That is the middle of 149 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 5.1 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.
149 homes sold in three years: 51 detached houses, 39 semi-detached houses, 42 terraced houses and 17 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£405K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£355K–£463K
Last 12 months
£390K15 sold
Semi-detached houses£305K
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£342K
Last 12 months
£300K9 sold
Terraced houses£271K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£305K
Last 12 months
£263K11 sold
Flats and maisonettes£162K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£186K
Last 12 months
£162K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Wool’s homes sold for between £260K and £385K
One sale in ten was under £175K and one in ten over £463K. 21% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £305,000, sits in the £300–400K band
149 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,000 in 1995 to £300,000 in the last 12 months (£260,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
40 sales in the last 12 months, against 134 in 2007, the busiest year, and 44 in 2011. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wool costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Wool, 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
£74K
£145K
£238K
£270K
£290K
£309K
£390K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£88K
£195K
£200K
£220K
£248K
£300K
Terraced houses
£51K
£80K
£180K
£180K
£175K
£228K
£263K
Flats and maisonettes
£47K
£47K
£114K
£123K
—
£137K
£162K
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
186 new homes have been sold in Wool since 1995; the share peaked at 46% 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
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Wool. 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
Andover Green is Wool’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Andover Green
BH20
16
£263,750
Mostly terraced houses
2
Victoria Close
BH20
11
£160,000
Mostly flats
3
Cologne Road
BH20
8
£341,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
The Briars
BH20
7
£295,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Hillside Road
BH20
6
£417,500
Mostly detached houses
6
East Burton Road
BH20
6
£382,500
Mostly detached houses
7
Lampton Close
BH20
5
£395,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Duck Street
BH20
5
£390,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Back Lane
BH20
5
£320,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Dorchester Road
BH20
5
£320,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Elles Road
BH20
5
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Jeremy Close
BH20
5
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Hillside Road: £417,500
Wool median£305K
Hillside Road£418K
Lampton Close£395K
Duck Street£390K
East Burton Road£383K
Cologne Road£341K
Cheapest streets
Victoria Close: £160,000
Wool median£305K
Victoria Close£160K
Andover Green£264K
The Briars£295K
Jeremy Close£300K
Elles Road£300K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.6 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
Wool is the 25th most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Wool 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 Wool
What is the average house price in Wool?
The median home in Wool sold for £305,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 149 standard sales (£300,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £405,000, semi-detached houses £305,000, terraced houses £271,000 and flats and maisonettes £162,000.
Are house prices going up in Wool?
The median was £310,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£300,000), and £300,000 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 Wool each year?
40 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 59 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wool?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hillside Road (BH20, £417,500), Lampton Close (BH20, £395,000) and Duck Street (BH20, £390,000).
Is Wool expensive for Dorset?
Wool is the 25th 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.