiest street, with 111 sales in three years
432 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 163 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
The Avenue
BH13
111
£350,000
Mostly flats
2
Bournemouth Road
BH14
82
£233,750
Mostly flats
3
Lindsay Road
BH13
80
£245,500
Mostly flats
4
Sandbanks Road (BH14)
BH14
55
£470,000
Mixed
5
Wimborne Road
BH15
44
£257,000
Mixed
6
Parkstone Road
BH15
42
£240,000
Mostly flats
7
East Quay Road
BH15
37
£240,000
Mostly flats · new builds
8
West Way
BH18
35
£480,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Blandford Road
BH15
35
£273,000
Mixed
10
Commercial Road
BH14
35
£197,000
Mostly flats
11
Ashley Road
BH14
35
£170,000
Mostly flats
12
Surrey Road
BH12
31
£235,000
Mostly flats
13
Western Road
BH13
30
£412,500
Mostly flats
14
Symes Road
BH15
30
£293,250
Mixed
15
Banks Road
BH13
28
£632,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Alington Road: £1,712,500
Poole median£340K
Alington Road£1.7M
Chaddesley Glen£1.7M
Westminster Road£1.6M
Martello Park£1.5M
St Clair Road£1.4M
Cheapest streets
Sunnyhill Road: £86,000
Poole median£340K
Sunnyhill Road£86K
Seldown Road£93K
Station Road£93K
Mount Pleasant Road£120K
Park Road (BH14)£140K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 19.9 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
Poole is the 17th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Poole 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 Poole
What is the average house price in Poole?
The median home in Poole sold for £339,975 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 6,014 standard sales (£335,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £446,000, semi-detached houses £332,500, terraced houses £290,000 and flats and maisonettes £230,000.
Are house prices going up in Poole?
The median was £340,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£335,000), and £335,000 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 Poole each year?
1,743 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,605 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Poole?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Alington Road (BH14, £1,712,500), Chaddesley Glen (BH13, £1,695,000) and Westminster Road (BH13, £1,557,500).
How much does a new build cost in Poole?
New homes sold for a median £265,000 over three years, against £340,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.5% of sales.
Is Poole expensive for Dorset?
Poole is the 17th 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.