That is the middle of 1,151 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 5.8 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.
A third of Totton’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,151 homes sold in three years: 332 detached houses, 343 semi-detached houses, 342 terraced houses and 134 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£409K
median sale · 332 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£358K–£470K
Last 12 months
£425K85 sold
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 343 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£362K
Last 12 months
£335K106 sold
Terraced houses£277K
median sale · 342 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£302K
Last 12 months
£282K111 sold
Flats and maisonettes£167K
median sale · 134 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£132K–£210K
Last 12 months
£183K44 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses30%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Totton’s homes sold for between £263K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £192K and one in ten over £443K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £315,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,151 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £54,250 in 1995 to £315,000 in the last 12 months (£267,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
346 sales in the last 12 months, against 904 in 1999, the busiest year, and 322 in 2023. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 59% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Totton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Totton, 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
£77K
£140K
£230K
£245K
£295K
£370K
£425K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£91K
£165K
£188K
£240K
£277K
£335K
Terraced houses
£49K
£83K
£149K
£160K
£200K
£245K
£282K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£56K
£114K
£131K
£141K
£163K
£183K
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
687 new homes have been sold in Totton since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2012.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.6% sold leasehold in Totton. 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
Salisbury Road is Totton’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
83 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 15 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
Salisbury Road
SO40
26
£325,000
Mixed
2
Water Lane
SO40
23
£180,000
Mostly flats
3
Rufus Gardens
SO40
20
£256,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Calmore Road
SO40
18
£388,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Popes Lane
SO40
17
£135,000
Mostly flats
6
Ringwood Road
SO40
15
£347,500
Mixed
7
Fishers Road
SO40
14
£295,000
Mixed
8
Testwood Lane
SO40
13
£360,000
Mixed
9
Hammonds Way
SO40
12
£387,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Alder Hill Drive
SO40
12
£299,000
Mixed
11
Ewell Way
SO40
12
£263,750
Mostly terraced houses
12
Dales Way
SO40
12
£233,375
Mostly terraced houses
13
Alfred Close
SO40
12
£216,000
Mixed
14
Kinross Road
SO40
10
£413,750
Mostly detached houses
15
Kingsley Gardens
SO40
10
£186,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Amey Gardens: £551,500
Totton median£315K
Amey Gardens£552K
Cooks Lane£490K
Magpie Drive£443K
Coriander Drive£435K
Greenfields Avenue£428K
Cheapest streets
Elliot Close: £116,750
Totton median£315K
Elliot Close£117K
Popes Lane£135K
Rumbridge Street£155K
Water Lane£180K
Kingsley Gardens£186K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.7 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
Totton is the 69th most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Totton is one of Hampshire’s cheapest 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 Totton
What is the average house price in Totton?
The median home in Totton sold for £315,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,151 standard sales (£315,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £409,000, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £276,750 and flats and maisonettes £166,500.
Are house prices going up in Totton?
The median was £312,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£318,000), and £315,000 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 Totton each year?
346 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 425 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Totton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Amey Gardens (SO40, £551,500), Cooks Lane (SO40, £490,000) and Magpie Drive (SO40, £442,500).
Is Totton expensive for Hampshire?
Totton is the 68th 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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