BH21 house prices are built from 22,522 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 25 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £245,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +22.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -12.1%.
Median price paid
£245,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+22.7%
Change in real terms
-12.1%
Median per m²
£2,908
HM Land Registry22,522 sales3,194 with floor areaLatest sale 25 Jun 2026
Section 01
How BH21 prices moved
The chart tracks the median BH21 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £85,950 | £190,850 |
| 2000s | 10 | £232,000 | £422,636 |
| 2010s | 10 | £299,975 | £422,965 |
| 2020s | 7 | £405,000 | £413,804 |
The highest yearly median on record for BH21 is £436,000 in 2022; the lowest is £72,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £72,000 to £405,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £159,874, so the real change over the whole record is +153.3% — about +3.04% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +22.7% in cash against -12.1% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Birch Close | 25 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 52A Mimosa Avenue | 19 Jun 2026 | Detached | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 16 Thresher Way | 19 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 2A Church Hill | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 7 Diprose Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 44 South Road | 11 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £188,000 | £188,000 |
| FLAT 5 ST CUTHBURGA'S, 1 Cranfield Avenue | 9 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 17 Parmiter Way | 4 Jun 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 49 Lacy Drive | 1 Jun 2026 | Detached | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 3 Ingram Walk | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £314,000 | £314,000 |
| MEADOWSIDE, 2 Smugglers Lane | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £865,000 | £865,000 |
| 84 Hillside Road | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| FLAT 8 MARLBOROUGH COURT Allenview Road | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £142,500 | £142,500 |
| 7 Ullswater Road | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £583,000 | £583,000 |
| 147 Merley Ways | 26 May 2026 | Detached | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| 7 Rosamund Avenue | 26 May 2026 | Detached | £416,000 | £416,000 |
| 34 Dales Drive | 26 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 113 Sopwith Crescent | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 1 Parmiter Road | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 1 Burnt Ash Cottages | 21 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| 6 Oakley Hill | 19 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 101 Bridle Way | 18 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £322,000 | £322,000 |
| 45 Newmans Close | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| MON ABRI Verwood Road | 13 May 2026 | Detached | £281,000 | £281,000 |
| 36 Ivy Road | 12 May 2026 | Detached | £741,500 | £741,500 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to BH21 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Birch Close | £275,000 (2019) | £285,000 (2026) | +0.5% | -3.3% |
| 16 Thresher Way | £425,000 (2023) | £415,000 (2026) | -0.8% | -3.3% |
| 52A Mimosa Avenue | £425,000 (2021) | £465,000 (2026) | +1.8% | -2.8% |
| 2A Church Hill | £215,000 (2018) | £290,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +0.2% |
| 7 Diprose Road | £102,000 (2000) | £315,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| 44 South Road | £41,500 (1996) | £188,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| FLAT 5 ST CUTHBURGA'S, 1 Cranfield Avenue | £269,000 (2022) | £240,000 (2026) | -2.8% | -6.3% |
| 17 Parmiter Way | £355,000 (2018) | £500,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +0.7% |
| 49 Lacy Drive | £93,000 (1996) | £490,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 3 Ingram Walk | £74,000 (1997) | £314,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 84 Hillside Road | £280,000 (2007) | £475,000 (2026) | +2.8% | -0.1% |
| MEADOWSIDE, 2 Smugglers Lane | £497,500 (2016) | £865,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +2.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. BH21 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 12,075 | 53.6% | £310,000 | £7,500 – £2,900,000 |
| Semi-detached | 4,342 | 19.3% | £233,000 | £1,000 – £1,825,000 |
| Terraced | 3,598 | 16.0% | £197,000 | £1,500 – £1,250,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2,507 | 11.1% | £129,950 | £19,000 – £1,600,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in BH21
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 4,991 certificates cover BH21, and their median floor area is 88 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +15.8%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 88 m² | about 947 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 66 m² | about 710 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 123 m² | about 1,324 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 17.5% | 874 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 14.6% | 727 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in BH21
2,683 of the sales on record are leasehold and 19,839 freehold — 11.9% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £127,500 and the median freehold sale £267,000 — a gap of +109.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 2,683 | 11.9% | £127,500 |
| Freehold | 19,839 | 88.1% | £267,000 |
| New build | 1,777 | 7.9% | £334,995 |
| Existing home | 20,745 | 92.1% | £240,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +39.6%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 1,027 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in BH21
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 46.2% of 218,144 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 737 | 0.3% |
| B | 23,083 | 10.6% |
| C | 76,981 | 35.3% |
| D | 80,336 | 36.8% |
| E | 28,893 | 13.2% |
| F | 6,461 | 3.0% |
| G | 1,653 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at £1,402 a month as of Jun 2026 — £921 for a one-bedroom home and £1,460 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £245,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.87% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of BH21, 41 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 12 violent, 3 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 9 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.1 times quieter.
Against the 400,196 residents the 2021 census counted in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, that is 0.10 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around BH21
The 2021 census counted 400,196 residents in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole across 173,842 households. 63.5% of those households own their home and 36.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
20 state and independent schools have a BH21 postcode: 15 primary, 4 middle deemed secondary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth's School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,375 |
| St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill | Middle deemed secondary | Academy converter | 563 |
| Allenbourn Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | Academy converter | 499 |
| Lockyer's Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | Academy converter | 436 |
| Wimborne First School and Nursery | Primary | Academy converter | 400 |
| Rushcombe First School | Primary | Community school | 313 |
| Merley First School | Primary | Academy converter | 292 |
| Cranborne Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | Community school | 265 |
| Colehill First School | Primary | Academy converter | 148 |
| Hayeswood First School | Primary | Academy converter | 148 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station | Rail | 10.1 km |
| Hamworthy Rail Station | Rail | 10.2 km |
| Branksome Rail Station | Rail | 10.2 km |
| Poole Rail Station | Rail | 10.3 km |
Section 09
How BH21 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. BH21 sits above that national figure — +55.6%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,908 per square metre, across 3,194 of the 22,522 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £1,000 to £2,900,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
BH21 sits in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 9.1 times median local earnings of £37,241 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside BH21
- BH21 1£215,000 median
- BH21 2£255,000 median
- BH21 3£226,500 median
- BH21 4£347,500 median
- BH21 5£355,000 median
- BH21 6£230,000 median
- BH21 7£345,000 median
- BH21 8£300,000 median
The closest districts
- BH226.1 km · £238,000
- BH116.7 km · £175,000
- BH177.3 km · £159,000
- BH128.9 km · £166,000
- BH910.0 km · £176,000
- BH1510.0 km · £185,000
- BH1410.3 km · £240,000
- BH811.6 km · £162,500
This district mostly covers Wimborne.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in BH21?
The median price paid in BH21 across every sale on the register is £245,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in BH21?
22,522 sales are on record for BH21, the most recent completing on 25 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have BH21 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +22.7% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -12.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were BH21 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £436,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in BH21?
£2,908 per square metre, from the 3,194 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 25 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “BH21 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.