That is the middle of 1,694 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 5.3 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.
1,694 homes sold in three years: 709 detached houses, 406 semi-detached houses, 338 terraced houses and 241 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£515K
median sale · 709 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£433K–£625K
Last 12 months
£525K215 sold
New build
£515K
Semi-detached houses£360K
median sale · 406 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£405K
Last 12 months
£358K118 sold
New build
£400K
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 338 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£340K
Last 12 months
£298K112 sold
New build
£340K
Flats and maisonettes£200K
median sale · 241 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£157K–£258K
Last 12 months
£200K61 sold
New build
£305K
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Locks Heath’s homes sold for between £295K and £500K
One sale in ten was under £220K and one in ten over £640K. 14% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £377,750, sits in the £300–400K band
1,694 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £71,000 in 1995 to £375,000 in the last 12 months (£313,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
506 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,126 in 1999, the busiest year, and 436 in 2008. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 61% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Locks Heath costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Locks Heath, 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
£93K
£166K
£268K
£296K
£365K
£448K
£525K
Semi-detached houses
£64K
£100K
£185K
£209K
£260K
£310K
£358K
Terraced houses
£51K
£84K
£159K
£174K
£223K
£261K
£298K
Flats and maisonettes
£37K
£60K
£134K
£124K
£168K
£195K
£200K
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: 3% of sales in the last 12 months, after 21% in 2016
2,665 new homes have been sold in Locks Heath since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2016.
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 £425,000
against £367,500 for a home sold on, 16% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Locks Heath. 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
Locks Road is Locks Heath’s busiest street, with 30 sales in three years
112 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 40 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
Locks Road
SO31
30
£443,750
Mixed
2
Brook Lane
SO31
26
£534,500
Mostly detached houses
3
Arden Drive
SO31
26
£387,000
Mixed · new builds
4
Warsash Road (SO31)
SO31
24
£507,500
Mostly detached houses
5
Woodrush Crescent
SO31
24
£233,500
Mixed
6
Osborne Road
SO31
20
£437,500
Mixed
7
Hamilton Road
SO31
20
£332,500
Mostly flats
8
Botley Road
SO31
19
£270,000
Mostly flats
9
The Florins
PO14
18
£545,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Wheatlands
PO14
17
£340,000
Mixed
11
Hotspur Road
SO31
16
£580,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Church Road
SO31
16
£440,000
Mixed
13
Horatio Gardens
SO31
16
£415,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
14
Seaford Road
SO31
16
£376,000
Mixed · new builds
15
Hunts Pond Road (SO31)
SO31
16
£220,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Dibles Road: £750,000
Locks Heath median£378K
Dibles Road£750K
Hazel Grove£665K
Acorn Grove£625K
Shore Road£595K
Anglers Way£590K
Cheapest streets
High Oaks Close: £84,000
Locks Heath median£378K
High Oaks Close£84K
Dove Gardens£118K
Old Common Gardens£145K
Lynn Crescent£160K
Titchfield Grange£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.9 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 Hampshire
Locks Heath is the 40th most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Locks Heath is in the middle of Hampshire’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 Locks Heath
What is the average house price in Locks Heath?
The median home in Locks Heath sold for £377,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,694 standard sales (£375,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £515,000, semi-detached houses £360,000, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £200,000.
Are house prices going up in Locks Heath?
The median was £380,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£380,000), and £375,000 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 Locks Heath each year?
506 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 656 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Locks Heath?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dibles Road (SO31, £750,000), Hazel Grove (SO31, £665,000) and Acorn Grove (SO31, £625,000).
How much does a new build cost in Locks Heath?
New homes sold for a median £425,000 over three years, against £367,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Locks Heath expensive for Hampshire?
Locks Heath is the 40th most expensive of 77 towns of 2,500 or more in Hampshire 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.
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