That is the middle of 407 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.
407 homes sold in three years: 119 detached houses, 152 semi-detached houses, 95 terraced houses and 41 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£415K
median sale · 119 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£490K
Last 12 months
£420K41 sold
Semi-detached houses£300K
median sale · 152 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£336K
Last 12 months
£295K53 sold
Terraced houses£232K
median sale · 95 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£203K–£265K
Last 12 months
£247K30 sold
Flats and maisonettes£168K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£148K–£180K
Last 12 months
£155K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Southam’s homes sold for between £230K and £375K
One sale in ten was under £169K and one in ten over £470K. 31% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £300,000, sits in the £300–400K band
407 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 £57,250 in 1995 to £305,500 in the last 12 months (£287,995 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
137 sales in the last 12 months, against 263 in 2022, the busiest year, and 69 in 2008. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Southam costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Southam, 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
£87K
£143K
£250K
£245K
£320K
£374K
£420K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£93K
£177K
£174K
£231K
£272K
£295K
Terraced houses
£51K
£76K
£145K
£148K
£190K
£212K
£247K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£48K
£105K
£82K
£128K
£130K
£155K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 55% in 2017
965 new homes have been sold in Southam since 1995; the share peaked at 55% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.4% sold leasehold in Southam. 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
Spitfire Road is Southam’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
Spitfire Road
CV47
18
£339,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Mallard Close
CV47
15
£178,500
Mostly flats
3
Banbury Road
CV47
12
£330,000
Mixed
4
Flint Close
CV47
10
£294,500
Mixed
5
Welsh Road West
CV47
9
£310,000
Mixed
6
St Wulstan Way
CV47
9
£285,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Linley Road
CV47
9
£260,000
Mixed
8
Mill Crescent
CV47
9
£260,000
Mixed
9
Little Park
CV47
9
£195,000
Mostly flats
10
Barkus Close
CV47
8
£300,500
Mixed
11
Saxon Close
CV47
8
£265,000
Mixed
12
Warwick Road
CV47
7
£620,000
Mixed
13
Sycamore Grove
CV47
7
£375,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Hillyard Road
CV47
7
£320,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Flying Fields Road
CV47
7
£236,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Warwick Road: £620,000
Southam median£300K
Warwick Road£620K
Rainsbrook Close£465K
Sycamore Grove£375K
Nimrod Avenue£358K
Spitfire Road£340K
Cheapest streets
Bull Street: £147,500
Southam median£300K
Bull Street£148K
Mallard Close£179K
Marston Croft£195K
Little Park£195K
Mountfield Gardens£201K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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 Warwickshire
Southam is the 20th most expensive of 34 towns in Warwickshire
Southam is in the middle of Warwickshire’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 Southam
What is the average house price in Southam?
The median home in Southam sold for £300,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 407 standard sales (£305,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £415,000, semi-detached houses £300,000, terraced houses £231,500 and flats and maisonettes £168,000.
Are house prices going up in Southam?
The median was £304,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£285,000), and £305,500 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 Southam each year?
137 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 180 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Southam?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Warwick Road (CV47, £620,000), Rainsbrook Close (CV47, £465,000) and Sycamore Grove (CV47, £375,000).
Is Southam expensive for Warwickshire?
Southam is the 20th most expensive of 34 towns of 2,500 or more in Warwickshire 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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